Answers to Question 2 (of 6) by the 2009 candidates for NC GOP Chairman & Vice-Chairman
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Date of questions: Saturday, May 30, 2009
Answers were accepted May 30 thru June 9, 2009.
Question #2: The NC GOP is supposed to be the Party of "traditional values," one of which is simple honesty. However, a former NC GOP Chairman is in prison, and the NC Republican Party currently hires professional fundraisers to raise money from our Party's members by lying. Like many of you, I personally received a fundraising phone call for the NC GOP in which I was told that my membership in the NC Republican Party was up for annual renewal, and that the renewal would cost me $65. That is all blatant lies: NC GOP membership does not expire, and does not cost money.
Democrats lie incessantly. We are supposed to be different!
It is my strongly held opinion that no need, no matter how dire, is worth compromising our integrity. Consequently, I ask you to pledge that, for as long as you are chairman, it will be the unalterable policy of the North Carolina Republican Party that the Party shall never make, nor allow to be made in its good name, any letter, call, press release, or other statement, whether for fundraising or other purpose, which is intentionally or knowingly untrue, or deliberately misleading. For example, no fundraising letter or call shall misrepresent a plea for a donations as being a fee for membership in the North Carolina Republican Party, nor misrepresent the past contribution history of a potential donor.
Will you make that pledge?
The six candidates' answers follow. The four candidates
for chairman are listed first (alphabetically), followed by the two candidates
for vice-chairman. (Each candidate's name is a clickable link to his web site.)
Chad Adams (for Chairman) wrote:
100% yes!!
Tom Fetzer (for Chairman) said:
Yes.
Marcus Kindley (for Chairman) wrote:
Let me tell you my experence as Chair in Guilford County. A friend of mine called to tell me he had received a letter from "US" and he had made a donation. I asked for details and he said the letter was for the annual Guilford County Republican Party fundraising campaign. The return address was Washington DC for one of the election clubs. I took it to the 2004 convention but was told it would not be stopped. To answer your question, You Bet I'll make sure we be honest with our members.!!!
Bill Randall (for Chairman) wrote:
My allegiance and commitment is to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, consistent with God's will for our lives as penned in His holy Word. I will continue to strive to exhibit true Christian principles, and will not willingly misrepresent or deceive in any way (as outlined in the above question). As NCGOP Chairman I will lead in this regard by example, and will not allow our Party to lower its standards of honesty and integrity in any way.
(Note: Tim & David are candidates for Vice-Chairman, not Chairman, but since Vice-Chairmen often eventually become Chairmen I asked that they answer the questions as if they expected to become chairman.)
Tim Johnson (for Vice-Chairman) wrote:
I will make that pledge
David Sawyer (for Vice-Chairman) wrote:
Personally, I believe that honesty and integrity are integral components of a moral person and, indeed, the conservative philosophy. As such, they are very important to me and have formed a basis for how I have attempted to live my life and deal with others.
Now, with respect to the question, as presented, it is based upon a premise that the North Carolina Republican Party is intentionally or knowingly making deliberately misleading statements as part of its fundraising program. This argument has previously been raised before the North Carolina Republican Party Central Committee and the Committee has discussed, at length, the Party's fundraising program in general and the accusations in particular. In so doing, the Central Committee did not believe that the Party's fundraising practices were, in any way, intentionally or knowingly untrue, or deliberately misleading. The Chair should honor and respect the decision of the Committee on this point. To do otherwise would render the role of the Central Committee meaningless. Should the Committee reconsider the matter and adopt a different position, the Chair, again, should implement that decision as well.
The other five questions can be found here:
http://www.mooregop.org/chairman_questionnaire.html
Dave Burton
Cary, NC
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