Comments on: Tazewell GOP Committee Dissolved http://smythcounty.net/blog/?p=366 Politics & News from Smyth County, Virginia. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:43:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Adam http://smythcounty.net/blog/?p=366#comment-74584 Adam Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:02:50 +0000 http://smythcounty.net/blog/?p=366#comment-74584 I agree Alton. Stacking the deck in favor of one candidate over another is not the way a party should operate. Irrespective of any other prior events that may or may not have occurred in Tazewell, the convention clearly proved that the Tazewell GOP was not functioning as the way a party should. I agree Alton. Stacking the deck in favor of one candidate over another is not the way a party should operate. Irrespective of any other prior events that may or may not have occurred in Tazewell, the convention clearly proved that the Tazewell GOP was not functioning as the way a party should.

]]> By: Alton Foley http://smythcounty.net/blog/?p=366#comment-74583 Alton Foley Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:33:56 +0000 http://smythcounty.net/blog/?p=366#comment-74583 Your memory of the vote count is correct. The final analysis was that a mass meeting or convention which was orchestrated solely on the predicate of delivering 100% of Tazewell's delegates to the State Convention for a single candidate is NOT indicative of a party that is functioning as a responsible Republican committee. Regardless of which candidate that unit's leaders wished to promote. Hugo Chavez would have been proud of Ms. Martin's efforts, and Jimmy Carter probably would have certified the election, but that is not the way a Republican Unit should operate. Your memory of the vote count is correct.

The final analysis was that a mass meeting or convention which was orchestrated solely on the predicate of delivering 100% of Tazewell’s delegates to the State Convention for a single candidate is NOT indicative of a party that is functioning as a responsible Republican committee. Regardless of which candidate that unit’s leaders wished to promote.

Hugo Chavez would have been proud of Ms. Martin’s efforts, and Jimmy Carter probably would have certified the election, but that is not the way a Republican Unit should operate.

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