Saul Anuzis, the Michigan GOP Chairman, who publicly called for a petition to prevent RP from being invited to future debates, writes in his blog (which is linked to the MIGOP.com website) that Ron's foreign policy views are not representative of "the majority of the Republican Party on foreign policy," and that his appearance at the debate "is little more than a distraction." He even claims that Ron's correct point that American foreign policy is primarily the reason for the animosity, acrimony, hatred, and contempt for America is "so out of the mainstream geo-political thought in the west and is increasingly becoming a distraction versus a supplement to the debate."
(Source URL: http://migop.blogs.com/) May 17, 2007 Articles of Interest 5-17-07 MORNING UPDATE: Governor Granholm claims "people are going to die".oh please, we eliminated General Assistant welfare back in the '90s and NOT a single person died. More scare tactics. Democrats reject Senate Republican's balanced budget proposals.Senator Bishop calls their bluff and tells the Democrats to go ahead and pass a tax bill.any tax bill??? Fred Thompson "meetings" all day at the RNC meeting, but most skeptical, yet intrigued. Ron Paul controversy galvanizing activist.he went over the top. THE REST OF THE STORY: The governor goes off the deep end and tries to scare Michigan taxpayers in believing people are going to die because the governor is NOT willing to restructure or reform basic government services. Granholm first threatened to shut down schools, shut down state government, shut down local police posts, lay off state troopers and basically "gut" government.but she is NOT willing to freeze spending, cut waste, force competitive bidding for benefits, not move the state police headquarters downtown, not address teacher retirement "special deals", won't forbid double dipping on state salaries and state pensions, not reduce the "Office of First Gentleman's" three staff persons for "ceremonial duties', not stop running millions in Jeff Daniels radio ads in Michigan and elsewhere.we have plenty of options, we just have a governor NOT willing to lead. I was approached by many RNC members who offered to sign our petition to condemn Congressman Paul's comments about the terrorist attack on 9-11 and shared in my frustration that he was articulating the policies of the Democrats more than those of any Republicans. I have long respected Congressman Paul's principle position on many issues, regardless if I ever agreed with any specific proposals or conclusions he had come to. However, his statement on why the terrorists attacked America is so out of the mainstream geo-political thought in the west and is increasingly becoming a distraction versus a supplement to the debate, I think we should just come out and say so. Congressman Ron Paul does not represent the majority of the Republican Party on foreign policy and his participation in the debate is little more than a distraction. Fred Thompson partisans organized lunch and dinner meetings to discuss the possible candidacy of former Senator Fred Thompson. Many were intrigued, but few ready to commit. Questions were about the potential late entry.could he raise the money.put together an organization.catch McCain, Romney or Giuliani in any states.yes, folks were intrigued but far from convinced that he would offer a "real alternative". We'll just have to wait and see. At least our friends from Tennessee are all fired up about the possibility? I urge my fellow RNC members to categorically say "no" to Congressman Paul's participation and ill-fated attempt to somehow represent "any" wing of the Republican Party. His campaign is all but over. http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/michigan/index.ssf?/base/news-44/117935695635230.xml&storylist=newsmichigan http://robertbluey.com/blog/2007/05/16/michigan-gop-chairman-wants-to-boot-ron-paul/ Presidential politics and grassroots organization dominated the RNC meeting today. I was pleasantly surprised at the optimism expressed by most.folks are getting back into the swing of things. Saul Anuzis Continue reading "Articles of Interest 5-17-07" ยป Posted by sanuzis on May 17, 2007 at 08:16 AM in Daily Articles of Interest | Permalink [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
