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Why the Saltsman Scandal May Help Make Ken Blackwell RNC Chair (Ken calls it like it is)
AOL News ^ | December 28, 2008 | Matt Lewis

Posted on 12/28/2008 4:57:18 PM PST by St. Louis Conservative

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To: DE88

I just ordered the CD from Amazon.


21 posted on 12/28/2008 6:40:11 PM PST by Retired Chemist
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To: Theodore R.

Theodor R:

I,m not sure which he is. I really don’t think it matters. He is a “big tent” Republican. The Republican Party can’t stand too much more of them.

Question. There is a sentence in red that I don’t understand. “Loose Lips sink ships.” I understood that during WWII. What does it mean within this context? Should I be waiting for that knock on the door?


22 posted on 12/28/2008 7:41:03 PM PST by SkipW
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To: Comparative Advantage

I remember Steele saying something that sounded as though everybody should understand why the majority of blacks voted for Obama. Well I am black and I do understand why. That does not alter the fact that Obama is a shallow, far left politician who did quite well in that sewer of a Chicago political machine.

That is all people need to know. He is no good. Because this jerk is black means little when you consider what he is going to do to this nation.


23 posted on 12/28/2008 7:47:00 PM PST by SkipW
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To: Theodore R.

He’s got a head on his shoulders. In 2006 in Ohio, he was up against Soros and ACORN. The RNC didn’t have the organization to fight that.

And, a lot of people have left the state, moving to where the jobs are. This has left ‘others’ who can’t move. Lots of Unions. Lots of incoming Hispanics and Somalis. Then, Ohio took in some Katrina folks, too.

Very different mix here now. Have a look see at Realtytrac.com to see how well this state has been doing on foreclosures.


24 posted on 12/28/2008 7:47:10 PM PST by combat_boots ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."Aldous Huxley)
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To: SkipW

I don’t know what’s wrong with having a “big tent”. We should stand inside that big tent and welcome everybody who wants a strong military, a strong criminal justice system, civil rights for unborn humans, and wants government out of their wallets and out of their faces to the greatest extent possible. “Come on in! We have plenty of room in this big tent!”


25 posted on 12/28/2008 7:48:53 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: Theodore R.

The reason for that is a majority of conservatives have left the state and all the corruption in the republican party as of late.Ken Blackwell would do just fine as RNC chair.


26 posted on 12/28/2008 7:59:16 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Defeat liberalism, its the right thing to do for America.)
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To: St. Louis Conservative

Blackwell was Forbes’ national chairman for his 2008 run. As solid a conservative as they come. (Some may recall Sarah was a Forbes supporter.) He was the “before” Ohio SecState responsible for the Rat’s not stealing his state in ‘04 as the Rat SecState did in ‘08. Alas his run for the statehouse was pulled under by the corruption of the then incumbent GOP governor.


27 posted on 12/28/2008 8:21:26 PM PST by JohnBovenmyer
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To: Lancey Howard

That is not the big tent RINOs are talking about. If it was then I want to be in it.

We are working hard to take the local party back to pre-big tent policies. That is long overdue.


28 posted on 12/28/2008 8:49:06 PM PST by SkipW
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To: St. Louis Conservative

Tom Tancredo for GOP Chairman. If ever there was a Republican who didn’t give a feces what Dems thought of him, it was Tancredo.


29 posted on 12/28/2008 9:15:42 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: St. Louis Conservative

I consider myself fairly well-read politically, and I am aware of Duncan, Blackwell, Mehlman and Steele. But I never heard of Chris Saltsman in my life.


30 posted on 12/28/2008 9:42:56 PM PST by cookcounty ("A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not why the ship is built." ---Governor Sarah Palin)
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To: JohnBovenmyer

Steve Forbes didn’t run in 2008. Do you mean 2000?


31 posted on 12/28/2008 10:16:31 PM PST by St. Louis Conservative
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To: cookcounty

Saltsman is a former TN GOP chair and was campaign chairman for Mike Huckabee. The fact that he was associated with Huckabee is probably reason number 1 that I don’t want him running the RNC.


32 posted on 12/28/2008 10:17:46 PM PST by St. Louis Conservative
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To: SkipW

Agreed, and DUNCAN staying would be height of arrogance by the rinos!!..(and death to GOP)!


33 posted on 12/28/2008 10:21:25 PM PST by JSDude1 (Like the failed promise of Fascism masquerading as Capitalism? You're gonna love Marxism- Nephi)
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To: Lancey Howard

because when you become a “big tent” you accept leftist policy, instead we should become a big tent in our way: by sticking to our principles (which are superior being CONSERVATIVE), then by leading..then we will draw in the wishy-washy.


34 posted on 12/28/2008 10:24:15 PM PST by JSDude1 (Like the failed promise of Fascism masquerading as Capitalism? You're gonna love Marxism- Nephi)
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