My Rant on the GOP (Vanity)

TCH | February 19, 2010 | TCH

[Rockingham]

Now you can come down off the ledge.

[TADSLOS]

Go ahead, admit it. You just finished watching CPAC on CSPAN and couldn’t take it anymore, didn’t you?

[stephenjohnbanker]

Well above average rant!

[TCH]

Some people have asked that I do this (precinct captain) ... However, I have no understanding about what the position entails, or why it is important... particularly in southwest Nebraska I am open to explanations.

[TCH]

LOL... That’s funny!

[TCH]

I trust, sir, that you are a SINGLE MALT scotch connoisseur!

[TCH]

OK... but only with a parachute... It’s more invigorating that way!

[TCH]

Nope... I do not watch the boob tube; but I did read the facebook account of the affair... and that story got my blood boiling.

[Darren McCarty]

As a Guinness guy myself, I have to ask. If you don't like what the GOP is doing, why not try and fix it.

I don't like much of the GOP leadership myself , so I try and do something about it. GOP leadership is elected. Precinct delegates elect county leadership and state delegates. State delegates elect state leadership and national delegates. National delegates elect national party leadership.

In additions, elected officials are all elected as well. We have primaries and general elections for them. In 2006, I had a horrible RINO congressman representing me named Joe Schwarz. Schwarz only won in 2004 because the conservatives split the vote. We voted out Schwarz in 2006 and replaced him with a very good man in Tim Walberg. Walberg lost in 08 by 2% because leadership abandoned the race and McCain quit the state. Walberg is running again and has a good shot to win with the change in political dynamics.

Marco Rubio is fighting the establishment in Florida and is well on his way for kicking out the liberal Charlie Crist. We know the problem. Now we need to work hard and implement the solution of getting a better establishment. It starts with good precinct delegates and good elected officials on our homefronts.

[Darren McCarty]

I can't speak for Nebraska, but here, our precinct delegates elect our county party Republican leadership and our delegation to state conventions. At state conventions, congressional district committees and state party leadership is elected, along with the national delegation, including RNC committeeman, which elects national party leadership.

Precinct delegate here is an elected position. I file and run for it in the August primary.

[TCH]

So the precinct delegates are led by a precinct “captain”? This is a position which others have suggested I opt for, although what impact I may have in southwest Nebraska is likely minimal.

[Darren McCarty]

We don't have "precinct captains" in my state, but from what I have heard, "precinct delegate" and "precinct captain" is the same thing.

My guess is that you could probably make a big impact in SW Nebraska. As republican and rural as that area is, there might not even be an active local party there. If I can have somewhat of an impact in the most democrat county in Michigan outside of Detroit's Wayne County, then you should have as big of impact as I have, if not bigger. You don't have Ann Arbor nearby. I do.

[TCH]

Well then, I should pursue this further. I will get in touch with the county election commission and obtain info on the procedure to apply. This might be very interesting, as you may have already discerned, I am not too bashful in expressing my opinions!

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