Campaign For Liberty Calls For Push Back On The Davidson County GOP

By Kleinheider Posted on October 29, 2009 at 8:58 am

The national organization formed by Ron Paul essentially continuing his campaign to bring the Old Right back into the GOP has spoken out on the movement to oust one of its members from the Davidson County Party.

Recent developments in the Nashville Republican Party has led to one of our very own being threatned with permanent expulsion from his elected position as the DCRP 1st Vice Chair. This breaking news has led the CFL to release an important message with regards to further action against Matt Collins.

We humbly submit to the state party officals and DCRP officers, please err on the side of principles before party politics. Please dont remove an elected officer for being outspoken about Constitutional accountability. Matt is a fervent patriot, a real Sam Adams of our time, and defends the principled politics that has long been lost in our society. We will not support any type of affiliation that promotes big government or economically irresposibile candidates.

The Nashville DCRP has promoted time and time again big government candidates. John McCain, case and point. We have finally won an electable office within the DCRP that can help promote and defend OUR American way of life, and the DCRP feels threatened.

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Davidson County GOP Moves To Oust Ron Paul-Supporting Vice Chair

By Kleinheider Posted on October 28, 2009 at 8:42 pm

The Davidson County Republican Party took its first steps Tuesday night toward ousting its controversial First Vice Chairman Matt Collins. The party Executive Committee voted 14 to 5 (with two abstentions) to ‘trigger’ the process of removal. A hearing will be scheduled where a required two-thirds majority vote could be taken to remove Collins.

In a statement released on the party’s website Wednesday, the party stated that the reason for the motion to remove were Collins’ “unprofessional actions and words” as well as his use of his title when expressing opinions “derogatory to and disrespectful of Republican candidates or elected officials.” A spokeswoman for DCRP chairwoman Kathleen Starnes would not elaborate on the statement.

Collins has had a tumultuous relationship with the party stemming from his associations with small “L” libertarian groups and the Ron Paul for President campaign. Collins was elected First Vice Chair of the party on April 4 of this year after losing a bid to become chairman of the party in a process that included a deadlocked March 7 election and a subsequent revote.

The vice chair again became the center of controversy this summer when, after attending the Davidson County party’s annual picnic, he announced in a blog post that he had refused to shake Rep. Zach Wamp’s hand because of his support of the financial bailouts. In the same post, he concluded that neither Wamp nor Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam were qualified to be governor.

Collins also clashed with the party’s old guard when he issued a public chastisement of Chairwoman Starnes for calling for a meeting with Congressman Jim Cooper without the prior consent of other party officers.

Starnes herself raised eyebrows when she both endorsed and solicited funds for a conservative independent candidate currently running for congress against a Republican nominee in New York state’s 23rd District, an action which will no doubt be cited by Collins supporters in his defense during the as-yet-unscheduled removal hearing.

Collins would not comment on the situation when contacted by Post Politics but said a statement would be forthcoming.

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