Posted on 05/26/2006 12:36:12 PM PDT by holyscroller
In a series of moves unprecedented in modern Party history Washington State Republican Chair Diane Tebelius this morning led a blackout session of the State Executive Board to ban the Ronald Reagan Wing of the Party from a display booth at the State Convention, reversing her position for the second time in less than a week. Whatever accusations were made of the group behind closed doors will remain unknown because, according to National Committeeman Jeff Kent, every member present was banned from talking about the session. There was no hearing of any kind, no defense allowed, no reasons given for the action. It was the perfect capper to a day Diane spent, alternately, talking about "unity" and attacking conservatives.
The Reagan Wing, a grassroots organization made up of many elected delegates to the convention, has been preparing for weeks to set up a vendor booth to sell t-shirts and buttons and distribute literature advocating conservative positions on issues such as illegal immigration, property rights and social issues. Every convention year, the party rents approximately 50 vendor booths to grassroots Republican groups, issue advocates, candidate campaigns and merchants displaying their literature and merchandise in the hours preceding the actual convention. The Reagan Wing filled out the necessary paperwork and paid the $150 fee almost 2 weeks ago and has since been taken on a roller-coaster ride with Tebelius's mood swings.
It was the end of a week of almost unbelieveable hypocrisy for Tebelius. Last weekend Washington Mainstream Republicans, the Washington State affiliate of Republican Mainstreet Partnership which advocates liberal positions on abortion and gay rights as well as fiscal issues like last year's state gas tax increase, held their Cascade Conference where they highlighted their many disagreements with the views of most grassroots Republicans. They announced their plans to run an ad campaign to oppose I-933, a property rights initiative and attempt to fill every Republican PCO vacancy in Washington with their brand, to essentially take over the Republican Party. In nearly every newspaper that covered the story, Tebelius responded, "The Republican Party has a big tent," and "so what" if they disagree [with the Republican position on issues]. But apparently, the "big tent" has no room for a Republican group that seeks to preserve Republican positions on issues.
Hope you're wearing asbestos underwear.
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"Conservatives" must be the craziest people that ever breathed air . . . (That's "conservatives" in quotes -- they know who they are!) They spend like two years cursing George Bush and cursing the Republicans, and then whine and cry people don't like them. Hey, maybe people are tired of your craziness! "Conservatives" are the Janice Dickinsons of modern politics. Listen, guys and gals, don't go away mad, but, please, yes, do go away! |
Tragic, isn't it? Yes our state leg is full of RINOs and it's downright sickening. Unless we take to the streets and have a ten million man/woman march, I'm not so sure their goal of socialsim can be stopped.
But we better do something soon. Seriously.
Is this a sign of something bigger on the horizon?
Many of the Texas RINO's are FORMER DEMOCRATS; they changed parties after the GOP starting winning here. If the democrats start winning again, they will jump back to their original ship.
The governor's race is a four-way contest, but we have democrat as RINO, democrat-RINO as independent, democrat as independent, and democrat running.
We need to have the conservatives take over the GOP and tell the RINO's either join the cause or get out.
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After the Greguare (sp?) fiasco, I vowed never again to vote in this state.
I mean it. I'm done.
Agreed.
Wonder what/how 10 to 20+ million illegal and legal insurgent aliens(or more) newly inducted into the democrat party will vote?.. Conservative republicans might be irrelevant..
DUUUGH...(Jaws theme).. Shes just offshore and she is HUNGRY..
And is capable of more malicious politics than John McLaim or even Ted Kennedy ever thought of.. After Hillary America might be UNrecognizable.. To any except a democrat or RINO.. It does appear the "fix" is in.. Few options for conservatives.. because most/many conservatives are not conservatives at all, they are LIBERALS... So appears conservatives are fighting among themselves when they are not.. Conservatives might be a distinct minority in the republican party.. They just THINK they are the majority.. in gross delusion and denial..
Your post is pretty much a specific example of the general case I describe in my previous post. We concur.
Want to discuss a trade with the Taxes GOP? $8 billion state surplus and they need more money ???
As you guy like to say --- FUGGEDDABATTIT !!!!
Who is that hottie?
(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")
CONSERVATIVES SHUT OUT OF WA STATE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
Agreed. Trouble is, we need a mass infusion of new political blood and I'm wondering if that's ever gonna happen.
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