This morning, as President Barack Obama delivers his vision
for a transformed America, conservatives need to resolve to answer the bell.
Young Republicans have a responsibility to vigorously oppose
the enactment of an agenda that threatens our national finances and economy and
infringes upon our freedoms. After all,
it’s our future on the line.
Knowing what is at stake for our country and our party over
the next four years, I have decided to seek the position of YRNF chairman and
respectfully ask for your consideration.
I am not pursuing this endeavor to elevate myself but to use
my institutional knowledge, political experience and relationships with party
leaders to elevate the YRNF as a whole while also providing greater avenues for
participation within the organization for those willing to work.
The YRNF must do more than merely exist; we must work to turn
the tide of statism that threatens to extinguish our liberties and arrogantly indicts
our traditions.
As President Obama begins his second term, YRs must rise to
the challenge.
We can win this fight without sacrificing the principles
that distinguish the Republican Party from our opposition by espousing what
conservativism means to us. Rather than
recycling the arguments of others, Young Republicans need to tell the country
why we choose to be conservative.
Over the next several weeks I will share my credentials as a
Republican leader, specific ideas and practices to strengthen the organization,
the short-term goals I will work to achieve and the long-term goals that I will
strive to put us within reach at the conclusion of my term.
Now is not the time for my fellow Young Republican leaders
to make hasty commitments, but instead have an open conversation about the
future of the YRNF by those who wish to lead it.
Such a discussion is long overdue and our fellow YRs deserve
nothing less.
I welcome the presence of other candidates in this race and
sincerely believe we can all contribute to the betterment of the YRNF by offering
our respective visions and qualifications.
Competition can be as beneficial in politics as it is in
economics.
I look forward to speaking with you as a candidate and working
with you to build a stronger YRNF as your chairman.
Get ready. The rally
starts now.
