The best symbol of the grassroots worker I can think of is the Republican Assembly… [NFRA’s] thousands of dedicated men and women are the ones who turn all those modernistic campaign devices into real votes.
“[NFRA] provides the nucleus of the Republican candidate’s volunteer work brigade. I know from personal experience. It’s hard to imagine my campaigns being anywhere near as successful as they were without the dedication of Republican Assembly members.
“I urge you to join today.
Like my precious friends Ronald Reagan and Charlton Heston, I am proud to be a member of the Republican Assemblies. There was a time when we in Hollywood fought Communism and believed in America. Now the liberals seem to run everything and want to destroy all that we fought for. But the NFRA isn’t afraid of that fight, and it grows stronger every day, and I am honored to be involved with people who truly understand what America is all about.
We are engaged in a social, political and cultural war, in our country and even in our own party. The Republican Assemblies are some of the most effective forces in that war, and I applaud your work.
The Republican Assemblies are unafraid, to stand up for principle or to stand up to the establishment.
The NFRA fights tirelessly to elect a strong, grassroots Republican Party leadership. The more they succeed, the more we’ll see real change in America.
Now is the time for Patriots to mobilize. The NFRA is a great vehicle for taking back our country.
If you picked up a Coke bottle and saw a rat’s head in the bottom, you’d never think about Coke the same way again. Republicans who vote for tax increases and bigger government destroy the Republican brand name in exactly the same way. It is the job of the Republican Assemblies to defend the brand Reagan built, and stop the people who are ruining it.
As a famous Californian once said, “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” That’s why, now more than ever, the National Federation of Republican Assemblies is looked upon as one of the preeminent guardians of Ronald Reagan’s legacy, providing a powerful, unwavering voice for conservative principles amid the pandemonium of modern politics. Their advocacy is vital to our party’s future.
When conservatives took back America’s largest Protestant denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention, from the liberal leadership which had hijacked it, we used the same strategies and tactics that make the NFRA so potent a force today. Those strategies worked flawlessly then, and they’ll work as conservatives assert themselves in the Republican Party today.
In a political world of rapid changing institutions, the National Federation of Republican Assemblies stands as an anchor of principles on which conservative political leaders can depend. I am proud to be a member of the California Republican Assembly and to stand with Republican Assemblies all across America as they take back our party for true conservatives and stand for the values we hold dear.
The Republican Assemblies are truly a force for renewal within the Republican Party.
The Republican Assemblies are the conscience of the Republican Party.
Unlike too many other Republicans today, [the Republican Assemblies] stand strongly for the moral foundation of our Republic, which is that we are created equal and endowed by our Creator, not by our leaders, with our rights.
I am honored to stand with the National Federation of Republican Assemblies, one of the strongest voices for conservative values and a revitalized Republican Party in America.
If you want to see Reagan conservatives running the Republican Party, then the NFRA is where you need to be.
The NFRA can play a major role in the remaking of our Party. It can certainly be the organizational power behind the Tea Parties, working with those groups to give organizational effect to their outrage and passion.
The Republican Assemblies were the Tea Party movement before there was a Tea Party.
While many so-called Republican leaders would surrender the Culture War and sell out our sovereignty, the NFRA is a bastion of hope standing against them, and standing for a Constitutionalist America.
The NFRA endorsed me early, and it made a huge difference in the outcome of my race. Why? Because the Republican Assemblies are the real grassroots, the true conservatives, the soul of the Republican Party. And if you want more Marco Rubios, more Nikki Haleys and more Sharron Angles, getting involved in the Republican Assemblies is the way to make it happen.
The Republican Assemblies work tirelessly for conservative candidates and legislation.
The NFRA has never been more important than it is right now. We no longer have the luxury to nominate Republicans who, once elected, undermine the principles of individual freedom and limited government that define our party. Republican Assemblies across the country have kept the conservative movement alive and the future of our party and of our country ultimately depends on their success.
I’ve been a Republican all my life, was a precinct committeewoman for 16 years, president of the Illinois Federation of Republican Women for five years, attended every Republican National Convention starting in 1952, and served on the Platform Committee in 1984. I’m proud to be a charter member of the NFRA because I know it is doing the absolutely necessary work of restoring the Republican Party to its proper position of leadership for authentic conservative principles.
The NFRA is the flagship of constitutionalist conservatism within the Republican Party. It is intent on making sure the federal government has limited powers and the states have an independent sovereign place in our system of government. If we, the people, are to arrest the Obama march to collectivism, social democracy and an imperial presidency, we must swell the ranks of the NFRA and maintain its status as a principled defender of liberty.
When I was a high school student, Phyllis Schlafly’s book, A Choice, Not an Echo, was an important influence on my political direction. Today I support the NFRA for that same reason. The Republican Party must be more than just a cheaper, slower echo of the Democrats: it must be a distinct choice, for conservative values and for a future of freedom. If you long for that choice, then you should join the NFRA.
We need more people like you [the Republican Assemblies] who truly believe in the Constitution, in liberty and in standing up to an establishment that believes in neither.
The loyal patriots of the National Federation of Republican Assemblies…stand for the enduring principles that have made our Nation great. I thank the NFRA for standing at the ready to defend freedom and liberty no matter what the cost. Real hope is alive in the NFRA.In Memoriam: John W. Acer
John W. Acer
It is never easy to lose a friend. But when the friend is a man with the stature and fortitude of a man like John Acer, the loss is that much more great.
John Acer was a faithful patriot, a warrior for the cause, a founder of the Arizona Republican Assembly and of the National Federation of Republican Assemblies (NFRA). John served on the NFRA Executive Board as Treasurer for ten years, and in all that time missed only one meeting.
John was not afraid to speak his mind, which could lead one to believe him gruff. That was not the case. A few minutes with John revealed not only his passion but also his tender spirit, which made him lovable to all of us. He was a man who believed strongly in the ideals that made this country great, and he upheld them with gusto.
We will miss John Acer. His shoes are not easily filled.
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Please see his obituary below.
John W Acer passed away peacefully on June 24, 2012 after a long struggle with leukemia.
John Acer was born on September 13, 1932 in Medina, NY, the son of Donald W and Ethel Yaxley Acer. John is survived by his wife Martha, three daughters Susan, Catherine Coluccio, and Julia; and three grandchildren, Karina, Michael and Thomas. He is also survived by two brothers, Donald and Milford, and many nieces and nephews.
During the 1950s John attended Princeton University, and served in the US Army as a guided missile instructor at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, AL. In 1956, he enrolled at the University of Iowa, where he received his BSEE degree and a Masters in Labor and Management. In May of 1955 he and Martha began their 57-year marriage. After he finished school, he joined a GE Marketing Training Program, which moved the family to Phoenix on temporary assignment. After several unusually cold and snowy Iowa winters, he vowed never to leave Phoenix! John and Marty have resided in Phoenix for over 50 years, and raised their daughters there.
After a few years, John left GE and worked with real estate and investments before entering Arizona State University Law School, where he earned his JD degree and was elected to the honorary law societies of Phi Delta Phi and Delta Theta Phi. Soon after graduation, he set up practice as a sole practitioner in Phoenix. John’s law practice consisted of small business, real estate, construction, estate planning (wills, trusts, etc), family law, commercial collections and election law. He was active in the residential landlord/tenant area, lobbied the state legislature and served on numerous committees. He helped found and has worked with the Arizona Tenants Association for indigent tenants. During his practice he has given time counseling needy clients and has provided free legal assistance through the Volunteer Law program. He has advised various Masonic groups and families. From 1996 through 2007, he served as a pro tempore judge in various Maricopa County courtrooms, and also has served as an arbitrator for the National Arbitration Forum.
John served as an Elder in his church, and represented his congregation or his denomination for many years in organizations which promoted interfaith efforts. He was first an officer and then president of North Phoenix Corporate Ministry in 1981-1982; this was the initial group to foster interfaith cooperation in education, charity and political action. John also directed the founding of the Interfaith Cooperative Ministry as well as being a founder, director, and chairman of Project S.H.A.R.E., which raises funds for the elderly and disabled to help pay their utilities. Finally he was founder, director, and for 18 years, ending in 2008, president of the Arizona Interfaith Coalition on Energy (AZ-ICE). John took great pride in this, as AZ-ICE has significantly reduced the electrical costs for religious congregations in the State of Arizona as well as their energy usage. He also served on his denomination’s judicial commission.
In 1980 John was elected a precinct committeeman. Thereafter he was elected state committeeman, District 18 Chairman in 1990, and a delegate to the 1992 Republican National Convention in Houston. He was appointed to serve as legal counsel to the Arizona State Republican Party in 1992¬-1993, served as chairman of the State Rules Committee, and served on the State Elections Committee. He was also chairman of the County Resolutions Committee, and was a member of the County Credentials and Tally Committee and County Rules Committee.
He was one of the three founders of the Arizona Republican Assemby (ARA), the largest Republican group in the State, and served as its President from 1997 – 1999, and was one of the founders of the National Federation of Republican Assemblies (NFRA), a national organization for conservative Republicans. John served as NFRA Treasurer from 2001 – 2011. John was an alternate delegate to the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City. In 2008 at the Lincoln Day luncheon John was awarded the Lincoln Bust for lifetime achievement in the Republican Party. In 2012 he was given the NFRA Republic Assembly lifetime service award.
John touched many lives and made many friends, who found him to be outgoing, loyal, generous and always forthright with his views. One of his most endearing charms was his sense of humor. He loved to tease anyone and everyone, sometimes noticing a quality in someone to “run with”. This occasionally caused mild embarrassment, but was always humerous. Everyone remembers him with a smile.
John was interred at the Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Phoenix, Arizona. Please visit www.hansenmortuary.com for his complete obituary and Masonic history, and to share online condolences with his family.
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