Two Senate candidates walk out of GOP dinner
The Associated Press
March 26, 2002 1:16 am
Posted on 03/26/2002 4:44:10 AM PST by Constitution Day
The Associated Press
Two Senate candidates walk out of GOP dinner
March 26, 2002 1:16 am
CONCORD, N.C. -- Two Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate walked out of a GOP dinner after a party official refused their request to speak.
Elizabeth Dole was the keynote speaker at the Cabarrus County Republican Party's annual Reagan Day dinner on Monday. Other GOP candidates were invited to attend but not speak.
One of the candidates, Ada Fisher, posted herself outside the club with a sign protesting the denial of what she called her "free speech."
When Dole arrived, Fisher complained about the perceived slight.
"I'm delighted to have you come in and speak," Dole told her. "Why don't you go tell them that it's fine with me."
Dole made similar comments to rival Jim Snyder of Lexington.
Last week Cabarrus GOP Chairman David Black said Dole campaign officials had said they prefer other candidates vying for retiring Sen. Jesse Helm's seat not speak at Monday's dinner, which served as a party fund-raiser.
Though Snyder left, Fisher went into the dinner and took a seat at a table with fellow Senate candidate Douglas Sellers of Rowan County. During the introductions, Fisher blurted out: "Do we get our chance to speak that Mrs. Dole said we could have?"
"Mrs. Fisher I'm sorry," Black replied. "But we're running about 45 minutes late tonight."
Fisher and Sellers stood up. Turning to leave, Sellers announced, "I'm not afraid to look at any of you. Please don't be afraid to look at any of us."
Fisher, Snyder and other GOP candidates have complained about what they see as the preferential treatment party officials accord Dole. Critics complain that Dole is getting unusual help from party officials -- including President Bush, who has plugged her on three trips to North Carolina since January.
As she left the Speedway Club, Fisher was still angry.
"I can beat anybody in a fair race," she said. "But when you tie me down and stuff my mouth so I can't talk, it's a little difficult."
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Dole won't get my primary vote, that's for sure.
She claims to be no longer a gun-grabber, but once a nanny-statist...
So true, unfortunately.
I only have a minute, but will agree that Liddy Dole is definitely being forced upon us.
I've thought so ever since the first time her name was mentioned as a possible candidate.
It absolutely infuriates me, but "the fix is in" and unless she does something really, really stupid, she'll win the primary.
I will most likely vote for Snyder in the primary, and think that I should vote for Dole in November.
When, not if Dole is elected, I think we should support her.
I just think that a "protest vote" for the Libertarian Party only helps the Democrats.
We already have John Edwards and don't need another Clintonista to back him up.
As conservatives, we will have to make sure our voices are heard.
With Dole, there's a chance they won't be, but with Bowles, they most assuredly won't be.
I invite anyone who disagrees to tell me why.
No flames, please.
I am being civil and am open to persuasion.
He has also been seen with Bono a lot lately, which gives me an indication that all is not well with him.
I do NOT want to hear a single complaint about the actions and voting record of Dole once she is in the Senate. Dole supporters knew up front what they were buying and shouldnt be surprised when they get exactly what they bought.
That happened when John Edwards was elected.
Except this was a GOP function, for party members. Hardly private.
Everytime I see this argument presented, I think of "It is for the
Children"
My response from now on is REMEMBER JEFFORDS!!!
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Ada M. Fisher, MD, MPH Physician, Educator, Poet, Community Servant |
| Ada M. Fisher, MD, MPH is an Occupational and Employee Health Service physician with experience including the VAMC-Salisbury, where she was Chief of Occupational Health Services, and at what is now Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc. in Oak Ridge, TN; a business minded physician with corporate management experience including roles as Medical Director of Amoco Oil Company and Manager of Medical Policies and Practices for Amoco Corporation; a substance abuse detoxification director at John Umstead Hospital in Butner, NC serving 17 counties; a public health Chief Medical Officer and catalyst in the establishment of Plain View Health Center, a rural health initiative now serving migrant workers in the Greenevers, NC area; and a certified teacher for secondary, college and medical education. Dr. Fisher is actively engaged in community service through her board membership for Preservation NC, Rowan Salisbury Board of Education, and the Salisbury Rowan Symphony. She is an active member of the Rowan County Chamber of Commerce, and was a previous member of the Board of Directors for the Rowan County Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Fisher is also a member of the Order of Eastern Star, Prince Hall Affiliate, Atomic Chapter No. 13. In addition, Dr. Fisher volunteers in efforts to assist the Historically Black Colleges and Universities and holds life membership in the University of Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association, NAACP, and University of North Carolina at Greensboro Alumni Association. |
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A GOP function for its members is about as private as you can get. Would John Edwards free speech have been denied to him if they didnt allow him to speak?
Public = Government, all else is private.
It is funded by party donations, all the party. If you enjoy
serving a titular king, then have a ball.
So, since it was a GOP function, that means that it is by default a function of the state?
I do not flame...
As a conservative, my personal feeling is that I am an unwanted foster child in the republican family. When it comes election time, I am expected to play nice, vote for republicans of any stripe, selected by others, and never raise my voice in objection. Should I raise my voice, I am not a team player and do not understand the grand scheme of things. Yet they expect me to blindly vote for what I do not believe in, curse me if I do not vote as told, to maintain a ruling class in power that do not in anyway represent me.
If you are referring to Richard Vinroot, then you have sorely misused the term "conservative." When R.V. was mayor of Charlotte, he did ribbon-cutting ceremonies for Planned Parenthood, and was instrumental in a gun buy-back program. There was even a media stunt with Vinroot using a steamroller to run over the puny amount of pathetic guns that were turned in so as to show how he was cutting down crime by destroying those guns.
I personally think he only put his hat in the ring for the sole purpose of getting the NCGOP to "forgive" his campaign debts.
I do indeed refer to Vinroot, being new to NC politics, I was using someone elses characterization. Whatever he was or is, I thot it was dirty politics to withdraw and accept money from RNC. I am sure he would never say it was a bribe.
I think that Fisher was misguided on the "free speech" sign, but NC GOP party bylaws more than likely state that the party cannot prefer a candidate in a contested GOP primary election.
By excluding the other candidates from the event and giving preferential treatment to Dole on just about everything, the NC GOP may have broken their own bylaws prohibiting endorsing a candidate in a constested GOP primary.
Nope. I don't think anone here was arguing that point.
I do think that the NC GOP is violating their own party rules by giving preferential treatment to a candidate in a contested GOP primary race. The NC GOP stuffed suits, along with Dumbya, have made it clear that there is a preferred candidate in the GOP US Senate primary.
This could likely go against the NC GOP's bylaws. It certainly runs contrary to the RNC's bylaws.
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