tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post2939518248790032222..comments2023-10-26T08:02:44.948-04:00Comments on Connecticut Commentary: Red Notes from a Blue State: An Irrelevant Republican Warns That His Former Party May Become Irrelevant Don Pescihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11167988001948356357noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-85594535239715228172014-01-26T14:07:46.470-05:002014-01-26T14:07:46.470-05:00BillBoy,
I know and like Regina. I'll have so...BillBoy,<br /><br />I know and like Regina. I'll have something up here soon on blacks, sort of an address to blacks in Hartford -- or, for that matter, any other city in the state. I'll make sure Regina sees it. Good to have you pulling on the oars. What Republicans really need is boots on the ground in the cities. Harp's empty seat, for example, can be taken, but it would require an energetic attempt to turn out voters. I notice hat Joe Markley is interested in the Republican candidate for that seat. It might be nice to send him a postcard. <br /> Don Pescihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11167988001948356357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-76474121496291648152014-01-26T08:29:10.936-05:002014-01-26T08:29:10.936-05:00Thank you for calling a sham a sham.Thank you for calling a sham a sham.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-67577153621456947342014-01-26T08:19:39.215-05:002014-01-26T08:19:39.215-05:00"Exclusivity . . . is what rallies Republican..."Exclusivity . . . is what rallies Republicans." Don, my friend; thanks for bringing Weicker's op-ed to my attention. It floors me every time I hear the word "exclusive" in relation to the Republican Party. We are indeed, "a state comprising(ed of) large numbers of blacks, Latinos, gays, laborers, women and urban poor". ("women"?) What few states do not have "large numbers" of these demographics? (Women; really, Lowell?)<br /><br />I know people who fall into at least four of the six categories he mentions. These people are Conservative Republicans who are active and influential withing the Party. The Republican Party that I know and am working to strengthen, welcomes everyone who shares the values of smaller, leaner, less intrusive government, personal responsibility and individual liberty.<br /><br />Admittedly, the Party has done little to engage the minority populations while the Democrat Party has slowly made inroads over a period of decades, resulting in the consumption of our inner cities. Remember, MLK was a Republican. Recognizing that some time ago, I added to a platform, which I intend to formally put before the Middletown Republican Town Committee*, a plank that includes a minority outreach and recruitment effort.<br /><br />Coincidentally, Regina Roundtree is speaking at a meeting of the State Central Committee, this Tuesday, on this very matter. Ms. Roundtree, a self-professed Conservative Republican and an African-American, is simultaneously reaching out for that very thing; a conservative out reach to urban communities (which, by the way, include blacks, Latinos, gays, laborers, women and urban poor). A new day is dawning upon us.<br /><br />Regina is also founder of CT Black Republicans and Conservatives and will also be on Channel 3's "Face the State" with Dennis House, at 11:00 AM, today.<br /><br />*I am a newly elected member of the committee.<br /><br />http://www.ctbrac.org/BillBoy Bagginsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-64318388488520750322014-01-25T15:39:03.514-05:002014-01-25T15:39:03.514-05:00Every major office is held by the Democrats, who a...Every major office is held by the Democrats, who also control both houses of the General Assembly. How did this happen in what used to be a swing state … a state labeled The Land of Steady Habits?----------<br />When considering the Maverick, and his accomplishments on behalf of the Nutmeg State, it's important to recall that he not only did not run for Governor on a pro-income-tax platform, but he explicitly opposed the tax while he campaigned. Intellectual honesty is not his strongest suit.<br /><br />I fail to understand what's mysterious here. We have a solidly Dem political apparatus at every level and in every direction vertical, horizontal, hither and yon because the electorate has moved to the left from where it was when the State's nickname may have been appropriate. The only habit our electorate steadily enjoys now involves an ever-expanding State government regardless of massive unfunded liability. Our radicalized, getting-things-done, Democratic Party is simply answering the call. (Well, maybe a bit of false advertising, pressure sales involved, too.) But, Mr. Weicker says, "the Democrats are not the problem." Why not? Why shouldn't the Dems have open primaries, etc.? <br /><br />Similarly, the Republican Party is simply not popular with particular racial/ethnic minorities. These minority groups have their reasons. But, if blacks, for example, vote 90% Dem year after year it's hard to see how an animus can thereby be attributed to the Republicans. For our pompous ex-Governor to suggest otherwise is disgraceful.<br /><br />The Republican Party is not as fervently libertarian or reactionary as I would like, but it does a pretty fair job of differentiating itself from the increasingly radical Democratic Party. For the good of the State we can only hope that more voters will wake up, see the destruction the Dems are causing. But, the worst thing the Republicans can do is attack the "Tea Party."<br />peter brushnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-86590943757446392372014-01-25T13:48:37.419-05:002014-01-25T13:48:37.419-05:00excellent history on CT GOP and state income tax! ...excellent history on CT GOP and state income tax! as a transplant to CT this helped me understand why the Republicans in CT is so conflicted. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com