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Sunday, June 03, 2007
(Arkansas) GOP chief: New strategy key
by Michael R. Wickline: The Republican Party of Arkansas, which was beaten decisively in last year’s election, needs to dedicate itself to running next time on an anti-tax, pro-highway and pro-education agenda, its new chairman said. Bryant businessman Dennis Milligan also said the party faithful need to run for more local offices.
. . . “If you take care of the pennies, the dollars will take care of themselves,” said Milligan, who also is chairman of the Saline County Republican Party. “If you develop a good solid county Republican foundation, then the top is going to take care of itself.” . . . Milligan is a bit of an unknown in some political circles. Senate Republican leader Denny Altes of Fort Smith, Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe and state Democratic Party Chairman Bill Gwatney of Little Rock said they don’t know Milligan.
. . . Milligan described himself as both a fiscal conservative and social conservative. “I am a pro-life individual. I do believe that marriage is between a man and a woman. I am opposed to homosexuals adopting children. We are talking Dennis Milligan the man, and that isn’t necessarily the view expressed by every Republican, but those are my views.” As a businessman, Milligan said he probably “brings to the table a little more concern about our taxes, our growth, our jobs.
I am just really caught up in trying to do and be part of anything that we can do to encourage job growth here, because obviously the more people we have working... the tax burden decreases for all of us.” Milligan said he hopes to persuade Republican candidates to run for office under the broad goals of cutting taxes and stopping tax increases, improving highways to promote economic development, and finding ways to more efficiently spend tax dollars on education . . . [Read More] Tags:Arkansas, Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Arkansas Republican Party, Dennis Milligan, GOPTo share or post to your site, click on "Post Link". Please mention / link to the ARRA News Service. Thanks!
I am wondering if Mr. Milligan's statement, that "we need some attacks on American soil like we had on [9/11", is something that the Arkansas GOP would like to reject or if they are endorsing their new leader's 'strategy' for a return to GOP dominance?
Dear Big Flat Slob (what a pseudonym and blog photo),
We talked with Mr. Milligan. It appears the referenced comment was taken out of context by the writer of the article. Milligan was trying to express his support both for the President, as commander-in-chief, and for the support for the troops. He made the remark trying to highlight this support for the sacrifice of our men and women in uniform fighting overseas in response to our government (including Congress) decision to do so!
We noted that the article did not state that Milligan's supported Mr. Bush's domestic or "comprehensive" immigration positions.
God Bless our military members serving in harms-way. And we appreciate our blog being read in Pennsylvania.
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by Michael R. Wickline: The Republican Party of Arkansas, which was beaten decisively in last year’s election, needs to dedicate itself to running next time on an anti-tax, pro-highway and pro-education agenda, its new chairman said. Bryant businessman Dennis Milligan also said the party faithful need to run for more local offices. 
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I am wondering if Mr. Milligan's statement, that "we need some attacks on American soil like we had on [9/11", is something that the Arkansas GOP would like to reject or if they are endorsing their new leader's 'strategy' for a return to GOP dominance?
Dear Big Flat Slob (what a pseudonym and blog photo),
We talked with Mr. Milligan. It appears the referenced comment was taken out of context by the writer of the article. Milligan was trying to express his support both for the President, as commander-in-chief, and for the support for the troops. He made the remark trying to highlight this support for the sacrifice of our men and women in uniform fighting overseas in response to our government (including Congress) decision to do so!
We noted that the article did not state that Milligan's supported Mr. Bush's domestic or "comprehensive" immigration positions.
God Bless our military members serving in harms-way. And we appreciate our blog being read in Pennsylvania.
I wonder if Milligan has been to Iraq or has any military experience or has any kin in the war?
There is more in common between Arkansas and Pennsylvania than one might think . . . . Thanks for providing Mr. Milligan's response.
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