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Another GOP Moderate – What Do You Think Happened?

Apr 29th, 2009 by RSmitty

h/t to Salt Lake Tribune via John Cole via Pandora*
* – Once again, I present my service of bringing Delaware Liberal to those too scared to visit

A snippet from the Salt Lake Tribune article, linked above:

Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr.’s appearance at a Michigan county Republican Party event was scrapped this week after the county chairwoman said that hosting the moderate Utah governor would mean abandoning the party’s conservative principles.

Kent County Republican Party Chairwoman Joanne Voorhees abruptly canceled the party fundraiser scheduled for Saturday.

“The voters want and expect us to stand on principle and return to our roots. Unfortunately, by holding an event with Governor Huntsman, we would be doing the exact opposite,” Voorhees wrote in an e-mail quoted in The Grand Rapids Press .

A Republican Governor with AN 84% APPROVAL RATING…did you get that, I said AN 84% APPROVAL RATING!!!

Yet, he’s a pariah in the eyes of the standard bearers.

This picture (shamelessly copied from John Cole’s Balloon Juice) really is becoming appropriate…

Moderates?  BWAA-HAAA-HO-HO-HOOOOO

Moderates? BWAA-HAAA-HO-HO-HOOOOO

Remember moderates, we are not permitted to speak until spoken to, but only with explicit instructions on what to say and the word “start.”

Tags: Conservative Overlords, GOP, Republican Moderates

Posted in Conservatism, Delaware Blogs, National GOP, Republican Party

13 Responses to “Another GOP Moderate – What Do You Think Happened?”

  1. on 29 Apr 2009 at 16:141RSmitty

    Please forgive me, conservative overlords (i.e.: Rush Limbaugh), for I have spoken my opinion without first seeking your approval.

  2. on 29 Apr 2009 at 16:212David Anderson

    I am no fan of Huntsman and would not go to his event, but to insist that a sitting governor who is willing to leave his state to help yours be canceled fir unspecified reasons is at best puzzling and at worst self destructive.

    We are one party. We have to be able to work together and not go crazy over any one issue. This is not like Specter who was consistently sticking his finger in the eye of the party on almost every issue at every public opportunity.

    If Huntsman is willing to raise me money, I shouldn’t take it because I disagree with him on an issue. I don’t follow but maybe it is a reasonable stand. The idea that I should publicly insult him for accepting an invitation and urge him blacklisted because he was willing to help me after my associates asked him is wildly goofy and worse impolite and insulting to a friend. I thought conservatism stood for a courteous culture. I have to go with you on this one Smitty.

  3. on 29 Apr 2009 at 16:273RSmitty

    Thanks for the nod, David, but I have to tell you, from my view, this is the well-established trend. I’m certain you and I see it differently, but as a self-proclaimed Centrist/Moderate/whatever, I am very much persona non grata in the big picture.

  4. on 29 Apr 2009 at 16:464David Anderson

    Not with me.

  5. on 30 Apr 2009 at 09:205Joanne Christian

    Like I said at DL Smitty–there’s more we he came from!

  6. on 30 Apr 2009 at 10:306RSmitty

    Feel free to consider yourself an exception, David, but that’s not representative of what I see and feel and experience with the big picture.

  7. on 01 May 2009 at 12:117A. B.

    “Once again, I present my service of bringing Delaware Liberal to those too scared to visit”

    It has nothing to do with being scared. Too bad you can’t see that.

  8. on 01 May 2009 at 13:288RSmitty

    it was a joke. Way to follow the spirit of the post, too.
    :roll:

  9. on 02 May 2009 at 12:419anoni

    Whats the story on Huntsman?

    in what areas does he “moderate”

  10. on 02 May 2009 at 12:5910pandora

    Civil Unions.

  11. on 02 May 2009 at 13:4811anoni

    is Gay marriage/Civil Unions currently a hot topic in Michigan State Politics?

  12. on 02 May 2009 at 17:1812pandora

    It’s all about “purity” politics.

    http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/04/29/Michigan-GOP-cancels-Huntsman-event/UPI-44781241037745/

  13. on 02 May 2009 at 18:5113David

    If I remember correctly, the people in Michigan passed a Constitutional Amendment banning them.

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