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Posted on 05/31/2013 12:55:54 PM PDT by TheBigB
Louisiana state Sen. Elbert Guillory has joined the Republican Party, becoming the first black Republican senator in Louisiana since Reconstruction, according to a report in The Advertiser. This is the second time Guillory, of Opelousas, has switched parties; the lawmaker was a Republican before running for the state House in 2007.
(Excerpt) Read more at nola.com ...
Welcome aboard!
Uh oh, he left the DNC Plantation, they’ll go after him.
Oh well. These days a political party is just an bunch of ambitious men hovering around a common bank account anyway.
Curious legislative party switch in LA.
True. I really believe that’s why the GOP isn’t fighting harder. They’re getting a large enough share from the gravy train, and the deals they make over dinner with Obama, why should they worry? As long as these deals hold up, they have no incentive to put themselves out there.
What they don’t seem to realise is that, as the left consolidates its hold on power, that their good times can’t last. Once the left has power sewn up, what incentive will they have to deal with the “opposition”? They’ll become increasingly irrelevant and marginalised.
Oh well. These days a political party is just an bunch of ambitious men hovering around a common bank account anyway.
Correction!!!!
Oh well. These days BOTH OF THE TWO MAJOR political parties are just an bunch of ambitious men hovering around THE SAME common bank account anyway.
A true Convert ?
..or just another RHINO ?
I would not trust him to be anything other than an opportunist. He switches parties only to get reelected. He must be operating some kind of scam which he will be caught at in a couple of years.
A true conservative, or was this done for purely political positioning?
The story says “Guillory has a conservative voting record and has long been an ally of Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration, particularly on education and retirement issues.” So we’ll see, I guess...
Apparently he is a Conservative. He endorsed Vitter for reelection to the U.S. Senate in 2010 and has supported Gov. Jindal’s agenda. Switching parties in that district, which I believe is majority Black, could be political suicide for him, so this would have to be a principled action.
I think it was quite smart of him to run as a De. Now that he is an incumbent his name recognition should get him reelected
Smart man
The link’s article indicated he was a REPUBLICAN in 2006 or 2007, became a DEMOCRAT when he ran for State House, now is switching BACK to Republican....
weird.
Not weird actually, quite understandable. He could not have won as a Republican in either the House or Senate seats he ran for. He opted to be a DINO, running and winning as a Dem, but supporting a Conservative agenda. There’s at least one House legislator in my state (TN) that I know of who is about as Conservative as most of the GOP Conservatives, but because he is Black in a heavily Black Dem distrist, he remains a Democrat. Another center-right Black Dem House member from Knoxville (TN) back in the ‘80s switched to the GOP, managed to survive reelection in a low turnout election, but he fell in the following one.
I understand.
The Norm Coleman of Louisiana
This is the second time Guillory, of Opelousas, has switched parties; the lawmaker was a Republican before running for the state House in 2007.IOW, to hell with him.
Posts #13 & #15 will help you understand this a bit better without jumping the gun to condemn.
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