2008-Jun-29 14:29 UTC
Letter to GOP
The GOP has been asking its members to sign a "Unity Pledge",
where each signee pledges he or she will vote for the party's nominee
no matter what. Sort of a blind faith attitude, so unlike what a
democratic society is to operate like. Those who sign this pledge,
declare their loyalty to the party, regardless of whether or not
the party's nominee stands for what each individual believes in.
One might say this pledge is akin to cults of sorts.
A group of Ron Paul supporters who believe the GOP has lost its ways,
and believe it no longer represents the platform it was built on,
have come up with a "protest" letter of their own to be sent
to the GOP. The purpose of this letter, named
Letter to GOP
(
http://www.lettertogop.com/),
in few words, is to explains to the GOP why they have a divided
party regardless of their "unity pledge". It goes on to
point out how McCain isn't the proper choice for the GOP by pointing
out McCain's pro-war stance, violation of his own campaign laws
(McCain-Feingold), his association with many lobby groups who were
part of his campaign, his very limited comprehension of economic
policy, etc. The letter further outlines how having Ron Paul as
the nominee would gain the party a slew of members/voters who feel
the party has left them and/or feel they have been disenfranchised
by the party.
Curious to find out the breakdown of signatures collected, I took
it upon myself to generate a
"
report"
based on the data available from their
website.
... sidster
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