TAKING OVER THE CRA/NFRA AND THE CHALCEDON FOUNDATION - ARE WE BEING MANIPULATED?

[Chancellor Palpatine]

OK folks, there you have it. A ten year history of a concerted power grab,with a few individuals standing behind it and manipulating a small populist sect into assuming control. At the same time, the entirety of the articles tell a tale of targeted candidacies and scorched earth attacks - like we've seen here, and frequently with the same players. Last but not least is the fact that the behind the scenes folks are propounding an ideology that most of America has a problem with - not the least of which would be non-Christians - all those folks in our communities who work, contribute and are invaluable to our society; I wouldn't want to live in an America where a Jew, a Hindu, a Buddhist or any one of a hundred different faiths was not welcome at the halls of Government.

Forewarned is forearmed, and inasmuch as my state hasn't seen the entry of these people as serious players, I'll do my best to keep them out.

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[Chancellor Palpatine]

Too serious to ignore anymore

[Chancellor Palpatine]

ping

[absalom01]

Dude, I only wish that the CRA had this much influence with the state party.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

You get a special ping all to your lonesome.

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[Dog Gone]

I think this has the opportunity to become a very interesting thread.

I didn't check your links, but I read everything you posted. Assuming it isn't discredited as inaccurate, it's more than a little disconcerting.

[habs4ever]

So the NFRA is the nationwide group that pulls in the bucks for the Right of the Right group? Do they have a record of electoral success, or national endorsements from prominent pols who are willing to state they are a mainstream Republican organization?

Or, are they actually a splinter hybrid Constitution Party front apparatus using the Republican Party?

[bayourod]

Many years ago I was a member of the Republican Assembly of Texas (RATs). We were a group of good people without the ability to raise money from a large number of contributors. Thus eventually we fell victim to the handful of very wealthy who good afford to rent the expensive hotel conference rooms, charter planes and hand out dozens of tickets to $1000 per plate Presidential dinners.

[Spiff]

Forewarned is forearmed, and inasmuch as my state hasn't seen the entry of these people as serious players, I'll do my best to keep them out.

More anti-conservatism from CP. And, now, you're in direct opposition to Jim Robinson who is a supporter of the NFRA and the CRA.

If not a Christian moral code, by which code do you suggest we would better be governed? Please cite historical precedent.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Everybody can take from the links and the quotes what they will. I used a number of sources so as to avoid some of the claims of bias.

And yes, they're disturbing as all hell, especially considering how vital a portion of the national economy is centered in California, and how much destruction has been wrought by these games.

[11th Earl of Mar]

Sheesh! What's with the italics? Kind of makes it hard to read.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

The platform looks like a broader mirror of the Constitution Party platform. In one of the links provided, there had been an initial effort at a splinter party, but they abandoned that in favor of this model.

[EllaMinnow]

Bookmarked.

Umm, would you like me to hold your beer?

[Saundra Duffy]

California Republican Assembly - an organization which claims to consist of grassroots California Republicans

I'm a Senate District Director of the CRA and I'm as grassroots as you can get! However, I will grant you this: When the CRA endorsed Gary Bauer for President, they lost a lot of members and some of us just sat there in shock, scratching our heads. Since then, however, the CRA has come back with a more practical approach. The current CRA President Mike Spence is a great guy and the leaders of the CRA are absolutely first rate individuals. Your article deserves to be read and studied and responded to. I'll get back to you after I've had time to digest it.

[Poohbah]

This explains how some folks seemed to get away with all of the stunts that got pulled out here during the 1990s.

Notice that the first thing they did was repeal the 11th Commandment.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Hmmm - it does look like a "hold muh beer" moment.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Yeah, that was unfortunate fomatting for the excerpts - force of habit, I guess.

[Saundra Duffy]

Thus eventually we fell victim to the handful of very wealthy who could afford to rent the expensive hotel conference rooms, charter planes and hand out dozens of tickets to $1000 per plate Presidential dinners.

Story of so many of our lives.