 the real conservatives  a recent mailing in watertown and dewitt townships and the city of dewitt was seeking to get voters in certain precincts to cast their votes in the august 5 primary election for the ldquo true conservatives rdquo that will be on the ballot to become precinct delegates the mailing came from a group known as the ldquo michigan advocacy trust rdquo and it lists the people who are the ldquo true conservatives rdquo on the ballot people should be voting for the group is listed as a ldquo 527 rdquo group and is defined as an ldquo administrative account of the 23rd michigan state senate republican district political party committee of ingham county michigan it is a separate account maintained for paying administrative expenses of the sponsoring political party committee and other exempt functions permitted but not reportable under the michigan campaign finance act rdquo it seems strange the ldquo michigan advocacy trust rdquo has become involved in a local precinct delegate race in watertown township in clinton county and that they have determined who the ldquo true conservatives rdquo really are how do they have this ldquo intimate knowledge rdquo on local potential precinct delegate candidates and have been able to ldquo proclaime rdquo these people to be the ldquo anointed ones rdquo i also wonder where this group gets their funding to produce these printed pieces as with all things political there is always an agenda and for those of you that don rsquo t know what it is it all revolves around the upcoming state convention in novi on august 23 at the state convention the convention delegates will select who will be running for various positions on the november general election ballot among those is governor snyder rsquo s running mate according to republican party rules the convention delegates select the governor rsquo s running mate on a ballot and it is just usually a rubber stamp of who the governor has personally chosen however this year a challenger has decided to run against current lieutenant governor brian calley at the convention the rules allowed for this to happen but the state party chose to change those rules to make it so that anyone choosing to run against calley wouldn rsquo t be able meet the ldquo new conditions rdquo as it turned out the challenger was able to meet these new requirements anyway i believe in rules and consistency and that everything should be fair and above board we don rsquo t have to all agree but we should all demand that if you have rules you follow them if the state party wants to remove the rule that the governor rsquo s running mate must be his ldquo exclusive choice rdquo then change the rules for the next election cycle and not in midstream we all know politics is a dirty business and power and control is the goal you know the old saying ldquo the ends justify the means rdquo it rsquo s time for the leaders to be leaders not manipulators and schemers i am extremely disappointed in the antics party leaders establishment republicans and the deep pocket contributors have gone to and continue to go to to maintain a stranglehold on the party in the end we will all be the losers as we see our republic destroyed by individuals who may be well intentioned but fail to see that their myopic agenda is driving the people away that they most need it is imperative we all work together to make a difference and quit the targeting of people who do not hold your exact views i just ask that for those of you who are proclaiming to be the ldquo real conservatives rdquo ndash look in the mirror and do some selfintrospection as to what that really means and ask if you should vote for yourself remember the famous words of cicero   ldquo a nation can survive its fools and even the ambitious but it cannot survive treason from within an enemy at the gates is less formidable for he is known and carries his banner openly but the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys heard in the very halls of government itself for the traitor appears not a traitor he speaks in accents familiar to his victims and he wears their face and their arguments he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men he rots the soul of a nation he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist a murderer is less to fear rdquo  has your conscience been seared  i use to work with some of these silly fools who have been hanging around the capitol since the 1980s some of those fossils have been around since the 1970s and are just relentless in their pursuit for domination we here in clinton county know who you are and just choose to not expose you publically we choose to take the high road our agenda is to benefit future generations the so called real conservatives as described in these fake political mailings here in watertown township are not even involved here locally that is unless they are getting paid for it and even then their motives are self serving they will do what ever it takes to control the political machine and its local political minions kinda like saul alinskyi ie rules for radicals do ya really think the nation is going to recover when this crap continually goes on really pride cometh b4 a fall always remember the first rule of power tactics power is not only what you have but what the opposition thinks you have however for those brave shadowy and dark souls who hide in the shadows who fear the loss of power who scowl at those of us trying to better our clinton county community i double dare you to read such a radically liberal historical and outdated document please read carefully psalms 59 71 especially you political hacks here in clinton county who hide behind your religion the bible calls you out as hypocrites and vipers hypocrite comes from the greek hupokrites hoopokreetace meaning an actor under an assumed character eg stageplayer strong s we all will be held accountable and responsible for our actions including our political actioncommittees perhaps your conscience has been seared i timothy 42  