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YR’s and Friends!
To get the new year off right let’s have a YR meeting. This month our meeting will be:
January 26, 2010
Eastmonte Civic Center
Altamonte Springs, Fl
6:30pm Social
7:00pm Meeting
Our guest speaker will be Marc Manieri with FAIR TAX
Come out and enjoy a great evening and let’s learn the issues so we can be prepared for the fall election cycle.
As we celebrate Martin Luther King Day today, let us not forget…
It was a Republican President, Abraham Lincoln, that signed the Emancipation Proclamation that freed the slaves on January 1, 1863.
It was the Republican Party that ensured passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution which abolished the practice of slavery, ensured equal rights protection, and ensured anti-discrimination laws.
It was the Republican Party that passed the first Civil Rights legislation in 1875.
It was Republicans in the 87th Congress that met between 1961 -1963 that drafted an extensive Civil Rights Bill.
It was Republican Congressional support of the 1964 Civil Rights Act that helped ensure its passage.
It was a Republican President, Richard Nixon, that desegregated southern schools, and first created affirmative action to help break the power of racist labor unions.
It was a Republican President, Ronald Reagan that signed the bill declaring Martin Luther King Day an official Federal Holiday.
It was a Republican President, George W. Bush that appointed Blacks to more high level cabinet positions than any other President in history during his term between 2001 – 2009.
It was the Republican Party that named Michael Steele, the first Black Chairman of a major party in 2009.
I attended the recent RPOF meeting held January 9 in Orlando mostly out of curiosity since Greer recently stepped down and since I haven’t been to one in about a year.
I have to admit, I was expecting a little excitement and drama concerning the new Chairman. Alas, I have to wait until next month for the special session.
Instead of a slugfest the session turned into a campaign rally for the Governor, who happens to be running for President. Oops, I mean Senate.
During Crist’s remarks, which turned into a stump speech of how he is going to be the next Senator from Florida he made some rather curious remarks, which went like this…
“I advocated for the stimulus, I thought it was important and I don’t apologize for taking it.”
A pretty bold statement for someone who is losing ground in the polls daily.
He also didn’t apologize for meeting Obama on the campaign trail in South Florida. Instead, he argued about why it was the right thing to do.
On both points, his argument was that he and he alone knows what is best for Florida, despite all the public uproar, and despite the wishes of our elected representatives in the Florida House and Senate.
In so many ways, he sounded like Obama, or a teacher scolding a child.
His speech inspired me. Not because it was particularly inspiring, because it wasn’t. No, it inspired me to go knock on a few doors for his contender and next Senator from Florida, my man, Marco Rubio!
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