Mr. Hammer,
A copy of your concerns has been forwarded to the Office of Homeland Security.
Good luck trying to board an airplane.
Sincerely yours,
RNC
Posted on 01/23/2006 5:51:10 AM PST by mr_hammer
Farewell to the GOP, for now at least!
January 21, 2006
To: RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman
Subject: The return of my 2006 RNC Membership Card
It is with deep regret that I find myself writing this letter to you.
I did in fact receive my 2006 RNC Membership Card. I will not be renewing my membership and I am returning the card to you. If you care about the why, then please read this entire letter.
When I pulled the lever for our current President in the elections of 2000 and 2004, this is what I thought I was voting for.
Limited Government
I am at odds with certain aspects of the Patriot Act with regards to the access of all types of records and data that may be private and none of this governments business.
Very appalling also is the attempt of this government to access Google’s database.
Don’t bring the War on Terror into this, you had all the info in the world to nail the 911 hijackers, but the size of the bureaucracy prevented this government from doing so.
Equally disappointing is the bungling of communication that occurred during Katrina. I am not holding the Federal Government responsible for the suffering, but I am making the point that the more you grow the federal Government the less it will actually be able to accomplish.
A Reduction of Taxes and Simplification of the Tax Code
Although some progress has been made on tax relief overall the tax code as we know it is a mess. Let’s move to the “Fair Tax” specified by Congressman Linder and Libertarian Neil Boortz. This will go along way in helping remove the lobbyist influence over our tax code in addition to trapping a lot of currently uncollected revenue.
Giving in to the WTO with regards to expiring export taxes is a joke. What happened to a level playing field? How can the exporters of domestic services and goods compete when you tie their hands behind their backs? How can you encourage investment state side with policies like that?
Adherence to the US Constitution and Working to Up Hold it’s Values!
U.S. Constitution Excerpt
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
The campaign finance law passed under this administration was an direct assault to our Constitution. This must be reviewed and repealed.
U.S. Constitution Excerpt
To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions.
The illegal immigration problem is at critical mass, but our President refuses to act forcefully in concurrence with our Constitution.
U.S. Constitution Excerpt
Nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
No greater assault on the Constitution and the ownership of private property can be seen than the Kelo decision. Where is the outrage from our supposedly Conservative controlled congress and Senate about this horrendous decision? What about the “Ownership Society” that is so often talked about in the halls of Washington? I cannot even convey the utter disappointment I feel over this.
A Strong Military
I do support the President on Afghanistan and Iraq, but do not support more butter than guns. Being able to afford a couple of hundred state of the art fighter’s is a far cry from where President Ronald Reagan had us a mere 20 years ago.
The Economy
Please, let’s not even go there. The only thing that kept things pointed in what appears to be the correct direction is Alan and the printing press. You want proof? Look at the price of gold and energy; they are the “real” international currency, not the dollar. The current administration and the previous one of Clinton did and are still living off of the economy and military of a real Conservative!
In closing, yes the Administration has done a good job in the Middle East and twenty years from now will probably be seen as a brilliant move in bring democracy there. I just hope we will be as free here at home.
If you need money to fund your mid term elections I suggest you go talk to the people the listed organizations below, because they seem to know what a Conservative should stand for. They are also getting all of my available funds in the future that is if the RNC does not change course.
Minute Man Project
The Gun Owners of America
Aopa
The NRA
Congressman Tancrado
United States Senate Candidate, John Mitchel (To replace the “RINO” Dewine)
Ohio State Gubernatorial Candidate, Kenneth Blackwell
National Right to Life Association
Free Republic.com
P.S. This may not be fact, but it is how I feel. You guys on the hill do not give a rat’s arse about the Constitution or the Son’s or Daughter’s of this Nation. The only thing that seems to matter is the amount of cash that can be jammed in the coffers and pleasing the Socialist One Worlder’s and I for one am sick of it.
When lads have done with labor
In Shropshire, one will cry,
“Let’s go and kill a neighbor,”
and t’other answers “Aye!”So this one kills his cousins,
and that one kills his dad;
and, as they hang by dozens
at Ludlow, lad by lad,each of them one-and-twenty,
all of them murderers,
the hangman mutters: “Plenty
even for Housman’s verse.”— Humbert Wolfe.
Do you mean "want it NOW" or "want to know"? Spelling is our friend.
If Ross Perot hadn't had a hissy fit and gone on a huge ego trip, we'd never have had Clinton. Clinton moved the country and the party farther left than I thought possible in my lifetime.
For all the talk about how Clinton was moderate and triangulated, he is also the person who hated and descimated the military, sold our most valuable national security secrets to enemy countries in exchange for cash, and tried to impose nationalized healthcare on the country.
This is what the unappeasables have given US! And they think they have ANYTHING worth saying that we're going to listen to? I don't think so.
Wrong here, also. I was railing against Bush even before he got the nomination the first time. He did not fool me then, and his actions have proven me to be correct in my evaluation of him.
(my post) How about the Republican nominating a conservative once in a while?
SB: Republicans nominating a conservative.
In my state (Iowa) we conservatives have tried for years to get the more conservative nominated to state and national candidacy, only to have the Republican state machine say something stupid like: We must nominate someone ELECTABLE! Meaning; someone like another RINO.
This has happeded so many times, Governor, Senator, U.S. Representative, and of course, U.S. president, that those of us who are tired of trying are going to try something else for a change.
Seems I should try to calm down and proofread for spelling errors!
Unanimity is a double edged sword, eliminating the possibility of change and improvement for what's considered safe. Also it gives the competition a big leg up to fight the establishment machine that we have created. A certain amount of splitting is healthy, too much is unhealthy, and the balance is too far on the unanimity side right now.
I'm not delighted with the Republicans in Congress either. And I haven't donated to the RNC since November 2004.
But does that mean I'm going to throw away my vote for some third party nutjob? Absolutely not.
Did you learn nothing from Perot?
True. Can you imagine what a true leftist like Kerry would have done?
And then we wouldn't have had the Republican revolution.
Thank you mr-hammer, those are my sentiments exactly. I also sent the RNC a similar letter just a few minutes ago.
On their website they are bragging that this is their best ever fundraising year. I told them in light of that they would no longer need my help. They have indeed become the party of big business special interests (cheap illegal slave labor).
Republican nominees are elected by Republican voters, in most states anyway. Your beef is with Republican voters, not the "party" as a separate entity.
If enough Republicans voted to nominate real conservative candidates, the Republican candidates who would be nominated as a result would represent conservative positions. Since that is often not true, it must be assumed that most Republican voters are not themselves as conservative as we would like them to be. The only remedy for that situation that I can think of offhand is to better educate the average Republican voter on the virtues of conservatism and how to identify a real conservative candidate.
I guess you disowned your parents when you didn't get your way also. Other than bitch what good have you contributed to the world lately.
You'll have to remind me what Republicans were doing wrong in 1991 that we needed a revolution.
LOL
I see there are other trolls on this thread too...
too bad....
I wish I could be on here more to make more fun of certain elements on this thread but I have other (easily more important than this self pity party) things to do at the moment :)
Threads like this always bring out the GOP hating kooks. Of course, most are already well known to begin with.
You haven't shown me to be wrong anywhere yet, leave alone "also". You were the one who said he was "kicked in the teeth" after the election. I will ask again, what has Bush done since the election of '04 that you consider kicking in your teeth? IOW, you knew exactly what you were getting when you voted for him in '04!
We must nominate someone ELECTABLE! Meaning; someone like another RINO.
What it means is that the presidential elections depend more and more on that 30 percent of swing voters who just have a moderate streak among their otherwise conservative principles and will simply not vote for the Roy Moore types any longer. It means that the demographics are changing and the Party would like not to lose out. It means that the Republican Party while still the party of conservatives, must be a big-tent party, or it will drift into the fringes of American politics.
Continuing to elect traditional conservatives to Congress makes more sense because they can impact legislation, assuming they are truly conservative.
As Ronald Reagan so eloquented stated,
"Man is not free unless government is limited. There's a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts. "
Mr. Hammer,
A copy of your concerns has been forwarded to the Office of Homeland Security.
Good luck trying to board an airplane.
Sincerely yours,
RNC
Firstly; I would ask that you please go back and re-read my post, as you seem to have gotten some of it wrong.
Secondly; You're wrong!
Republican candidates are nominated by the most influential members of the party.
Then candidates are elected.
Furthermore, most voters are far too ignorant to know who to vote for.
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