June, 2009 Assembled By Dana West

Last month, Thornton Mayor Erik Hansen discussed the economy, job growth and FasTraks.

Our next meeting is June 13th. Colorado GOP State Chairman Dick
Wadhams will discuss the Republican game plan to win the upcoming
elections in 2010 and 2012. After the meeting is candidate training.
MEETING TIME AND PLACE
We will be at Gander Mountain, 9923 Grant Street, Thornton, CO from 9:15-10:45 a.m. on the
second Saturday of each month in the employee training room. If you live in Adams County or
Denver's northern suburbs, come join us for lively spirited debate and to meet Republican
movers and shakers

Directions to Gander Mountain:

Gander Mountain is a huge sporting goods store in the old Biggs, now Wal-Mart/Home Depot
shopping center just east of I-25 and south of 104th Ave. Just go in the front door, turn
left at the first aisle and follow it to the employee meeting room on the far left.

Yearly membership dues are $20, while a couple is $30. Make checks payable to NSRF. It’s $3
per person to attend the monthly meeting to pay for the provided continental breakfast. A
membership application is located on the last page. Fill it out and bring it with you.

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http://www.denverpost.com/politics http://www.metronorthnews.com/index.php

http://thebrightonblade.com/ http://www.topix.net/city/commerce-city-co

http://www.coloradosenatenews.com/ http://www.topix.net/city/thornton-co

http://www.warriorlegacyfoundation.org/ http://coloradopols.com/ http://bendegrow.com/

www.Examiner.com/Denver www.CompleteColorado.com http://TheMoveRight.com

www.FaceTheState.com/ www.i2i.org/ www.TonysRants.com/ www.ALineOfSight.com/

www.AdamsCountyGOP.com/ www.ColoGOP.org/ www.RNC.org/

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www.850koa.com/pages/MikeRosen.html www.Heritage.org/ http://Townhall.com/

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 OPINION
 JUNE 2, 2009

Bill Buckley and the Future of Conservatism

The most important lesson of his career is that there are limits to accommodation.
By RICHARD BROOKHISER

In times of perplexity evangelical Christians ask themselves, "What would Jesus do?" Conservatives
trying to regroup in the age of Obama might ask themselves, "What would William F. Buckley Jr. do?"

Buckley died in 2008 after almost 60 years as a public intellectual and celebrity. His quirky and
hyperarticulate defense of his ideas, in books and columns and on television, gained him celebrity,
and he used his stardom to propagate his ideas. He fought in great victories -- he helped create the
climate of opinion in which Ronald Reagan was elected president -- and he saw great debacles, from
the fall of South Vietnam to the travails of George W. Bush.

I wrote for him and worked with him for almost 40 years, and I believe conservatives might turn to
him now, not for salvation, but for a little mental clarity and temperamental reinforcement.

The most important lesson of his career is that there are limits to accommodation. Buckley came to
fame in the early 1950s after two decades of liberal Democratic dominance, the Fair Deal of Harry
Truman having followed the New Deal of FDR. When Republicans finally recaptured Congress and
the White House in 1952, it was a case of new men and old measures. The new president, Dwight
Eisenhower, despite his conservative instincts, was unwilling to pick ideological fights. On the
sidelines of politics, the poet Peter Viereck called for a New Conservatism dedicated to managing
change gracefully and recognizing liberal Democrats like Adlai Stevenson as its natural leaders.
Germany, Japan and (it seemed) the Depression had been beaten by great collective efforts. The world
had moved into a new era, and conservatives should recognize the fact.

Buckley would have none of it. He wanted a conservatism that stood for capitalism and freedom. The
Cold War required another great mobilization, which Buckley supported wholeheartedly, but he
would not lose sight of his individualistic goals. In 1955, when he founded National Review as the
journal of opinion for his kind of conservatism, he declared its purpose to be "to stand athwart
history, yelling 'Stop!'" He yelled because he hoped to be heard. Liberalism had been ascendant for
years, but that didn't mean it always would be.

The political vehicle of a late 20th century conservative movement was bound to be the Republican
Party. Buckley recognized this, but he was never a party loyalist -- another lesson for today's
conservatives. Practically speaking he was married to the GOP, but he never expected it to be faithful
to his ideas, and he fought it when it strayed. The election laws of New York, where he worked, allow
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politicians to run on more than one line, which encourages a proliferation of third parties. He
supported the Conservative Party, a right-wing pressure group, from its inception, and ran as its
candidate for mayor of New York City in 1965, hoping to defeat the liberal Republican hotshot John
Lindsay. (He didn't.)

In 1988, in his home state of Connecticut, Buckley went even further in party disloyalty, backing a
liberal Democrat, Joseph Lieberman, against an even more liberal Republican incumbent, Lowell
Weicker. This time he won. The party should, as much as possible, support the movement, not the
other way around.

For all his feistiness, Buckley knew that counsels of perfection are not for this world. The journalist,
poet and ex-Communist spy Whittaker Chambers was one of Buckley's most-admired colleagues. "To
live is to maneuver," Chambers told him, and Buckley quoted the line often. It was important for a
political movement to establish paradigms -- he called it "keeping the tablets" -- but then one had to
make choices.

Though he thought it was possible to change climates of opinion, he knew it was futile to try to change
certain facts about human nature. Large institutions are of slow growth and cannot be created or
supplanted easily. Buckley was a Roman Catholic traditionalist, unhappy with the vernacular mass
and pacifist Vatican diplomacy, but he always opposed schismatics who hectored the church from the
right. Despite his turbulent relationship with the Republican Party, he never believed in trying to
replace it with a new national party. National Review opposed George Wallace in 1968 and thought
that Ronald Reagan's best shot (in 1976 when he failed, and in 1980 when he succeeded) was to work
within the GOP.

Another Buckley lesson is always think for yourself. No one was more deferential to the wisdom of his
betters. He loved Edmund Burke's purple passage about "the great principles of government . . . which
were understood long before we were born" and will continue to be understood "after the grave has
heaped its mould upon our presumption, and the silent tomb shall have imposed its law on our pert
loquacity."

But Buckley was always trying to apply those great principles to the problems of the day, and he could
be very pert when they took him in new directions. The problem of drug addiction preoccupied him as
early as his mayoral run, and he kept thinking about it for years. In 1972 he ran an article in National
Review by Richard Cowan, later executive director of The National Organization for the Reform of
Marijuana Laws, calling for the decriminalization of marijuana. By 1996 he edited a symposium in the
magazine concluding, bluntly, "The War on Drugs is Lost." This made him the pet of liberals and pot-
heads. He didn't care: The drug laws, he decided, were capricious and unenforceable and ought to be
changed. That was the proper conservative position, and he would uphold it even if he was almost
alone in doing so.

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He made some wild suggestions over the years. He decided that Barry Goldwater might win the 1964
election if he tapped former President Eisenhower as his running mate, an idea that was both crazy --
Ike would not have played second fiddle to Abraham Lincoln -- and possibly unconstitutional. Early in
his career he justified obstacles to black suffrage in the South -- "the white community," he wrote in
1959, "is entitled . . . to prevail politically because, for the time being anyway, the leaders of American
civilization are white." He ended his career in despair over the Iraq War, concluding as early as 2005
that we should bug out -- "our part of the job is done as well as it can be done, given limitations on our
will and our strength."

He changed his mind on both issues, embracing the civil-rights historiography of the political scientist
Harry V. Jaffa and supporting the surge in Iraq when it began in 2007. Being wrong is the risk you
run by thinking and acting. The only people who are never wrong are hermits -- unless withdrawing
from the arena is itself wrong. For Buckley quietism was never an option.

He was an activist, but he was always also a man. His final lesson, as important as any of the others,
was to take the time to have a blast and honor his creator. It is one of the conservative insights, even
of conservative political figures, that there is always more to life than politics. The complete
ideologue, by demanding of himself more than flesh can bear, becomes less than human.

So Bill Buckley sailed, skied, played his harpsichord, and worshipped, preferably in Latin if the
traditional mass was available. It's tough going out there, and the tough always know when to take a
break.

Mr. Brookhiser is the author, most recently, of "Right Time, Right Place: Coming of Age
with William F. Buckley Jr. and the Conservative Movement," out next week by Basic
Books.

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For July 11th we have invited any and all candidates running for city or county offices. On August 8th, we have
state office candidates appearing. We are planning to have candidates for Colorado Governor for a town hall
forum on September 12th. We’ll do the same for US Senate candidates on October 10th. Finally, we’re working
on a debate on November 14th concerning TABOR and the Colorado Legislatures plan to sidestep it.

To quote Clint Eastwood in the 1971 movie, Dirty Harry:

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Harry Callahan: I know what you're thinking. "Did he fire six shots or only five?" Well, to tell you the truth,
in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful
handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: who
knows better how to run your life---you or the Democrats with Barak Obama, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi
and other liberals? Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?”

Dear ADCO Republican HD Officers and District Captains,

There has been some misunderstanding on the scope of the June 13th Adams County Republican campaign workshop at
O'Meara Ford and why you and your precinct committee need to attend.

The workshop has two major goals:

 Teach party activists how to renew the Republican Party through stronger organization, better specialized
campaign abilities and successful fundraising;
 Teach candidates how to reach within themselves to find winning issues and the force to take on – and defeat –
incumbent Democrats.

In many respects, JOB ONE is helping activists use their time wisely and effectively to create the conditions for winning
campaigns in 2010. Here’s why Republican volunteers are key.

 Labor unions spent $26 million in 2008 to promote “their” candidates and wage their ballot issue fights. More
than $1 million of that went into the campaign war chests of state legislative candidates, and another $189,000
went to their favored political party. On top of that, just two liberal millionaires made contributions of $750,000 to
various candidates and political efforts.

 We cannot win against these liberal forces unless we have active volunteers trained in effective campaign
techniques. As Republicans we simply cannot rely on candidates to do all the heavy lifting by themselves. Given
all their money, we must be smarter than the Democrats; fortunately, that is entirely possible!

The workshop isn’t a “sit and listen” one day event. It’s an ongoing process where volunteer activists use their training
and energies on a series of action modules. These modules will help you:
 Identify new Republican-leaning voters,
 Recruit more volunteers for Republican causes,
 Raise the money to make our challengers real threats to Democratic incumbents, and
 Learn how to do technical campaign jobs like computer targeting, issue and opposition research and database
enhancement.
As these activities are planned and executed, you and other Republican activists will have expert help in planning,
overcoming challenges and evaluating successes. You won’t be left alone.

The bottom line is that we must do a better job of supporting our candidates if we want to become Colorado’s
leaders.

The “tax and spend wastefully” Democrats are happy with their 100% control of Colorado State Government and
Adams County government.

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Please join us June 13 at the campaign workshop and recruit your active precinct committee people to attend. The
announcement and registration form are attached. With your help, we will reinvigorate our Republican Party and put it on
track to win!

I'm looking forward to seeing you at the workshop.

Clark M. Bolser
Chair
Adams County Republicans
13462 Thorncreek Circle

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Thornton, CO 80241
Tel: 303-220-1420
Cell: 303-886-3430
Email: clarkbolser@msn.com

Adams County Republican Campaign Workshop

June 13, 2009, 9:00 to 4:30
Location: O’Meara Ford, 400 W. 104th (just west of I-25 on the south side of
104th)
Special Parking Provided
This full-day session will help Adams County candidates and Republican activists become a force in the
2010 election. Learn to:
 THINK like a member of the majority
 CREATE a party with tangible resources for its candidates
 RESPECT candidates whose agendas come from their hearts
 BUILD a winning coalition
 RAISE the money to challenge an incumbent
 GIVE $100,000+ to your candidates
 TARGET your resources to create a winning environment
 EXERCISE your skills in “action modules” to build the party
 MAKE your candidates’ jobs easier

AGENDA
8:30 am Sign in begins
9:00 am Analyze Colorado’s political environment
9:30 am Build a campaign from within the candidate
(the roots and fruits of vision)
FLOAT Review Democrat’s vices & Republican’s virtues
(in our Colorado state legislature)
10:30 am Understand the voters: Polling & guidelines
12:30 pm Lunch & Adams County Republican Round-Up
1:30 pm Fundraise: Party & Candidates Realities, limits and possibilities
3:00 pm Target your resources:
Statistics & campaign direction
3:30 pm Participate in action modules

SPEAKERS & DISCUSSION MODERATORS

Rep. Kevin Priola, Adams County State Legislator
Lori Weigel, partner in Public Opinion Strategies national pollsters
Dick Wadhams, Chairman of Colorado Republican Party
Mike Hesse, former Colorado Republican Party Executive Director
Dave Diepenbrock, former Alaska Republican Party E.D.
Adams County Republican Party leaders

FURTHER RESOURCES
Workbook
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CD of additional aid
Candidate training
Ongoing advising with action module leaders
Exit outcome evaluation session in September

Adams County Republican Campaign Workshop

June 13, 2009, 9:00 to 4:30
Location: O’Meara Ford, 400 W. 104th (just west of I-25 on the south side of 104th)

REGISTRATION

NAME:

ADDRESS:

CITY: , CO Zip Code: COUNTY:

TELEPHONE:

CELL PHONE:

EMAIL:

Employer: ___________________________ Position: ___________________

WHY ARE YOU ATTENDING THE WORKSHOP?

Candidate: ____ Campaign Manager/Volunteer: ____ Other (Explain):

WHAT DO EXPECT TO LEARN?

COST: Adams County residents - $25. Others - $35. Lunch will be provided.

If you have questions about the workshop, please contact Dave Diepenbrock at 303 463-4377 or
dave_diepenbrock@yahoo.com

SPACE IS LIMITED. CONFIRM YOUR REGISTRATION TODAY.

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EMAIL: clarkbolser@msn.com
PHONE: Clark Bolser @ 303-886-3430, or Gil Farin @ 720-891-8386
MAIL: Clark Bolser, ADCO Republicans, 13462 Thorncreek Circle, Thornton, CO 80241
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NSRF Board of Directors Email Address
John Lefebvre President john.lefebvre@comcast.net
Phil Saner Vice-President psaner@msn.com
Jan Hurtt Treasurer jansadvertising@msn.com
Phil Mocon Secretary ph7ss@msn.com
Jerry Cunningham Membership jlcham4@aol.com
Wanda Barnes Planning Wandaleabarnes@aol.com
Dana West Communications dana.west@live.com

Basic Principles of the G.O.P. (The only Party for all of the People)

1. Personal responsibility
2. Strong national defense
3. Smaller government
4. Fiscal restraint
5. Embrace technology
6. Recruit, recruit, recruit

Tuesday, June16th 7am Adams County Republican Hispanic Assembly breakfast at Rosita's Mexican
Restaurant, 8050 Federal Blvd in Westminster.

Tuesday, July 7th 11:30am Adams County Republican Women (Trumpeters) at

City Buffet 106th & Melody in Northglenn.

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