01/21/2007
Dear fellow Republicans:
I wanted to update you all on the process leading up to our next party convention. Below are some important points I would like you to keep in mind:
1. No endorsements among screening committee members. Though it was implicit in the role, I want to make clear that all screening committee members should avoid publicly or privately endorsing any candidates before the convention. Stay above the fractionalism and small mindedness of the past two conventions. This is about choosing the best candidate for all Republicans, not one to win favor from a specific geographic region or special interest group.
2. No lobbying of screening committee members. Let me make clear that sending gifts or information packets to individual screening committee members is inappropriate. It is also dangerous if your information is not correct. It is also harmful to use surrogates who seek to tear apart our party unity in the hopes of reliving their past glory days. All candidates of good will shall refrain from this type of activity. In the next seven days, a detailed questionnaire will be forwarded to candidates with seats in contention.
3. Municipal chairs will be selected by February 14. All interested chairs, willing to take part in the legislature screenings, must make themselves available to attend the screening committee meeting on February 17th.
Thanks to all of the good Republicans who’ve offered to sit as additional chairs for the process. I will welcome all who have the best interests of this party at heart.
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Adam Puharic, Chairman
Monmouth County Republican Party
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5 comments:
Honest Abe addressed...
"Sadly, it appears that this rumor activity is coming from within our own Republican Party; from a faction or sub-faction which lost at three County Conventions. A faction or sub-faction that would like to bring back the "bad old days" of the boy's club."
Chairman Puharic addressed...
"Stay above the fractionalism and small mindedness of the past two conventions.
"It is also harmful to use surrogates who seek to tear apart our party unity in the hopes of reliving their past glory days."
All that democracy is a messy business. It's much more orderly this way.
Good thing all of that input has been silenced for the GOP. Too many people stating their opinions and giving comment, I suppose. That's always a recipe for disorder.
Having a handful of people making decisions cuts out a lot of the static I guess.
Adam said on May 27, 2006:
I’ve had the honor to serve as Aberdeen Municipal Chairman, and in that time oversaw the unification of a divided, demoralized, and under-funded organization. I made many hard decisions, and numerous mistakes. One of those mistakes cost me an important friendship. I chose to use my power as Chairman to punish dissent, instead of healing, bringing people together, and fostering debate without resentment. I learned a powerful lesson – one that I hope the future Chairman will use to success: Power is finite. Once you use it, you immediately begin to lose it. But influence is forever. If you harness your influence, you can see the right ideas come to light, whether they are yours or not.
Is history repeating itself or is young Adam putting his powerful lesson into practice?
JIM_PURCELL addressed...
"Having a handful of people making decisions cuts out a lot of the static I guess."
It cuts out a lot of the wins, too.
I like how instead of continuing to address the issue at hand, all of the posts in here are aimed at attacking the Chairman personally or using simplistic arguments to inflame the situation. Let's get back to a discussion about this screening committee that is actually useful. Disagreement with the policy is fine and criticism welcomed, but some comments should be reserved for closed GOP only forums, and this is clearly not one of them.
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