Joseph Sladki, Mary Greta Patten, and Steven Dirlik unveil this new Republican revolution's flag at the Montgomery County Board of Elections, Rockville, Maryland.
DECLARATION OF RIGHTS.We, the People of the State of Maryland, grateful to Almighty God for our civil and religious liberty, and taking into our serious consideration the best means of establishing a good Constitution in this State for the sure foundation and more permanent security thereof, declare:
Article 1. That all Government of right originates from the People, is founded in compact only, and instituted solely for the good of the whole; and they have, at all times, the inalienable right to alter, reform or abolish their Form of Government in such manner as they may deem expedient.
Art. 2. The Constitution of the United States, and the Laws made, or which shall be made, in pursuance thereof, and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, are, and shall be the Supreme Law of the State; and the Judges of this State, and all the People of this State, are, and shall be bound thereby; anything in the Constitution or Law of this State to the contrary notwithstanding.
Art. 3. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution thereof, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people thereof.
Art. 4. That the People of this State have the sole and exclusive right of regulating the internal government and police thereof, as a free, sovereign and independent State. . .
. . .Nothing shall prohibit or require the making reference to belief in, reliance upon, or invoking the aid of God or a Supreme Being in any governmental or public document, proceeding, activity, ceremony, school, institution, or place. . . .more
We have achieved similar results in Illinois after having a power struggle in the party for decades (the RINO "old guard" is extremely corrupt and many of them have either resigned or been indicted). The tide turned our way a few weeks ago when conservatives held their ground during a three-week long fight over party Chairman. At last, the establishment gave up and GARY MacDOUGAL, the most conservative guy to hold the office in 30 years, is our new party chairman (a year ago, one of the state's leading conservative organizations tried to draft him to run for office, saying he was the "kind of leader" Republicans desperately need)
The complacent, "me tooism" Republicanism of George Ryan and Lee Daniels is now being replaced by principled conservatives in all the major positions within the GOP hierarchy. Buh bye, RINOs.
Conservatives on the verge of controlling Illinois GOP
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But Republicans never cease to amaze in their singular lack of PR savy. They are the Arabs of the political universe, in my opinion. They think just saying something should be enough, and in theory of course they're right, but all people or organizations that want to accomplish their goals need to be circumspect about PR.
The only PR campaign that the Republicans excelled in over the last 10 years was the Harry and Louise PR stuff that they backed in order to shut down Hillary's "healthcare" plan. They need more of that kind of creative counterpoint strategy, as well as be willing to get into peoples' faces when it's appropriate to do so. Watching Republicans interviewed makes my hair hurt. They are painfully inept at burying the hatchet in the skull of the very opponent who is attempting to do the same to them. They need to get some gonads.