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 This must be reviewed and repealed.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.
Anyone who thinks that sending back his RNC card and a snotty reply to a directmail company hired to generate fundraising, is too stupid to be a Republican. If no money is in the reply envelope...it's discarded. No one reads his stupid rant.
Put the letter in a drawer and forget about it.
I saw that too. It's a perennial argument. "Move to the right." "NO! Move to the center." "We don't need your votes anyway." Etc. And of course, the ever popular, "I get to wear the [conservative|base] label, not you and your ilk."
I'm looking forward to new epithets. ;-)
I respectfully disagree with you. If the dissatisfied Republican decides to vote for a 3rd party INSTEAD of the vote they would have given Bush - then yes, that vote was taken away from Bush. It's got nothing to do with a "pool of votes committed to Bush". If a Bush voter decides to vote for someone else, then Bush has lost that vote. Seems logical to me.
I mean I have had it up to here with their backstabbing liberal policies.
The country is being overrun with illegals and the Republicans are not only not doing the right thing they are aiding the illegals. Don't believe it, I will show you a bunch any time you want to see them.
Bush has banned more guns by the pen, through his suboridinates and let the BATFE go back to their illegal habits.
Fed up with them? Getting to hate them is more like it.
GREAT POST!
A couple of points. First, you are correct that a Republican Congress and executive did not curb spending. It has been shown that whenever the same party controlled both houses, the same thing happened. Spending is only curbed when party competition exists. Second, how do you change the election cycle to prevent your concern for winning the next election?
History also reflects that the parties change over time, that new parties replace old. It used to not to be the Republicans and Democrats, and each party is radically different than it was when they were first created.
True, but the last party to hold any significant office was the Whig which collapsed in 1856. The Republican Party began with very liberal roots. Hopefully that is not what you want to return to. When it went totally conservative in 1964 with the help of the Dixiecrats, it lost miserably.
Personally there are a lot of things that need fixing like the borders and Agriculture spending for example. But the Republicans are doing some good things. Tax cuts, refusal to go along with Kyoto, the war on terror, the Patriot Act for examples. The economy is good, my security is being protected, my grandchildren have opportunities I never dreamed of. I keep the problems in perspective when I look at the rest of the world.
Boo f'in Hoo.
Lord have mercy on the whiners. I cannot.
I'm not sure how the agreement to accept fines is unconstitutional if Congress and the executive agree to do so.
That's a great letter. I agree that President Bush and many republican congressmen are too liberal. If more Republicans wrote letters like yours, the RNC might try to persuade republican politicians to become more conservative.
In 2004, I thought that Bush was too liberal, so I voted for the Constitution Party candidate, Michael Peroutka. If I thought that the vote would be close in my state, Illinois, I would have voted for Bush. I didn't want to help split the conservative vote and help Kerry win IL. In Oct. '04, I predicted that Kerry would get 57% of the vote in IL, so I voted for the candidate with whom I agreed the most. Kerry got 57% of the vote in IL.
I think you made my point. No agreement can supercede the Constitution, and we have a judiciary, executive and legislative that is still in control. If a provision is believed to be unconstitutional, then file a suit, as the lumber company did.
Despite the ra ra republicrat's ragging on you, you done good! I for one, am glad to see more of us standing up to the liars and the Big Govt "new conservatives" that now hold the power. Their day's are numbered. Blackbird.
bttt
Ok, here is the crux of our disagreement.
From your point of view there are a limited number of types of voters.
1. republicans
2. democrats
3. Independent / other
You automatically assume that a republican, even if dissatisfied with his or her choice of candidate, should vote for the republican candidate (a bush voter), and therefore if the voter casts a ballot for anyone else, that vote is considered "lost" and helps the opponent win.
This argument works equally well for the democrats.
Unfortunately, both are wrong.
I don't think we're going to agree on this.
However, how would you categorize a voter who changed their affiliation from "republican" to "independent"?
Does this change automatically "help" all democrats in all races in which that voter would vote?
Just wondering...............
AMEN.
Maybe someone has a copy of the last 4 or 5 cycles of Republican Platforms so that can make an honest appraisal of what we've been paying for versus what we've gotten.
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