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Great use of video to get conservatives involved in the GOP
Submitted by Drew Mckissick on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 16:50Here in South Carolina, the Republican Party will be having its bi-annual reorganization this year. For the uninitiated, that means that, by law, the party must hold what are known as organizational meetings which are open to anyone with a valid voter registration card.
At these meetings, new precinct leadership is elected, (precinct presidents, committeemen to serve on the county committee, etc.), and delegates to the next level, the county convention. From there, the process repeats at the county level, where officers are elected and delegates are elected to go to the state convention, which will be held this coming May.
The long and short of it is, if you don't get involved at the precinct level, you can't get involved (or have a voice) at the higher levels.
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Submitted by Drew Mckissick on Mon, 05/03/2010 - 19:24
Thinking about tossing your hat in the ring and running for a party office? If you want to have an even greater impact on the things you care about, serving in a party office is another great opportunity to do exactly that.
But you need keep a few things in mind...
Political parties tend to promote from within
Whether you’re seeking to become chairman of your favorite service club or you want to rise in the political arena, the best way to do so is the time-honored method of “paying your dues”. People have greater trust and respect for those that they have seen working and sacrificing for the cause for long periods of time.
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Submitted by Drew Mckissick on Thu, 04/29/2010 - 19:03So you've decided to get involved in the party. Now what?
If you really want to be effective over the long haul, it pays to keep certain things in mind.
Seven Tips for New Party Activists
1. Attend meetings. Yes, meetings can be boring, but you can’t have much of an organization unless people meet, discuss business and make plans. Be there when they do. In most party organizations, the person who is always there eventually ends up in charge of something!
2. Volunteer. Offer to assist with party functions and volunteer to help candidates with their campaigns. Offer to serve on party committees that interest you.
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Submitted by Drew Mckissick on Mon, 04/19/2010 - 19:07How would you like to become more politically influential than ninety-nine percent of the population?
Would you like to become so influential for the things you care about that candidates and public officials come to you for support, seek out your opinions and come to know you on a first name basis. Or so important that your opinions help shape the political debate. How is this possible? By getting involved in a political party.
Political parties are just people
Political parties in some form or another have existed since the foundation of our country. Their “philosophies” have changed over time however, as members come and go. In other words, they're no better than the people that comprise them at any given time.
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Submitted by Drew Mckissick on Mon, 01/25/2010 - 19:29
It’s a truism in politics to say that “all politics is local”, but truisms are truisms because they’re usually true. In this case it’s right on the money. And the precinct is the most “local” organizational unit in American politics.
Put simply, a "precinct" is essentially your neighborhood. It’s a geographic area with specific boundaries, (usually defined by your state), that surrounds the place where you go to vote. The name of your precinct is listed on your voter registration card.
There are more than 203,000 precincts in the United States, each with an average of about 1,000 registered voters. Politically, they represent the building blocks that comprise all other political districts in America, (whether local council, state legislature or congress). And precincts are where the voters are – which means that’s where the power is in our political system.
The need for Republican Party reform
Submitted by Drew Mckissick on Fri, 12/12/2008 - 13:55Julius Caesar once said that the only thing necessary to conquer the world was men and money. Add message to that list and you've got the fundamentals of politics - as in organization, fundraising and communications.
And our party has problems in at least two of those areas.
The first problem is principles, which goes to our message and not adequately communicating our conservative philosophy - or living up to it.
In spite of what some others may insist, our conservative philosophy is not the problem. In fact, if anything, a failure to abide by that philosophy while in power has helped lead to our current situation. The need is for a better application of our philosophy to the issues of the day and translating that into a political message that's relevant to the average American.
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Submitted by Drew Mckissick on Wed, 11/26/2008 - 11:14It has been said that nature abhors a vacuum, but you can't prove it by the space between the ears of some in the Republican Party today, or in the conservative movement for that matter.
Take columnist Kathleen Parker for example, who in her most recent column lamented the presence of "oogedy-boogedy" religious conservatives within the Republican Party and derisively referred to them as the "low brow" crowd.
She went on to suggest that such people should just keep their faith to themselves; essentially saying they should either cease to have their values informed by their faith, or cease to cast ballots on the basis of their values. Of course, this seems rather selective, as one could just as easily ask her and others in the socially liberal camp to do the same.
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