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Tag: Holly Hughes

Showdown In Motown

By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
Posted on Fri May 25, 2012 at 11:34:09 AM EST
Tags: MIGOP May 2012 State Convention, backroom shenanigans, Michigan's Republican National Committeeman, Saul Anuzis, Dave Agema, G. J. LaRouche, serving notice, Michigan's Republican National Committeewoman, Holly Hughes, Terri Lynn Land, sending a message, "Dele-Gate", integrity argument, Michigan Tea Party Patriot Network, Campaign For Liberty, ad hoc alliance, ballot box blowout (all tags)

I have, my entire adult life, desired to accomplish one thing above all others. Beyond what normal men might find worth aspiring to, I have always wanted to win one when it really mattered. To just once be the guy it all rides on when it's on the line . . . and deliver the goods. To slay the dragon, save the world, and get the girl . . . film at eleven. To, for one moment in time, have my "A game" firing on all cylinders . . . and be utterly unstoppable.

However, God, in his wisdom, has heretofore seen fit to withhold from me such success . . . until last weekend.

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Because Credibility Must Be Restored

By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
Posted on Fri May 18, 2012 at 04:05:50 PM EST
Tags: "DELE-GATE", MIGOP May 2012 State Convention, Michigan's Republican National Committeeman, Saul Anuzis, Dave Agema, G. J. LaRouche, Michigan's Republican National Committeewoman, Holly Hughes, Terri Lynn Land, integrity argument, disingenuous hypocrisy, memory holes, backroom shenanigans (all tags)

In his book, "The Five Dysfunctions of a Team," Patrick Lencioni writes:

"If you could get all the people in an organization rowing in the same direction, you could dominate any industry, in any market, against any competition, at any time."

. . . and holy cow, wouldn't we love to actually have a political party that could hand the Socialist-Democrats their jackasses on a plate with some reliability every election. But there's some work we're going to have to do first in order to get there.

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A Message To Our Legislators - Beware False Choices

Michigan Republican Party Call To Convention

By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
Posted on Mon May 14, 2012 at 07:55:24 AM EST
Tags: Michigan Republican State Convention, Presidential Primary, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, Michigan's Republican National Committeeman, Saul Anuzis, Dave Agema, G. J. LaRouche, Michigan's Republican National Committeewoman, Holly Hughes, Terri Lynn Land, Michigan Banana Republican Party (all tags)

Due to the short amount of time between the county and state conventions, information packets will NOT be mailed to state convention delegates. PLEASE DISTRIBUTE all necessary information (forms provided) to convention delegates at your County Convention. We will email convention information following the county conventions.

Thus says the cover memo of the May 2012 Convention Packet e-mailed out from the Michigan Republican Party, back in March, to the County Chairs & Secretaries. Of particular interest should be Enclosures 14, 15, and 16:

Call to the 2012 Congressional District Caucuses
Call to the 2012 Spring State Convention
Tentative State Convention Agenda

Each is copied below.

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Thinking This Through

By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
Posted on Thu May 10, 2012 at 01:09:38 PM EST
Tags: Republican National Committee, Michigan Republican State Convention, Presidential Primary, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, Michigan's Republican National Committeeman, Saul Anuzis, Dave Agema, G. J. LaRouche, Michigan's Republican National Committeewoman, Holly Hughes, Terri Lynn Land, Michigan Banana Republican Party, disingenuous hypocrisy, backroom shenanigans, MIGOP Credentials Committee, "DELE-GATE" (all tags)

So, since this thing that I broke the story on two days ago has managed to make it to the national news media, I took the time to sit down over my evening coffee last night and channeled my high school debate coach (the late Bayard Gum), specifically a few things he taught me about how to reach a logically-solid conclusion.

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Neither A Robo-Call Nor A Robo-Poll

By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
Posted on Tue May 08, 2012 at 07:31:26 PM EST
Tags: Republican National Committee, Michigan Republican State Convention, Presidential Primary, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, Michigan's Republican National Committeeman, Saul Anuzis, Dave Agema, G. J. LaRouche, Michigan's Republican National Committeewoman, Holly Hughes, Terri Lynn Land, Michigan Banana Republican Party (all tags)

About an hour ago I received a live phone call from a 517 area code number. You'll love this.

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And Then There Were Two

By Corinthian Scales, Section News
Posted on Wed Apr 25, 2012 at 03:17:11 PM EST
Tags: Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, MIGOP Credentials Committee, Bobby Schostak, Sharon Wise, Saul Anuzis, Bill Runco, Eric Doster, Mike Cox, Holly Hughes, MIGOP May 2012 State Convention, backroom shenanigans, Michigan Leaders Lining Up For Romney, integrity argument, disingenuous hypocrisy, memory holes, "DELE-GATE" (all tags)

via Detroitnews.com

Two advisers to Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich say he will formally end is campaign next Tuesday and will likely endorse Mitt Romney.
Gingrich had pinned his hopes on a surprise showing in Delaware but fell short.
He had been hinting in recent days that his campaign was nearing an end. His decision to officially shut down the effort comes as Romney has a lock on the GOP nomination.
Rest here

Parting question... Did anyone else wonder why Newt chose to keep Callista's Angry Bird mug by his side every moment of his campaign to remind ALL female voters that he never was able to keep his pecker in his pants as a married man?

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Settled Matter -- Or Not

By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
Posted on Thu Apr 19, 2012 at 05:23:57 PM EST
Tags: "DELE-GATE", MIGOP Credentials Committee, Bobby Schostak, Sharon Wise, Saul Anuzis, Bill Runco, Eric Doster, Mike Cox, Holly Hughes, MIGOP May 2012 State Convention, backroom shenanigans, Michigan Leaders Lining Up For Romney, integrity argument, disingenuous hypocrisy, memory holes, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich (all tags)

If we are to believe the drive-by media meme that's been in the political news cycle for the past week or so, we're already in the general campaign for the 2012 presidential election. Never mind that His Mittenness is still between 468 and 594 committed delegates short of the number needed in order to secure a pre-convention majority. Ignore the truths that Newt Gingrich is still in this race, and that Rick Santorum is still entitled to most of his delegate accumulation. Right now, as far as the mainstream press is concerned, all we republicans should be caring about is how much money Romney can raise in order to credibly challenge Obama and who he ought to select as his running mate.

Yet again, we need to go back to Yogi Berra . . . and then go below the fold.

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Are You Freaking Kidding Me?

By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
Posted on Thu Apr 05, 2012 at 12:36:15 AM EST
Tags: "DELE-GATE", Saul Anuzis, Michigan's Republican National Committeeman, MIGOP May 2012 State Convention, Holly Hughes, MIGOP Credentials Committee, Bobby Schostak, Sharon Wise, Eric Doster, Mike Cox, Bill Runco, backroom shenanigans, Michigan Leaders Lining Up For Romney, integrity argument, disingenuous hypocrisy, memory holes, Nick DeLeeuw, John Yob (all tags)

Just under a month ago, when the Michigan "Dele-Gate" Fiasco was still something of a big deal, one of the founding mothers of the Michigan tea party movement decided to use my current place of employment as an excuse-of-convenience to challenge my credibility, and by extension my integrity. Because I do not permit such a challenge to go unanswered, I responded directly to her (though it never seems to have cleared the moderator's flag), as well as within Jason's post the following day (as one of the comments):

I don't know what any of y'all do or don't know about those in the sea services (Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard), but if you're going to challenge the integrity of such a person, then you'd better have proof-in-hand that the challenge is valid . . . otherwise it gets unpleasant in a hurry.

That, by the way, applies to veterans of those services as well. As Nick DeLeeuw pointed out a few years ago, different "go" words apply in different cultures. I'm a retired sailor, so there're plenty of tags you can legitimately hang on me, many will be accurate, and not all will be kind. But to accuse a Sailor, Marine, or even a Coastie of being either a "thief" or a "liar" . . .