Posted on 01/28/2010 8:19:33 PM PST by thecodont
It looks like the Republican Party won’t be taking names or testing blood samples.
Meeting behind closed doors in Honolulu this afternoon the resolutions committee of the Republican National Committee adopted a watered-down version of the so-called “purity” test advocated by insiders who wanted candidates to complete a check list—8 of 10 needed to pass—to receive financial or organizational help from the party's national controlling body.
The precise wording remains to be worked out.
But the gist is that candidates would have to pledge their fealty to the party platform—which is a lot less stringent than the original resolution sponsored by Indiana’s James Bopp, Jr., a longtime conservative activist.
“No checklist,” Bopp confirmed outside the committee room. “There’s none of that in the resolution.” Still, Bopp declared himself satisfied—though he reserved the right to introduce his original version on Friday when the 168-member RNC meets in full session.
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Either way, thank heavens they’re irrelevant nowadays.
Personally, I think it's great that it's posted here.
It gives us a sense of the GOP commitment factor in selecting Conservatives instead of seat warmers with an "R" on the back.
Werd.
read in AM
And so many here still want us to support that waste of political time.
It should read, “GOP poised to continue it`s slide into oblivion.”
They are as disconnected as Obama and the Dims.
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