Group rallies to take back Flathead GOP

[Nimrod]

Sane Republicans are finally coming out of the closet so to speak. This is a great read.



They are Republicans, and they want their party back. To do that, they're supporting a Democrat for Flathead County commissioner, the first time ever that many of these men will cast a vote outside the GOP.
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According to Sweet and nearly a dozen others around this table, the local Republican Party has been hijacked by "extremists," a "small, radical group" of religious fundamentalists and Libertarians who have crawled under the flap of the famously big Republican tent and are pushing out any who do not accept their dogma.
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Republican Assemblies are the self-appointed "Republican wing of the Republican Party," a Bible-based group of conservatives who have questioned, among other things, the modern separation of church and state.
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The Democrat they will vote for is Joe Brenneman; he's the man running against Cofer for the county commission seat. And they will not just vote for Brenneman; they also will campaign for him. Republicans for the Flathead has already filed political action committee papers with the state.
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http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2004/10/20/news/mtregional/znews03.txt

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Good news

I've talked with many local Republicans here in AR, and they feel the same way as this group. Their actions range from not voting for Bush to voting for Kerry to actively campaigning for Kerry.

[Gore1FL]

2. I just wish they planned to do it nationally as well as locally

If the real Republicans took their party back, I believe it would go a long way to resolving the "split culture" we endure today.

[Nimrod]

3. Locally is a start

I'm thinking these guys can't possibly be the only ones out there. I imagine others are doing it more quietly to avoid having themselves ruined by the bible bangers. They're vindictive mothers, and they're more than happy to wreck your entire life in the name of Almighty GAWD.

And indeed, I agree. If the Reps could get their party back from those evil sonsabitches, we might just be able to get along and a Rep administration wouldn't be the nightmare it is now. That would be nice.