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prevail,
What do you call all of the Republicans who are Pro-Choice? One of them, Tom Ridge is on the short list for possible VP's.

prevail,

Why is it that anyone who disagrees with you must be a RINO? I've voted as a conservative Republican all of my adult life but I disagree with everything you espouse here on the forum. You continuously prod others to produce facts to back up their comments which they do but you rarely if ever do so yourself. Why is that?

As you said lee, "You can't take anything for granted in politics." You might not want to wait until the fall to do everything you can to make sure Bryant is re-elected. Just a thought from another moderate Republican who will be voting for Meadors in November.

Mr Clampet,
Please learn to read; no one tried to tie JP to KB. The point was that KB has committed political suicide by being such a (dead) horse's mouth. His mistake was to have involved himself in another campaign. Anyone with any political sense knows that this is the first rule of politics; never step into anyone else's political manure. Celebrate now, and continue to degrade women.

There are women with brains all over Anderson who will be lining up against KB and his friends in the insurance lobby business--just look at the July 10 financial reports--to support his opponent.

Incidentally,Kevin has no need for Joey Preston to weigh him down; his own thintelligence has done that for him quite sufficiently.

Nonetheless, we thank you for your comments Jed.

The behavior of current Sen. Bryant over the last several weeks have shown me at least that he is neither a "good guy" and quite possibly not a very "honest" one either. My decision to cross party lines to support and vote for his opponent was made without hesitation. If his support of the censure of MacKay and of Waldrep's filthy negative campaign are any indication of the way he conducts himself then he has sunk to a new low as will I'm sure his campaign over the next several months. My perception of him is quite like the perception many have of Joey Preston, arrogant and in your face.

Let me put this as simply as I can. SEN. BRYANT IS LYING to you! Go to Midway School, go inside and ask for the poll manager and ask them if while Sen. Bryant was there this morning if they had to have a discussion about what he can and cannot do then get back to me.

Try again, yankeefan. Sen. Bryant was reprimanded by the poll manager because he was indeed soliciting votes for Waldrep while wearing his name badge which if you would ever take the time to to a little research is against THE LAW! What he can do if he likes is exactly what he is doing at present, ask for votes for himself. He was advised that if he wanted to ask people to vote for Waldrep he would have to remove his name badge. It would seem he thinks to highly of himself to do that so Booby has been thrown to the wayside in favor of himself.

One of his largest contributors it seems is Checks Into Cash located in Cleveland, TN. Contribution made on 1/16/08. I think most of us would agree that these places are the scum of the earth and are taking advantage of innocent people by charging 300+% interest. Wasn't there some kind of vote to legislate these companies? Just curious as to how current Sen. Bryant voted?

My bad and I wasn't really insulted. I actually kind of liked the characterization. My boyfriend will get a kick out of it and most likely agree with you.

It is voting day and I do feel strongly about this race.

I like you jdtippett even though you just insulted me.

The answer to your question noeline, would be a resounding no. What he is good at it would seem is innuendo because he has no facts to base any of his claims on.

The never-ending saga of Waldrep's negative campaigning continues...."Preston and MacKay Mean More Taxes, More Secret Governments". These signs have been popping up at polling places this morning and go to show that he truly is a desparate man. The stupidity of these is so ridiculous I don't even know what to say.

By the way, our esteemed Sen. Kevin Bryant is out at the polls with his name badge on soliciting votes for Waldrep. Somebody needs to tell him that he is breaking the law. In his official capacity as an elected official he can be there with his badge on and greet people but he cannot ask for votes for Waldrep.

I guess not. After his behavior this past week supporting the censure of MacKay and then his quote printed in the AIM stating he would vote to override Gov. Sanford's veto of Bill 3912 he has pretty much nailed the head on his political coffin. Marshall Meadors should be feeling pretty good about now.

Wow,you had to work really hard to come up with that one. Maybe Mr. Mackay should hire you when he becomes desperate enough to have to resort to insults.

If you haven't checked out Sen. Kevin Bryant's blog in the last couple of days you might want to read his last entry, http://www.kevinbryant.com regarding beating a dead horse. Warning: don't view if you have a weak stomach and please don't let small children view the picture. I found the picture and the blog entry extremely upsetting. Mr. Bryant is trivializing what many Republicans and Democrats alike see as a serious issue; that of the audacity of the ACRC to censure Mr. MacKay's voting record. He remains clueless to the fact that his support of the censure could very well be his downfall and something that will cause angry and disappointed Republican voters in this area to vote for his opponent in November. His blog wreaks of mocking and taunting Mr. MacKay's supporters.

Hilarious! That quote was made by Bob Waldrep and is in the AIM this morning. I'm not sure which of his campaign advisers fed him that line but they missed the mark on that one. Surely they meant for him to say something along the lines of "The fine art of campaigning is to stay positive and not to take a negative tone so that you don't turn voters off". Oops, too late! He's already spent the last two weeks stimulating the voters to vote for the other candidate with his irritatingly negative campaigning. Actually, he brought up a good subject and one which we have been subjected to for the last two years and would prefer not to have to endure for another two years....irritating behavior!

john-cleese, ditto that! Couldn't have said it any better myself and I'm sure others feel the same way.

In a democratic society the job of the Republican Party is not to eliminate. What happened to the "Big Tent" approach? Maybe you ar the one who is not a true Republican. Most certainly you are not one who upholds the Republican creed.

The infamous unamimous vote you speak of was made by the Anderson County Republican Executive Committee WHICH DID NOT INCLUDE THE WHOLE OF THE REGISTERED REPUBLICANS IN THIS AREA.

yankeefan

Civility and honor?!!! Are you freakin' crazy? Maybe you need to look up the definition of civility in the dictionary. The only thing Waldrep has brought to the table in the last 2 years is complete and utter chaos! Do you think the inept way in which he has attacked MacKay was civil and honorable?
At this point he looks like a man clinging desperately to a sinking boat and he's taking down the local Anderson County Republican Party Committee with him. His radio ad was offensive and degrading to women. His political flip-flopping over the years has made him look like he doesn't know if he is coming or going and to top it all off he had the gall to attack Mr. MacKay (a lifelong Republican not a party switcher)for once voting in the Democratic Preferential Presidential Primary! Although he had the voter rolls for previous primaries in which Mr. MacKay voted Republican he failed to present that information. I guess those facts just didn't suit his purpose, did they? He has by his own actions at this past Monday's Anderson County Republican Executive Committee meeting started a process which has no doubt caused a local party split that will cause current Republican incumbants to lose support and will cause the party itself to suffer repercussion's for months if not years down the road. He has made himself and people like you who attach themselves to him look foolish and stupid.

We have started referring to his lame brain ideas as the gift that just keeps on giving! I don't know who his advisers are (Kevin Bryant?)but he needs to send them packing. Better yet, we'll take care of that come November.

It's never smart to make a woman mad and it seems he has them all fired up now!

As I posted earlier I received a call about the new Waldrep radio ad and how it seems that women in this area are ready to get out the tar and feathers. If you've heard the ad tell us all what it says. If it's as bad as I'm hearing I want to make sure I have some good running shoes on when we chase him down the street,catch him and then throw him in that pot of tar. That almost sounds more fun than just voting him out on Tuesday!

For those of you who may not subscribe to the AIM the editorial is now posted on the website. It was not there earlier today. Here's the link:
http://www.independentmail.com/news/2008/jun/19/mistake-priorities-issues-are-important-runoff-not/

On another note I have just been told about but have not heard Mr. Waldrep's new radio ad that is now running on WAIM. It seems it is causing the women of Anderson to begin making plans to tar and feather him as it is quite degrading to the fairer sex.

petunia, I'm thoroughly disgusted with the current Anderson County Republican Executive Committee and think they need to be ousted. If you are serious about organizing consider me to be on board and ready to sign on the dotted line.

john-cleese, You are correct about the editorial this morning. WOW! I still can't quite believe the AIM printed it. Kudos to Bonnie!

john-cleese, could you elaborate a little more? Also, do you have a list of the Executive Committee names who voted for the censure and the attendees who were present at the meeting on Monday night?

voiceofreason, where do you people pick up these lies? MacKay didn't change his mind because he never agreed to appear in the first place.

Willieh, lest you forget may I remind you that those Democrats who did not vote last week may also now come out and vote next Tuesday? I have a feeling that after all of the Dem bashing you guys have been doling out the last few days they will be out in full force just to wipe the floor with Waldrep.

Yankeefan, don't know where you got your info but you couldn't be more wrong about Rusty Gentry. First of all he doesn't drive an SUV and doesn't have an Obama bumper sticker on the car that he does drive. He voted in the June 10th Republican primary which according to your definition would make him a Republican, furthermore he has never worked on an out-of-state Democratic campaign.

Willieh, Mr. MacKay made a posting on Sunday on another thread that you obviously missed. In it he gave his history as a voting Republican. He said he has voted for every Republican nominee for president since and including 1976 with the exception of course of the Edwards vote. In my book he is much more of a Republican and has been one longer than Bob Waldrep. I guess if you look at it, you, having also cast your vote once for the other party are pretty much right there with Mr. MacKay and many others of us who have also at some point in time crossed party lines.

If you need proof that what Mr. MacKay says is true then you can purchase via the State Elections Commission voter rolls from past primaries which is exactly what Mr. Waldrep's camp did. The sad thing is that Mr. Waldrep chose not to present all of the facts, just the ones that he thought might benefit him.