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http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/11/23/rnc-socialist-resolution-returns/

 

RNC members draft new 'socialist' resolution

 

Washington (CNN) - Conservative members of the Republican National Committee are circulating a new resolution that calls on party members to stand up to President Obama's "socialist" agenda and would prohibit RNC funds from going to GOP candidates who disagree with elements of a proposed ten plank ideological platform.

 

The language of the proposal is still being tweaked ahead of January's RNC Winter Meeting in Hawaii, where it could be submitted for a vote before the full committee.

 

Jim Bopp, Jr., an RNC committee member from Indiana and the chief sponsor of the resolution, said the goal of the resolution is to "re-establish the party's conservative bona fides."

 

"This would establish standards for candidates and hold them accountable to RNC's conservative platform," he told CNN. "We are open to diverse views, but you do have to agree with us most of the time."

 

Bopp said such standards would insulate RNC chairman Michael Steele from the kind of conservative criticism he faced last month for supporting a moderate Republican, Dede Scozzafava, in the special election in New York's 23rd congressional district.

 

"I think he has been unjustly criticized for supporting the Republican candidate in New York," Bopp said of Steele, whom he opposed during the chairman's race last Winter. "This resolution will establish standards so that he wont won't feel obligated to support every Republican and not feel criticized."

 

RNC spokeswoman Gail Gitcho had no comment on the resolution.

 

"The deadline for submitting Resolutions for the RNC Winter Meeting is more than 30 days away," Gitcho said in an e-mail.

 

"At this point, we do not what resolutions will be submitted nor what the final language of any resolution ultimately submitted may be."

 

If approved in its current form, the resolution would be the second RNC document this year to formally accuse the Obama administration of pushing socialist policies. The committee approved a resolution in May calling on Democrats to "stop pushing our country toward socialism."

 

Full text of the resolution after the jump:

 

Proposed RNC Resolution on Reagan's Unity Principle for Support of CandidatesWHEREAS, President Ronald Reagan believed that the Republican Party should support and espouse conservative principles and public policies; and

 

WHEREAS, President Ronald Reagan also believed the Republican Party should welcome those with diverse views; and

 

WHEREAS, President Ronald Reagan believed, as a result, that someone who agreed with him 8 out of 10 times was his friend, not his opponent; and

 

WHEREAS, Republican faithfulness to its conservative principles and public policies and Republican solidarity in opposition to Obama's socialist agenda is necessary to preserve the security of our country, our economic and political freedoms, and our way of life; and

 

WHEREAS, Republican faithfulness to its conservative principles and public policies is necessary to restore the trust of the American people in the Republican Party and to lead to Republican electoral victories; and

 

WHEREAS, the Republican National Committee shares President Ronald Reagan's belief that the Republican Party should espouse conservative principles and public policies and welcome persons of diverse views; and

 

WHEREAS, the Republican National Committee desires to implement President Reagan's Unity Principle for Support of Candidates; and

 

WHEREAS, in addition to supporting candidates, the Republican National Committee provides financial support for Republican state and local parties for party building and federal election activities, which benefits all candidates and is not affected by this resolution; and

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Republican National Committee identifies ten (10) key public policy positions for the 2010 election cycle, which the Republican National Committee expects its public officials and candidates to support:

 

(1) We support smaller government, smaller national debt, lower deficits and lower taxes by opposing bills like Obama's "stimulus" bill;

 

(2) We support market-based health care reform and oppose Obama-style government run healthcare;

 

(3) We support market-based energy reforms by opposing cap and trade legislation;

 

(4) We support workers' right to secret ballot by opposing card check;

 

(5) We support legal immigration and assimilation into American society by opposing amnesty for illegal immigrants;

 

(6) We support victory in Iraq and Afghanistan by supporting military-recommended troop surges;

 

(7) We support containment of Iran and North Korea, particularly effective action to eliminate their nuclear weapons threat;

 

(8) We support retention of the Defense of Marriage Act;

 

(9) We support protecting the lives of vulnerable persons by opposing health care rationing, denial of health care and government funding of abortion; and

 

(10) We support the right to keep and bear arms by opposing government restrictions on gun ownership; and be further

 

RESOLVED, that a candidate who disagrees with three or more of the above stated public policy positions of the Republican National Committee, as identified by the voting record, public statements and/or signed questionnaire of the candidate, shall not be eligible for financial support and endorsement by the Republican National Committee; and be further

 

RESOLVED, that upon the approval of this resolution the Republican National Committee shall deliver a copy of this resolution to each of Republican members of Congress, all Republican candidates for Congress, as they become known, and to each Republican state and territorial party office.

 

Chief Sponsor:

James Bopp, Jr. NCM IN

 

Sponsors:

Avie Axdahl NCW MN

Donna Cain NCW OR

Cindy Costa NCW SC

Demetra Demonte NCW IL

Peggy Lambert NCW TN

Carolyn McLarty NCW OK

Pete Rickets NCM NE

Steve Scheffler NCM IA

Helen Van Etten NCW KA

Solomon Yue NCM OR

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http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/11/23/rnc-socialist-resolution-returns/

 

RNC members draft new 'socialist' resolution

 

Washington (CNN) - Conservative members of the Republican National Committee are circulating a new resolution that calls on party members to stand up to President Obama's "socialist" agenda and would prohibit RNC funds from going to GOP candidates who disagree with elements of a proposed ten plank ideological platform.

 

The language of the proposal is still being tweaked ahead of January's RNC Winter Meeting in Hawaii, where it could be submitted for a vote before the full committee.

 

Jim Bopp, Jr., an RNC committee member from Indiana and the chief sponsor of the resolution, said the goal of the resolution is to "re-establish the party's conservative bona fides."

 

"This would establish standards for candidates and hold them accountable to RNC's conservative platform," he told CNN. "We are open to diverse views, but you do have to agree with us most of the time."

 

Bopp said such standards would insulate RNC chairman Michael Steele from the kind of conservative criticism he faced last month for supporting a moderate Republican, Dede Scozzafava, in the special election in New York's 23rd congressional district.

 

"I think he has been unjustly criticized for supporting the Republican candidate in New York," Bopp said of Steele, whom he opposed during the chairman's race last Winter. "This resolution will establish standards so that he wont won't feel obligated to support every Republican and not feel criticized."

 

RNC spokeswoman Gail Gitcho had no comment on the resolution.

 

"The deadline for submitting Resolutions for the RNC Winter Meeting is more than 30 days away," Gitcho said in an e-mail.

 

"At this point, we do not what resolutions will be submitted nor what the final language of any resolution ultimately submitted may be."

 

If approved in its current form, the resolution would be the second RNC document this year to formally accuse the Obama administration of pushing socialist policies. The committee approved a resolution in May calling on Democrats to "stop pushing our country toward socialism."

 

Full text of the resolution after the jump:

 

Proposed RNC Resolution on Reagan's Unity Principle for Support of CandidatesWHEREAS, President Ronald Reagan believed that the Republican Party should support and espouse conservative principles and public policies; and

 

WHEREAS, President Ronald Reagan also believed the Republican Party should welcome those with diverse views; and

 

WHEREAS, President Ronald Reagan believed, as a result, that someone who agreed with him 8 out of 10 times was his friend, not his opponent; and

 

WHEREAS, Republican faithfulness to its conservative principles and public policies and Republican solidarity in opposition to Obama's socialist agenda is necessary to preserve the security of our country, our economic and political freedoms, and our way of life; and

 

WHEREAS, Republican faithfulness to its conservative principles and public policies is necessary to restore the trust of the American people in the Republican Party and to lead to Republican electoral victories; and

 

WHEREAS, the Republican National Committee shares President Ronald Reagan's belief that the Republican Party should espouse conservative principles and public policies and welcome persons of diverse views; and

 

WHEREAS, the Republican National Committee desires to implement President Reagan's Unity Principle for Support of Candidates; and

 

WHEREAS, in addition to supporting candidates, the Republican National Committee provides financial support for Republican state and local parties for party building and federal election activities, which benefits all candidates and is not affected by this resolution; and

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Republican National Committee identifies ten (10) key public policy positions for the 2010 election cycle, which the Republican National Committee expects its public officials and candidates to support:

 

(1) We support smaller government, smaller national debt, lower deficits and lower taxes by opposing bills like Obama's "stimulus" bill;

 

(2) We support market-based health care reform and oppose Obama-style government run healthcare;

 

(3) We support market-based energy reforms by opposing cap and trade legislation;

 

(4) We support workers' right to secret ballot by opposing card check;

 

(5) We support legal immigration and assimilation into American society by opposing amnesty for illegal immigrants;

 

(6) We support victory in Iraq and Afghanistan by supporting military-recommended troop surges;

 

(7) We support containment of Iran and North Korea, particularly effective action to eliminate their nuclear weapons threat;

 

(8) We support retention of the Defense of Marriage Act;

 

(9) We support protecting the lives of vulnerable persons by opposing health care rationing, denial of health care and government funding of abortion; and

 

(10) We support the right to keep and bear arms by opposing government restrictions on gun ownership; and be further

 

RESOLVED, that a candidate who disagrees with three or more of the above stated public policy positions of the Republican National Committee, as identified by the voting record, public statements and/or signed questionnaire of the candidate, shall not be eligible for financial support and endorsement by the Republican National Committee; and be further

 

RESOLVED, that upon the approval of this resolution the Republican National Committee shall deliver a copy of this resolution to each of Republican members of Congress, all Republican candidates for Congress, as they become known, and to each Republican state and territorial party office.

 

Chief Sponsor:

James Bopp, Jr. NCM IN

 

Sponsors:

Avie Axdahl NCW MN

Donna Cain NCW OR

Cindy Costa NCW SC

Demetra Demonte NCW IL

Peggy Lambert NCW TN

Carolyn McLarty NCW OK

Pete Rickets NCM NE

Steve Scheffler NCM IA

Helen Van Etten NCW KA

Solomon Yue NCM OR

 

 

The quest for ideological purity is destroying their party - which, more power to them.

 

Considering they cheerlead any and all wars that come around the bend, even when manufactured, wars that result in the deaths of civilians living outside the womb, their stance on abortion is nothing short of pathetic and laughable. They don't give the slightest fuck about life, they're just interested in adhering to their precious bibles - mostly out of a sense of fear.

 

But by all means, continue to eat your own.

 

1) We support smaller government, smaller national debt, lower deficits and lower taxes but only when a democrat is in the White House, otherwise, when we Repubs are in charge, we pretty much rule the fucking world when it comes to spending your money and increasing the size of gubament

 

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