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I got the following in the email today.
Would we be any worse-off with President Kerry ?
Does anyone know when a recall campaign can begin for a new President ?
"However, Mehlman’s choice of Ohio Republican activist and former state legislator Jo Ann Davidson to become co-chairman was not without concern from some pro-family groups who claim they helped elect Bush because of his stand on moral issues such as abortion and gay marriage.
Davidson, a 20-year veteran Ohio legislator and former Ohio Speaker of the House, has served on the advisory board of Republicans For Choice since it was created in 1990 as an effort to remove the pro-life plank from the Republican Party platform and to elect pro-abortion GOP candidates to maintain the legal status of abortion in America.
In fact, a January 13 New York Times story noted that the Republicans For Choice web site congratulated Davidson on her nomination to the GOP post and revealed that they “look forward to working with her to help make sure the concerns of pro-choice and moderate Republicans are heard within the Republican National Committee headquarters.”
A conservative issues advocacy group called Pro-Family Network of Ohio warned Republicans about Davidson’s views on abortion and gay marriage.
“Joann Davidson is the wrong choice as the Republican National Committee co-chair because she does not represent the values of the rank and file of the GOP,” commented Pro-Family Network of Ohio Executive Director Greg Quinlan.
Quinlan said Davidson’s tenure as Speaker of the House in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1995-2000 was filled with attempts to “add sexual orientation to the existing hate crimes laws in Ohio” among other liberal legislation.
“[Davidson] told her Republican caucus at that time that she supported the sexual orientation legislation, even though it was introduced by a Democrat,” Quinlan expressed.
Regarding the Defense of Marriage Act in Ohio, Quinlan said Davidson “not once, but twice … had the measure killed and is on record calling the legislation ‘unnecessary.’”
While RNC insiders credit Davidson for helping Bush win the crucial state of Ohio in the 2004 presidential election, Quinlan said values voters deserve to be commended for electing Bush despite the efforts by Davidson to thwart the Republican platform.
“These citizens and their churches registered Ohioans to vote and got them to the polls,” Quinlan revealed. “Davidson had nothing to do with these pro-family, pro-life, pro-parent voters going to the polls.”
Quinlan said he is shocked that the national Republican Party is blind to the fact that “Ohio delivered for President Bush because we support his social agenda.”
“Is this the thanks we conservatives, the vast majority of the Republican Party, receive?” Quinlan inquired. “Joann Davidson is not representative of the party at large but of the disconnected big tent elites, who think that the GOP can win in 2008 by becoming more like Democrats.”
He added, “The RNC needs to ask Ms. Davidson why she supports gay marriage and abortion. After all of our hard work in the past election, Republican voters have a right to these answers.”
Family Research Council President Tony Perkins also responded to the selection of Davidson in an e-mail to supporters on Tuesday by stating that she “established a poor rating with Ohio Right to Life during her tenure in office and serves on the advisory board of the Republicans for Choice PAC.”
“While many people vouch that Ms. Davidson is a tireless campaigner, her record and reputation on life and key family issues like marriage put her at odds with the hundreds of thousands of families that worked tirelessly, not only in Ohio, but across the nation to protect marriage and advance life,” Perkins contended in the e-mail. “Some say that Davidson’s elevation is a bow to the GOP’s ‘Old Bulls,’ but those bulls are old for a reason. They remind us of the party’s minority past not its hopes for a majority future.”
Republican National Coalition For Life Director Colleen Parro said Davidson “is not about building a culture of life, and evidently neither is Ken Mehlman.”
Davidson’s selection to become co-chairman of the Republican Party was unanimous at the RNC Winter Meeting in Washington, DC on Wednesday. She succeeds outgoing RNC co-chairman Ann Wagner.
“I look forward to spending the next two years traveling the nation exciting the grassroots base that is the heart of our party and spreading the President’s conservative message,” Davidson stated upon becoming RNC co-chairman. “Grassroots supporters propelled the GOP to historic gains last year, and will be the key to our success as President Bush implements the American people’s Election Day mandate.”
Would we be any worse-off with President Kerry ?
Does anyone know when a recall campaign can begin for a new President ?
"However, Mehlman’s choice of Ohio Republican activist and former state legislator Jo Ann Davidson to become co-chairman was not without concern from some pro-family groups who claim they helped elect Bush because of his stand on moral issues such as abortion and gay marriage.
Davidson, a 20-year veteran Ohio legislator and former Ohio Speaker of the House, has served on the advisory board of Republicans For Choice since it was created in 1990 as an effort to remove the pro-life plank from the Republican Party platform and to elect pro-abortion GOP candidates to maintain the legal status of abortion in America.
In fact, a January 13 New York Times story noted that the Republicans For Choice web site congratulated Davidson on her nomination to the GOP post and revealed that they “look forward to working with her to help make sure the concerns of pro-choice and moderate Republicans are heard within the Republican National Committee headquarters.”
A conservative issues advocacy group called Pro-Family Network of Ohio warned Republicans about Davidson’s views on abortion and gay marriage.
“Joann Davidson is the wrong choice as the Republican National Committee co-chair because she does not represent the values of the rank and file of the GOP,” commented Pro-Family Network of Ohio Executive Director Greg Quinlan.
Quinlan said Davidson’s tenure as Speaker of the House in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1995-2000 was filled with attempts to “add sexual orientation to the existing hate crimes laws in Ohio” among other liberal legislation.
“[Davidson] told her Republican caucus at that time that she supported the sexual orientation legislation, even though it was introduced by a Democrat,” Quinlan expressed.
Regarding the Defense of Marriage Act in Ohio, Quinlan said Davidson “not once, but twice … had the measure killed and is on record calling the legislation ‘unnecessary.’”
While RNC insiders credit Davidson for helping Bush win the crucial state of Ohio in the 2004 presidential election, Quinlan said values voters deserve to be commended for electing Bush despite the efforts by Davidson to thwart the Republican platform.
“These citizens and their churches registered Ohioans to vote and got them to the polls,” Quinlan revealed. “Davidson had nothing to do with these pro-family, pro-life, pro-parent voters going to the polls.”
Quinlan said he is shocked that the national Republican Party is blind to the fact that “Ohio delivered for President Bush because we support his social agenda.”
“Is this the thanks we conservatives, the vast majority of the Republican Party, receive?” Quinlan inquired. “Joann Davidson is not representative of the party at large but of the disconnected big tent elites, who think that the GOP can win in 2008 by becoming more like Democrats.”
He added, “The RNC needs to ask Ms. Davidson why she supports gay marriage and abortion. After all of our hard work in the past election, Republican voters have a right to these answers.”
Family Research Council President Tony Perkins also responded to the selection of Davidson in an e-mail to supporters on Tuesday by stating that she “established a poor rating with Ohio Right to Life during her tenure in office and serves on the advisory board of the Republicans for Choice PAC.”
“While many people vouch that Ms. Davidson is a tireless campaigner, her record and reputation on life and key family issues like marriage put her at odds with the hundreds of thousands of families that worked tirelessly, not only in Ohio, but across the nation to protect marriage and advance life,” Perkins contended in the e-mail. “Some say that Davidson’s elevation is a bow to the GOP’s ‘Old Bulls,’ but those bulls are old for a reason. They remind us of the party’s minority past not its hopes for a majority future.”
Republican National Coalition For Life Director Colleen Parro said Davidson “is not about building a culture of life, and evidently neither is Ken Mehlman.”
Davidson’s selection to become co-chairman of the Republican Party was unanimous at the RNC Winter Meeting in Washington, DC on Wednesday. She succeeds outgoing RNC co-chairman Ann Wagner.
“I look forward to spending the next two years traveling the nation exciting the grassroots base that is the heart of our party and spreading the President’s conservative message,” Davidson stated upon becoming RNC co-chairman. “Grassroots supporters propelled the GOP to historic gains last year, and will be the key to our success as President Bush implements the American people’s Election Day mandate.”
