Write-in Ros: It’s On, Son

5 Responses to “Write-in Ros: It’s On, Son”

1. Bobby Blevins writes
   September 15th, 2008 1:05 pm

   Good! Unlike many Republicans (and some Democrats) who seem always ready to defend the indefensible where their party is concerned, this Democrat thinks what happened Saturday was a travesty. I know the public ballot is a “preference” vote, but since we have them we should abide by them. Ros won that vote, period. As has been noted this was just payback for casting the deciding vote that removed John “I’ve been in power WAY too long and since I give some money to GOP candidates and give some chairmanships to GOP lawmakers to keep my speaker’s chair I’m a traitor to my party anyway” Wilder. It was his fault that it came to that vote. If he’d relinquished power 20 years ago we might still have a Democrat as Lt. Governor today (yes, not a certainty, but his “deal with the devil” to keep his power aided the GOP in the long run).

2. Write-In Ros: The Reaction : Post Politics: Political News and Views in Tennessee writes
   September 15th, 2008 1:06 pm

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3. dan t writes
   September 15th, 2008 4:51 pm

   Didnt Senator Burks wage a write in campaign in ‘98? I think she did….I believe it was too late to put her name on the ballot. The legendary Alabama State Senator Lowell Barron(he’s the one that was punched by the GOP Senator last year) is the only other state senator that I know of in the south who has waged a successful write-in campaign. His situation was similar to Kurita’s. The head honchos in Montgomery tossed a few democrats off the ballot back in ‘86 because they werent voting the way they wanted them too. So Barron went back home to Ft Payne, Al and launched a write in campaign and he ended up defeating the GOP and Democrat nominees that November. That year turned out to be a bad year for democrats in Alabama despite a great year nationally for democrats. They also removed the democrat nominee for Governor( who received more votes than his opponent in the primary) because they didnt like him(sound familiar?). This enabled a small town preacher named Guy Hunt to swoop in and become the first ever GOPer to become Alabama Governor.

4. The Tri-County Kurita Convention To Be Held Wednesday : Post Politics: Political News and Views in Tennessee writes
   September 15th, 2008 6:36 pm

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5. Nashville Democratic Activist Renounces Party: ‘I will vote for John McCain’ : The New Agenda writes
   September 17th, 2008 9:08 am

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