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Tag: Michigan "Dele-Gate" Fiasco

The Mechanics of Takeover

By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
Posted on Thu Jan 31, 2013 at 09:24:49 AM EST
Tags: integrity argument, patronage system, equality of merit, cleaning out closets, Schostak Must Go, Michigan "Dele-Gate" Fiasco, Anuzis Amendment to MIGOP Convention Rule # 9, Michigan's 11th Congressional District write-in campaign, Michigan Banana Republican Party, Republican County Conventions, Republican State Convention, District Caucuses, General Session, Robert's Rules of Order (all tags)

As I published in June of last year, what the combined grassroots effort accomplished at the May Convention was impressive, but only the first battle of a much longer campaign that will be necessary in order to purge the Republican Party in Michigan (at every level) of the blueblood elites that have taken over the party establishment. At the time, I mentioned that the reach of the broom needed to extend all the way down to the county executive committees where necessary, and I provided at strategic overview of what would need to be done to effect the end goal. At this point, regardless of how it worked out, phases 1 through 4 are complete. Since we only have four weeks to work with, we need to stay tightly focused on phase 5 of the plan, and we must use our time wisely.

So with that in mind, grab a pot of coffee and a snack plate, and let's go below the fold.

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How To Replace Party Leadership

By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
Posted on Wed Jun 27, 2012 at 12:52:34 PM EST
Tags: Michigan Banana Republican Party, Michigan "Dele-Gate" Fiasco, MIGOP Credentials Committee, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, MIGOP May 2012 State Convention, Anuzis Amendment to MIGOP Convention Rule # 9, Saul Anuzis, Dave Agema, Michigan's 11th Congressional District, Kerry Bentivolio, Nancy Cassis, write-in campaign, Michigan Tea Party Patriot Network, integrity argument, patronage system, equality of merit, cleaning out closets (all tags)

I have more than once on this site cited a paraphrase of John F. Kennedy's warning: Those who insist on making a peaceful takeover impossible will ultimately make a takeover by revolt inevitable, and perhaps even necessary. Since we cannot seem to trust the blueblood elites in the establishment to get the message, let's go below the fold and discuss an idea to "grease the skids" for their removal from power.

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A Message To Our Legislators - Beware False Choices

Because The Cycle Must Be Broken

By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
Posted on Thu Jun 14, 2012 at 05:47:24 PM EST
Tags: Michigan Banana Republican Party, Michigan's 11th Congressional District, 11th District Republican Star Chamber, MIGOP May 2012 State Convention, backroom shenanigans, Michigan Leaders Lining Up For Romney, integrity argument, disingenuous hypocrisy, memory holes, MIGOP Credentials Committee, Republican Main Street Partnership, Michigan "Dele-Gate" Fiasco, Anuzis Amendment to MIGOP Convention Rule # 9 (all tags)

Mentioning the term "abusive relationship" will often conjure up any number of images in the listener's mind, from a physically violent spouse or parent to a tyrannical employer or a manipulative neighbor. But no matter the scenario or the type of relationship (domestic, intimate, personal, professional, or social), there is one thing that all truly abusive relationships have in common . . . exactly one common thread running through all abusive relationships that is the sole defining characteristic demarcating what does and doesn't make any relationship abusive. And until the person on the receiving end of the abuse gets this, there is no chance of breaking the cycle.

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