Immediately following the AP report that a conservative political action committee (aka Gregory and `ems politickin’ money) is shifting its attention away from Republican Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey, my Ron Ramsey Approval Rating increased by 80%.
According to the report:
Jim Holcomb, a former state senator and treasurer of the Tennessee Conservative PAC, tells The Associated Press he was angered when Ramsey spoke out against a potential challenge by Rep. David Davis of the GOP primary results in the 1st Congressional District.
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Holcomb, who was a co-chairman of Davis’ campaign, said Ramsey’s comments helped “feed into public antagonism toward (Davis), and was not helpful in any way.”
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Ramsey, of Blountville, said the disagreement is being blown out of proportion and that Holcomb remains “one of my best friends in the world.”
I say thumbs up for Ron Ramsey, who sided with Tennessee voters (and in Ramsey’s defense, his statements didn’t help me at all. I was antagonistic all by myself.)
Of course, the Democrat-Next-Door thinks it’s a trick.
Is it?
Due to my cynical nature, which sometimes causes me to be suspicious of politicians, I must consider the possibility. Ramsey is facing re-election. He’s already got so much money he’s giving it away to other Republicans. He doesn’t need Tennessee Conservative PAC. Why not put some distance between himself and those Gregory bucks that voters find so distasteful? Wouldn’t this be beneficial for his campaign?
Yes, yes, I’m starting to see how this might be a calculated move – a ploy, a scheme, a sham. A vast right-wing conspiracy against voters. After all, what do we really know about the man who might (if they vote him in as speaker) ascend to the governorship if Phil chokes on a chicken bone?
Could he be a secret Scientologist? Is he a member of the Masonic Lodge: perhaps a fourth order of the 34th degree Brick Layer of Nostradamus Rex – or whatever? Does he keep secret vote-hackin’ software in his basement? Was he aware of the secret pact Ronald Reagan made with Iranian fundamentalists?
Could this all be tied to the events of 9/11?
Whew. Sorry about that… I drifted to the far left into what some call Liberal La-la-land or I’ve just been watching way too much television. Truth is the story probably has more to do with a slow news day than a secret Republican plot to take over the State of Tennessee… which would be separate from the not-so-secret Republican plot to take over the State of Tennessee.
But just to be on the safe side, my Ron Ramsey approval rating has been appropriately adjusted and reduced by 40%… which leaves it at 40%, which is an estimated 40% higher than it was in the beginning.
So yeah, thumbs up.
[...] Angelia sees a bit of opportunism in Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey’s decision to speak out against Rep. David Davis early steps towards a recount: He’s already got so much money he’s giving it away to other Republicans. He doesn’t need Tennessee Conservative PAC. Why not put some distance between himself and those Gregory bucks that voters find so distasteful? Wouldn’t this be beneficial for his campaign? [...]
Truth be known, Holcomb probably lost it when both Ramsey and Mumpower bailed out early like rats on a sinking ship from the not-so-happy Davis victory party on Election Day (Aug. 7) in Johnson City and hot-footed it across Roan Street to go suck up to the 2008 Tennessee 1st District Republican Primary winner Dr. Phil Roe’s victory party that was attended by up to 1,000 supporters…Ramsey and Mumpower even posed with Roe before the polls were officially closed (the photos were in the Elizabethton Star)