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Seven Mississippi democrats turn republican (Obama inspires party switches)
WLOX Channel 13 ^ | May 30, 2012

Posted on 05/31/2012 4:41:31 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued

Seven former democrats are now with the ranks of the republican party after making their formal switch Wednesday.

Mississippi Republican Party Chairman Joe Nosef said since democrats took control of the White House, more than 50 state and local democrats have moved to the GOP.

Leake County Sheriff Greg Waggoner is one of those making the party change. Waggoner said he feels the Democratic party has fallen out of line with the country's moral standards.

"This is enough. We've gone too far. We've gone down the road of moral decay too far. It's time to stop it. It's time to turn around and let's go back together," said Waggoner.

Also switching parties Wednesday was Jones County Justice Court Judge David Lyons, Jones County Constable Mitch Sumrall, Leake County Coroner Randolph Scott, Leake County Supervisor Tony Smith, Leake County Justice Court Judge Ken Adcock and Newton County Sheriff Jackie Knight.

(Excerpt) Read more at wlox.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: blackrepublicans; dixie; dixiecrats; ms2012; realignment; southerndems
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1 posted on 05/31/2012 4:41:42 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
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To: fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican; Impy; GOPsterinMA; randita; Sun; LdSentinal; Norman Bates; ...

Seven in one day, that’s quite a catch. There are other switches, some of which are posted in other threads.


2 posted on 05/31/2012 4:43:20 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (Obama and Company lied, the American economy died)
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To: Clintonfatigued

more coming out of the closet blowback for Obama ... Im LOVING this!


3 posted on 05/31/2012 4:48:26 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied .. and the economy died.)
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To: Clintonfatigued

The tidal wave continues...unreported but unabated.


4 posted on 05/31/2012 4:49:42 PM PDT by jdsteel (Give me freedom, not more government.)
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To: Brown Deer; Red Steel; onyx; STARWISE

Seven going together in one day.....How many other non-office holders are joining the numbers?


5 posted on 05/31/2012 4:52:29 PM PDT by hoosiermama ( Obama: " born in Kenya."..Is he lying now or lying then?)
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To: Clintonfatigued
MUST mean that they're all RACISTS!!!
6 posted on 05/31/2012 4:53:43 PM PDT by TrueKnightGalahad
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To: Clintonfatigued

Never trust a traitor. They are switching to get republican money will still vote as rino’s


7 posted on 05/31/2012 4:55:26 PM PDT by edcoil (It is not over until I win.)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Be careful what you wish for. What is a RINO but a democrat with an “R” behind their name. These switches just move the center of the republican party to the left and corrupt it from the inside even more.

A tiger cannot change its stripes no matter what color you paint it.....


8 posted on 05/31/2012 4:56:28 PM PDT by Breto (The Establishment party is killing our country)
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To: Clintonfatigued

so come november as everyone is fed up with 0failure and vote straight R... they can keep their job


9 posted on 05/31/2012 5:03:12 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: Breto

Winston Churchill said that a young person who is not a liberal has no heart and an old person who is not a conservative has no brain.

Do you think his assumption that experience can teach people and change their outlook is wrong?

I will gladly entertain the possibility that ex-Democrats may become more conservative. Not everybody is on auto-pilot. Some people reflect and reconsider.


10 posted on 05/31/2012 5:05:36 PM PDT by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Let me know when Steny Hoyer and Nancy Pelosi switch.

Then I will believe in miracles.


11 posted on 05/31/2012 5:05:54 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: Breto
Number 15 on the communist goals for America of 1963.

15) Capture one or both of the political parties in the US.

I was fairly supportive of Bart Stupak as a "conservative" democrat and look what he did. Never again.
12 posted on 05/31/2012 5:06:27 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: Clintonfatigued
When some Mississippi Democrat muckymuck switched to the Republican party last year, he remarked that there was no longer any place in the Mississippi Democrat party for white men.
My guess is all of these brand new ‘Republicans’ are white.
13 posted on 05/31/2012 5:11:07 PM PDT by Tupelo (TeaParty member, but no longer a Republican)
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To: Clintonfatigued
Bull. They just believe an (R) next to their names will keep them is office.

14 posted on 05/31/2012 5:12:17 PM PDT by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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To: Clintonfatigued
Seven former democrats are now with the ranks of the republican party after making their formal switch Wednesday.

Seven more liberal votes for the GOP to play with not including Mitt Romney.

But HEY it's a win for the GOP!

15 posted on 05/31/2012 5:16:38 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: married21

“Winston Churchill said that a young person who is not a liberal has no heart and an old person who is not a conservative has no brain. Do you think his assumption that experience can teach people and change their outlook is wrong? I will gladly entertain the possibility that ex-Democrats may become more conservative. Not everybody is on auto-pilot. Some people reflect and reconsider.”

I think Churchill said if you are 30 and not conservative . . . :)

Actually, White Mississippi Democrats have had almost nothing in common with the Democrat party for many years. We have relatives there who are both Democrat and more conservative than me—and that’s not easy. They vote R in national elections. But the local politicos are Dems and just as conservative as my relatives.


16 posted on 05/31/2012 5:20:15 PM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: Clintonfatigued

Perhaps it is Obama’s way of taking control of the Republican party. Get enough dems in it and wala.


17 posted on 05/31/2012 5:20:39 PM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: Breto
What is a RINO but a democrat with an “R”

You're so right.There aren't any Strom Thurmond-type Demonrats left in the South.

18 posted on 05/31/2012 5:25:15 PM PDT by luvbach1 (Stop the destruction in 2012 or continue the decline)
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To: ModelBreaker

“I think Churchill said if you are 30 and not conservative . . . :)”

I think the quote is:

If you are 20 and not a liberal you don’t have a heart. If you are 30 and not a conservative you don’t have a brain.


19 posted on 05/31/2012 5:25:15 PM PDT by Free America52 (The White guys are getting pissed off. We beat Hitler Hirohito and Krushchev. Obama will be easy.)
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To: edcoil

None of ‘em are legislators.


20 posted on 05/31/2012 5:27:21 PM PDT by ErnBatavia (A conservative, a liberal and a moderate walked into a bar; barkeep said "Hi Mitt")
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