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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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

NOW WE VET (Published in the Independent Coast Observer)

The “mainstream media” is joining in their usual game of magnifying weaknesses and diminishing the strengths of Republican primary candidates. Too bad such due diligence was not carried out in 2008 for then candidate Obama. He may still have won the election given his natural charm, the anti-incumbent mood, and the near collapse of the financial system in Bush’s final months. Nevertheless, voters would have had a lot more information on which to base their judgements and the country might have been spared a great deal of agony.
It’s not a pretty sight to see unfolding what was easily predictable - - a struggling President who was not prepared through either experience or temperament for arguably the most difficult executive position in the world. A local liberal and good friend asked me shortly after the election what I thought of President Obama. I replied that I was delighted we had elected our first black President, but concerned that he’d never really run anything, not even a daycare center.
Most Conservatives are quite dubious of candidates for President on either side of the aisle who lack solid executive credentials, and even more so after the past three years. Conservative regrets about McCain were plentiful but didn’t carry the day, and his inability and/or unwillingness to take the fight to candidate Obama was puzzling. 
We now have a mixed bag of Republican candidates with a range of strengths and weaknesses. I can’t predict the winner, but I think it’s safe to assume that whoever comes out on top will have to prove to Republican voters that he or she has a reservoir of the skills and experience to be an effective leader. And equally important, the tenacity to defeat an incumbent. Make no mistake, President Obama, enveloped in the protective shield of the media, is a formidable campaigner.
Jim Littlejohn
Concerned Coastal Voters
Gualala, CA