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Helping People Succeed -
Making people dependent on government undermines those people's ability and
drive to fully realize the American Dream of working hard to build a better life
for yourself and your children. Social safety net policies should help people
get back on their feet, provide training and services that support their success
on their own feet rather than make them dependent on government handouts.
Free Market Solutions - People make
better financial decisions than governments and a free market will nearly always
produce higher quality products at a lower price than when government provides
the good or service. Therefore, whenever possible free market solutions
should be favored over government run solutions. Additionally, regulation
should only be instituted in areas where the market is not able to self-govern
itself or where there is a likelihood of abuse.
Republican Party History
It is about time we all learned a bit of the history that the liberal media
and overwhelmingly liberal history book writers have left out of the public
forum...
Let's start on March 20, 1854. A few dozen anti-slavery activists, both men
and women meet in Ripon, Wisconsin and founded the Republican Party in an
attempt to stop the Democrats' pro-slavery agenda. The party spread across
the  northern and western
U.S. like a prairie fire of freedom.
By the election of 1860, Republicans had gained the Presidency under Abraham
Lincoln and had majorities in both the House and the Senate. In addition,
the Governor of every northern state was a Republican.
The Republican Party was so successful then as it is now because it is
dedicated to the notion that all men and women are bestowed by God with the
inalienable rights of liberty and equality.
With that control of the Federal government and with FIERCE DEMOCRAT
OPPOSITION (sound familiar), the Republican congress and President passed
constitutional amendments banning slavery, extending the Bill of Rights to the
states, guaranteeing equal protection of the laws and due process to all
citizens, and extending the right to vote to persons of all races and
backgrounds.
 The
Republicans in Congress also enacted the nation's first-ever Civil Rights Act,
extending citizenship and equal rights to people of all races, colors, and
creeds and providing equal rights of access to all public accommodations.
However the Supreme Court struck down the legislation eight years later.
It wouldn't be until 1964 that this act would be reborn.
Republicans also fought for women's rights, with Susan B. Anthony bragging
that she voted the straight Republican ticket when she voted illegally in 1872.
Republican Senator Aaron Sargent wrote the women's suffrage amendment in 1878
but it could not get passed in Congress until Republicans again won control of
both houses 40 years later.
Democratic opposition to Republican civil rights efforts lasted through
Reconstruction and beyond. The most bitter Democrats in the south founded
the Ku Klux Klan as a terror wing of the Democrat Party.
Every African-American in Congress was a Republican through 1935.
1954 marked the beginning of the modern Civil Rights movement with the Brown
v. Board of Education Supreme Court Decision. The decision was written by
Chief Justice Earl Warren, 3-term Republican Governor of California and
appointee of Republican Dwight Eisenhower.
Republican President Eisenhower then passed the landmark Civil Rights Act of
1957. This was followed by the 1960 Civil Rights Act authored by
Republican Everett Dirksen. And, Republicans overwhelmingly supported the
1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
The 1964 Civil Rights Act only became law after Republican votes broke a
Democrat filibuster that sought to never allow the act to be voted on.
In 1965, Republican appointed judge Frank Johnson over rules Democrat Governor
George Wallace allowing Martin Luther King, Jr.'s protest march from Selma to
Montgomery to proceed.
In the 1980's Ronald Reagan ushered in a whole new way of thinking about the
economics of the country by reducing taxes on individuals to give them the
freedom to spend their money they way they saw fit.  This
ushered in historic economic growth and prosperity for all Americans.
In 1996 the Republican House of Representatives passed legislation to reform welfare
to help more out of work citizens get the job training and other
services they need to become independent earners. After Democrat vetoes 2
times, it was finally signed into law under great pressure from Republicans.
And today, President George W. Bush has nominated more minorities to high
level leadership positions than any President in the history of the United
States. And the Democrats still resist these nominations as they always
have historically.
 In
Afghanistan, President George W. Bush's policies led to the freeing of millions
of people and the new government now allows women to vote there for the first
time in the history of the country.
 In 2004
Africa-American Republican
Secretary of Education, Rod Paige and Republican President George W. Bush signed
into law the DC School Choice Incentive Act to provide scholarships to
low-income students in under performing schools as a means for them to attend
better private schools. 60% of African-Americans support this type of
school choice, yet the Democrats again opposed it.
And in the year 2000 under the leadership and vision of Harry
Eicher, the Beach
Cities Republican Club
was chartered with the vision of providing a forum for great Republican leaders
to communicate their message to voters. The BCRC remains committed to
encouraging Republicans to become more actively involved in helping elect
Republicans dedicated to the history and ideals of our Grand Ol' Party. In
2002, club president, James Crean, works with Republican artist Fenton Eng to
design the surfing elephant BCRC logo.
Here are a few Facts not found in most History Books (might we wonder why?)
Now let's talk civil rights, Democrats talk about it, Republicans act...
- Who Founded the NAACP? --
African-American Republicans and women's suffragists, Ida Wells and Mary
Terrell founded it on Feb 12, 1909, the 100th anniversary of Abraham
Lincoln's birth
- What Party enacted the 15th amendment granting
voting rights to all Americans regardless of race? -- 98%
of House Republican voted for the voting rights amendment, 97% of Democrats
voted against it. Thanks to Republicans it passed on Feb 3, 1870.
- Was Abraham Lincoln Democrat or Republican?
-- Republican! Oh, that was an easy one.
- Who was the first Hispanic Governor in the U.S.? -- California Republican Romualdo Pacheco,
elected Feb 27, 1875
- Who was the first African-American
Governor? -- Republican Pickney Pinchback of Louisiana,
elected Dec 9, 1872
- Who was the first Hispanic
Senator? -- Republican Octaviano Larrazolo of New Mexico,
elected Dec 7, 1928.
- Who was the first African-American
Senator? -- Former slave, Mississippi Republican Hiram
Revels, Feb 25, 1870.
- Who was the first African-American
Senator after Reconstruction? -- Massachusetts Republican,
Ed Brooke.
- Who was the first Asian-American
Senator? -- Republican Hiram Fong from Hawaii.
- Who was the first Woman member of the House of
Representatives? --
Republican Jeannette Rankin elected in 1916.
- Who was the first African-American member of the
House of Representatives?
-- Republican Joseph Rainey of South Carolina, elected in 1870.
- Who was the first Woman Supreme Court Justice -- Republican Sandra Day
O'Connor.
- Who was the first Hispanic
Presidential Cabinet Member? -- Republican Lauro Cavazos,
Secretary of Education under Ronald Reagan.
- Who was the first Woman
Mayor? -- Republican Bertha Landes of Seattle in 1926.
- Who was the first African-American Secretary of
State? -- Republican Colin Powell, nominated by George W.
Bush, Dec 15th, 2000
- Who was the first woman Secretary of Agriculture?
-- Republican Ann Venerman of California, nominated by George W. Bush, Dec
20,2000
- Who was the first Hispanic Secretary of the
Interior? -- Manuel Lujan, nominated by George H. W. Bush
Feb 8, 1990
- Who was the longest serving African-American in a leadership position in
the House of Representatives? -- Republican J.C. Watts of Oklahoma.
- Who was the first Woman Majority Leader in the
House? -- Republican, Jennifer Dunn
- Who was the first Woman Majority Leader in the
Senate? -- Republican, Kay Bailey Hutchison
"The first Republican I knew was my father and he is still the
Republican I most admire. He joined our party because the Democrats in Jim
Crow Alabama of 1952 would not register him to vote. The Republicans
did. My father has never forgotten that day, and neither have
I." -- Condoleezza Rice, First
African-American Woman Secretary of State
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