Are YOU Pure Enough for the GOP?
Tim Mak at FrumForum:
Are YOU pure enough to pass the GOP test?
Yesterday, it emerged that James Bopp, Jr., a Republican National Committeeman from Indiana, was circulating a resolution to be discussed at the RNC’s annual meeting next January in Hawaii.
The resolution, titled Reagan’s Unity Principle for Support of Candidates, outlines ten principles that the sponsors want Republican candidates to adhere to (see below or click on link above for the list). Candidates who did not agree with at least eight of the ten points would be denied RNC funding and the Republican nomination.
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Among the many problems in the resolution is the reinforcement of the GOP as the ‘party of no.’ The list focuses mainly on what the Republican Party finds intolerable, rather than what it would seek to achieve.
Seven of the ten policy points are statements of opposition: candidates must oppose future stimulus bills, government-run health care, cap and trade, card check, amnesty for illegal immigrants, and government funding of abortion. That’s fine – but by God, what do you support?
Read more at:
http://www.frumforum.com/are-you-pure-enough-for-the-gop
