Republican Club

by Brian Harmon

LW contributor

The members of the LW Republican Club leadership team strongly endorse this paper’s support for freedom of the press, as it was imagined by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and the other founders of this country.

George Washington said, “For if men are to be precluded from offering their sentiments on a matter, which may involve the most serious and alarming consequences, that can invite the consideration of mankind, reason is of no use to us; the freedom of speech may be taken away, and, dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep, to the slaughter.”

Thomas Jefferson said, “Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom; and no such thing as public liberty, without freedom of speech.”

The club feels it is absolutely wonderful to have the Republican and Democratic club articles next to each other in the paper every week. The club’s leadership believes the solution for division between the two parties is not for Republicans and Democrats to stop talking to one another, but just the opposite. The two parties need to talk to one another without yelling. Both sides need to be heard.

The leadership believes the biggest threat to freedom of speech and of the press is the danger inherent in having a one-party state.

One could argue that this is not really a problem in America because people can always vote out the party in power. However, the club’s leadership team believes that if one party has an overwhelming majority in both houses of the Legislature and statewide offices for a number of years, the likelihood of that happening becomes less. This, among other issues, is one of the topics that the Republican Club discusses in its meetings and on its website. ••• To increase the flow of information and conservative opinion to LW residents and voters, the club has created a new website at www. LWRepublicans.com. This website was developed by Susan Callahan, a proud member of the club.

The website features stories on issues like the school board, the border crisis, Afghanistan ,and the battle in Congress over repairing and rebuilding the infrastructure of the country.