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Not a big believer in democracy? Perhaps you'd rather be the democrats where one candidate is chosen for you?
Why don't you take the trouble to read the Constitution and a bit of 1780's and 1790's history. Then you decide if the French Revolution is your cup of tea.
Tony Parker
Treasurer, Republican National Committee
310 First Street, S.E.
Washington, DC 20003
P16
Republican National Committee
PO Box 96994
Washington, DC 20090-6994
Dear Mr. Parker:
I am writing in response to solicitation dated February 19, 2016, a copy of which I enclose. The solicitation was wrapped in an envelope inquiring “have you given up yet?” The answer is that I never give up on my country. However, I do give up on the Republican Party if it does not enforce its own rules concerning debate, and centuries-old custom regarding civility in campaigning. I am referring to the candidacy of Donald Trump. I make several points in this regard:
That I will under no circumstances donate in this election cycle if Donald Trump is the nominee;
That I will under no circumstances donate in this election cycle if the Republican Party cancels the February 21, 2016 debate scheduled for Salt Lake City,
That I will under no circumstances donate in this election cycle if the Republican Party does not enforce the rules on debates, namely, that all declared candidates attend scheduled debates. That rule should be enforced by not allowing the name of any non-attendee to be placed in nomination.
The rules were established, if I recall correctly, to curb abuses such as Jimmy Carter’s refusal to debate Edward Kennedy in the “Rose Garden Campaign” of 1980. We all saw what happened when Jimmy Carter was lured into debating Reagan that October, but I digress. Mr. Trump is dodging the debate(s) for tactical reasons; he fears going one-on-one with a debate champion with an Ivy League college and law school pedigree.
Donald Trump’s tactics have been a disgrace both to the Republican Party and this country. Personally, I have a nephew with arthrogryposis, the disease that Mr. Trump mocked at a press conference. But taking it away from the personal, we do not run campaigns with name calling, racial slurs, or comments on candidates’ personal appearance. Or size of their male member.
I expect the political parties to be “gatekeepers” in our great republic. This country is not a democracy or mobocracy for very good reasons. When our Founders designed the Constitution, France was already circling the drain for the bloodbath that would become the French Revolution. Thus, the Constitution was written to strip the mass of people from the ability to elect a head of state or a prime minister directly.
The Republican Party, in my view, has a responsibility to say “Donald Trump is not my people.” And, it must enforce its own rules concerning debates. And do so with courage.
Sincerely,
JBG
I didn't write a letter but I do have the same feeling. I did donate a little a few months ago, but am holding out to see who gets the nomination.
OP, when Obama won his second term, Reince Priebus came out and said that republicans now favored amnesty for illegals, making them no different from the dems. When the RNC called us and asked us to join and contribute, I gave them an earful. I told them that as long as they were for amnesty, they would never get a cent from me. Plus I let them know that as a person of Hispanic descent, I was insulted to learn that they were so out of touch that they thought they could get my support that way. The person on the phone admitted to me that I wasn't the first one to tell him that. He then proceeded to try to convince me to join so my money could be used to fight that faction of the party. I was born at night but not last night. Needless to say, it was yet another failed tactic.
If anything, should Trump become the nominee, the RNC needs to stand behind him---that is, if they don't want to bleed any more members and donors.
The RNC is in a rough place at this juncture. See, if they have a way of preventing Trump from being the nominee and they don't, they will be bleeding members and donors. It would be my sign to finally make the leap to the Libertarian Party. I guess the end result is that they will lose one of us, it is just a question of who.
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The RNC is in a rough place at this juncture. See, if they have a way of preventing Trump from being the nominee and they don't, they will be bleeding members and donors. It would be my sign to finally make the leap to the Libertarian Party. I guess the end result is that they will lose one of us, it is just a question of who.
The problem is lack of courage. Trump is at best a demagogue. They need to prevent his nomination and let the chips fall where they may.
It may not be so bad for them; Hillary and Bernie are not impressive candidates.
The RNC is in a rough place at this juncture. See, if they have a way of preventing Trump from being the nominee and they don't, they will be bleeding members and donors. It would be my sign to finally make the leap to the Libertarian Party. I guess the end result is that they will lose one of us, it is just a question of who.
The Republican Party, in my view, has a responsibility to say “Donald Trump is not my people.” And, it must enforce its own rules concerning debates. And do so with courage.G
That was Ross Perot's line ... but maybe you're too young.
El Nox
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