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REPUBLICAN LIBERTY CAUCUS NEWS
Fiedor Report On the News #279 ^ | 7-21-02 | Doug Fiedor

Posted on 07/24/2002 2:46:24 PM PDT by Jim Robinson

By: Douglas Lorenz, RLC National Chairman (1)

There have recently been a number of significant changes in the national Republican Liberty Caucus (RLC). Among the more obvious changes, the National Committee picked a new chairman. Of course, most people haven't heard about this recent change yet, and that is largely because, over time, the national RLC has lost contact with some of its state and local activists. Starting now, that is changing.

The most important function of the Republican Liberty Caucus is to build an organization that helps Liberty-minded Republicans get active in politics. Our goal is to encourage Liberty minded folks to band together within their communities and their states to form RLC chapters. Which means, of course, that we need to make tools available to help people build an organization, recruit members, and get involved in their local campaigns. Towards that end, we plan to establish a communication network that will allow RLC members and chapters to discuss their successes and failures so that we can reach a future where success is commonplace.

The National Board of Directors of the Republican Liberty Caucus recognizes that the real work is done at the state and local levels. It is at the state and local levels where individuals work closely with campaigns, getting votes, influencing policy, and getting Liberty minded Republicans elected to office. Our members need to be involved closely and actively with current campaigns, and we will be encouraging some members to run for office themselves whenever possible. From our point of view, all elected political offices are significant because all elected offices can impact on our Liberty. A lot can be accomplished running for a school board or a city council seat. And, let's face it, today's local leaders are often tomorrow's state and national legislators.

Therefore, we must also be actively involved in Republican Party activities at the state and local level. Republican Party policy needs to be influenced by individuals who hold the real Reagan beliefs that "Government is not the solution to our problems, Government is the problem". In some states we actually have individuals who claim to be Republican who are fighting to implement state income taxes and other anti-Liberty laws. We have some of these "Republicans in Name Only" or "RINO's" who see nothing wrong in curtailing the very freedoms that make America great. Simply put, the Republican Liberty Caucus does not think that these individuals should be the standard bearers for the party of Ronald Reagan and Barry Goldwater.

Simply by making it possible for Liberty minded people to get involved, the Republican Liberty Caucus can and should become the standard bearer of the Republican Party. And, that is where the organization of the national Republican Liberty Caucus becomes important.

While the state organizations are best at battling in the trenches and winning individual campaigns, the national organization can sometimes be better at getting recognition for our efforts. The national Board of the Republican Liberty Caucus can reach out to the media in ways that state chapters often cannot. And the national organization can connect with other Republican groups, issue groups and think tanks in ways that would be inefficient for 50 individual state organizations. With such recognition, other groups and individuals will see our quest to have Liberty minded candidates elected to office as a winning cause, and they will be willing to help us at the state level.

The primary goal of the Republican Liberty Caucus is to help Liberty minded candidates -- those who will "support and defend the Constitution of the United States" -- get elected to office. Our secondary goal is to provide a viable organization that will help Liberty minded Republicans join together to succeed in our primary goal.

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Douglas Lorenz is the National Chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus, which was formed in 1990 to promote the principles of free enterprise, limited government and individual liberty within the Republican Party. He can be reached by e-mail at Doug@Lorenz.Net.

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NOTE: The RLC is active in a few States. Most notably are Texas(2), California(3) and Kentucky(4).

According to Scott Jordan, the newly proposed California State Chairman, their chapter is quite active:

"In this election cycle, for example, California's Reagan-style Bill Simon was the come-from-behind landslide winner against the establishment-supported mainstream RINO favorite. This was no surprise to the RLC, which was the first national organization to endorse Simon's campaign -- about a year before the primary! And the RLC worked hard to ensure Simon's nomination, including telephone-bank efforts mounted in the Bay Area(3), which Simon amazingly carried, despite the region's well-known liberalism.

"Under its new leadership, the RLC is coming out swinging to ensure that Liberty principles and Constitutional fidelity prevail in this and future elections. These are the most exciting days yet for the RLC -- check it out."

Texas, of course, has the RLC's first Chairman, Rep. Ron Paul, and other office holders. They already have a slate of candidates ready for this election cycle.

Kentucky RLC helped six out of seven RLC candidates get elected in the last election cycle and is already working on a very impressive slate for this and the next cycle.

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1. http://www.rlc.org

2. http://www.rlctexas.org/

3. http://www.BayAreaRLC.org

4. Mike Moreland at: mrm.bluegill1@insightbb.com

   

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TOPICS: RLC News
KEYWORDS: caucus; constitution; douglaslorenz; mikemoreland; reagan; rlc; rlcnatlchrmn; scottjordon
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The primary goal of the Republican Liberty Caucus is to help Liberty minded candidates -- those who will "support and defend the Constitution of the United States" -- get elected to office. Our secondary goal is to provide a viable organization that will help Liberty minded Republicans join together to succeed in our primary goal.

Texas, of course, has the RLC's first Chairman, Rep. Ron Paul, and other office holders. They already have a slate of candidates ready for this election cycle. Kentucky RLC helped six out of seven RLC candidates get elected in the last election cycle and is already working on a very impressive slate for this and the next cycle.


The above article was originally posted here by Forest.

1 posted on 07/24/2002 2:46:24 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
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To: Jim Robinson
Thank you SOOO much for this new forum. I truly believe that the RLC is the future of the GOP.
2 posted on 07/24/2002 2:49:28 PM PDT by Texaggie79
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To: OWK; OrthodoxPresbyterian; Demidog; tex-oma; LibKill; Classical Liberal; carenot
ping
3 posted on 07/24/2002 2:51:37 PM PDT by Texaggie79
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To: Jim Robinson; tpaine; OWK; nunya bidness; AAABEST; Mercuria; MadameAxe; redrock; Free Vulcan; ...
The moderate whiners on here are gonna be pissed about this forum I bet.
4 posted on 07/24/2002 2:52:43 PM PDT by Sir Gawain
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To: Jim Robinson
Just noticed this Jim. I think it's a great idea. Thanks
5 posted on 07/24/2002 3:00:54 PM PDT by steve50
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To: steve50; forest; Doug Fiedor; DougLorenz; RightOnTheLeftCoast; the irate magistrate
New forum dedicated to the Republican Liberty Caucus.
6 posted on 07/24/2002 3:10:05 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
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To: Jim Robinson
I just realized the name of this forum is Republican Liberty Caucus Liberty Caucus. Boo boo?
7 posted on 07/24/2002 3:10:05 PM PDT by Sir Gawain
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To: Sir Gawain; Reagan Man
Funny, R-man and I were just discussing this on another thread. - Dispite his name I did detect a certain lack of enthusiasm. It may be 'rino rejection'.

"Government is not the solution to our problems, Government is the problem".
"We have some of these "Republicans in Name Only" or "RINO's" who see nothing wrong in curtailing the very freedoms that make America great. Simply put, the Republican Liberty Caucus does not think that these individuals should be the standard bearers for the party of Ronald Reagan and Barry Goldwater."
--- And Ron Paul.

8 posted on 07/24/2002 3:15:28 PM PDT by tpaine
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To: Texaggie79; rb22982; nofriendofbills; gcruse; OrthodoxPresbyterian; antisocial; Fred Mertz; ...
* Ping *
9 posted on 07/24/2002 3:16:45 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
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To: Jim Robinson
Thanks for the ping. Let's Roll!!!
10 posted on 07/24/2002 3:21:02 PM PDT by gcruse
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To: Roscoe; Cultural Jihad; Kevin Curry; GOPcapitalist; Dane; sinkspur; Texasforever; Huck
'Moderate' whiners ping.

RLC or RINO?
11 posted on 07/24/2002 4:44:06 PM PDT by tpaine
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To: Texaggie79
Thank you SOOO much for this new forum. I truly believe that the RLC is the future of the GOP.

That's something we can agree on.

12 posted on 07/24/2002 4:56:05 PM PDT by A.J.Armitage
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To: A.J.Armitage
"I truly believe that the RLC is the future of the GOP."

That's something we can agree on.


We can agree, but it ain't gonna happen unless politicians will endorse the RLC's positions.
-- Check em out at JR's other thread on this forum.

13 posted on 07/24/2002 5:20:04 PM PDT by tpaine
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To: tpaine
You considering joining the RLC, tpaine? Or are you, as indicated by your post, simply a moderate here to whine about their presence?
14 posted on 07/24/2002 5:20:58 PM PDT by GOPcapitalist
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To: GOPcapitalist
To: Roscoe; Cultural Jihad; Kevin Curry; GOPcapitalist; Dane; sinkspur; Texasforever; Huck

'Moderate' whiners ping.

RLC or RINO?
11 by tpaine


You considering joining the RLC, tpaine?
Or are you, as indicated by your post, simply a moderate here to whine about their presence?


We'll see.

What you don't see though, as usual, is that I pinged all you rino 'moderat'es to answer my question. -- You did. Thanks.
15 posted on 07/24/2002 5:45:27 PM PDT by tpaine
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To: tpaine
'Moderate' whiners ping.

RLC or RINO?

Is there really such a critter
as a Republican in name only?
Republican isn't a philosophy,
it is drive to get and hold political
office.  The phenomenon I see is that
they are deserting conservative
principles to get hold of the levers
of power and to keep that grip.
That is the nature of a politician,
ie, a democrat or a republican.
Our problem is that Republicans
today are conservative in
name only.  CINOs.  A real
Constitution lovin' citizen is
more likely to be libertarian
or conservative than today's
version of Republican.

16 posted on 07/24/2002 6:17:21 PM PDT by gcruse
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To: gcruse
Well, I believe one objective of the RLC is to recruit, train, support and elect Liberty-minded conservatives to office on the Republican Party ticket where there is party name recognition and numbers to actually get them elected.
17 posted on 07/24/2002 6:58:45 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
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To: Jim Robinson
I agree. My point is that CINO is a more apt description of those we hang the RINO label on. And that once we get that sorted out, libertarians and conservatives have more common ground than either of us do with the parties of big government. Republicans have a lot more to learn from libertarians than they think. And a move in that direction will pick up disenchanted conservatives.
18 posted on 07/24/2002 7:07:32 PM PDT by gcruse
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To: tpaine
The problem with that attitude is, it seems to take it for granted that politicians are a closed set. Find someone who agrees with the principles we support and get him to run. If you can't, you can run yourself. But, here's where "practical politics" comes in, start with the state legislature and other lower offices. That's where the big politicians get their start.
19 posted on 07/24/2002 7:08:06 PM PDT by A.J.Armitage
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To: Jim Robinson; Wally Cleaver; logos; pocat; one_particular_harbour; SLB; the irate magistrate; ...
Thanks much Jim for giving the RLC an opportunity to spread its message to 'real Republicans' on FR.
20 posted on 07/24/2002 7:09:05 PM PDT by Fred Mertz
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