Posted on 10/01/2005 6:30:23 PM PDT by SC33
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When voters in one of California's most conservative congressional districts go to the polls on Tuesday, they will find a wild card on the ballot: The founder of the Minuteman movement, who has become a lightning rod in the furor over America's borders.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
Campbell is for open borders. Don't let his election-year semi-conversion fool you. If he gets elected, he'll be a get-along, go-along Republibot. He'll even vote for the guest worker plan once the leadership tells him to.
Your Post #22: "Gilchrist is NO conservative"
Your Post #34: "I don't know anything about the candidates. "
Thank you for clarifying.
And Gilchrist won the endorsements of Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) and Alan Keyes.
I wish you GOP operatives would get your story striaght. Gilchrist has said that we are there and should finish the job, that we must fight the war to victory. But hey, don't let that deter you from your Republibot work.
I am concerned about this too. Aren't you?
The government sure did vote itself a lot of new power after 9/11. I don't think this Administration would abuse the law that way, but what happens if Hitlery is the next President? Then you and the other Republibots will be agreeing with everything that the AIP platform is saying here.
There you go taking things out of context, again.
I know that Gilchrist is running as a candidate of the American Independent Party, which is plenty proof that he is not a conservative, but a troublemaker.
Snesible precaustions are NOT "taking away our civil liberties".
How come the very same people who are so concerned about the civil liberties of the terrorists, show no concern about laws, where the government is in everyone's house, telling you what to do, such as forcing you to buy water saving toilets and showers? Is that the government's business?
"[Campbell voted] in 2001 in favor of allowing undocumented residents who have been in California for a number of years to pay the state-resident fee at state universities."
And both citations from the Orange County Register. Good work. As we have said, Campbell is an open-borders RINO. The candidate in the tradition of Reagan and Chris Cox is Jim Gilchrist.
No, none of that is the government's business.
Are you Republibots even capable of thinking for yourselves? Real FReepers are capable and do so all the time.
You know why: becaue he's a Republibot, maybe even a Campbell operative.
http://www.jimgilchrist.com/article.php?id=52
In a rousing address to hundreds of supporters of Minuteman Founder Jim Gilchrist packing the Irvine Marriott Hotel yesterday, former UN Ambassador Alan Keyes strongly endorsed Gilchrist's candidacy for Congress to fill the vacant seat in Orange County's 48th District.
Keyes, whose speech was met with thunderous applause and several standing ovations, chastised the political establishment "experts" who failed to protect American national security on 9/11, during the recent Hurricane Katrina disaster, and for years along the Mexican-American border.
Keyes urged the voters of the 48th District to elect Jim Gilchrist to Congress and send Washington a message that it's the government's role to serve the people and not the other way around. He applauded the initiative taken by Gilchrist and other American citizens to form the Minuteman Project and assist the border patrol to do its job to keep the borders secure.
"Our government should have wholeheartedly embraced the offer of the Minuteman Project to help our border patrol," declared Keyes.
Keyes added that it is the dedicated citizens of this country, as exemplified by Jim Gilchrist, who should be trusted to address the tough issues of our time and protect the interests of Americans, rather than the political elite and establishment experts who have failed our nation time and time again.
Ambassador Keyes was the featured speaker at the Gilchrist rally in Irvine yesterday afternoon that celebrated the one year anniversary of the Minuteman Project. Later that evening, he was the guest of honor at a reception on behalf of the Gilchrist Campaign at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Phillips, on a private island in Newport Beach.
http://www.jimgilchrist.com/article.php?id=41
48th District congressional candidate Jim Gilchrist has received a major boost for his campaign in the special election to be held on October 4, 2005. He has been endorsed by prominent Republican Congressman Tom Tancredo.
Tancredo, of Colorado, who is the chairman of the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus and the acknowledged leader in the United States Congress on the issues of immigration reform and border security, stated, "I need Jim Gilchrist with me in Congress. Together, Jim and I can fight to stop illegal immigration. The voters of the 48th Congressional District will be well represented by Jim Gilchrist—he's the real deal, he's a real leader." To underscore Tancredo's commitment to the Gilchrist campaign, he and Gilchrist, the founder of the Minuteman Project, have spent substantial time together in recent days mapping strategy designed to help halt illegal immigration and enhance border security.
In acknowledging the Tancredo endorsement, Gilchrist stated, "I am heartened and most appreciative to receive the endorsement of Congressman Tancredo. He is an outstanding leader in Congress and a great American. I look forward to working with him in Congress on issues of importance to Americans such as border security, immigration reform, and tax reduction. Working together to provide effective leadership, we can and will make a difference."
The special election became necessary due to the appointment of the district's former representative, Christopher Cox, to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission. Gilchrist, who won wide acclaim for founding and directing the Minuteman Project border watch over the past year, is running as an Independent. The race has attracted 17 candidates from various parties. If no candidate wins over 50% of the vote, there will be a runoff election on December 6, 2005, which will include the candidates of each ballot-qualified party who receive the highest vote. In that eventuality, Gilchrist, the only Independent in the race, is guaranteed to be in the run-off.
http://www.jimgilchrist.com/article.php?id=36
Americans for Legal Immigration PAC, a national non-partisan political action committee supporting candidates who will enforce America’s immigration laws, announced its endorsement of “Minuteman Founder” Jim Gilchrist, Independent Congressional Candidate for the upcoming California District 48 special election on October 4th.
“Americans for Legal Immigration PAC is endorsing Jim Gilchrist because of his selfless dedication and successful activism addressing our national crisis of border security and illegal immigration,” states William Gheen, president of ALIPAC. “In Jim’s California district, as is true nationwide, all the surveys show voters are ready to hold Washington accountable for the government’s failure to act to control illegal immigration—on our borders and in our communities. We need to send Congress a message and Jim Gilchrist IS the message.”
The immigration reform group has also called upon ALIPAC supporters in all 50 states to assist the Gilchrist campaign as volunteers and contributors. ALIPAC member communications have asked that reform activists help the Gilchrist campaign mobilize voters to send Mr. Gilchrist to Congress to further the national debate—and promote federal action—on illegal immigration. “Jim Gilchrist’s record of effective advocacy in the enforcement of immigration law is sterling, and the electorate in Jim’s 48th CA District seeking a new Congressional leader need look no further than this patriot Minuteman… Jim Gilchrist is the man America needs to take on the career politicians.”
“We feel that Jim Gilchrist’s plan to tackle border security and illegal immigration will have a positive impact on our national security, jobs, schools—and effect a reduction of crime, healthcare costs and taxes,” Gheen says. “We need to elect Jim Gilchrist to Congress because he is a real leader—the perfect messenger to send to Washington to get these problems solved.”
Jim Gilchrist is the only Independent Candidate seeking to represent California’s 48th District in the U.S House of Representatives. The special election will be held on October 4, 2005. For more information about Gilchrist’s campaign for Congress, please visit www.JimGilchrist.com
http://www.azconservative.org/NFRA_Gilchrist.htm
In many conservative circles, the nation’s borders and the State of California are considered lost causes. Minutemen Project co-founder Jim Gilchrist is not ready to concede either, however. He’s running for Congress next year.
In a recent address to the National Federation of Republican Assemblies’ (NFRA) national convention, Gilchrist described himself as a “recovering Republican” and said he hopes that Reagan Republicanism will re-ignite the Grand Old Party.
Gilchrist, a Purple Heart winner while serving as a U.S. Marine in Vietnam, speaks of the rule of law, the failure of elected officials to secure the border and his desire to work for the ideals of the United States. Along with Chris Simcox of Tombstone, Gilchrist co-founded the Minutemen Project, which shut down the border invasion over a 23-mile stretch of land near Naco, Arizona for the entire month of April.
“Our people are done with talking and now we’re taking action,” Gilchrist said of the highly successful rise of the Minutemen earlier this year. “We have begged and pleaded with political leaders, who have violated their oath of office.”
The government has refused to protect Americans from unchecked border invaders and drug smugglers.
Gilchrist said, “The border has become a war zone. Until politicians find the will and the guts, the Minutemen Project will do the job the politicians are unwilling to do. It’s dangerous and heart wrenching. Traffickers, gun runners and unfortunately potential terrorists are coming in. I’ve seen it all. They’re exploiting society.”
The Minutemen Project is expanding to other states to monitor the border and to hold elected leaders’ feet to the fire in the process.
“We demand the government immediately secure the borders just as our laws prescribe,” Gilchrist told the NFRA. “We are mad as hell and not going to take it anymore. You lead, follow or get out of the way. I choose to lead. No more excuses from our government. We have not only the right but the duty to protect our borders. Government inaction is unacceptable. We abide by the rule of law.”
Gilchrist likes to invoke the words of Frederick Douglas, who once talked about how to be your own master. “It is all too often forgotten, but we govern this country,” Gilchrist said. “That’s what motivates the Minutemen Project, and I invite all of you to join with us.”
More than a one-issue candidate, Gilchrist is concerned about government malfeasance on other topics as well. He says there are all kinds of government violations, abuses and bad laws – including abortion on demand. Gilchrist favors a shut-off valve for the lack of fiscal maturity in government. None of the government’s failures typify the spirit of Reagan Republicanism, he said.
“Yet we still see resolution through law, not violence,” Gilchrist stresses. “Ensure that America stays free, strong and prosperous. God bless America and God bless Ronald Reagan’s legacy.”
If elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, Gilchrist will represent District 48 in Orange County. But his votes will impact every American. For more information on the Gilchrist campaign, see: http://www.jimgilchrist.com/
Please don't bother responding if all you can offer is personal insults. You are wasting bandwidth.
I wouldn't mind if we lost that district due to splitting the R vote. Given a choice between sending a message in a single special election in a "safe" Republican district, when we have a ~30 seat majority in the House, and sending a message in a general election, I'll take the former. Perhaps the fact that this race is occurring by itself will give the message greater clarity and resonance.
Republicans have to be "punished". Faces have to be spited. Noses must be cut off!
Uh, what's Gilchrist's?
"Noses must be cut off!"
===
LOL! That's about it.
And they are so proud of it too.
A Democrat isn't going to be elected in that district.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.