I have not been following the race for chairman, but it seems pretty ridiculous to mount an attack or find fault with Mrs. Floyd on behalf of her support for Mr. Giuliani. Likewise, I think it would be absurd for someone to try to discount Mr. Hall’s conservative credentials on behalf of his support for Senator Lindsey Graham and what many believe to be his less that stellar conservative bona fides.
While the article by A. Citizen was well written and impressively documented; the premise of the article and its reliance on syllogism is more than flawed – the logic being that Mrs. Floyd supported Rudy and Rudy is not a conservative; therefore Mrs. Floyd is neither a conservative.
Not only is Rudy Giuliani plenty conservative, as proclaimed by George Will at CPAC which you can watch here. His belief in free-market principles, his effort to reduce crime, his accomplishment of balancing budgets by cutting taxes and reducing the size of government, his strong belief in federalism and transferring power from the Feds to states, and strong stance on school-choice to name a few are principles that I wish more elected republicans in SC would embrace.
Over the years, our need to play in the sandbox with games like “I’m more conservative than you” has shifted our attention from finding real leaders and ideas to advance our cause weakening the party. This is exactly what happened during the RNC Chairman’s race and needless to say look at what happened.
If conservatism alone were the sole criteria to lead SCGOP, Kevin Hall and Karen Floyd both would excel. However, it’s not nor should it be. We need someone who understands grassroots activism, someone who has what is takes to build a statewide organization, and someone who can raise the funds to sustain such an operation. If Rudy should be a factor as many want him to be, it’s funny that no one mentions that Mrs. Floyd was able to raise more money in a single week in SC than what was raised for the entire 2008 SC Victory Operation.
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Thinks that make you go hmmm?
"Mrs. Karen Floyd was able to raise more money in a single week in SC than what was raised for the entire 2008 SC Victory Operation" [That by the way Kevin Hall was co-chair of, hmmm?
Yes Mr. Hall was the one who missed the target in Victory 2008 when he was raising money. As a matter of fact he was close to a $150,000 short. And people wanna make him out to be a genius fundraiser.
When you break down the numbers game, and who can raise more Karen has proven herself time in and time out. Not only can she raise money, she is far more appealing to the voter when she speaks then Mr. Hall. I have heard him speak over and over and I wake up missing what he said we need someone who will energize the base.
Lastly, the finances the are being SHELLED out for Kevins race is nuts for a volunteer position, I would like to know who is top donors are. I mean heck our wonderful Senators made a big boo boo when they came out for Kevin and I hope they realize that when they are on the coast again in need of help for their campaigns. Karen is far more qualified fr this position its not something that is delivered on a silver platter!
Doesn't Karen still have quite a bit of debt from her SOE campaign?
Didn't George Will endorse Obama for President? George Will supporting Rudy doesn't really carry a lot of weight among conservatives.
The truth is, Karen is a highly paid political professional. I guess we can expect the SCGOP's services to be loaned out to the highest bider.
Karen does have debt left over from her last campaign, a campaign that was over two years ago.
It takes a LOT of talent to lose a county like Spartanburg. That's the kind of political skills I'd like to see...
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