All hail! The new Republican Party Mascot
Posted on 03/27/2002 8:25:09 AM PST by Dan from Michigan
Today sucks. CFR has been signed by Bush, and the RINOS and RATS got a big win. Now, I am PO'ed, and hoping for the courts to do the right thing, which is NEVER a 100% sure thing.
I say it's time for some paybacks.
I'm not a rich man. I do not have a lot of money, but one of the biggest RINO's, is a guy named Fred Upton, a congresscritter from Southwest Michigan. He is from a GOP leaning seat that went for Bush and has some strong conservative areas. Upton is pro-abort, voted for CFR, and is a real gun grabber as well. MCRGO will not endorse him, and the NRA didn't endorse him either.
Upton has a PRIMARY challenge from a strong conservative. Current State Senator Dale Shugars. In fact, he's almost too conservative for me on some issues. I'll take that over a RINO any day of the week. He's 100% pro-gun and pro-life. He RIPPED Upton for his CFR vote. This guy was a very good state senator in my state, and will be a good congressman as well. He has experience. He also CAN WIN.
I can not vote for him since I do not live in his district. I do not work for his campaign. This is strictly on an issues basis here, and not a personal favor.
I have just written a $25 check as of RIGHT NOW to this campaign. I encourage all the freepers PO'ed about CFR to do the same. We can make an example out of Fred Upton. This is a tough race, but winnable, especially in a primary. Good luck to Dale Shugars.
Shugars for Congress
5315 Angling Road
Portage, MI 49024
While both are limited in the amount of money that they can donate to candidates from their PAC they are able to "bundle" checks from individuals that are made out directly to the campaign to present to the campaign when they give their PAC check. It makes a real statement to the candidate and to the political system for a PAC to say "here's our check for $5000 and an additional $3000 in bundled checks from the members of FreeRepublic.
It would be a great way to show the strength of FR as a movement that is committed to creating real change.
Something to think about.
Real Republican = someone who can never win an election.
I changed my registration from Democrat to Republican @ 16 years ago because no elected Democratic officials spoke up for my interests on national security. They were all pro-Communist and anti-American. The next to last straw was when Senator John Glenn endorsed the "nuclear freeze" in his 1984 presidential race. The last straw was when Reagan's UN ambassador, Jean Kirkpatrick, changed her registration from Democrat to Republican for roughly the same reason.
And, when I was a freshman in college in 1968, as chief of the Eugene McCarthy presidential primary campaign in Santa Cruz County, California, I got about 10-20% of all the Republicans in the county to change their registration to Democrat to vote for McCarthy due to their opposition to the Vietnam War. That was the _only_ way they could vote against the Vietnam War, because Reagan was governor and the sole GOP presidential candidate, running as a "favorite son". The re-registration campaign I devised and operated gave Santa Cruz County its first Democratic majority since the Civil War.
Political parties need to be big tents to win - everyone has to feel they have a voice which will be heard, and that some elected officials from their party represent their interests. That way they'll stay in the party and vote for candidates of their party who they disagree with on issues.
But when the only voices they hear from their party's officials are all against them, they'll walk. That's how I got _thousands_ of Republicans to become Democrats in ten days when I was 18 years old, and why I'm a Republican now.
The RINO term is used by people who can't win elections.
The State GOP passed that to slap Emily's list in the face.
BTW -- while everyone has their checkbook out. Today is a great day to make a donation to the NRA legal fund to fight CFR in court.
Political PAC limits
Governor - $3400
Lt Gov - $3400
Local/Judical candidate population 250,000+ - $3400
State Senate - $1000
local 85001-250,000 - $1000
State rep - $500
Local , less than 85,000 - $500
Other state elective office - $3400
Independent Committees have 10 times the limit of Political PACS(Like MCRGO)
Usually RINO = Republican in name only.
Real Republican = someone who adheres to the party platform, such as being pro-life and anti-taxes.
Dump the RINOs.
No Dimocrat would let that stop them!
All hail! The new Republican Party Mascot
West Virginia has two RAT senators who both voted for CFR as well as RINO Shelley Moore Capito. Capito's record:
Please address contributions to Jay Wolfe for Senator to: Friends of Jay Wolfe PO Box 89
Salem, WV 26426-9903
THANK YOU!
People laughed when John Engler thought he was going to be governor in 1990.
When I worked at a small newspaper in Michigan, I covered Upton and respected him. But going soft on pro-life issues will not warrant my support.
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