The Republican Party needs the support of white supremecists, truthers and code pinkers to stop Hillary? Don't think so. Ronald Reagan wouldn't have bought into your arguement, he would have condemned them. The left, the media, they'd love, or is it evol, your suggestion that the Republican party embrace hate.
Mr. Nathaniel J. Friedman
August 23, 1980 Dear Mr. Friedman:
Just a line to thank you very much for your letter to the editor of the Los Angeles Times. It was kind and generous of you to do this, and I am most grateful.
It wasn’t until I left the South and was in New York that I learned the Klan had endorsed me. I immediately made it plain in a press conference that I do not want such an endorsement and that I repudiate it and everything the Klan stands for. I guess Mr. Young didn’t pay much attention to that.
Again, my heartfelt thanks.
Best regards,
Ron-----------------
April 30, 1984
Dear Morris:
While in China, I have been distressed to learn that some individuals back home have questioned whether my views on the Ku Klux Klan have somehow changed since 1980. Nothing could be further from the truth.
In 1980, I said that I have no tolerance for what the Klan represents, and would have nothing to do with any groups of that type. If anything, my feelings on this subject have only grown stronger. The politics of racial hatred and religious bigotry practiced by the Klan and others have no place in this country, and are destructive of the values for which America has always stood. Those of us in public life can only resent the use of our names by those who seek political recognition for the repugnant doctrines of hate they espouse.
I firmly believe that there is no room for partisanship on this question. Democrats and Republicans alike must be resolute in disassociating ourselves from any group or individual whose political philosophy consists only of racial or religious intolerance, whose arguments are supported only by intimidation or threats of violence.
We must, and will, continue our unified rejection of such elements of hate in our political life, for while there are many issues which divide us, it is fundamental principles such as this which will always draw us together.
Sincerely,
Ronald Reagan[The Honorable Morris B. Abram, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 1121 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20425]
Does the RP need to embrace the support of indicted drug dealers as Paul does too?
Marc Emery agrees his campaign-organizing effort for some 2008 U.S. presidential candidates is a bit unorthodox. He's Canadian, his political base of operations is the B.C. Marijuana Party in Vancouver, and he can be arrested if he sets foot into America.Still, "We have a saying up here: 'American politics is far too important to leave to the Americans,'" says Emery, 49, who is trying to raise cross-border support for dark-horse White House candidates. He likes liberal Democrat Dennis Kucinich well enough, but prefers Republican Ron Paul, a longtime libertarian who, like Emery, opposes the U.S. war on drugs.
Paul's communications director, Jesse Benton, says the fledgling campaign welcomes all support. But Emery shouldn't necessarily expect amnesty from a Paul administration. "You would see a cooling of the federal war on drugs [under Paul]," Benton says. "But Ron believes in the rule of law, and I don't think this guy should look to Ron for him getting off scot-free."
“The Republican Party needs the support of white supremecists, truthers and code pinkers to stop Hillary?”
Labelling right-wing Americans as “white supremacists” is a liberal stereotype. When the initiator of the thread listed far-right groups in his post, he did not mention any white supremacist organizations. Do you consider Birchers to be white supremacists? They have black and Jewish members.
Far-right organizations are mostly those that believe in strictly interpreting the constitution. There are those who believe that the income tax is unconstitutional. There are multiracial militia groups that are strong advocates of gun ownership. Do you regard them as white supremacists?
By the way, the John Birch society endorsed Goldwater in 1964, and Reagan in his 1966 campaign for California governor. Neither man rejected the endorsement.