First
of all, I want to point out one thing, which is that at this point Martinez is
running for the Office of General Chairmanship unopposed. I believe our
President would not withdraw his recommendation to Republican National Committee
on having us consider Mel Martinez as General Chairman, an honorary position and
Mke Duncan as RNC Chairman. As you already know, Martinez will serve as a
figurehead for RNC as well as a fundraiser for RNC. Mike Duncan will serve as
RNC Chairman, who has a total control of RNC day to day operation and
money.
Furthermore,
RNC needs $200 million in 2008 for the fight of the White House. The President
needs someone, who is willing to help raising this amount of money and whom he
could trust. Thanks to McCain’s campaign finance reform act, Martinez has to
raise this amount from over 95,000 big donors throughout the country at a rate
of $2,100 per person. Martinez needs an “impressive title” (General Chairman) to
reach out to GOP big donors outside of his home state of
Florida.
My
approach is trust, but verify…I did check out the above arrangement as the
President’s original intent.
As
a conservative activist and a legal immigrant, not a party leader, I am on
record in supporting of border security, enforcing exiting laws on the book, and
no amnesty. As a result, I supported a RNC resolution on board security and
enforcing exiting immigration laws and an ORP resolution on board security and
no amnesty. When Oregonian interviewed me twice on this issue, I told the
reporter that I am for border security, enforcing exiting immigration laws on
the book, and no amnesty. Those statements were printed in the newspaper twice.
Furthermore, I am also on record in opposing McCain/Kennedy’s full amnesty bill
as well as Hagel/Martinez compromised amnesty
bill.
In
addition, I also share you concern that Martinez could use his new position to
push for another amnesty bill. As a result, I am on record in opposing such an
attempt because we must learn our
lesson on Nov. 7th. It was our positions on amnesty, corruption,
endless spending, which caused our conservative base stay home; in turn we lost
both House and Senate.
I
asked myself what could happen if RNC members start to beat up our President,
Commander in Chief publicly during wartime. The liberal media would have a field
day. It would only embolden democrats in both House and Senate, in turn to vote
for denying funding for Iraq war and attack Pentagon terrorists surveillance
program by reviewing bank records. As a result, our fighting men and women would
pay a price with their dear lives. If we were forced to pull out of Iraq due to
lack of funding before we achieve our objective, you and I could fight those
Islamic fascists on our streets and in our shopping malls. When those Islamic
fascists start to blowup our schools and shopping malls in this country, you and
I would not be able to advance our conservative agendas from building a fence
for border security to electing a conservative Republican President in 2008 and
so on. If we do not have the White House in 2008, we could forget about
advancing all our conservative domestic agendas. All this would destroy
America’s greatness.
As
you can see, the price for this country is America’s greatness when RNC Members
are not supporting our Commander in Chief during wartime. If the personal cost
for supporting our President during wartime is not getting re-elected as your
National Committeeman. I would be happy to pay for it because many patriots
before me paid far more than that, they paid for with their lives so this
Republic could survive. So I hope you would understand that I have to do what is
right for this country.
Thank
you for hearing me out. Please feel free to pass my response on to anyone, who
has a problem with my decision. Solomon