/ This former Commander in Chief is smiling right now....To Thine own self be true, and true to my mission to lead a citizen reform movement in the most socially divisive of issues, we laid down a marker at our borders, stood in defense of our sovereignty and demanded respect for our citizenship and rule of law - I have never wavered and never will. The people of Arizona are responding. I would not be wasting your time or mine if I was not absolutely committed to winning this Senate seat for the people of Arizona. As a federalist senator I'll stand strong on a no-nonsense Constitutional approach to protecting our rights as free people. I will defend our states' ability to allow people to work and live free of federal regulation. And I will protect America's freedom from Internal treaties that cede our sovereignty or are ability to defend our nation.
Thank you to the Kingmen Republican Women's Club, The London Bridge Women's Republican Club and the Lake Havasu Men's Republican Club
The following article by Lee Cary sums it up perfectly - please support my campaign tomorrow with a $25-$50 contribution to send a message to the establishment that we the people are ready to get the job done the RIGHT way. Remember the 5th of November! Chris Simcox www.simcoxforsenate.com
The Genie's people speak at the polls http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/11/the_genies_people_speak_at_the.html
And for those who were caught up in being led down the rabbit hole of conspiracy and allegations of financial problems with MCDC. The following statement is true, accurate and to the point. It cannot get any clearer than this.
In 1985, Chris Simcox began a career in early childhood education at a West Los Angeles private school. For the next 10 years he taught in a multi-age K-1-2 classroom.
The terrorist attack of September 11th, 2001 profoundly affected Chris. He became acutely aware of the security issues along our northern and southern borders. Chris believed he could help make Americans aware of the grave risk our open borders pose to our national security.
He left his teaching position and moved to Tombstone, Arizona. There he began working for the Tombstone Tumbleweed, a weekly newspaper. Eventually, Chris founded the first citizen border watch activist group – the Civil Homeland Defense. Over time, it evolved into the historic Minuteman Civil Defense Corps (MCDC) – a citizen activist group dedicated to securing U.S. borders and coastal boundaries. MCDC efforts brought national attention to the lawless state of our borders. Chris Simcox and Carmen Mercer incorporated the MCDC in Delaware in May 2005. The bylaws of the non-profit 501(c)(4) required three board members: a president, a vice president and an independent third-party secretary. MCDC became a partner project of the Declaration Alliance in May of 2005, and began an educational campaign that eventually alerted millions of Americans to the national security crisis along our border with Mexico.
The MCDC had two goals: 1. Train, equip and organize border-watch Search and Rescue Humanitarian operations along the entire border with Mexico, and in specific locations along the northern border with Canada.
2. Use the experiences and reports from citizen border watch activities to expose the government’s inability to gain operational control of our borders. Our activities ensured media cov¬erage. That coverage enabled us to educate millions of voters. Millions of pieces of direct mail also help bring the porous nature of the southern border to the nation’s attention.
In 2006, MCDC volunteers began helping build small sections of private fencing along the border in Cochise County. This new project was a direct challenge to the Bush administration’s failure to fund, and Senator McCain’s ¬failure to support, the federal project to erect effective barriers along our southern border.
After groundbreaking began on the MCDC fence project in May 2006, the Army Corps of Engineers and the National Guard moved into that same area and began erecting vehicle barriers just yards in front of our physical fence construction. Our plan was to build a three-layer defense system including:
1. vehicle barriers; 2. a small sensor barrier fence; 3. then a large anti-climb fence. A few weeks later, the Border Patrol and the federal government announced they would construct fencing along the exact same area where the MCDC project was building a one-mile section of the "model fence." That MCDC effort was assisted by Jim Campbell, a contractor from the Phoenix area. Campbell personally invested $100,000 in the fence project. He spent $68,000 for the initial steel fence posts, personally acquired the materials, came to the construction site, and oversaw construction of the initial foundational of the MCDC fence project.
In May 2007, five state-level MCDC directors called for the Board of Director to meet with state directors to discuss a proposal to restructure the organization. A series of state and regional workshops were already scheduled to address that issue in August. The five state level directors challenged the Board of Directors to convene a meeting within two weeks. The Board of Directors voted to ask the five state directors to drop their demands for an immediate meeting and to attend the National Conference in August. When the five refused, they were removed from their positions by the Board of Directors. Chris Simcox did not dictate the firing of the five state-level directors. In fact, as the corporation’s official minutes demonstrate, he voted against firing the five and, instead, preferred to negotiate with them to resolve their differences within the organization. Throughout this episode, there were no financial problems within the MCDC. Any claim to the contrary is unsubstantiated. The MCDC filed all its necessary 990 reports, as well as all other documents required from a non-profit educational organization. The MCDC complied with all federal regulations and requirements for 503(c)(4) status. Furthermore, it has demonstrated complete fiduciary responsibility by hiring competent and reputable accounting and auditing firms that have prepared the requisite fiduciary reports on behalf of the organization.
Consequently, with all documentation and audits in order, and after two successive inquiries by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), both the Declaration Alliance and the MCDC have been judged to have appropriately accounted for all funds. Any and all accusations to the contrary are unfounded and motivated by efforts to besmirch the reputation of both organizations. These efforts likely represent fundamental disagreements with the MCDC goals stated above.
As a candidate for the U.S. Senate, Chris Simcox will bring his tenacity to achieve, his strong work ethic, and his varied life experiences to his work on behalf of the people of Arizona. He will ensure that, through his voice, their voices are heard in Washington.
You’ve got MY vote!!!
Welcome to FR.
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Good note Chris, Welcome to Free Republic
Welcome, and good luck.
Welcome to FreeRepublic.
/ This former Commander in Chief is smiling right now....Welcome Chris!!
“Conservatism is the soul of our nation...”
Unfortunately national security, as regards illegal immigration/amnesty specifically, is NOT in the hearts of many “conservative” voters/legislators and a low priority for others. I’d like to see that changed, because I will NOT support ANY candidate, “conservative” or otherwise, who supports ANY kind of amnesty (”path”, “earned”, “touch-back”, etc.) for ANY (”criminal” or not) illegal aliens. Anything short of attrition through enforcement is, for me, unacceptable. And so it is important for me to know clearly what any candidate’s intentions are as re: illegal aliens already here in our country.
For example, that interminable recitation about the infighting between the national and state Boards of Directors could have come right out of a Monty Python sketch -- just substitute "Judean People's Front" for MCDC and you're getting sued for copyright infringement. Lose it immediately. Nobody cares.
And yes, you're clearly very concerned about border security ... and that's a good thing, to be sure. But what else are you talking about in your primary campaign? What, precisely, is going to set you apart from John McCain other than that one issue which, to be honest, isn't all that compelling to most folks? When somebody challenges you about, say, Pakistan or the financial crisis or whatever ... what are you going to say?
Keep it up, but remember that you've got a lot of homework ahead of you.
Good for you, Chris. I’ve been pulling for you for a long time!
Finally.
A zot-free newbie vanity I can enjoy.
Not that I don’t enjoy the zot. I do. I do.
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To win in the republican party primary, you need to have a really good life resume of continuous achievement.
You don’t have that, and you won’t win.
The republican party is as much about experience and knowledge as it is about platform and ideology.
Our nominees were Eisenhower, Eisenhower, Nixon, Goldwater, Nixon, Nixon, Ford, Reagan, Reagan, Bush, Bush, Dole, Bush, Bush, McCain.
That’s who we are, that’s what we do.
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Sounds like one heck of a great candidacy. Given what you are up against I wish you nothing but the best of luck. Perhaps we might be able to do an event where we send your campaign $50 and Mr. McCains’ campaign a head of lettuce.
I am a long time freeper and moved to Scottsdale from Atlanta just 2 months ago. McCain must go. PM me and let me know how I can help!
A world without the McCain’s of the republican party...ahhh...what a dream. I’d give a few more seats in the house and maybe even the senate just to have all of our side conservative (without obvious liberal leanings).
Welcome aboard! I wish you the best...
Thank you. If only more politcians had the same convictions we wouldnt be in this mess.
It is time for a reckoning in the GOP between the liberals in the party and the conservative. One hopes that those RINOS will see the error of thier ways and make way for true conservatives.
Keep up the good fight.
What’s your position on Obama’s birth certificate?