Posted on 11/08/2001 12:21:26 PM PST by mafree
First, we need to find and support the candidates in our areas.Second, we need to determine who the RINOs are as opposed to Republican moderates.[1] RINOs get no support, while we will support a moderate in the general election over a Demonrat.
We need to spread the word out to friends, family members, and others. We need to find out early who they are for, and if we can convince them to support our guys. We also need to be able to counteract the lies the Dems use firmly. We also need to point out the skeletons in a Dem's closet.[2]
In short, we gotta do a lot of the dirty work. We need to be anti-Clinton in our style as much as possible. We will be honorable and decent, and when we do criticize him, we have the stuff to back up the criticism.
[1] The difference between an Republican moderate and a RINO is defined as such: A Republican moderate may not agree with us on all the issues (the most likely differences would involve guns or the pro-life issue), but in a general election, he will back our guys 100%. See Bob Franks and Tom Kean. RINOs are the ones who will stab our guys in the back if they don't get their way. See Donnie DiFrancesco and John Warner.
[2] The important thing in this case is to have the proof. Nothing will hurt our side more than a charge that cannot be proven --- hchutch
Excellent suggestions. I would like to add one:
When it comes to US House/Senate races in 2002, donate money to three candidates:
1. Your local candidate (as long as s/he's a conservative/moderate republican, and not a RINO).
2. Some good candidate (conservative/moderate republican) in another district/state who is in a tight race and could use your support.
3. Your choice of a top "shining conservative" in the country, regardless of how that person is doing in the race, regardless of whether that person is far-ahead and doesn't need the help (it's good PR to give him more help) or is way behind and can't win (a truly valiant warrior deserves support regardless of "the odds").
Anyway, that's what I'm going to do.
To the Freepers flagged: Pass these suggestions on to everyone you know.
Don't believe for a second that all this was confined to the South- not at all. Many whites in the North had the same fears and concerns and some weren't afraid to act on them in some brutal ways. For example, I know a black man personally who was almost lynched in Indiana in the 1930s, largely over the rumor that he and two of his friends (they were lynched) raped a white woman while robbing her and her boyfriend.
For the most part, it's been hard for blacks to be strongly opposed to intermarriage as a collective whole because so many were/are the descendants of white slavemasters and others. Also, blacks lacked the power to enforce their wishes even if they did have a problem with it.
Now many blacks as well as whites would personally choose not to intermarry, and some would oppose a family member or friend doing so, but others have no problem with it or would do it themselves. Still, there is a sordid, ugly past around opposition to race mixing and it didn't start with blacks.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.