Say What…Exactly?
This quote appeared in yesterday’s e-mail from Assembly Republicans called ‘The Pulse.’ When I first saw it I was a little taken aback. It seemed to me to be a bit of a slap at conservatives and typical of a party that continues to stake out the moderate/Dem-Lite/RINO territory. Well, I wasn’t the only one with a reaction.
Steve Lonegan also questioned its intent. Here is his e-mail response today:
Conservatives were surprised to read the following quote from “The Pulse”, the official newsletter of the Assembly Republican Caucus:
“The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters.”
– Dwight D. Eisenhower, Quoted in The New York Times, November 10, 1963This quote was not accompanied by a link to the entire New York Times story of November 10, 1963, so we don’t know the context of President Eisenhower’s remarks. Perhaps he was talking about the planned speech by Malcolm X, scheduled for later that evening.
What we do know is that this quote was unearthed and published at a time when tens of thousands of our fellow Americans are protesting at town meetings and “tea party” events, against attempts by a Democrat administration to enact socialist health care and the cap & tax energy scheme.
These Americans have been called “extremists”, all summer, by the liberal media and left-wing politicians like Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
For decades conservatives in New Jersey have been marginalized and treated with disdain by the Republican establishment. This pattern continues.
In light of current events, the thought process behind including this comment is questionable, and the judgment, poor.
We expect more from people who call themselves “Republican leaders”.
Frankly, I couldn’t agree more. I’d like to hear someone in the Assembly try to explain this one away.
Cross-posted at Red County and Conservatives with Attitude!
