I am utterly
amazed at Pete Couladis’ comments.
This
is the Chairman of the Athens county Republican Party and “he doesn’t know”
what he will do if the general election is between Trump and Clinton?
He doesn’t
know? What does that mean? He doesn’t know if he will support his own
party’s nominee? The party that he’s the
chairman of?
Athens
County’s republican voters preferred Donald Trump over their own governor. Pete says that the voters “aren’t paying
close attention” and “they’re not thinking deeply”. This is what he thinks of the majority of the
voters in his Party’s primary election?
Yes, the party of which he’s Chairman.
Instead of
being happy that total Athens County GOP voters increased 47% this year vs
2012, he wants to belittle their voting behaviors. Does this mean he doesn’t want new GOP
voters? You know, voters that could
potentially help win a county race or two.
Apparently,
the voters are only allowed to vote for those that the party leaders want. If the voters stray from the “preferred”
candidates, they are, well, “not thinking deeply” and not “paying close
attention” to what the party leaders are feeding them.
Doesn’t Pete
have the basic political instincts to realize he is denigrating the majority of
his voters when he calls Trump: “total disaster”, “an embarrassment”, “lousy”,
“dictator”, “a bully”, “spoiled brat”?
One can intelligently assume that Pete is calling all the Trump voters
in Athens county all the above. Of
course, one shouldn’t assume when not “thinking deeply”, after all. Pete needs to take a lesson from the
Democratic Party Chair John Haseley, who when asked the same questions,
responded respectfully of Sanders and his supporters. He probably realizes that there is no need to
disengage energized voters.
And that
gets me to this, the party “officials” don’t really trust “you” voters to pick your
candidates. If Trump secures a majority
of convention delegates, but not a magic number of 1237, the party, not the
voters who “aren’t paying close attention” anyway, will choose the nominee for
you.
“Asked what he’d like to see happen,
Couladis indicated he’s hoping for a brokered convention where another
candidate is selected as the Republican nominee”, now that’s how to represent the majority
of your party member’s desires!! Work
behind their back to ensure their vote doesn’t matter.
Unbelievable!
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