CCV GOALS AND PRIORITIES



CCV GOALS AND PRIORITY ISSUES

At our initial meeting early in 2010, the Concerned Coastal Voters developed the following major goals for our organization to pursue:

1. To publicly present conservative views in a professional, factual manner and to counter misinformation where appropriate.

2. To research topics of interest at the national and state levels, and share the information among members of our group.
3. To identify and pursue the most effective venues for disseminating factual information related to our priority issues.

4. To expand membership of our group to like-minded persons regardless of their political affiliation.


Some of the Issues We Care Most About:


1. Free Enterprise Economy (e.g., fiscal responsibility, tax policies that promote growth of businesses, jobs, and general prosperity, elimination of unnecessary bureaucracy and regulation)


2. Limited, responsible, and responsive government.


3. Strong national defense, including border security.


4. Adherence by politicians and the courts to the Constitution and the rights of the individual. (e.g., civil rights, freedom of expression, right to bear arms)


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Friday, February 18, 2011

MIXED SIGNALS (Letter to the Independent Coast Observer)

Faced with an “across the ocean” crisis, American leaders typically look at two things: (1) which of our deeply held principles will best guide our actions? and (2) what actions can we take consistent with these principles that are in the best interests of our nation? As we watched events unfold in Egypt, we have searched in vain for a consistent application of principles and actions coming from our current leaders. Vice President Biden started the ball rolling up hill with his unbelievable gaffe that “Mubarak is not a dictator.” A few days later, President Obama’s special envoy to Cairo, Frank Wisner, stated that “Mr. Mubarak was indispensable to Egypt’s democratic transition.” The New York Times noted that the “trouble in sending a clear message was another example of how divided Mr. Obama’s foreign policy team remains.” (NYT, 2/12/2011)
The President has put forth an array of mixed signals in a frantic effort to put his administration on the right side of history. Jake Tapper of ABC News reported that early on the President supported Mubarak as a pillar of stability. But as the media increasingly portrayed the protestors as the real thing, the President scurried to catch up by aligning himself with the people in the street. His “jack-in-the-box” TV appearances were not reassuring to those who respect leaders with strong principles, principles that do not change with every news cycle. His premature announcement of Mubarak’s departure was embarrassing.

The President’s new-found passion for pro-democracy intervention would be more believable if he had found his voice in the summer of 2009 when Iranian thugs were killing student demonstrators. Or, if he occasionally pointed out that Israel is the only true democracy in the Middle East. We’d even settle for a shout-out to the Castro brothers to “Let your people go!”

Jim Littlejohn