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Missouri GOP Chairman Condemns Iraq War Push
2003-03-08
A county Republican chairman under fire for publicly condemning a U.S. war with Iraq said Friday his critics have called a special meeting to consider ousting him.
Well no one saw that coming!
Boone County GOP Chairman Jack Walters said the critics are nominating candidates to fill party committee vacancies, which could produce the two-thirds majority necessary for his ouster next Tuesday. ``I'd say it's likely there would be a motion to replace the chairman,'' said Bruce Cornett, one of seven members of the county Republican Committee who signed a petition last week to bypass the embattled chairman and call the special meeting. Walters first publicly mentioned his opposition to war with Iraq during a newspaper interview last month. He has since been publicly teased by the emcee at a GOP banquet, and criticized and commended in letters to the editor.
I can imagine the pain in Alec Baldwin's hand as he wrote to support a Republican. That alone almost makes this worth it!
At a sparsely attended committee meeting Feb. 20, Walters asserted the White House wants war to gain control of Iraqi oil. Critics say Walters shouldn't express public opinions that differ with President Bush if he is being interviewed as a local Republican leader. They say his stance has caused tension and given Bush's critics ammunition.
If you're leading Republicans, it bothers people when you talk like a Dummycrat. "Not in our name," y'know?
Proposed committee member Russ Duker said Walters should consider resigning. ``These divisions hold us back from moving forward on our beliefs and the conservative agenda,'' Duker said. Cornett said the meeting wasn't called to kick out Walters. Instead, he said it was to fill committee vacancies because new townships were added to Boone County in January. There are 56 seats on the committee, but only about half are filled.
Convenient.
Walters questioned why he wasn't asked as chairman to call the meeting if the intended business was ``supposed to be so innocuous? Of course it's an attempt to expand the committee so they can get the two-thirds vote,'' Walters said. ``This meeting is going to be extremely ugly.''
It might be extremely short.
Walters said he was considering stepping aside ``because I cannot support the Republican position on expanding hegemony in the Middle East.''
"Ya can't fire me. I quit!"
``But then I remember that we are all entitled to freedom of speech and to disagree with the president,'' Walters said.
Sure. And the local Republicans are free to choose a new chairman.
Posted by:Steve White

#3  My guess is that this guy's been reading one too many copies of Pat Buchanan's American Conservative. Of course, the Missouri Republican Party are not the brightest group of people in the world; I should know because I live here. Last year, their candidate for state auditor was a convicted felon. Makes me wonder how they managed to get control of the General Assembly last election for the first time in 50 years.
Posted by: Christopher Johnson   2003-03-08 16:35:48  

#2  Has he appeared as an extra in a local Used Car TV commercial and it's now gone to his head?

This guy has it bass-ackward...FIRST, become a movie star or pop music sensation THEN criticize the President with some unimaginative whine of "No Blood For Oillllll!"

Bet he's wondering why Hollywood's STILL not returning his calls.
Posted by: JDB   2003-03-08 09:26:37  

#1  Is this guy so stoopid he's can't find the damn door?
Posted by: badanov   2003-03-08 05:28:24  

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