From AZ National GOP Committeeman BRUCE ASH!

TO ALL……

AS EXPECTED THE ISSUES DISCUSSED HER ARE STILL HITTING SOME RAW NERVES.

AS YOUR GOP NATIONAL COMMITTEEMAN I HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN CIVILITY AND THE INTEGRITY OF OUR PARTY. THIS BEHAVIOR AMONGST SOME OF THE CANDIDATES AND POSTERS HERE IS COUNTER PRODUCTIVE TO OUR INTERESTS IN THE GENERAL ELECTION. AS I STATED BEFORE I AM TAKING NO SIDES IN THESE BRUSH FIRE WARFARE BATTLES. IT IS TIME WE ALL COOL OUR JETS BEFORE WE GIVE THE LEGISLATURE TO THE DEMS.

FIGHT THE DEMS. STOP OUR IN FIGHTING. I AM JUST AS AGAINST WHAT IS HAPPENING TO MR PEARCE AS I AM IN LD 6. I ALSO AM NOT TRYING TO EQUATE THE SEVERITY OF THE ATTACKS IN EITHER RACE. ALL OF THESE FOLKS ARE WRONG AND SOONER OR LATER WE MAY PAY THE CONSEQUENCES FOR THIS ACTION.

ALLOW ME TO TELL A PERSONAL A STORY. WHEN I FIRST REGISTERED TO VOTE IN 1970 I DID SO AS AN INDEPENDENT. CAN’T TELL YOU WHY I DID THAT SINCE I VOTED FOR RICHARD NIXON AND NEARLY EVERY REPUBLICAN FROM THAT DATE ON IN LOCAL TO FEDERAL ELECTIONS. AS SOON AS I GOT MY FIRST PAY CHECK AND LATER GOT INTO THE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS I FOR SURE REALIZED WHY THE GOP HAD THE BEST IDEAS ON THE
ECONOMY AND ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE.

FAST FORWARD TO 2004 WHEN I DECIDED TO RUN FOR THE STATE HOUSE.

ABOUT 2-3 DAYS BEFORE I FILED SOMEONE INFORMED ME I HAD NEVER CHANGED MY PARTY AFFILIATION. DUH. GRANTED I WAS NOT A DEMOCRAT , HOWEVER , THAT SAID I HAD ALWAYS THOUGHT I CHANGED MY PARTY REGISTRATION YEARS BEFORE, SUPPORTED GOP CANDIDATES AND WORKED FOR GOP CAUSES.. STUFF LIKE THIS HAPPENS.ASK RONALD REAGAN AND DICK ARMEY, PHIL GRAMM, BEN NIGHTHORSE -CAMPBELL , BILLY TAUZIN & RICHARD SHELBY WHO ALL WERE DEM CONVERTS. DOES ANYONE DOUBT THEIR GOP BONA FIDES?

WHY WHY WOULDN’T ANYONE TAKE THE WORD OF A FORMER COLLEGE ALL STAR ATHLETE, NFL STAR, SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS PERSON IN THIS CASE WHEN HE TELLS YOU HE IS A REPUBLICAN? I WILL.

DO ANY OF THE POSTERS HERE HAVE ESP OR ADMINISTERED A LIE DETECTOR TEST.


I APOLOGIZE FOR TAKING UP SPACE IN THE ETHER FOR MY LIFE STORY BUT IT ISN’T IT TIME WE JUST DECIDE THESE ELECTIONS ON THE ISSUES RATHER THAN SECOND GUESSING EITHER THEIR INTENTIONS & HONESTY ( BOUIE ) OR WHETHER THEY ARE A RACIST OR GOOD HUSBAND ( PEARCE ) ?

BOTH ARE HONORABLE AND COURAGEOUS FOR STANDING FOR ELECTION UNDER CONDITIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN CREATED BY SOME FOLKS WHO CALL THEMSELVES GOOD REPUBLICANS.

ONE LAST POINT HERE FOR BOTH SIDES IN EACH OF THESE CONTESTED ELECTIONS……. I ASK THAT WHEN OUR NOMINEES ARE DECIDED BY THE VOTERS ON 9/2 THAT WE WILL ALL SUPPORT OUR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN NOMINATED. ONLY A RINO WOULDN’T SUPPORT THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE.
CAN’T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG??????

BRUCE ASH
ARIZONA REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEEMAN

BRUCE ASH Sets The Record Straight!

Newly re-elected Arizona Republican National Committeeman
BRUCE ASH answered a post on the Red State Arizona NOT Republican, BOB BARR LOVING Blog yesterday concerning the recent Arizona Republican State Convention last Saturday.

I spoke yeterday to Mr. Ash before this was posted and was going to write about it. But Mr. Ash's words are much more eloguent than mine would have been:


Dear Squish--

Sorry but you just have your facts wrong.

First of all if you know Randy Pullen you would also know that is not how he or the AZGOP operates. Secondly, no one needed to threaten anyone to act or vote a certain way at the convention.

John McCain does not "owe" anyone. He won Super Tuesday convincingly as well as fair and square. It was in the best interest of the McCain Campaign to work with the AZGOP just as it was in our best interest to work for a Unity Slate. ALL parties benefitted by the cooperation which will go a long ways to victory in November.

The Ron Paul "revolution" did not happen in Arizona because it never got off the ground to begin with.

It didn't happen on Super Tuesday and it failed to materialize saturday because there was only a smattering of support he ever enjoyed.

The AZGOP ran the convention right down the middle. There were at least 3 slates I saw being run from many positions. In the end the Unity Slate won and no one had to be coerced to vote for it. There were no goons out there and it was a secret ballot supervised by the Maricopa County Recorder who ran a very tight ship.

Sheesh.......if you were there for the convention you could have seen all this for yourself.

The GOP base DID vote and speak at the state convention as well as Super Tuesday when they gave Arizona to John McCain.

The true base of the party will help elect John
McCain this fall and the benefits to all Arizona Republicans should be
considerable.

It is high time that we begin to get in line to save America and support John McCain. You think you have some grievances with him. Fine, perhaps you do. What sort of differences do you think you will have if Senator Obama is elected and what chances do we have to sit at the table as a stake holder?

Have you heard Senator Obama has been endorsed by Hamas for crying out loud.

One Arizona blog has been asking who is the RINO? I'll tell you who the RINO is.......anyone who won't support the party's nominees and can't get over themselves.

Friends....it is time we put aside our
differences , hitch up our pants , dig into our pockets , roll up our sleeves and go to work for our Grand Old Party rather than bitching about it and spreading all sorts of falsehoods that further create dissension.

Bruce Ash
National Committeeman
May 12, 2008

Mr. Squish, I think you have just been Squashed! Someone just opened a can of

on you!

BRUCE ASH Responds.....

Bruce Ash - AZ National GOP Committeeman responds to some criticism of his latest radio commentary....

FRIENDS–

ON 1/15 I BEGAN A NEW RADIO OP ED PIECE CALLED “REAGAN.” I SHOULD HAVE EXPECTED THE RESPONSE THAT HAS APPEARED IN SOME OF THE BLOGS BECAUSE IT WAS A DIFFICULT PIECE TO WRITE BUT IT WAS SOMETHING ON MY MIND FOR A WHILE. OTHERS ARE ALSO BEGINNING TO SAY THE SAME THING.

WHILE SOME OF THE REACTION IN THESE PAGES WAS NEGATIVE I FEEL IT WILL ULTIMATELY BE FOR A GOOD RESULT THAT THIS DISCUSSION TAKES PLACE BECAUSE ONE OF OUR MAIN CHALLENGES IN THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT KEEPING OUR MESSAGE RELEVANT AND CONNECTING WITH SOME VOTERS WHO DOUBT WHETHER EITHER POLITICAL PARTY CAN MAKE AMERICA’S GOVERNMENT WORK ANYMORE.

LET’S GET ONE THING STRAIGHT AMONGST ALL OF US WHETHER WE ARE POLITICAL FRIENDS OR FOES……..

I BELIEVE THE PRINCIPLES THAT RONALD REAGAN FIRST
STOOD ON EVEN BEFORE HE RAN FOR GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA ARE JUST AS RELEVANT
TODAY AS WHEN HE FIRST SPOKE THOSE STIRRING WORDS IN 1964 FOR BARRY GOLDWATER IN
HIS LANDMARK TV ADDRESS.

READ GOLDWATER’S” CONSCIENCE OF A CONSERVATIVE” AGAIN AND YOU’LL SEE THAT REAGAN AND OUR OUR FAVORITE SON WERE POLITICAL SOULMATES. THESE ARE THE SAME PRINCIPLES I THINK SO MANY OF US FEEL SO STRONGLY ABOUT NEARLY 50 YEARS LATER. WHO DOESN’T BELIEVE IN THE CONCEPTS OF LIMITED GOVERNMENT, LOWER TAXES AND REGULATION,A STRONG ECONOMY , A STRONG AMERICA IN THE WORLD AND THE SANCTITY OF LIFE ? AMERICA IS A BETTER PLACE WHEN WE STICK TO OUR PRINCIPLES.

THE PREMISE OF MY RADIO EDITORIAL WAS NOT TO
DISMISS EITHER THE REAGAN REVOLUTION OR THE MAN HIMSELF.

RONALD REAGAN TOLD US THAT AMERICA’S BEST DAYS WERE IN FRONT OF HER AND THAT OUR COUNTRY ALWAYS LOOKED FORWARD.THAT MESSAGE WAS IN STARK CONTRAST FROM THE MALAISE OF JIMMY CARTER AND WE BELIEVED HIM. THIS ELECTION OF 2008 IS 28 YEARS FROM WHEN RONALD REAGAN FIRST TOOK THE OATH OF OFFICE.WHILE THE TIMES OF RONALD REAGAN HAVE LONG PASSED OUR NEXT REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT WHO TAKES OFICE IN 2009 WILL SUCCEED IF HE HAS CONVEYED A NEW MESSAGE OF OPTIMISM TO THE VOTERS.

MANY IN OUR PARTY ARE COMMITTED TO RE BRAND OUR IMAGE, OUR PARTY AND OUR MESSAGE TO REACH A WHOLE NEW ELECTORATE WITHOUT SACRIFICING WHAT WE BELIEVE IN.

IN THE NEXT 4 YEARS THE NEW PRESIDENT WILL LIKELY NAME 1-3 SUPREME COURT JUSTICES. WE MUST FACE AND SOLVE ISSUES SUCH AS ENERGY INDEPENDENCE, BORDER SECURITY, SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM , TAX REFORM AND MANY OTHERS.
DO ANY OF US WANT TO SEE HOW A DEMOCRAT ADMINISTRATION WOULD HANDLE ANY OF THESE TASKS? I CANNOT IMAGINE THE DAMGE TO OUR COUNTRY FOR DECADES TO COME WHICH WOULD RESULT IF WE ARE NOT VICTORIOUS.

I BELIEVE WHAT I SAID IN MY EDITORIAL WAS IMPORTANT TO DISCUSS.THAT IS WHAT WE’VE BEEN DOING TODAY. PERHAPS I COULD HAVE ARTICULATED MY WORDS TO PLEASE MY LISTENERS BUT THE MESSAGE WE SHOULD ALL HEED IS STILL THE SAME.

THE GOP MUST UTILIZE OUR CORE BELIEFS TO FIT THE
CHALLENGES OF THE 21ST CENTURY AND CREATE A MESSAGE THAT GIVES CONFIDENCE IN
AMERICA’S FUTURE. WE ARE THE PARTY OF CONSERVATIVE VALUES AND COMPETENCE
.

WE ARE COMMITTED TO THAT SAME “SHINING CITY ON THE HILL” WHICH BOTH RONALD REAGAN AND JOHN WINTHROPE BOTH SPOKE ABOUT .

AS YOUR GOP NATIONAL COMMITTEEMAN I ALWAYS SEEK YOUR COMMENTS AND CRITICISM. IF WE ARE TO BE SUCCESSFUL WE MUST ALSO BE HONEST WITH ONE ANOTHER.

I WELCOME ANY INDIVIDUAL MESSAGES AT:
BASH@PAULASHMGT.COM

OR WITHIN THESE BLOG PAGES.

BRUCE ASH

NATIONAL COMMITTEEMAN