Parsons Son Editorial
GOP's new face
The Republican Party in this country has seen better days. The Iraq War and failed policies of President Bush have taken their toll on the GOP. The Kansas Republican Party took steps last week to help reinvent its platform. The idea is a good one, but some of the language used might make one think it isn't really changing.
Last week the Kansas Republican Party launched a new endeavor that is designed to obtain more feedback from Kansas Republicans. The new program centers around a new Web site, www.50ideas.org, and a series of idea-raiser meetings that will be held around the state. The point of all of this is to try to return the party to the people of whom it serves by asking for people's dreams, concerns and hopes. These will then be used to help fashion the party's platform for 2008. While this is a good idea, a closer inspection of the Web site uncovers wording that makes one wonder if anything will change.
Amid all the warm and fuzzy talk about wanting to hear new ideas and change the way of the party, we find that politicians still can't help themselves. One part of the vision statement says the GOP wants to form a platform that not only highlights the failures of the Sebelius administration but also fixes Kansas government after years of Democrat control. Why are those particular lines necessary?
The reason many people are fed up with politics is because of the huge divide that partisan politics has created. In fact, that may be one of the ideas that comes out of this program. Let's quit being so divisive. The program is a good idea, but the GOP should have stuck to simply talking about Republican values and what it wants to do as opposed to taking jabs at a Democratic administration. Besides, even though Kansas has had a Democratic governor, hasn't the state Legislature been under Republican control all along?
The idea-raiser concept is a good one for a Republican Party that has taken a few heavy hits as of late. In fact, this concept has proven successful in Florida, Virginia, Oklahoma and other states. But the program will garner more support and prove more successful if the organization can stay positive and above the mud-slinging tactics that dominate today's political landcape.
- Darren Werth
Editor and publisher
10/01/2007; 4:34:15 PM
http://www.parsonssun.com/news/articles/edit100107.shtml
1 comment:
One of the most important things the Republican party needs to focus on, in my honest opinion, is the liberal way of spending. The ones with their hands out to get something for nothing. Dennis Kinetch, for example, has at least 9 bills which he authored that only benefit his area. While this is fine and good, I don't feel that the taxes of middle America needs to be spent boosting the economy of the east coast. The "get something for nothing" that the liberal Democrats have hung onto for many years is what is wrong with the country. What has happened to the good old "work ethics" of our forefathers?
Lindsay Woodside
Post a Comment