What is our Policy(s)?

DUE TO MY LACK OF UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THIS SYSTEM, I STARTED THIS POST A WEEK AGO AND DIDN'T FINISH IT UNTIL LAST NIGHT AND THE SYSTEM SENT IT BACK TO WHEN I STARTED. SO, I AM MOVING IT UP MECHANICALLY

Over at the Lowell Republican City Committee Blog there is a posting on a article in Sunday's edition of The Boston Globe, titled "Where Are We Going?"

This article, in "The Ideas" Section of The Globe, asks about where the Republicans should be going. The article, by a resident of Milton, talks about where Republicans are. He asserts that Republicans clinging to their guns and religion are totally out of step with the voters in New England--Congressman Chris Shays of Connecticut being cut from the Congressional Roster being the biggest example.

One of the questions we have to ask ourselves is if getting elected is more important than standing by our rights.

With the current corruption on Beacon Hill, getting elected seems like it would be a social good, allowing us to have a more open and supportive State Government. On the other hand, what kind of laws would we pass if we got a Republican Majority in the Great and General Court?

As Republicans we need to stand for something. In History Class last evening (UMass Lowell--low price for Seniors) the Professor made the point that when the National Socialists were running for office in the Germany of the 1920s and early 1930s they didn't run for things, they ran their campaigns by opposing the ideas of others. That is not a good example to follow.

We Republicans need to have a conversation. We need to debate the issues. Heck, we need to raise a few issues and gnaw on them.

We need to make our motto "No RIROs"--No Republicans in Registration Only.

Regards -- Cliff