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11th Commandment
By punch bowl | April 24, 2008
In an e-mail to CR Nation, newly elected chairman of the Arizona College Republican addresses concerns expressed by fellow College Republicans:
Recently, an article on “CR Nation”, a popular College Republicans blog, cast the 2008-2009 Arizona Federation of College Republicans State Board in a negative light. This article proceeded to ask Arizona CR’s to respond with “[their] feelings on the state of [their] federation”. Several Arizona College Republicans responded in disagreement to the article and in support of the new administration.
As the newly-elected Chairman, I must say I am humbled by your support, and I thank you for the kind words and quick action. When I launched my campaign with Cody Newport and Ben Stewart, we came up with “Unify Arizona” as our team name. It was the vision of the ticket to bring leaders from each campus together in order to unite the federated chapters and encourage the formation of nearby chapters. We were uncontested in our election not due to a lack of interest, but because the right people stepped up to the plate. It is now up to all of us to move on from what may or may not have happened in previous days/months/years and make this year count. As was mentioned at convention, 2008 means much more than who will be answering phones at 3am. It means Supreme Court appointments that could affect the fate of conservative ideals for generations to come.
With less than 200 days before the Nov. 4th election, we have a lot to do for our federal, state, and local candidates. Our original vision of unity is more essential now than ever before in the organization, and with your cooperation, it will become a reality.
With all of that being said, I would like to apologize on behalf of the current State Board for any personal attacks made against members of the previous administration. The views expressed are not representative of the sentiment felt by the new administration.We must now live by President Ronald Reagan’s 11th Commandment, “Thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Republican,” because in the end, we’re all on the same side. Please join me in honoring our generation’s greatest president and let’s unite against the Democrats and roll to victory in November.
Yours in Conservatism,
Matt Wharton
Chairman, Arizona Federation of College Republicans
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April 24th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
I could not have said it better myself, thank you Matt. It is now time for all of us to move forward and stand together. We are all fellow college students, fellow Republicans, and most important of all, fellow Americans. Let us not forget the reasons why we are passionate about politics in the first place. We believe that Republican ideals are best for our country and unlike the Democrats we believe that America is truly, “the last best hope of man on earth.” It is now time to put silly arguments behind us and begin to prepare for a very critical election year. We have many doors to knock on, a lot of phone calls to make, and a Senator that we need to get elected as President. I look forward to working with all of the Arizona CR’s in the coming year!
April 24th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
I think we can all appreciate Matt’s letter. Hopefully, now that we have all aired our differences, we can come together for the good of the party and for the sake of the common bond of conservatism that we all share. The comments between us became heated and, unfortunately, devolved into a less-than-civil discourse. Being one that sometimes acts upon impulse and despite my effort to avoid personal attacks, I put my two cents in and if I offended anyone I hope that you will accept my sincere apology.
I came across a quote that I thought would be appropriate to share with my fellow AZCR’s. “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” I am optimistic that with this bump in the road behind us, we can come together and work towards our goal of success, which means getting John McCain and all our Republican candidates elected this fall. I look forward to working with Matt Wharton, Ben Stewart, and the rest of the new state board, with my counterpart Sean Butler at ASU, and with Mike Sistak on the Tim Bee campaign in CD-8.