Buying Into Cammack’s Conversion
Posted on May 12, 2009 at 7:25 amIlissa Gold reports that gubernatorial candidate Ward Cammack was authentic when he told her the reasons why he left the Republican Party and became a Democrat:
Cammack was a Republican up until very recently. While that’s not a deal-breaker on its own, you want to make sure that your Democratic candidates are in it for the right reasons.
So with that in mind, one of the very first questions I asked was what, specifically, made him become a Democrat. And I admit, I was caught off-guard by his answer. He discussed how his youngest daughter became critically ill a few years ago, forcing them to spend a week in the ICU at Vanderbilt, and how they didn’t know what was wrong for several days. It was that experience, that grief and uncertainty, that forced him to see the world in a different way. He realized that while his daughter fortunately recovered, not everyone in that situation has access to the same resources.
Now, I realize that I haven’t been in the political game as long as most of my peers in the Tennessee blogosphere. But this will be the fifth political cycle I’ve been actively involved with, so by now I can distinguish honesty from BS, between which there is an admittedly fine line. Cammack’s answer, and the emotion in his eyes when he gave the answer, left no doubt in my mind ten minutes into the interview that he is 100% legitimate.
Tea Partiers Need To Come To Terms With Bush
Posted on April 14, 2009 at 9:05 amDan Lehr lets the “tea party” movement know what he thinks of them:
If you are Republican or conservative, there are many reasons for you to oppose Barack Obama. But it will be hard to make an effective argument against him unless and until you figure out what President Bush did to bring you to your current state.
And I’m not talking about anything having to do with Bush’s stances on various issues. It has far more to do with execution. Even though I disagreed with most of his platform, my main gripe against him was that he did not manage the office of the presidency well. He and his followers clung to ideology and largely supported him regardless of whether what he was doing was furthering the conservative cause or not.
Republicans and conservatives need to work on excising a tendency towards blind loyalty, and grow your tolerance for intra-party debate.
You will only emerge stronger if you do so.
An Unhypocritical Tea Partier
Posted on April 13, 2009 at 3:56 pmRob Shearer thinks those who got us into the economic mess we are in should be held accountable — Democrat and Republican alike:
The Republican congressmen who voted for the budgets of 2000-2006 should be primary-challenged and replaced with fiscal conservatives. The Republican members of congress who voted for the Wall Street bailouts should be primary-challenged and replaced with fiscal conservatives.
Is The Tea Party Movement Republican?
Posted on April 12, 2009 at 9:25 pmBlue Collar Muse makes clear the divide.
Dancing Cheek To Glasgow: Big Time Dem Supports Gay GOP Primary Voter
Posted on February 19, 2009 at 4:48 pmPouring a bit of gasoline on the whole David Glasgow is a Republican contro, Democratic smallwig William T. Cheek, III has sent off an email recently to “about 75 to 100″ Democratic friends “in or close to” District 18 defending Glasgow against charges that his Republican primary voting record disqualifies him from serving the very liberal District 18:
This blue dog Democrat, son of former Democratic state party chair and Democratic National Committee member Will Cheek, carefully vetted and strongly supports David Glasgow. I am in agreement with David on the issues important to Council District 18. Whether he pulled the R or D lever isn’t the test for this office.
There are no political parties in our City Council. The Council often works much better than Congress or our State Legislature, where partisan bickering can lead to gridlock. Council members choose to vote for or against a law based on the merits of the law; not which political party proposed the law. One day you may see Council Members Charlie Tygard and Mike Jameson working vigorously against each other on Conservation Zoning, and find them working together the next day on tree plantings. That’s the beauty of a non-partisan legislature.
David Glasgow has earned the support of a number of life long Democrats because of his vision for our neighborhoods and our city. His experience in government gives him an edge over other candidates - he knows how to get important government projects done. We shouldn’t be distracted by whose administration hired David. We should focus on what skills he has and what he can do for our city.
Kent Williams Will Be A Republican In His Heart…
Posted on February 8, 2009 at 1:25 am…no matter what Robin Smith decides Monday:
Williams has said he would still consider himself a Republican no matter what the party executives do. He said he would not join the Democrats but would serve as an independent if he was ousted from the GOP.
Williams hopes he will be able to stay a Republican.
“I think most of the Republicans in the House want me to stay, it is just a handful that want me out,” Williams said. “I think the party is reluctant to take the action and lose their majority in the House, but I think Robin Smith has been pushing it.
“It is a shame one person has so much power in the party. It is like a dictatorship,” Williams said.
SEE ALSO: Stacey Campfield
That Armenian Was A Republican
Posted on August 7, 2008 at 1:27 pmInteresting tidbit from the MyDD. It seems that Armenian activist Cohen had to get crazy with was a Republican operative as well as a documentary filmmaker:
Now, it turns out that filmmaker Peter Mursurlian is actually a Republican operative who used to work for former California Congressman Carlos Moorhead (R) of Pasadena. Also, none of the other Tennessee Democrats are co-sponsoring the resolution either, but none of them have been targeted the way Cohen has been.
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