Far too many people that comment on the blogs are "nattering nabobs of negativism." Maybe former Vice President Spiro Agnew isn't the ideal Greek to be quoting given his history of accepting bribes, but his famous statement applies here. It seems that 90% of the comments received on this blog are negative. I understand we just lost a presidential election, but that negativity existed long before we lost the election. The latest negativity comes in response to the good news about Andrew Ciafardini's appointment to the 28th House race. I posted the comments criticizing the Party for not naming Andrew as our candidate in the first place. I have rejected the ones that beat-up Andrew as he is now our candidate and a great guy. I didn't receive one positive comment about this great piece of news out of Columbus. Our hero, Ronald Reagan, was the eternal optimist and never a negative guy. Maybe we ought to learn a lesson as Republicans. Our posture shouldn't be negative. We need to find a positive vision for our party and for our country. I'll keep posting the negativity as long as it doesn't directly hurt our cause, but I would like to see it end.And...
We had a busier than expected week at HQ this week as we are doing several things. First, we are analyzing election results to get a better handle on what happened in Hamilton County. Second, we are planning for the future by coordinating meetings with Judges, the TCV committee, and donors. We are also planning a series of conference calls to hear from every person associated with this party. Watch your mailbox for information about our "Future of the Party" conference calls.
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Are you interested in running for school board in Cincinnati? We're interested in having you as one of our candidates. We're not walking away from city races and 2009 poses a great opportunity for us to pick-up seats on the dysfunctional Cincinnati school board. If we want a government that does more-with-less and does not raise your taxes, it ought to start with the school board. If you are interested in being a candidate, call Maggie Nafziger at 513-381-5454.
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President-elect Obama continues to get a honeymoon from the mainstream media. I've pointed this out twice already on this blog. Obama is likely to get this free-pass for most of his presidency. I don't often quote Ann Coulter, but I thought this passage from her latest article was worth repeating: "For now, we have a new president-elect. In the spirit of reaching across the aisle, we owe it to the Democrats to show their president the exact same kind of respect and loyalty that they have shown our recent Republican president." How true.
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This county budget mess continues to dominate local politics. The two Democrats that run the county budget on the County Commission have a real mess. We'll be watching.
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Have you seen the interview with unrepentant terrorist William Ayers on ABC News? That guy is a piece of work. He stands by his statement that, "I don't think we did enough" when referring to his group's bombings. Unbelievable. If Democrats and mainstream Americans start to believe that kind of nonsense, we are in serious trouble as a nation and as a people.
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The 2nd Democrat that ran against Jean Schmidt, David Krikorian, regularly e-mails me and Enquirer editor Ray Cooklis attacking us for betraying our Greek heritage by not supporting his candidacy or speaking out about his ONLY issue, the Armenian Genocide Resolution. His e-mails have become a thing of humor for me and my friends because of his tone, his tenor and his Keith-Olberman-like rants. This man is one A.N.G.R.Y. Democrat! Not so sure why. The Democrats did well this year. To make it even better, Krikorian's rants are sent TO MY PRIEST as a cc: in the e-mails!! To my priest! I've been around campaigns and politics for awhile and this would be the first time the party chairman's priest was brought into it--not by the party chairman! Some people are simply not cut out for public office and this man has simply come unglued. But, it makes for a good laugh.
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Have a nice fall weekend.
