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Those who only get their news from the liberal media may have concluded that the election of Glenn McCall as South Carolina Executive Committeeman to the Republican National Committee was somehow a defeat or rejection of Christian conservatives. Nothing could be further from the truth.
A local reporter who knows better contributed to that spin by inserting the fact that Drew McKissick, who was soundly defeated by McCall, has ties to the Christian conservative wing of the Republican Party. Such opinion makers fail to mention McCall’s even stronger ties to Christian conservatives. In fact, a candidate who is unacceptable to Christian conservatives would have no chance of being elected to that important post by South Carolina Republican delegates.
The appeal of McCall to many convention delegates is the fact that, unlike many elected officials, Glenn McCall is uncompromising on matters of principle that govern his Christian beliefs, moral and ethical values and his political conservatism.
McCall is strongly pro-life, strongly in support of a family consisting of a man, a woman and children. He was elected Second Vice Chairman of the State party last year, by the same delegates who elected him to represent them at the national level Saturday. His philosophy of bringing new people into the party is different from that practiced by Republicans in the past that has diluted the conservative base and led to the demise of Republican Party influence, especially at the national level.
The Times Examiner carried a front page story on Glenn McCall Wednesday, August 1, 2007. Thomas Hanson wrote: “When asked why he is a conservative, Glenn McCall replies: ‘Why not?’”
McCall told the Greenville County Republican Women’s Club that as he traced the history of the Republican Party and African-Americans he discovered that “African-Americans were previously conservative. We lost our way by depending on the Democratic Party and the federal government.” He added that many black Americans have become socialists and believe that the federal government will lift them up.
McCall reminded his audience that in 1960, 80 percent of African-American families were headed by a man and a woman. The figure today is 25 percent. He said the Democratic Party has been in control of urban areas for the past 40 years and life there has deteriorated.
“We have spent $11 trillion fighting the war on poverty since 1964, and we see no results.” He said, “Divorce, once rare in the black community, is skyrocketing. In the past 30 years, 14 million black babies have been killed in abortions, but black leaders do not talk about it, nor do they talk about the crime rate. It is always about a government program,” he concluded.
Glenn McCall is a retired Air Force Officer working as a banker. His son Marcus has served several tours in Iraq. “Conservative Republicans believe in God. I know I do,” he informed his audience last year. He promised the women at the Poinsett Club that he and his wife Linda will “stand up and tell people when they are not living up to conservative Republican values.” He has demonstrated his willingness to take a public stand by example. He criticized Sen. Lindsey Graham for support of the illegal alien “amnesty bill” and thanked Sen. Jim DeMint for opposing it.
McCall said he would welcome to the Republican Party other African-Americans who believe in conservative principles, free enterprise, personal responsibility and limited government.
McCall received 45 of the 65 votes cast by delegates representing Greenville County. Many of those delegates had met him personally and heard him speak at several different events. In fact, he and the other candidate for Committeeman both attended the recent stump meeting in Greenville.
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