16 responses to “An invitation to Republican precinct caucus Feb. 23 in Peachtree City”

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   Doon

   February 23, 2024

   I’m reading buzz words here in the article above … “Joining the battle to save our country” and so on. Yet I see no mention of any campaign platform in which to rally around and support. So naturally a reasonable person seeks out a higher authority like the RNC website (Gop,dotcom) to view things there under “Our Platform.”

   And here it says, “centered on stimulating economic growth for all Americans, protecting constitutionally-guaranteed freedoms, ensuring the integrity of our elections, and maintaining our national security.” However these are the same ideals for both parties.

   So not satisfied I click on Learn More (in the website section) and I get a pdf on a “Resolution by the Party” back in 2020 I’m assuming … to adopt the 2016 Republican Platform. WT? And this is thee National Party website. When someone commented recently that “they” have no new platform or solutions in which to run on, he/she were actually not kidding.

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      Stranger Than Fiction

      February 23, 2024

      The actual GOP platform is whatever enters the chaotic mind of the evangelical’s 77-year-old orange god whether based in reality of some narcissistic fantasy. This was the party of LINCOLN, TR, Ike, and Reagan. How could it have gone so pitifully low?

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         Doug Tucker

         February 23, 2024

         STF. Without the “evangelical’s” verbiage (technical expression), I think you are right. So many, honorable or once honorable Republicans, have chosen to not seek election or reelection. I’m trusting that is going to help the Republican Party come to terms with our constitutionalized democratic republic. I can almost hear the sound of air from the sucking chest wound our former President has given them.

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         neilsullivan

         February 23, 2024

         Respectfully like the party of Truman/ Kennedy has become the party of Biden/ Clinton/ Omar and Ocasio Cortez?

         Politics has become a cesspool, but we can be the change the sparks others.

         Take Care,

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            Stranger Than Fiction

            February 23, 2024

            No doubt both political parties have degenerated from their high points in American history. However, don’t fall for the false equivalence. Omar and AOC are mere Congresswomen who do not represent the views of the vast majorities of Democrats. The 45th president now whimsically creates GOP policy and, like lords and ladies in a Medieval court, no one in his party dares to correct his many missteps.

            Rational people fear Trump’s chaotic and transactional style that is predicated primarily upon his own persona interests. Even if one enjoys his vile rhetoric and some past policies he embraced, one can never be sure that he won’t change on a dime occasioned only by a personal passion.

            I’m still amazed that he has mesmerized an entire, once rational political party that received many of my votes before 2016.

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   Doug Tucker

   February 23, 2024

   I have been a registered Republican Party voter for as long as I have been old enough to vote. I rarely miss any elections, primary or general. I thought I will like to attend, but the following “Oath of Affirmation” on the pre-registration form turned me off to the idea, “SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I AM IN ACCORD WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, BELIEVE IN ITS DECLARATION OF POLICY AND AM IN AGREEMENT WITH ITS AIMS AND PURPOSES Georgia Republican Party Rule 1.1.” I do not even want to support anyone who will take make such an oath.

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      Mike King

      February 23, 2024

      I’m likely to go, but like you I’ll take no oath. I’d simply like to observe.

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         Doug Tucker

         February 24, 2024

         Good for you, Mr. King. I should have gone. I write stuff and I need to follow-up and actually do something.

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      Doon

      February 23, 2024

      I applaud you Doug for your cautious wisdom. Mike, not so much. On the national notary website, it states that one of their most important duties is to administer oaths and affirmations. An oath, it says, is a promise to a deity and an affirmation is a pledge on one’s personal honor. It continues with, “Both are legally binding promises to tell the truth and subject the oath-taker or affirmant to penalties for perjury.” It follows with, “Verbal oaths or affirmations may be notarial acts in their own right – as when swearing in a new public official – or they may be part of performing a jurat notarization for a signed document.”

      It wraps with, “Oaths and affirmations should always be taken seriously by the Notary and the person being sworn or affirmed.” Of course, this affirmation to the registration form (you mentioned) isn’t legally binding for the mere fact of who is administering it and who ostensibly they support. But what is most concerning, and kudos to you Doug for bringing this to light, this is an oath and affirmation to a political party, here in the U-S- of A of all places.

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   3. 

      ToSirWithLove

      March 1, 2024

      Doug, you stated you were a lifelong registered Republican. What were you required to sign when you registered to be a Republican? How do you register to be a Republican in Georgia? In Florida we were required to declare a party, and could only vote in that party primary elections. When you go to the poll do they still ask you for which type of primary ballot you need (Democrat or Republican). When I went to the poll to vote this week I was asked for which party ballot did I need. Your statement got me thinking and with a little research this is what I found out.

      Georgia is one of a minority of states where you don’t declare a party when you register to vote. Georgia is an open primary state, that allows anybody to select a primary ballot of their choosing. Many states will not allow you to even vote in a primary if you aren’t registered to that party. The ONLY requirement that I’ve observed, if you vote in the Republican Primary, you can not vote in the Democrat runoff.

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         Doug Tucker

         March 1, 2024

         Sir, I first registered to vote in Florida (Jacksonville). There, I had the option to declare a party. Except for my first voting experience, I think I voted an absentee ballot until Novenber, 2004. That’s when I had to change my residency to Georgia (six months after I retired from the Army), though I moved to Peachtree City in June 1993. I don’t remember how I registered here in 2004. The pricinct workers also ask me about the party primary I am voting.

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   Hometown600

   February 21, 2024

   So does your event take place on the 23rd which is this Friday or does it take place on Saturday which is actually the 24th? Your article is lacking accuracy.

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4. 

   Rebuttle5

   February 21, 2024

   Yes, save our country from the dangerous, despicable, law-breaking Donald Trump. Save NATO and Don’s buddy Putin.

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   1. 

      vics1966

      February 22, 2024

      What about the grifter in the White House now?

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         Stranger Than Fiction

         February 22, 2024

         V.H. – I wish there was a way to keep BOTH of them off the ballot.

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            vics1966

            February 23, 2024

            Yes…clear the slate…both sides…CNN and Fox would go broke.

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