Nuts.

02/13/2007

On December 22nd of 1944, General Anthony McCauliffe and the 101st Airborne were surrounded by German forces in the city of Bastogne. They called for his surrender. He replied with one word: “Nuts!”
On Sunday, the press used a scathing editorial to launch a poll designed to embarrass our candidate selection process. They lost on day one. So they extended it. They lost on day two, by more. They will undoubtedly launch more slanted polls, and more negative articles. So the Asbury Park Press is not in favor of the Monmouth County Republican party. The sun will rise tomorrow.
This is not about who has the best plan for selecting candidates. This is about the press looking to assert itself in Republican Party politics. The issue of whether we will select candidates via screening was decided in June of 2006. Vulnerability assessments were never in question, and every true Republican knew this is the right thing to do.
The press will continue the attacks on our screening committee process because they seek to undermine our organization, and hand pick candidates for our county party’s line. They have strung together multiple negative articles. They have used willing accomplices to leak documents and bring the process into question. They have set a false litmus test on our candidates while Democrats are allowed to use any process they choose.
They will continue to attack, and I fear that some of our own party will supply them with ammunition.
But understand that I will not surrender this party’s right to govern itself. Nuts.

Please enjoy the updated poll results:
Do you think it's proper that candidates undergo detailed background checks at their own expense in order to be considered to run for public office?
Yes 72.6%
No 27.4%
Total votes: 1719
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Adam Puharic, Chairman
Monmouth County Republican Party
www.MonmouthRepublican.org
info@MonmouthRepublican.org
732.431.6664