Many of you have expressed concerns over the election of Michael Steele to chair the Republican National Committee. When I heard of his comments regarding the Second Amendment I was also concerned. Ken Blackwell today wrote a piece on TownHall explaining his endorsement of Mr. Steele.
Over breakfast on January 30, Mr. Steele and I discussed the 2008 platform. During that conversation he earnestly expressed his full support of the platform. This is a platform that is unabashedly pro-life, strongly grounded in Second Amendment freedoms, and fully embracing limited government and the rule of law.
That conservation and my perception of Mr. Steele’s authentic embrace of those principles provided me with the basis upon which I could endorse him with a clear conscience and firm conviction once I determined it was time for me to exit the race.
The Republican Party has been in decline. Now as the economy contracts and foreign threats gather, there is a push for a radical government expansion where the national government would take over whole sectors of the American economy. At the same time, there is a push to remake our culture and society, even bedrock human institutions and basic individual and family rights. Read full article.
To be quite frank, I believe most of our representatives are abhorent, regardless of party. They routinely trample the Constitution and our rights. Right now the United States Senate is debating whether to spend $445 billion (Republican plan) or $850 billion (Democrat plan). Either way our kids are going to pay for it.
If Michael Steele can spread the message that what the politicians are doing is wrong, more power to him. If Michael Steele can weed out the RINO’s in the Republican party, more power to him. If Michael Steele can articulate a conservative message based on our Founding principles, more power to him.
