Posted on 02/08/2002 1:49:47 PM PST by Richard M. Nixon
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, February 8, 2002
Former State GOP Chairmen: Riordan Unacceptable as Republican Nominee
SAN JOSE - Three former chairmen of the California Republican Party - John Herrington, Michael Schroeder and John McGraw - today issued the following statement concerning the candidacy of Dick Riordan:
"For the past few months, former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan has campaigned across California asking Republicans to support him in the upcoming state Primary Election. As former chairmen of the California Republican Party, we feel it is our duty to weigh in on the unusual candidacy of Mr. Riordan.
"After careful review of Mr. Riordan's record, both prior to his announcement as a Republican candidate for Governor, and through his statements on the campaign trail, we feel only one conclusion can be reached: Dick Riordan is no Republican.
"While we as a Republican Party will individually disagree on one issue or another, we are bonded together by a common commitment to a limited, less intrusive government and the belief that every citizen should have the freedom to achieve his or her dreams.
"Mr. Riordan's record has put him at odds with our core beliefs time and time again. While we believe this Party is more than willing to accept differences of opinion and a healthy exchange of ideas, we believe Mr. Riordan's countless endorsements and financial contributions to Democrat candidates, which began long before he became mayor of Los Angeles, have amounted to nothing more than outright betrayal of our basic principles, something we can never accept.
"Moreover, Mr. Riordan's statements on the campaign trail have not only put him at odds with the majority of California's Republicans on social issues, but his statements supporting tax increases and increases in the size of state government stand in sharp contrast with our core beliefs as well.
"Further, Mr. Riordan has shown a genuine intolerance for Republican candidates and grass-roots leaders possessing other view points and an unfortunate interest in his own political career over the interests of his 'fellow' Republicans. We believe these traits make Mr. Riordan particularly ill-suited to serve as the nominee for our party's top position, as Mr. Riordan is likely to engage in a selective support strategy to enhance his own personal motives that will leave many Republican nominees at every level out in the cold.
"As former chairmen of the Republican Party, we are forced to conclude that Mr. Riordan's Republican credentials extend no further than a check in the box of a voter registration form.
"In contrast, Bill Simon has demonstrated in the past months that he is not only committed to up-holding the core Republican belief of limited, less intrusive government, but has also shown a genuine appreciation for Republicans of every stripe. He has spent months campaigning across the state, building a solid, genuine grass-roots organization that will be of the utmost benefit to our state party in the General Election. He has also pledged whole-heartedly to support every GOP nominee in November.
"Bill Simon is clearly the candidate who should represent the California Republican Party in the General Election."
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I don't know about you but I got fed up seeing my taxes go up every year despite the recession which made my house's actual value go down! Now every school in our district has most of the playground occupied by portable classrooms.
Why? Because both Republican and Democratic politicians are falling all over themselves catering to the Hispanic voters while they ignore the white and black voters. They do this by failing to inforce our laws.
The immigration act of 1996 said local police officers are to aid INS. Yet the LA city councl votes to instruct their police officers NOT help INS.
By the way, NOT all Hispanics like this obvious pandering. Some of them are just as fed up as I am. They mainly the second and third generation who have been around to see the changes brought to our communities by the flood of illegals.
That changed once he won. Then Reagan really did work hard at selling conservatism to California.
Riordan can't beat Davis. He's too liberal even for California. Conservative Republicans will stay home ... liberal Democrats will vote for Davis, Davis will win in a landslide.
Bill Simon offers voters a choice. Voters WANT a choice. They WANT to find someone who stands for something, even if they don't agree with everything they stand for.
We're dead.
Bump.
The gun control issue--there was a ballot proposition that would have imposed very strict controls on handguns--got Deukmajian elected in 1982. He was competent, so he got reelected in 1986.
This state is a LOT more liberal than it used to be. Sorry, but them's the breaks. You can only turn a state this big around v-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y.
A Hispanic gentleman--rather conservative--who was active in the local party spoke out against 187 on a number of grounds, including the most obvious issue of federal supremacy on immigration issues.
His reward was a guy shouting from the back of the room, "GO BACK TO TIAJUANA, MOJADO!"
The worst part was almost every other person in the audience standing and cheering.
The guy speaking? He changed his registration the next day to USTP. He also urged everyone he knew to either vote against GOP candidates or to just stay home--and he got more than a few people to follow him.
Yup, we're dead--cause of death: self-inflicted gunshot wound to the foot.
What a limp wristed statement defending Republican positions if I ever heard one! This guy pulled so many punches, he wound up hitting himself. No wonder Kalifornia is in deep doo doo.
I was a Scoop Jackson Democrat. I heckled Soviet speakers in college when kids my age were going to anti-Vietnam War demonstrations. I opposed the Vietnam War on the grounds that we were screwing it up so bad we had no chance of winning & so should cut our losses & get out, not because I thought it was wrong or had any illusions about Communists.
As an example, the final exam for Stevenson college's spring 1968 core course, Stability & Change in the Soviet Union, asked what the USSR would do about Prague Spring. I predicted in May that the USSR would invade Czechoslovakia about 10 days before the Democratic presidential convention in Chicago, and gave reasons which turned out to be dead on. This led to an interesting job offer my senior year.
But the Democrats kept moving left after the Vietnam War and eventually started siding with the Communists. I couldn't stand that and switched to the GOP after then US ambassador to the UN Jean Kirkpatrick switched for the same reason.
So your dad actually dated a women to keep tabs on you? I guess you must have kept his hands full. And he knew about your coed fan club?
Not anymore.
The base just isn't big enough. A lot of them died off, a lot more moved away, and the folks who replaced them in this state are very liberal.
Please quit confusing 1982 and 2002.
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