My last post was directed at my feelings that the Florida MWP is representing the Republican party instead of the Whigs and middle of the road politics. Paul McKain, the Florida MWP candidate had the following response, unedited. I follow with my response to him:
Normally I would not even respond to such dribble, but it [...]
It has been some time since I have made a post. However, I have been keeping up to date with the Modern Whig Party. A major issue I have with the MWP is that it lacks a central authority to determine how the party presents itself and the views that it wants to support. Because [...]
Today Mike Huckabee warned the GOP that if they abandon the social conservatives they will become as “irrelevant as the Whigs”. I had to laugh at the irony, because the GOP embracing the social conservatives is exactly why the Whigs are going to become increasingly relevant. The increasing frequency of these warnings only serve to [...]
As anyone reading this already knows, Arlen Specter (R D, PA) bailed on the Republican party and is now a Democrat. Considering he was projected to lose the Republican primary because of his support of government bailouts, this reeks more of desperation to keep his job rather than an inspirational awakening. In his defense, he has always been a moderate Republican. However, the bold and respectable move would have been to run as an Independent rather than outright joining the Democrats.
During the run of the historic Whigs, luminaries such as Abraham Lincoln organized “mass meetings” to build the party from the ground up and gain mainstream support. In that tradition, the Modern Whig Party continues to host such events for our thousands of members. Gatherings have already taken place in numerous places such as Missouri, New York and Texas, as well as substantial online venues. Deployed service members also have quietly organized meetings. In fact, our next mass meeting is set to take place in Washington, DC.
With the addition of Iowa and Vermont, four states now recognize gay marriage. There hasn’t been much discussion in the Modern Whig world pertaining to gay marriage. Because the party believes in social progression, I would assume many members of the party would support recognizing gay marriage. As for my personal opinion, I am a part of the “what my neighbor does in his/her home does not affect me” mantra, and I think anyone from the LGBT crowd should be able to marry whoever they want. It doesn’t affect me one bit.
There are already countless stories covering what was said at Obama’s news conference, so I am not going to go in to the details of what he said. Instead, I am going to rate what he said against the Modern Whig tenets. I will be grading what he has SAID, not necessarily what he will [...]
One thing I never quite understood about President Bush is that he was so staunch on stopping terrorist on the other side of the earth but he never took a strong stand on Mexican border security. The virtual fence was a meager attempt at controlling illegal immigration, but has many critics that believe it will [...]
The Modern Whig Party is hosting a national webinar on Thursday, March 26, 2009. Here is a transcript of the e-mail sent to those registered at http://www.modernwhig.org.