Posted on 08/05/2007 4:54:00 AM PDT by Tree of Liberty
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This is just simply wrong!!!
The crux of the problem, as conservatives, we don't NEED to be led. We don't recieve our marching orders from the establishment, nor do we WANT to be led by the establishment.
That's the problem with conservative governmental leadership, "conservative" and "governmental leadership" are antithetical. One has to give way to the other, unfortunately it's usually the "conservative" part that concedes.
All I got was my user name.
Who wrote this, Mojo?
HHC's husband
I wish there was a way that we could know who is here and what each person’s skill set is.
I got 271,633.
LOL! HHC’s husband
The IQ level here has dropped precipitiously since I joined. Lots of highly intelligent, articulate, engaging Freepers don’t come here much any more.”
I agree with you that the IQ level dropped when you joined.
“Free Republic does not have the clout ot get members to turn out. It has been marginalized.”
i think it’s hard to compare the differences in grassroots organization on the left and right. the left doesn’t have talk radio: the right does and that is a fierce problem for the left because talk radio hosts do educate and galvanize along with sites like FR (to wit the immigration debate). the power of the radio is that it reaches people who tune in spontaneously and this may convert some minds. that is less likely on a website. anyway, if a candidate finds a way to unite the forces of the right (radio, websites, blogs, RNC, Conservative Party, etc), i am convinced the right would be more powerful.
#181,075 here
There is an About page where Freepers who want that information known about themselves can post it.
And a good thing too. The RudyBots were the same jackals that would hit the abuse button like a gang rape on someone and get them banned.
I don't miss them. Not one little bit.
Good riddance to bad rubbish! HHC's husband
That's a mystification, and wrong. The Republican Party is a confederational, not a Leninist, party. There are rip-snorting battles for control among various factions all the time at the county level and periodically at the state level.
The RNC itself, however, is simply a confederation of the state parties. There are 165 members: a national committeman, national committeewoman, and a state chairman from each of the States, the territories, and D.C. You want to be on the RNC? Go ahead: get active in local GOP politics and run for national committeman or state chairman. Nobody from D.C. is going to annoint you.
The full RNC meets a couple of times a year. It elects a Chairman and an executive committee to hire the staff and run the day-to-day business. Its unending mission is to raise money to help Republicans beat Democrats. Its other great continuing mission is to organize the Republican National Convention, which is the ultimate governing body of the Party. It is the Convention, not the RNC, that establishes the rules of the national Party. The RNC itself is a creation of the Convention.
You want to reform the rules and mission of the RNC? Easy enough, in theory. Get yourself elected as a delegate to the National Convention. This is usually done in your local Republican primary or at the state convention, if you're in a convention state. It's not that hard if you've got serious grassroots credentials at the local and state level. The number of delegates varies by state, but there's quite a crowd. There's usually an "official" slate put together by the state committee, but insurgents can and do get elected. Takes a little work, though.
If there are any past or present county chairmen on this thread, I'd invite you to weigh in. My point is simply that power flows from the grassroots up. That can make for a long slog to the top -- we don't have hereditary peerages like the democrats, with a lot of appointed or ex officio delegates.
Alexa doesn’t provide reliable stats.
That’s the kind of insightful comment that beautifully illustrates the point I was trying to make.
Thanks!
Really? I've always found their stats to be fairly accurate... I'll keep a sharper eye when using them, thanks.
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