Posted on 08/13/2008 2:21:14 PM PDT by BlownChevelle
(CNN) -- The chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party died Wednesday, hours after a shooting at the party's headquarters, according to a statement from former President Clinton and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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You just admitted five minutes earlier that you don’t know who the heck this guy is and now you claim he’s “probably a Hillary supporter”? Sheesh.
Bill Gwatney
Party Chairman
Arkansas
Basic Bio
* From Jacksonville, Arkansas, currently lives in Little Rock, Arkansas
* Gwatney is majority owner of Gwatney Chevrolet in Jacksonville, Arkansas and owns two dealerships named Gwatney Buick Pontiac GMC and Gwatney Truck Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-13167582_ITM
Political interests and issues
* Named 2001 Legislative Conservationist by the Arkansas Wildlife Federation http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-78179782.html
Involvement in the Democratic Party
* Arkansas State Senate
* Was finance chairman for current Governor Mike Beebe’s 2006 gubernatorial campaign. http://www.arkansasnews.com/archive/2007/08/12/News/343021.html
State Connections
* Was finance chairman for current Governor Mike Beebe’s 2006 gubernatorial campaign. http://www.arkansasnews.com/archive/2007/08/12/News/343021.html
Surreal that Hillary announced the death.
Prayers for the family.
They live in N.Y. state and she is their junior representative. They have not lived in Arkansas in years
Should not the DNC or the state Democratic party made the announcement?
Seems strange to me
Hill and Bill may turn the Convention into a Wellstone type “party”
Remember how that backfired?
Obama who?
BTW, this was not political in case anyone thinks it was. The guy apparently got fired and freaked out.
Me, too. Almost like wanting to get out in front of the story.
I think this guy was a super delegate for Clinton.
Very sad situation. Prayers for his family.
“Hastings says Gwatney was shot multiple times in his upper body. He says there is no known connection between Gwatney and the gunman. The gunman sped away from the headquarters and was shot dead after a police chase that ended in Grant County. Police have not named the shooter, but they said he was 51 years old.”
No known connection?
50-50 one will become known, and it’s a woman.
He was a Superdelegate endorsing Hillary.
Then it was a Obama supporter that did it! /sarc
I just love the conspiracy theories.
With the Clinton's, who knows how deep the rabbit holes goes.
The guy apparently got fired and freaked out.
Sounds like you have inside info.
You know I've been fired before (once) and never considered walking into my local GOP office and gunning down the head guy.
Of course I'm not psychotic or a democrat
This is a sad day, regardless of the perp’s motivations and the victim’s political affiliation. In the USA we traditionally settle our differences at the ballot box. Let us all pray not only for the soul of the victim and for his family, but also that this is an abberation that won’t be repeated.
The Clinton’s will want to make sure his voice is “heard” at the Convention I am sure.
Ok, local news is a bit slower. He has died. This is terrible.
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