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We frequently receive inquiries concerning
such issues as gay marriage, the War in Iraq (and other places, sad to note),
women's "right to choose" (abortion), gun control, the War on Terrorism (Homeland
Security and the Patriot Act), legalization of some drugs, (particularly
marijuana), etc.
Also, we occasionally receive an
inquiry from the many, often opposing, "Special Interest Groups" that appear
on the political palette we fondly think of as "American
Democracy".
You will not find any
Platform/Position statements regarding such issues on these
pages.
"Social issues" are divisive; that is
to say, on any one such issue, in any randomly selected group of American
voters, it is very likely that a poll taken on that issue will show equally
divided results. The overall effect is, while none of these "social
issues" is ever resolved to the mutual satisfaction of a majority, all the
other issues that corrupt the political processes of this country go unresolved,
too! Fiscal responsibility, taxation, deficit spending, campaign financing,
ballot access, health care, illegal immigration, international trade, jobs
and the economy, conservation and the environment, and a sensible foreign
policy that does not foment hatred of America by the rest of the world, are
all issues that eventually affect every one of us, at one point in our individual
lives.
The longer these issues remain unresolved,
as long as "social issues" keep the nation divided--- much to the delight
of the corporation-controlled Republican/Democratic duopoly --- the longer
this nation will remain on that rough road to Empire --- and eventual Fall.
As a consequence of this official Party
philosophy, we are most often labeled by our peers/antagonists as a 'centrist'
Party, since we seem to eschew the more radical elements of other
third/alternative Parties, as far as Platform issues are concerned.
Personally --- and I mean that I am not
now representing the Party philosophy, but rather presenting my own for your
consideration --- I feel that, by avoiding these "social issues", we are
also providing a potential political home for all those "radical elements"
who are willing to sit at the table with their 'social' opponents and hammer
out a consensus on the Paltform Issues of the American Reform Party without
attempting to force their own personal, private convictions on the rest of
the Party.
If we are ever successful
in this effort, our philosophy will then be "populist" thereby, and more
representative of the Democratic Republic we profess ourselves to be A:
government " OF the People, BY
the People, and FOR the People"
~David J.
Repko, former National Chair, author of The
Repko-Bate
AMERICAN REFORM PARTY - Changing Our Present for the
Future
If we are ever successful
in this
effort, our philosophy will then be "populist" thereby, and more
representative of the Democratic Republic we profess ourselves to be a
government,
"OF the People, BY the People,
and FOR the People."
~David J.
Repko, former National Chair, author of The
Repko-Bate |
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