Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007...5:49 pm
An Elephantine Struggle: James v Pullen, Part IX
As a snarky Democratic activist, I love the struggle for the Republican Party Chairmanship. Ours turned out to be so darned dull. I mean, Randy Camacho got elected to a lower office and is singing David Waid’s praises now. What fun is that?
A Republican State Committeeman has a choice on Saturday: either Lisa James, who promises to keep the same cadre of consultants and hangers on that have lost them two governor’s races in a row or they can choose Randy Pullen, a man who seems bound and determined to alienate large parts of both the fundraising base and the electorate.
I love it!
The latest salvo is a series of e-mails between Nathan Sproul, the, um, ahem, controversial Republican consultant, and Pullen. Sproul’s problem with Pullen goes back to 1998, when Pullen gave donations to both Paul Johnson and Harry Mitchell. The e-mails have been posted over at Espresso Pundit, and they were quite the thing to read among Republican muckety mucks today.
As usual, the problem here isn’t so much the initial “scandal,” such as it is, but Pullen’s lame attempt to spin out of it. First, he claimed that he did this on behalf of his employer (his employer: Pullen & Co.), then he claimed that he had to do it as a lobbyist. That would make sense if he gave to both candidates in these races, but he didn’t, and one of those contributions was to Johnson, a candidate without a chance in hell of winning that year.
Now, his latest excuse is that he raised $2,000,000 for the Republican party, so that makes it okay. Sproul disputes this in his e-mails and alleges that Pullen had to be replaced by Jordan Rose, who oddly enough was in the University Democrats with me way back when.
The responses to Sproul’s allegations are interesting as well. A fella named Tim (named, no doubt, for the classic Replacements album) wrote:
Of course, working literally next door to Lisa James and working with her (allegedly and not depending on the media account) on various campaigns and relying on fat contracts from the State Party might, just might, require some of us to question his motives.
Da-ha-ha-ang!
It is hard for me to judge from out here who is actually winning, although one Republican blog claims that they have a count showing Pullen slightly ahead. Please, guys, keep this up. And don’t stop after Saturday either…
4 Comments
January 24th, 2007 at 8:32 am
I sure hope the “real” Republicans win this and win it big. Some of the “RINOS” might actually, finally leave their party and go independent or Democrat.
If they can’t make a big tent in their leadership, how are they going to make such a tent come election time???? HMMMM???
January 24th, 2007 at 9:05 am
Comrade Tedeski,
Please continue in your feeble effort to get Randy Pullen elected. Love you see you dems endorsing Pullen. Please Comrade Ted, like another famous Republican once said “Make My Day” and publically endorse Pullen.
Thank You
TonyGOPrano
Conservative Republican
January 24th, 2007 at 9:05 am
Comrade Tedeski,
Please continue in your feeble effort to get Randy Pullen elected. Love you see you dems endorsing Pullen. Please Comrade Ted, like another famous Republican once said “Make My Day” and publically endorse Pullen.
Thank You
TonyGOPrano
Conservative Republican
January 24th, 2007 at 1:47 pm
Hey Tony,
Guys like you think anyone to the left of Attila the Hun is a red. Where did you go to High School Adolf Hitler HS?
Keep your smart ass comments to your self. How do you say Conservative Republican in FARSI (the language of Afghanistan?)
TALIBAN
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