That's *OUR Girl* ! | Eastern North Carolina Now

    Publisher's note: Brant Clifton uses, in part, the words of others to cast a more perfect light on his most discussed congressperson in his "bare knuckles" Conservative online publication known as The Daily Haymaker.

    The legislative giant who told us John Boehner is her "boss" and that "you can't just take a law away because you want it to go away," is really out-doing herself this time:

    The Republican Women's Policy Committee, under the leadership of Rep. Renee Ellmers of Dunn, is trying something new: Recruiting men.

    The group is made up of all 19 Republican women in the U.S. House of Representatives, and Ellmers is the chairwoman. Its goals, according to its newly released annual report, include: appeal to female voters, create a positive view of the Republican Party and make women in the party more influential.

    As part of its expanded outreach, the committee in 2014 plans to recruit Republican congressmen as associate members. They'll get to join in meetings, "although in a secondary role to our members," the report said. The men also will get the Republican Women's Policy Committee's news clip dispatches, email blasts and other updates.

    Male associate members will be expected to pay the RWPC's dues out of their office budgets, to cover the group's staff and other expenses.

    The Republican Women's Policy Committee existed in theory in the past, but in 2013 it acquired a website (http://www.rwpc.ellmers.house.gov), a Twitter account (@GOPLadies) and a Facebook page. The report said that it plans to collaborate in 2014 with the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative policy research group in Washington.

    Why are allegedly conservative Republicans playing this liberal game of pigeon-holing people by race and gender? (I know, I know. The consultants and the mainstream media have told these people in DC that the GOP has a "female problem." There are actually A LOT of men AND women  -  black, white, red, yellow  -  who are concerned with unemployment, the federal debt, terrorism, the poor quality of public education, government overreach, taxes, spending and the ObamaCare disaster, among others.)

    Why is this getting even ONE DIME of federal money? Why is STAFF being devoted to it? Why are the taxpayers picking up the tab for something that is clearly little more than a PR vehicle for Renee Ellmers to get more TV time and promote herself going into a contested primary?