Ross debacle shows that Democratic Party lacks leadership

This past week we all found out that local political chameleon, Rob Ross, is not only a liar, but also a Nazi sympathizer who doesn’t believe the Holocaust ever took place. In addition to all the other shenanigans this creep has been involved with over the past several years while working for both the Republicans and now the Democrats he also finds the time to read the writings of David Irving, a so-called British military historian and noted Holocaust denier. Ross even went so far as to give Irving legal advice in his fight against Emory University Professor Deborah Lipstadt, who had written that Irving distorted history to make Adolf Hitler look good. While the Ross angle is great fodder for the media the real story is once again the ineptness of the Democratic party right here in our own backyard of Palm Beach County and on a state level as well. Ross, who has espoused bizarre conservative views throughout a lifetime of political involvement, quit the Republican Party last year after swearing up and down that he would never work for a Democratic candidate. Lo and behold, he not only showed up on the Palm Beach County Democratic Party doorstep, he managed to secure a position on their executive committee. Until he resigned this past week, Ross was budget and finance chairman of the party he vowed never to have anything to do with. This all begs the question of how Ross became a member of the executive committee in the first place. That, my friends, is a question that Democrats throughout this state wait anxiously to be answered. What is even more disturbing is that Ross remains on the executive committee of the Palm Beach County Democratic Party even though he is no longer its finance chairman. According to county D.E.C. Chairperson, Carol Ann Loehndorf there is no legal mechanism for removing Ross from the executive committee. So basically what she is saying is that the Democrats are scared of getting sued by Ross. They would rather leave this clown on the executive committee rather than face a lawsuit by kicking him to the curb. As to the question of how Ross emerged as a leader of the county party in the first place one would have to look to Loehndorf for answers. Someone else who needs to answer for this debacle is Palm Beach County Commissioner Burt Aaronson. He is too involved in county Democratic politics to not know the inner workings of the decision to bring Ross on board. In fact, he had meetings with Ross on more than one occasion during the last campaign period in an effort to defeat County Commissioner Mary McCarty. Both Aaronson and Ross were working diligently to defeat the incumbent commissioner that Aaronson openly despises. Is it possible that Aaronson’s deep dislike for McCarty led to an impulsive decision to elevate Ross to a position he did not deserve even before his Holocaust views became public? Needless to say this would prove to be very embarrassing for Aaronson who certainly wouldn’t have hitched his wagon to Ross had he known of his idiotic take on the Holocaust. Regardless, Loehndorf and Aaronson know more than they are letting on about this whole Ross affair and they need to enlighten us all before it is too late. As for why Ross still remains on the executive committee that is a question for every Democratic leader in Palm Beach County and throughout the state of Florida. Democrats need to hear from their leadership as to why Ross is still in a position of authority. Ron Klein, Ron Greenstein, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Alcee Hastings, Robert Wexler and Peter Deutsch, we can’t hear you. You should be blasting away at Ross until he has no choice but to pack his bags and leave town on the next bus. Damn the possible lawsuit, Ross has to go. And for that matter so does Loehndorf, who as D.E.C. leader has to take responsibility for putting Ross in a position of authority in the first place. Another week goes by and more egg piles up on the face of the Democratic Party. Will somebody please stand up and take control of a state party that desperately needs leadership? The Democratic Party is a ship without a rudder. Somebody needs to put it back on course,quickly.

Y'know, I was going to bust you for not using paragraphs...until I went to the source webpage and realized that THEY aren't spacing between their paragraphs either. Ugh, I know housecats that could make better-looking HTML than that.

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This past week we all found out that local political chameleon, Rob Ross, is not only a liar, but also a Nazi sympathizer who doesn’t believe the Holocaust ever took place. In addition to all the other shenanigans this creep has been involved with over the past several years while working for both the Republicans and now the Democrats he also finds the time to read the writings of David Irving, a so-called British military historian and noted Holocaust denier.

Ross even went so far as to give Irving legal advice in his fight against Emory University Professor Deborah Lipstadt, who had written that Irving distorted history to make Adolf Hitler look good.

While the Ross angle is great fodder for the media the real story is once again the ineptness of the Democratic party right here in our own backyard of Palm Beach County and on a state level as well. Ross, who has espoused bizarre conservative views throughout a lifetime of political involvement, quit the Republican Party last year after swearing up and down that he would never work for a Democratic candidate.

Lo and behold, he not only showed up on the Palm Beach County Democratic Party doorstep, he managed to secure a position on their executive committee. Until he resigned this past week, Ross was budget and finance chairman of the party he vowed never to have anything to do with.
This all begs the question of how Ross became a member of the executive committee in the first place. That, my friends, is a question that Democrats throughout this state wait anxiously to be answered.

What is even more disturbing is that Ross remains on the executive committee of the Palm Beach County Democratic Party even though he is no longer its finance chairman. According to county D.E.C. Chairperson, Carol Ann Loehndorf there is no legal mechanism for removing Ross from the executive committee. So basically what she is saying is that the Democrats are scared of getting sued by Ross.

They would rather leave this clown on the executive committee rather than face a lawsuit by kicking him to the curb. As to the question of how Ross emerged as a leader of the county party in the first place one would have to look to Loehndorf for answers.

Someone else who needs to answer for this debacle is Palm Beach County Commissioner Burt Aaronson.

He is too involved in county Democratic politics to not know the inner workings of the decision to bring Ross on board. In fact, he had meetings with Ross on more than one occasion during the last campaign period in an effort to defeat County Commissioner Mary McCarty. Both Aaronson and Ross were working diligently to defeat the incumbent commissioner that Aaronson openly despises.

Is it possible that Aaronson’s deep dislike for McCarty led to an impulsive decision to elevate Ross to a position he did not deserve even before his Holocaust views became public? Needless to say this would prove to be very embarrassing for Aaronson who certainly wouldn’t have hitched his wagon to Ross had he known of his idiotic take on the Holocaust.

Regardless, Loehndorf and Aaronson know more than they are letting on about this whole Ross affair and they need to enlighten us all before it is too late.

As for why Ross still remains on the executive committee that is a question for every Democratic leader in Palm Beach County and throughout the state of Florida. Democrats need to hear from their leadership as to why Ross is still in a position of authority. Ron Klein, Ron Greenstein, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Alcee Hastings, Robert Wexler and Peter Deutsch, we can’t hear you. You should be blasting away at Ross until he has no choice but to pack his bags and leave town on the next bus.

Damn the possible lawsuit, Ross has to go. And for that matter so does Loehndorf, who as D.E.C. leader has to take responsibility for putting Ross in a position of authority in the first place. Another week goes by and more egg piles up on the face of the Democratic Party. Will somebody please stand up and take control of a state party that desperately needs leadership? The Democratic Party is a ship without a rudder. Somebody needs to put it back on course,quickly.

"A strong sense of confidence is nearly always misplaced." -- Someone whose name slips my mind.

Don't underestimate the Democrats. It might well appear that they've lost their course and are headed for a beating in 2004. I believe the latter part myself. But they've proved themselves to be masterful tacticians, good at learning from the mistakes of their opponents, which is something we can't say as wholeheartedly about the GOP.

Watch out for 2006 and especially 2008. The Republican Party had better be grooming new national figures for the 2008 Presidential election. Moreover, it has to watch out for the tendency to fuzz its message. That way lies a return to minority status.

When your adversary's main strength is identity politics and special-interest pandering, you can't try to emulate him; he'll merely outbid you. You have to play the other strings on the violin for all they're worth.

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