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Tag: backroom shenanigans (page 4)

Weekend Divertere - A History of Theft

By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
Posted on Fri Apr 13, 2012 at 03:16:54 PM EST
Tags: Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Republican Presidential Primary Process, backroom shenanigans, Iowa, Minnesota, Colorado, Maine, Ohio, Missouri, Georgia, Washington State, North Dakota, integrity argument, disingenuous hypocrisy, memory holes (all tags)

Ben Swann, "Reality Check" anchor at WXIX-TV in Cincinnati (FOX-19), has been following some of the shenanigans that have been going on as the Republican Party has been engaging in a coordinated strategy of process manipulation and political larceny, with the apparent goal of leveraging the coronation of Willard Mitt Romney (the Rockefeller blueblood elite heir-apparent) as their nominee to lose to Barack Hussein Obama in November. A video history pulled from the Reality Check YouTube Channel follows the break.

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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" . . .

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A Message To Our Legislators - Beware False Choices

To Accomplish Replacement . . . And Why

By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
Posted on Fri Mar 30, 2012 at 06:15:46 PM EST
Tags: "DELE-GATE", MIGOP Credentials Committee, Bobby Schostak, Sharon Wise, Saul Anuzis, Holly Hughes, Eric Doster, Mike Cox, Bill Runco, MIGOP May 2012 State Convention, Keith Butler, Scott Greenlee, Betsy DeVos, Ron Weiser, backroom shenanigans, Michigan Leaders Lining Up For Romney, integrity argument, disingenuous hypocrisy, memory holes, Dave Agema, Mike Bishop, Bill Cooper, Victor Diaz, Jason Gillman, Andrew "Rocky" Raczkowski, Tom Stillings, Stacy Swimp, Harold Voorhees, Jerry Zandstra (all tags)

And no, I'm not talking about Randy Richardville, though I agree that he needs to go, too. Nope, I'm referring to a different scoundrel here.

Last Sunday, on the Dump Saul Anuzis facebook page, I wrote:

"While all of this various and sundry political talk is very fascinating, let's please keep our primary objective in mind . . . that of dumping Saul Anuzis as Michigan's RNC National Committeeman. We do need to start recruiting a potential challenger, and develop a delegate strategy (using the 2010 pool) to accumulate the votes necessary to dump him."

The conversation threads, both on the page and in the group, were starting to get a tad afield of the original purpose, which is to focus the efforts to replace Saulius Anuzis as Michigan's Republican National Committeeman. Best to stay focused here, as we only have about seven weeks left to work with. Grab a pot of coffee, and let's go below the fold.

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Munching on Shoeleather

By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
Posted on Wed Mar 21, 2012 at 11:28:48 PM EST
Tags: "DELE-GATE", platform reset, integrity argument, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, disingenuous hypocrisy, memory holes, Bobby Schostak, Sharon Wise, Saul Anuzis, Holly Hughes, Eric Doster, Mike Cox, Bill Runco, MIGOP Credentials Committee, backroom shenanigans, Michigan Leaders Lining Up For Romney (all tags)

Eric Fehrnstrom, Mitt Romney's communications director, laid down a beauty on CNN this morning (full video available here):

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Following The Paper Trail and Noticing The Missing Links

By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
Posted on Sun Mar 18, 2012 at 09:59:30 PM EST
Tags: "DELE-GATE", Bobby Schostak, Sharon Wise, Saul Anuzis, Holly Hughes, Eric Doster, Mike Cox, Bill Runco, MIGOP Credentials Committee, backroom shenanigans, disingenuous hypocrisy, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, presumptively bluffing, projected delegates vs allocated delegates vs committed delegates, primary process, ex post facto rules changes, memory holes, conflicting memorandums, "Doster Memo", "Jorns memo", paper trails (all tags)

So, is it a 274 delegate margin, a 233 delegate margin, a 173 delegate margin, or a 116 delegate margin currently separating Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum? How deeply is Newt Gingrich locked into third place? And if Ron Paul's been mathematically eliminated from a statistically certain pre-convention majority, then why is he still campaigning? We know the answer to the third question (at least we think we do), but those first two aren't mere academic questions, and answering them might help in understanding why Anuzis and his Backroom Band are sticking to the meme that Romney is supposed to get both of Michigan's at-large delegates to this summer's national convention . . . in spite of all the verifiable evidence otherwise.

And while we're at it, we're going to connect a few dots and see what we see.

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Because The Question Needs To Be Asked

By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
Posted on Tue Mar 13, 2012 at 03:50:06 PM EST
Tags: "DELE-GATE", Bobby Schostak, Sharon Wise, Saul Anuzis, Holly Hughes, Eric Doster, Mike Cox, Bill Runco, MIGOP Credentials Committee, backroom shenanigans, disingenuous hypocrisy, Newt Gingrich, Winning Our Future, Ron Paul, Revolution, Mitt Romney, Restore Our Future, Rick Santorum, Red White and Blue Fund, behind-the-scenes collusion, convention brokerage deal, Rand Paul (all tags)

When it comes to conspiracy theories, I tend to take the advice God gave his prophet, Isaiah: "I'm warning you! Don't act like these people. Don't call something a rebellious plot, just because they do, and don't be afraid of something, just because they are. I am the one you should fear and respect. I am the holy God, the LORD All-Powerful!" (Isaiah 8:11-13, CEV)

But I gotta tell you; some of the "off the radar" developments swirling around on the periphery of the Michigan Dele-Gate fiasco have me wondering just what the hell is going on behind the curtains in those back rooms. And specifically one development has me intrigued.

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So That The Heir-Apparent May Receive His Crown

By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
Posted on Sat Mar 10, 2012 at 10:54:20 AM EST
Tags: "DELE-GATE", Bobby Schostak, Sharon Wise, Saul Anuzis, Holly Hughes, Eric Doster, Mike Cox, Bill Runco, MIGOP Credentials Committee, backroom shenanigans, disingenuous hypocrisy, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, presumptively bluffing, math vs math, projected delegates vs bound delegates vs committed delegates (all tags)

If we're to believe the drive-by mainstream media (Such as The Ticket, Politico, Washington Post, Reuters, Associated Press, and CNN among others), then this here republican presidential primary is all but a done deal. With all that orange on the map below, everyone else should just quit now. Michigan's native son is the only one with a clear path to victory, so let's just call it good and move on to the general campaign.

Apparently Team Romney has never heard of a guy named Yogi Berra, or the concept of there being a reason that we actually play the games.

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This Will Not Be Quietly Swept Under The Rug

By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
Posted on Mon Mar 05, 2012 at 11:23:00 PM EST
Tags: "DELE-GATE", Bobby Schostak, Sharon Wise, Saul Anuzis, Holly Hughes, Eric Doster, Mike Cox, Bill Runco, MIGOP Credentials Committee, backroom shenanigans, disingenuous hypocrisy, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, primary process, delegate math, ex post facto rules changes, memory holes, conflicting memorandums, MIGOP Party Leadership, MIGOP Paid Staff, MIGOP District Chairs, MIGOP State Committee (all tags)

Last week, the Michigan "Dele-Gate" Fiasco was a big deal. A whole bunch of media outlets, both in-state and nationally, had something to say about it. Tony Roza over at The Green Papers is also keeping track of this mess, though for now he has the official delegate count consistent with last week's backroom banditry. But funny things tend to happen over the weekend with media stories. If there isn't someone actually pushing the narrative, then the story tends to die off. And when someone who's actively involved in burying the truth is controlling the narrative . . . well, that's probably cause for concern.

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