Posted on 05/23/2012 6:23:30 PM PDT by EternalVigilance
As far as Ohio is concerned, Matt Borges is a lobbyist for Equality Ohio, founded in 2005 by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender activists after Ohio voters’ passage of a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.
He’s also the new executive director of the Ohio Republican Party.
Borges, recently named to his role by Ohio GOP Chairman Robert T. Bennett, said he will take a leave of absence from the Columbus lobbying firm Roetzel & Andress through the end of the year and will resign as a lobbyist registered with the Joint Legislative Ethics Committee.
(Excerpt) Read more at dispatch.com ...
It needs to happen a lot more. Just throw out the whole republican national committee and start over.
http://www.rightmichigan.com/story/2012/5/20/104733/048
http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2012/05/ohio_republican_party_announce.html
Borges was the director of Kasich's inaugural committee. Borges is also the protege of Bob Bennett, the new OHGOP chairman, who in turn got into that position after weeks of effort by Kasich to oust the old chairman.
And of course, from the thread article itself, Borges describes himself as a member of the "Kasich gang."
It's amazing what ten seconds on Google and a little reading can do for ya.
Not worth a crap!
C'mon, Dingleberry, don't be shy. Speak right up.
Well, you could try reading the article.
"As the executive director for Gov. John Kasich’s inauguration committee, Borges said he’s a member of the 'Kasich gang'”...
Yep.
Yup, I’m actually fired up to vote against both major party democrats.
Before that makes sense, one must accept the premise that the GOP wants to win, cares or knows anything about winning, or even has a strategy.
Isn’t that just Fabulous!!
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There ya go, with all that stuff about “principles” again. It’s almost like you think the Founding Fathers would have opposed both of the “major” Parties or something!
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What?? Doesn’t Nathan Hale know that if he doesn’t vote for Romney, then he’s just helping King George????
I'm confused about several things here. One... Why attack the messenger for telling the truth? Two... Of course the libs are going to shout from the rooftops that romney's one of them. Are you really surprised? and Three... How sad is it to watch as all those disenfranchised "conservative democrats" are now being forced to vote for felons and nameless nobodies in their primaries because so many selfish, self-centered, arrogant, elitist snob, moderates (aka liberals) in the republican party have hijacked the party and refused to support any Conservative for president?
Four... Are romney supporters really surprised that the liberals (aka communists) in the demoncrap party would accept romney just as much as the liberals in the republican party do?
Surely you jest.
It's too late now because so many sheeple in the republican party heeded the cries of all the "conservative" talk show hosts that said we "need to rescue the republican party from the 'RINOs'" but seriously... There is no rescuing the republican party. Never was. Once a loaf of bread gets mold on it the loaf is no longer any good and only gets worse. There is no rescuing it. Same principle here. The republican party is just as corrupt as the demoncrap party. Real, good, decent, honest, law-abiding, CONSERVATIVE Americans need to start our own party and take our country back. But as I said... It's too late.
JMHO
Did Romney specifically ask Bennett to appoint Borges?
If not, why associate this to Romney and throw more cold water on defeating Obama in November?
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