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To: lone star annie
The issue is; what do you mean by "inclusive"? Is the GOP now "exclusive"? Is there a sign outside the tent with "No Minorities/Women/Homosexuals/Atheists Allowed"? NO. And it annoys me no end to find a Republican repeating that same media/Democrat slur.

Have you noticed that we're told that the GOP is "exclusive" on abortion yet we have ten times more pro-choice politicians elected than the Democrats have pro-life politicians? We're told that because the GOP core is against bilingual education we're anti-Hispanic while ignoring the fact that the majority of Hispanics are against bilingual education as well.

There are so many other things and I could go on but the point is that while anti-RINOs want to remove the less than loyal Party members I seriously doubt they want to remove all dissenters from the platform. But that doesn't mean there are NO basic beliefs that ALL Republicans should agree on.

Make no mistake, the people complaining about the party not being "inclusive enough" or "moderate enough" in the media are not friends of the GOP and they should be given no credibility by any Republican. What they really want is for Republicans to abandon their basic principles; whether it be low taxes, our dedication to a color blind society, our dedication to all the articles (including the Second Amendment) in the Constitution, our belief in the free-market, our belief in limited government, our belief that good science, not emotionalism, should guide environmental policy, our belief in strong national defenses and our insistence on individual rights and responsibility.

There's no point in having a tent if it is so inclusive that it doesn't stand for anything anymore. Imagine this; "Republicans For High Taxes" ... ugh!

53 posted on 06/04/2002 9:47:51 AM PDT by MAKnight
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To: MAKnight
All of the issues you mentioned I support 100%. There are some issues I do not always support on the GOP platform, but hey I stay in the party and work hard for it. My point is we can stick to our core values without appearing "mean spirited" and intolerant.
56 posted on 06/04/2002 10:00:18 AM PDT by lone star annie
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To: MAKnight
I think the thing that unites the GOP -- even many who are considered RINOs -- is opposition to the left. As oppose to the Dems, where most of even the more moderate members kow-tow to the far leftists.

I have disagreements, sometimes serious ones, with some conservatives. We disagree on what exactly what our liberty allows and how we may best protect it, but we agree that there are baseline, inalienable freedoms. The far left does not destroy this and would destroy our liberty and this country. The more moderate Democrats do not recognize this aspect of the left.

That baseline support of liberty and recognition of what the left stands for is what unites the GOP, including most of those, who some would call RINOs.

57 posted on 06/04/2002 10:09:19 AM PDT by Celtjew Libertarian
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