Comments on: MDGOP Chair Pelura pays visit to Salisbury University College Republicans http://monoblogue.us/2009/10/14/mdgop-chair-pelura-pays-visit-to-salisbury-university-college-republicans/ I've presented news and views from Maryland's Eastern Shore since 2005, but my writing can be found at several conservative websites. Fri, 25 May 2012 03:19:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: wymzie http://monoblogue.us/2009/10/14/mdgop-chair-pelura-pays-visit-to-salisbury-university-college-republicans/comment-page-1/#comment-105183 wymzie Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:05:15 +0000 http://monoblogue.us/?p=5557#comment-105183 Michael, I couldn't agree with you more on the Republican party needing a 'Makeover'. Geeez, it's just pathetic. Yes, the party is full of thinking intelligent people, but to the mainstream of American's they simply seem irrelevant. It is my personal belief that the Republican party was hijacked in the early 80's by the Moral Majority. Before Falwell and crew got so involved our party was followed the beat of a different drum and that was the drum of Barry Goldwater. He didn't believe that it was the governments job to legislate morality, nor did he think it was possible. He did however, believe that if the government didn't pay for abortions on demand then America wouldn't be faced with a moral delma. I want to see us go back to that kind of idealism that believed the government had zero place in your business, and that it's role was to protect the American people from foreign invaders. PERIOD I believe that Republicans need a history lesson in 20th century politics and find our where their party went wrong. Republican are quick to quote our founding fathers, and quick to quote Ronald Reagan, but it was Senator Goldwater who laid that path for Reagan to walk, and Reagan caved under the pressure of Falwell and his followers. Even as a devout Christian, I feel that the actions and rhetoric of the moral majority did more harm to our party than anything that Bush could ever have done. It was a not a single indecent it was years of building a persona, that ended up alienating those who were not Christians but were independent free thinkers, a group of people that used to call themselves republicans that now mostly call themselves independents, or libertarians. It's a shame, but I believe that if Goldwater were alive today, he would be categorized as a Libertarian too. Michael,
I couldn’t agree with you more on the Republican party needing a ‘Makeover’. Geeez, it’s just pathetic. Yes, the party is full of thinking intelligent people, but to the mainstream of American’s they simply seem irrelevant.
It is my personal belief that the Republican party was hijacked in the early 80′s by the Moral Majority.
Before Falwell and crew got so involved our party was followed the beat of a different drum and that was the drum of Barry Goldwater.
He didn’t believe that it was the governments job to legislate morality, nor did he think it was possible.
He did however, believe that if the government didn’t pay for abortions on demand then America wouldn’t be faced with a moral delma.
I want to see us go back to that kind of idealism that believed the government had zero place in your business, and that it’s role was to protect the American people from foreign invaders. PERIOD
I believe that Republicans need a history lesson in 20th century politics and find our where their party went wrong. Republican are quick to quote our founding fathers, and quick to quote Ronald Reagan, but it was Senator Goldwater who laid that path for Reagan to walk, and Reagan caved under the pressure of Falwell and his followers.
Even as a devout Christian, I feel that the actions and rhetoric of the moral majority did more harm to our party than anything that Bush could ever have done.
It was a not a single indecent it was years of building a persona, that ended up alienating those who were not Christians but were independent free thinkers, a group of people that used to call themselves republicans that now mostly call themselves independents, or libertarians.
It’s a shame, but I believe that if Goldwater were alive today, he would be categorized as a Libertarian too.

]]> By: Michael http://monoblogue.us/2009/10/14/mdgop-chair-pelura-pays-visit-to-salisbury-university-college-republicans/comment-page-1/#comment-105173 Michael Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:41:42 +0000 http://monoblogue.us/?p=5557#comment-105173 The three candidates I'm aware of presently are former Ehrlich administration official Audrey Scott, current First Vice-Chair Chris Cavey, and 2006 U.S. Senate candidate Daniel "the Wig Man" Vovak. Who knows what other candidates could enter the fray or even be nominated from the floor? It promises to be an interesting convention. The three candidates I’m aware of presently are former Ehrlich administration official Audrey Scott, current First Vice-Chair Chris Cavey, and 2006 U.S. Senate candidate Daniel “the Wig Man” Vovak.

Who knows what other candidates could enter the fray or even be nominated from the floor? It promises to be an interesting convention.

]]> By: Joe http://monoblogue.us/2009/10/14/mdgop-chair-pelura-pays-visit-to-salisbury-university-college-republicans/comment-page-1/#comment-105172 Joe Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:30:16 +0000 http://monoblogue.us/?p=5557#comment-105172 Is there any speculation on who will lead the Maryland Republican party after Jim steps down in November? Is there any speculation on who will lead the Maryland Republican party after Jim steps down in November?

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