Why I’m Resigning My Position As A Republican Committeeman

[Chosen Daughter]

Why I’m Resigning My Position As A Republican Committeeman


Last week, I resigned my position in the York Township Republican Committeemen’s Organization. Below is the letter I sent to the chairman explaining my decision.


Chairman Cuzzone:



We come together in political parties to magnify our influence. An organized representative institution can give weight to our will in ways we could not accomplish on our own. Working with others gives us power, but at the cost of constant, calculated compromise. No two people will agree on everything. There is no moral purity in politics.


If compromise is the key to healthy politics, how does one respond when compromise descends into complicity? To preserve a sense of our personal moral accountability we must each define boundaries. For those boundaries to have meaning we must have the courage to protect them, even when the cost is high.


Almost 30 years ago as a teenager in Texas, I attended my first county Republican convention. As a college student I met a young Rick Perry, fresh from his conversion to the GOP, as he was launching his first campaign for statewide office. Through Associated Republicans of Texas, I contributed and volunteered for business-friendly Republican state and local candidates

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-ladd/why-im-resigning-my-position-republican-committeeman_b_11184436.html?ref=yfp

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[beandog]

I detest the Donald but reading this guy's letter he sounds more like liberal than a conservative to me.  Using the phrase "Climate Denial" makes him fit right in with the Rats.

[Formerly Once-Ler]

I detest the Donald but reading this guy's letter he sounds more like liberal than a conservative to me.  Using the phrase "Climate Denial" makes him fit right in with the Rats.

You've got a point.  Of course he is a Republican from Illinois They're gonna be a little squishy.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-ladd/why-im-resigning-my-position-republican-committeeman_b_11184436.html

The Iraq War, the financial meltdown, the utter failure of supply-side theory, climate denial, and our strange pursuit of theocratic legislation have all been troubling.

[GtHawk]

I have to agree with you, seems half his reasons are right out of the liberals book.

[Cripplecreek]

Watch for the liberal Republicans who helped Trump get the nomination abandon him now because they see that he is a sinking ship.  They want to hang it on the conservatives and hope true constitutional conservatism sinks with the Trumptanic.  There are some conservatives to blame, but the vast majority of conservatives did not support Trump during the primary. 

Trump is like a live grenade that Republicans will start throwing at different factions, hoping to kill the other guy's faction, not theirs.  Once that's over, beware of the battle for control.  Rough days ahead.

Trump is a political suicide bomber inside the wire

[Chosen Daughter]

I detest the Donald but reading this guy's letter he sounds more like liberal than a conservative to me.  Using the phrase "Climate Denial" makes him fit right in with the Rats.

Your right that did stick out to me also.  I am sure there are some Republicans that see that issue differently.  Kasich is one.  I am all for alternative energy myself.  But not because of global warming.  I believe it gives people freedom and it provides energy to people who otherwise don't have it.  Makes off the grid possible for those who either can't get power or want the freedom to provide their own. 

[Chosen Daughter]

Oh and myself I believe the earth warms and cools naturally.  KYOTO really was such a sham to steal jobs away to other countries who they were willing to exclude from their environment taxes. 

[Mesaclone]

Watch for the liberal Republicans who helped Trump get the nomination abandon him now because they see that he is a sinking ship.  They want to hang it on the conservatives and hope true constitutional conservatism sinks with the Trumptanic.  There are some conservatives to blame, but the vast majority of conservatives did not support Trump during the primary. 

Trump is like a live grenade that Republicans will start throwing at different factions, hoping to kill the other guy's faction, not theirs.  Once that's over, beware of the battle for control.  Rough days ahead.

Sinking ship? He just pulled ahead of Hillary in the RCP average. The ship is not just afloat, it's pounding the left wing beaches with steady 16" guns.

[Frank Cannon]

Sinking ship? He just pulled ahead of Hillary in the RCP average. The ship is not just afloat, it's pounding the left wing beaches with steady 16" guns.

Right. Wait till word about his new mandated minimum wage gets out. He will sink like a lead turd.

[WAC]

I detest the Donald but reading this guy's letter he sounds more like liberal than a conservative to me.  Using the phrase "Climate Denial" makes him fit right in with the Rats.

Yep. I caught that as well.... here's the guy.

[Mesaclone]

Right. Wait till word about his new mandated minimum wage gets out. He will sink like a lead turd.

Wasn't long ago you folks were predicting he couldn't hit 30% in a primary....now he just smacked 51% of the total voting populace in a recent poll. Pardon me for doubting your current predictions given your past record of ineptitude.

[Mesaclone]

Doubt all you want.  Trump may or may not win, but the sinking I was talking about is the sinking of the Republican Party as we all used to know and love it.   You know, that party of Reagan?   This election year it is "heads I win, tails you lose" for the democrat ideology, both social and fiscal.

If all you said were true, the Dems wouldn't be spending a gazillion dollars AND freaking out that the country is about to be taken over by a mad right winger. You can tell the nature of a mans character by assessing hi enemies better than by examining his friends. An enemy HAS to know what you are, a friend can get by with hoping.

[txradioguy]

Watch for the liberal Republicans who helped Trump get the nomination abandon him now because they see that he is a sinking ship. They want to hang it on the conservatives and hope true constitutional conservatism sinks with the Trumptanic.  There are some conservatives to blame, but the vast majority of conservatives did not support Trump during the primary. 

If that happens then it will confirm that he was just a means to an end for the GOPe...he ensured there would be no rise to the top of a Conservative for President this election cycle and McConnell and company could continue on business as usual in Congress.

[txradioguy]

An enemy HAS to know what you are, a friend can get by with hoping.

A true friend has the courage to tell you when you're wrong and you need to change course.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Yep. I caught that as well.... here's the guy.

Wow... talk about a punchable face.

[libertybele]

Right. Wait till word about his new mandated minimum wage gets out. He will sink like a lead turd.

IMHO he's already sunk like a lead turd. His supporters just don't realize it yet.  Wait till the DEM convention is over.  It will become even more obvious that his chances of winning are slim to none. IF they decide to debate (and my hunch is they won't), it will become painfully apparent that Trump has no clue, no substance to what he says and is a fraud.  The 'fix' for Hillary was long ago.

As for this committeeman resigning, it is indeed very sad.  Years and years of hard work and time down the drain.  My hunch is he isn't the first one to resign nor the last...the GOP continues to slowly unravel.

[bolobaby]

Posted on Huffpo, no less.

"the utter failure of supply-side theory"

Bullocks. Supply-side has worked great and will continue to work great.

[Maj. Bill Martin]

As for this committeeman resigning, it is indeed very sad.  Years and years of hard work and time down the drain.  My hunch is he isn't the first one to resign nor the last...the GOP continues to slowly unravel.

I have zero respect/sympathy for people who cut and run when things get tough.

Lots of people don't like Trump, for a lot of good reasons.  He happened to win the nomination this time through an unlucky combination of GOP-screw-ups - like ignoring voters on issues like immigration for too long - and a more general electorate anger at the political establishment.  So, we lost one.  And if you don't like the, it's perfectly legitimate not to vote for him.

But to cut and run leaves the party to the Trumpists who only managed to obtain a plurality because of those unusual events.  It won't happen again because Trump has no "movement" behind him, and no staying power other than his own personality.  And, the dude is 70.  So weather this election, then fight back after November.  Tossing everything overboard because of one anomalous primary is juvenile.

I say that with respect to whiny conservatives.  This particular guy sounds like a whiny liberal, so good riddance.

[catfish1957]

Concern Troll planted by HuiffPo.

I seriously doubt this person was a Republican of any stature.