How Far Right Can We Go?
First, former Gov. Mike Leavitt was booed in his own Republican State Convention when he was running for re-election in 2000 because he was too liberal. The delegates, weary of his leftist ways, even forced the two-term incumbent into a primary against Glen Davis, who was co-nominated at the convention by "Super Dell" Schanze, the only real American in Utah, according to himself.
Then Sen. Orrin Hatch was booed at the same convention because he was too liberal, that senator who got his start in politics through his association with that left-wing organization, the Freemen Institute, headed by Marxist Cleon Skousen. And Barbara Snow, who seconded Hatch's nomination in that convention, also was bood. She had been president of the LDS Church's radical Relief Society organization.
Now, Sen. Bob Bennett is facing a tough battle for re-election among GOP convention delegates because, many of them say, he is too liberal.
I bring up this history because of a statement I noticed in The Tribune recently.
When the think tank, the Sutherland Institute released a study debunking the belief that undocumented immigrants commit higher rates of crime than other groups, Eli Cawley, president of the Utah Minutemen, summed it all up.
The Sutherland Institute released a misleading study favorable to the undocumented immigrants because it is a "liberal-biased organization.
Yea, that Paul Mero, president of the Sutherland Institute, bears an erie resemblance to Che Guevara.
And look at their radical causes. They opposed hate crimes legislation that protected gays and lesbians, released a thesis defending marriage as an institution between a man and a woman, fought to prevent unions from getting dues through automatic deductions of state payrolls and consistently argue the pro-life side of the abortion debate.
Boy are they liberal.
Their favorite panel participants from the Legislature seem to be Sen. Curt Bramble, R-Provo, and Sen. Howard Stephenson, R-Draper — commies through and through.
Remember when Barry Goldwater ran for president in 1964 and was considered a radical right-winger, then by the 1990s he wouldn't have gotten a whiff of consideration for the nomination because he was too liberal?
Cheers,
Paul Rolly
Then Sen. Orrin Hatch was booed at the same convention because he was too liberal, that senator who got his start in politics through his association with that left-wing organization, the Freemen Institute, headed by Marxist Cleon Skousen. And Barbara Snow, who seconded Hatch's nomination in that convention, also was bood. She had been president of the LDS Church's radical Relief Society organization.
Now, Sen. Bob Bennett is facing a tough battle for re-election among GOP convention delegates because, many of them say, he is too liberal.
I bring up this history because of a statement I noticed in The Tribune recently.
When the think tank, the Sutherland Institute released a study debunking the belief that undocumented immigrants commit higher rates of crime than other groups, Eli Cawley, president of the Utah Minutemen, summed it all up.
The Sutherland Institute released a misleading study favorable to the undocumented immigrants because it is a "liberal-biased organization.
Yea, that Paul Mero, president of the Sutherland Institute, bears an erie resemblance to Che Guevara.
And look at their radical causes. They opposed hate crimes legislation that protected gays and lesbians, released a thesis defending marriage as an institution between a man and a woman, fought to prevent unions from getting dues through automatic deductions of state payrolls and consistently argue the pro-life side of the abortion debate.
Boy are they liberal.
Their favorite panel participants from the Legislature seem to be Sen. Curt Bramble, R-Provo, and Sen. Howard Stephenson, R-Draper — commies through and through.
Remember when Barry Goldwater ran for president in 1964 and was considered a radical right-winger, then by the 1990s he wouldn't have gotten a whiff of consideration for the nomination because he was too liberal?
Cheers,
Paul Rolly
11:52 AM
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2 Comments:
Sorry that this is not about your column on "How Far Right" but I didn't see how else to be in touch with you.
I believe you often have an interest in community issues that no one else seems to be paying attention to. I became aware of this one yesterday.
There is an organization in Ogden called the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center (www.wrcnu.org, e-mail: DaLyn@wrcnu.org, tel: 801-814-7888)which is apparently the only organization in northern Utah that is prepared to held injured wildlife. They are in a crisis situation, having been pushed out from under the umbrellsa of the Ogden Nature Center as of June 30, 2009. They are 100% run by volunteers. Yesterday I took an injured squirrel up to them, as they were the only place in the valley that I and some friends could find that was willing to take in injured wildlife. They believe the squirrel has a spinal injury and that they can bring him back to health. However, the woman who helped me told me that she is working there as a volunteer 7 days a week as were two other male colleagues there with her. They are desperate for funding and believe that they may have to close. If so, all injured wildlife in northern Utah will end up being destroyed because there is no one available to provide them with rehabilitation. They seem to have a great story, and I would recommend you get in touch with them.
Barbara Pence
barbarapence@comcast.net
In the elections of 2008 it was noted that some of the people joining the Republican party had done so because they found the John Birch Society too liberal.
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