According to Red State there is going to be a legislative compromise passed on Sunday to move the ball forward on the Schiavo case… keep your eyes peeled.

It seems doing some rough checking that NY state even with the possible ouster of Centinello will still be a Davidson state.

Well it looks liek the sick soap opera of CRNC politics continues to get worse… I can not confirm whether this is authentic or not though I did recieve a picture of their signatures. If so its the end of the line for Centinello though hopefully these folks who signed this letter realize that Gourley is no angel. We’ll see…

Saturday, March 19, 2005

A Declaration of existing members of

The New York College Republican Executive Board

“When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one
people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with
another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and
equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle
them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they
should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.”

“There comes a point when as a people you realize that you can no
longer just simply protest. You can no longer verbally chastise the
actions of others while you allow those wrongs to be done. This point
comes when you realize that you must stand up for what is right, and
ultimately what is for the best of your constituents. What is best
for the clubs, the organization, the Party.”

–That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of itself,
it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to
institute a new organization and a new Chairman, laying its foundation
on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them
shall seem most likely to effect their productiveness and vitality.
Prudence, indeed, will dictate that the NYCRSC long established should
not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all
experience hath shown, that this organization is more disposed to
suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by
abolishing the Chairman to which they are accustomed. But when a long
train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object
evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their
right, it is their duty, their responsibility, to throw off such a
ruler, and to provide new Guards for the future security of the
organization. —Such has been the patient sufferance the New York State
College Republicans; and such is now the necessity which constrains
them to alter the current situation. The history of the present
Chairman Dan Centinello is a history of repeated injuries and
usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an
absolute Tyranny over this organization. To prove this, let Facts be
submitted to a candid state.

He has refused his Assent to Laws, and the State constitution, the
most wholesome and necessary for the good of the organization. He has
obstructed any proposed checks and balances proposed by the State
Committee Executive Board.

He has forbidden his State Committee to enact actions of immediate and
pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his
Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly
neglected to attend to them.

He has called together the State Committee in an untimely,
inconsistent manner, at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant
from the depository of their clubs, for the sole purpose of fatiguing,
and manipulating them into compliance with his measures.

He has dissolved clubs and entire regions repeatedly for opposing his
policies or lack there of.

He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to allow
others to be elected; whereby he has rigged and stolen elections. He
has used intimidation and scare tactics to force people to resign, and
ultimately abused his power of influence.

He has endeavored to prevent the expansion of clubs in this state
unless it overwhelmingly and unquestionably supports him.

He has made officers dependent on his will alone, for the tenure of
their offices.

He has erected a multitude of new clubs, and harassed our members, and
intimidated our executive boards.

He has used slander, and libel, both personal and professional to
degrade the character of those in his presence. He had done this for
personal gain and with complete disregard for others.

For cutting off communication amongst the Executive Board by disabling
our emails and contact information.

For destroying all communication on a regional and statewide level.

For destroying relations with Town and County committees.

For destroying relations with the New York State Republican Committee.

For taking away our Chapters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and
altering fundamentally, the forms and policies of our Constitution.

He has incited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavored
to promote revolts in our own chapters.

He has ignored what is best for New York State so that he may focus on
national politics, all at the expense of the organization and the
Republican Party here in New York.

In every stage of these Oppressions we have petitioned for redress in
the most humble terms: Our repeated petitions have been answered only
by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every
act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the Chairman of the New
York College Republican State Committee.

We, therefore, the New York College Republican State Committee
Executive Board in affiliation with the College Republican National
Committee are hereby making a declaration of independence. By the
authority bestowed upon us in our beloved constitution, and our moral
obligation, we do herby strip Chairman Dan Centinello of all clout and
power. We hereby proclaim control and oversight of the 2005 NYCRSC
Convention and all of its policies. As a unified State Committee
Executive Board, we remove the authority to recognize and derecognize
any club from the Chairman’s hands and back into the committees. We
herby remove any power delegated to the Chairman by our constitution,
and remove his representation of the State. We hereby declare that
the Chairman, a Tyrant, for all intents and purposes is stripped of
his honor and decree. With a firm reliance on the protection and the
vitality of our organization and its clubs, we mutually pledge to each
other our dedication, our respect, our honor.

Signatures to Ratify,

All other officers have resigned by means of defacto or dejure.

Well folks, the official race to legitimize Condi and Rudi for ‘08 has begun, and I have a sinking sucpicion this could be the death knell of the pro-life lock on the GOP. Some may say I am a pessimist or bitter or whatever but just read Ruffini’s post and see if you don’t come out with chills like I did.

There’s no doubt that there a significant number of primary voters, perhaps 15-20%, who are motivated primarily by the life issue. But that doesn’t mean they’ll necessarily be able to swing anything — not so long as the movement’s idea of a standard-bearer is Alan Keyes or Gary Bauer. The fact is that there are at least as many Republicans who object to McCain on political grounds as do to Rudy and Condi on ideological grounds. Probably the best hope for a pro-life nominee is for someone now at 5% or below to surge — and that’s asking for a lot in notoriously insurgent-averse Republican politics.

Unless there are decisions made by the conservatives to unite behind ONE candidate against a Condi/Giulani/McCain candidacy then this show is over and Giulani most likely will be the nominee, which would be a totally unmitigated disaster for the GOP, because Giulani is liberal on issue after issue not just social issues. He’s bad on taxes, he’s bad on spending, and the only thing he’s good on is defense. But due to the total political impotence of the pro-life movement, who every year rally around a whacko, and the disorganization of the conservative right then things are not too good. Now if the Club and others get together in a dark room and pick someone and come out gunning then I will feel better about ‘08 but not until then. Call me a pessimist, I say its sad realism.

Here it is. Hat Tip: Joe Biles Blog