Letter to Mike Long

Jim Brewster calls on Long to disassociate the NYSCP from Republican involvement:

Mr. Chairman,

The below statement by David Keene has "hit the mark!"

Now is the time for the NYS Conservative Party to once again lead the way (and join the Upstate Conservatives) to demonstrate that we do have spines and call for the removal of NYS Senate Leader Joe Bruno.

It has been reported that Joe Bruno is blaming President Bush for the failures of the NYS Republican Party. Now Bruno sounds like the Liberal Democrat's that allege that the President caused Katrina too.

As we all know with the election of Elliot Spitzer and Speaker Silver holding a tight grip on the Assembly, that the great Empire State will soon be the great "Empire Pride State" as Bruno will wish to advance his "Agenda" and compromise away the principles we hold so dear by providing "Civil Unions" and paving the way for Gay Marriage in the "Empire Pride State" along with anything else Spitzer-Silver want.

Remember Bruno gave us SONDA and the highest tax increases in the history of the state. (oh yes... and we did not support him in 2004) Why would he change now?

He has lost his leverage with Spitzer with the loss of Jeff Brown after spending $1.5 Million to elect another yes man. Now he blames Nick Spano loss on President Bush?

I am surprised that Bruno thinks that Nassau Chairman Joe Mondello can resurrect the ashes that will smolder until Bruno steps down. The patient is in denial. The Republican Party of NY is on life support! Mondello could not even hold Nassau County as GOP Leader.

We can attempt to rationalize all we want to. The reality is that with Bruno gone we get a new beginning to rebuilt our coalition with conservative Republican Senators in New York. Until then...we die on the vine with the Republican Party.

Thanks for listening.

Regards,

Jim Brewster

----referring to David Keene's piece:
(click here for link to Human Events full article)
GOP Must Learn From '06 Election Failure
by David Keene
Posted Nov 13, 2006

Time for New Leadership

......We have stood by as Republicans have twisted and ignored rules to achieve their own partisan, rather than principled, ends and as leaders have used earmarks to seduce reluctant members to vote for legislation they knew was wrong or kept votes open for hours while they and their White House (ALBANY) allies bludgeoned their colleagues into line in support of such legislation...