Posted on 12/11/2005 9:32:26 PM PST by RWR8189
Describing his 1976 challenge to incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan wrote, "It was time to scale back the size of the federal government, reduce taxes and government intrusion in our lives, balance the budget, and return to the people the freedoms usurped from them by the bureaucrats."
Reagan helped define the mission of the Republican Party. By re-establishing limited government as the central principle of the GOP, he laid the groundwork for the political revolution that bears his name. Almost 30 years later, the Republican Party is at a similar defining moment. Once again, challengers to certain Republican incumbents are needed to help restore limited government to its rightful place at the center of the Republican agenda.
Today, the Club for Growth PAC will endorse Steve Laffey, the Republican Mayor of Cranston, R.I., in his primary challenge against Sen. Lincoln Chafee. Steve Laffey is a pro-growth, Reagan Republican. Sen. Chafee epitomizes the GOP's waning commitment to limited government and economic freedom.
Sen. Chafee has consistently opposed tax cuts. Citing the federal deficit, he opposed the Bush tax cuts that have generated our powerful economic expansion. But his concerns about deficits don't extend to government spending. Bills he has sponsored would add nearly a half-trillion dollars in new spending over 10 years. The National Taxpayers Union gave him a dismal 49% rating for his profligacy with taxpayer money. A close ally of organized labor, he opposes school choice, and just last month voted for a minimum-wage increase. A recent Boston Globe profile describes his ideology as "well-suited for a centrist Democrat."
Despite his liberal record, Sen. Chafee is warmly embraced by the Republican Party establishment which dutifully enforces an unprincipled, though ironclad, mutual-defense agreement that ignores ideology.
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Purge the RINO's, starting with Chafee. Just the sight of this hanky waving fop makes me want to hurl.
Chafee is just another Jeffords in waiting. He makes Arlen Specter look like Tom Delay.
Don't confuse NRSC and RNC. NRSC is the campaign committee of the Republican Caucus, of which, Chafee is a member. Therefore, they are probably going to come to Chafee's defense.
We need to beat this POS.
No money to the RNC or NRSC.
Laffey is someone we NEED to support. I sent $100 a couple of weeks ago. We need to get $$ rolling to his campaign.
Good-bye Chaffee :-)
In March 05, I stopped contributing to the RNC or any national GOP (senate or house) groups. Instead I contribute to only specific conservative candidates opposing either DimWits or RINOs, or to pro-life causes.
The group that Mr. Toomey chairs, the Club for Growth, is great.
I send my donations there instead of the NRSC.
You're absolutely correct. Unfortunately our biggest obstacle to purging RINOs is George Bush. Remember when he supported the RINO Specter against a true conservative in the PA primary? And worse, Bush has been a RINO himself on domestic policy. He's not only failed to veto countless pork legislation but has given us the biggest entitlement since LBJ - prescription drugs - which will saddle future generations with trillions in unfunded liabilities. It's great that he's reduced taxes but the other important part of being a fiscal conservative is to cut spending - and on that he's failed miserably. Sadly, he's no Reagan and has made government more intrusive and wasteful. This is one pot that can't call the RINO kettle black. By the way, conservatives should take Bush aside and tell him about Article I, Section 7 of the Constitution and patiently explain to him that there's a thing called a veto - something he apparently doesn't understand.
*BUMP for Laffey*
Toomey needs to go after rino congressmen in gop districts that bush won like bochlert and schwarz. These main street rinos are holding up anwr. Both of them might have serious competition. They are both democrats with only an r by their name.
LOL. Great story.
In a call from RNC, I voiced the same opinion ad nauseum; I will not donate to the RNC when it uses my money to fight another Republican in my state (Laffey/RI). The RNC was only interested in fighting Hillary in NY, telling me over and over how important my donation would be. No donation--sorry.
Look at Mr. Reagans idea of the way it outta be then look at Mr. Bush and his ever increasing budget and ever increasing govt intrusion into everyday existance.
Mr. Bush a true conservative? I think not.
Here's one for Steve Laffey. President Bush and the White House can stay out. Rick Santorum better not even think about helping Chaffee, etc.
Laffey is pro open borders, anti-gun and anti-business. He's a socialist, just like Chafee, but more dangerous because he has ambition, where Chafee is just there for the perks and to avoid working for a living.
Chafee and his family live in Virginia.
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