Posted on 09/13/2023 6:23:06 AM PDT by cotton1706
For 20 years, Mike Ball served in the Alabama Legislature as a Republican.
On Tuesday afternoon, he applauded as a Democrat announced her candidacy for the seat he once held.
“It’s because, quite frankly, I joined the party of Reagan and I left the party of Trump,” said Ball, who described himself Tuesday as an independent. “I mean, it’s a different tone ... everything’s different.”
And so it is that he’s supporting Marilyn Lands, a licensed professional counselor who received 45 percent of the vote last November in a race won by Republican David Cole. That victory touched off a criminal scandal in which Cole pleaded guilty to a felony for voting in a district where he knew he was not registered. Cole resigned his seat Aug. 31 – the same day he entered a plea agreement in Madison County.
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The open seat is in District 10 – which is in southwest Madison County and includes parts of Huntsville and Madison. Lands is the first candidate for any party to announce their candidacy for the special election.
If she wins, Ball says, it will be for the good of Alabama.
“We’re at the point that I wish the Democratic Party was a stronger minority because it would make the majority better,” he said. “And I have lots of friends in the Republican Party. I have lots of friends who are Democrats. And nowadays, I’m a guitar picker. I’m an old philosopher. I ain’t nothing. But that being said, friendship has always been more important to me than politics.”
And Ball said he and Lands have long been friends – she ran his first campaign for the legislature in 2002.
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Mike Ball has no balls.
Translation: "I don't like winning. If we can't play my way, I'm taking my ball and going home."
No, Mike, you joined the party of Bush.
He sounds like another Moanin’ Joe Scarbrains. Finds himself a hairychested, RAT female who isn’t a lesbian and he swerves hard left.
Because he was always a RINO
After the Limbaugh win and Gingrich BALANCED THE FEDERAL BUDGET for the first time in 60 years a bunch of democrats ran as Republicans. And we are still stuck with a lot of them. 96% of incumbents get reelected.
This is why Trump should form a MAGA party.
It would NOT be a third party spoiler, it would be the BIGGEST party. The current GOP membership is about 30 million. Trump got over 80 million votes.
And an immediate benefit is that we could run all new candidates for every office (no current office holders allowed) and sweep out most of congress at once. Every single member of The House is up for reelection every two years.
Yup.
Whatever one my think about Trump, as an "event" he has stripped many RINO-assistant Dems of their camouflage. And they are angry.
The simple truth is that many of these “very conservative” Southern states and House districts are owned lock, stock and barrel by defense contractors. Look no further than Boeing Corporation’s paid mutts Lindsey Graham and Nikki Haley for evidence of this.
Spot on. Idiots who say they loved Reagan but hate Trump can’t cite any major policy differences.
Must not be a BIG TENT guy! Not big enough, anyway for a Trump supporter!
Good riddance to this clown!!!!!
What is yesterday’s date?
“November 4, 1980.”
What’s today’s date?
“November 4, 1980.”
What’s tomorrow’s date?
“November 4, 1980.”
Typical GOPe nobody acting out to try to skeer us.
GOPe can pick up their Ball and get lost.
*The simple truth is that many of these “very conservative” Southern states and House districts are owned lock, stock and barrel by defense contractors. Look no further than Boeing Corporation’s paid mutts Lindsey Graham and Nikki Haley for evidence of this.*
Kinda reminds me of Orange County, Ca. as it used to be.
I mean, it’s a different tone ... everything’s different...
Translation = he hates this nation and wants to see it ruined further by feckless democrats
Chinese money is far-reaching
“It’s because, quite frankly, I joined the party of Reagan and I left the party of Trump,”
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The Bushes, McCain, and Romney were the “Party of Reagan”? This guy is an ignorant tool.
I mean, it’s a different tone ... everything’s different...
Translation = he hates this nation and wants to see it ruined further by feckless democrats
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His ears are very delicate & fragile, so he joins the democrats.(??) He’s a loser & a sucker.
Two questions:
Who knitted his pink hat?
What’s his Free Republic username?
The hat is a free gift given to anyone who turns democrat methinks. They don’t like wearing it in public, but we all know they put it on as soon as they are home, or when they go to dem only parties.
“Ball served in the Alabama House of Representatives from 2002 to 2022, as a member of the Republican Party. During his first run for the state legislature, his campaign was managed by Marilyn Lands”
Makes it sound like a profile in courage. She was his campaign manager and at one point he was a State cop.
Moron.
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