MUTH'S TRUTHS 09/06/2013

THE TRUTH ABOUT REAGAN’S 11^TH COMMANDMENT

Conservative Republican candidates wear Ronald Reagan as a badge of honor.  Moderate Republicans use him as a shield.

Conservatives embrace Reagan’s “government is the problem, not the solution” philosophy.  Moderates hide behind his 11^th Commandment – “Thou shalt not speak ill of another Republican” - to duck criticism of bad votes.

In case you’ve missed it, there’s a national wave building of viable conservative candidates mounting GOP primary challenges against incumbent moderates, including right here in Nevada.  And the threat is so serious that Gumby Republicans are again using Reagan’s 11^th Commandment to discourage and discredit such conservative challenges.

Sorry, but that dog won’t hunt.

First and foremost, recall that Reagan himself mounted a conservative challenge to a sitting incumbent moderate, President Jerry Ford, in the 1976 Republican primary. 

As such, conservatives such as Lisa Krasner, who is challenging moderate Republican Assemblyman Randy Kirner in Reno, and conservative Carl Bunce, who is challenging Republican Sen. “Moderate Mike” Roberson in Las Vegas, aren’t violating a Reagan principle; they’re following his example!

Furthermore, moderates have regularly twisted and perverted the meaning of the 11^th Commandment for years, to the point that Reagan biographer Craig Shirley felt compelled to ink a column for Politico in 2011 to clear up the “misunderstanding and misinformation surrounding” it.

“The 11th Commandment was created in 1966 by Gaylord Parkinson, the Golden State’s Republican Party chairman,” Shirley wrote.  “After the bloodbath in the 1964 California primary between Arizona Sen. Barry Goldwater and New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, Parkinson was trying to put the party back together.

“The commandment never meant that one Republican could not criticize the policies or philosophies of another Republican. It meant only that one could or should not engage in personal attacks on another Republican.”

So if Ms. Krasner were to refer to Assemblyman Kirner as an amiable dunce or Mr. Bunce were to say that Sen. Roberson’s beard makes him look like a teenage werewolf, those would be clear violations of the 11^th Commandment.

However, should both conservative challengers accurately point out that the incumbent moderates have been serial tax hikers in violation of the official Nevada Republican Party platform, that’s fair game.

And of course no discussion of how moderates try to hide behind the 11^th Commandment would be complete without noting the complete hypocrisy of said moderates when the shoe is on the other foot. 

Indeed, when a moderate challenges an incumbent conservative in a GOP primary, personal attacks such as “extremist,” “nutjob,” “wacko,” “radical,” “religious kook” and worse are regularly tossed about with reckless abandon.

So buck up, conservatives.  The next time some Gumby Republican criticizes you for criticizing or running against them, simply ask yourself one question…WWRRD?  What would Ronald Reagan do?

DON’T GO TO BAHAMA BREEZE TONIGHT!

Just a reminder, our First Friday Happy Hour will be held tonight at the Blue Martini in the Town Square shopping mall on the south end of the Strip where I-15 and I-215 intersect.  The exact address is 6593 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Bldg L, up on the second floor.  To locate it on the map, click here.  Phone: (702) 949-2583

Our special VIP guest-of-honor will be Louisiana State Sen. Elbert Guillory.  Click here for more information on why this man has so many liberals Democrats furious with him.

Half-price happy hour specials on both food and beverages all the way through 8:00 pm!  And yes, John Burnett from Las Vegas Jewelry and Coin Buyers will still be buying the first 100 drinks.  Plus…everyone who attends this week can register to win an 18k white gold and diamond necklace from MJ Christensen Diamonds valued at $11,240!

Plus, our friend Megan Heryet let me know that an inexpensive nanny service available at Town Square in case you have young kids and need someone to watch them.  Click here for more information.

Join KDWN’s Alan Stock and me from 5:00 – 7:00 pm tonight!

CLARIFICATION

To clarify an item from yesterday’s e-newsletter, Washoe Republican Women President Ruth Ann Schwarze, in noting that club member Lisa Krasner - who is challenging moderate Republican incumbent Assemblyman Randy Kirner – “does know the Constitution, unlike someone else I will not name,” was referring to President Barack Obama, not Mr. Kirner.

In addition, while many Washoe GOP women are, in fact, supporting Krasner in her race against Kirner, NvFRW club presidents are not allowed to endorse candidates in primaries and, therefore, her comments should not be construed as such.