Comments on: Patricians want to re-take District 11.

By: Honest Abe

Honest Abe — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 04:43:57 +0000

Honest Abe Says:
Conventional wisdom would have you believe that Haney had the support of the majority of LD11 elected precinct committeemen to achieve his re-election bid. Certainly the votes reflect that theory, but then again, maybe not .Through exhaustive research I have uncovered the genuine, intellectual prowess of the newly crowned “King”. Perhaps, the most befitting title would be of course, ” King Haney”, since he presides over a kingdom of Haneyites. King Haney, by his own admission, has single handedly recruited more than 400 Precint Committeemen in LD11. This would be considered a remarkable achievement in its own right, yet for King Haney, pursued for a dubious outcome.

You see, King Haney denuded the vulnerabilities of LD11’s ByLaws, which permits for the chairman to carry the Proxy vote of each and every precinct committeemen he recruited. Thus, allowing the King to converge upon his personally selected Kingdom of followers, obtaining their proxy vote, to be cast in any way he personally deemed necessary to
acheive a predictable outcome. King Haney essentially crowned himself in this election by voting a number of proxy votes that outnumbered his rival by more than three to one.

The victory was a forgone conclusion evidenced by the speech Haney recited prior to the ballots even being cast Tuesday night.

In the Kingdom of Haney we see mostly court Jesters, and the King has no clothes.

Honest Abe

By: Oro Valley Dad

Oro Valley Dad — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 21:18:27 +0000

We normally don’t depend on the Phoenix New Times but the article is relevant at this point because if Fife gets involved again in the Republican Party then those allegations will be in the papers again. Symington may be a great guy but at this point the party should be led by people who do have any hint of scandal. Having a federal conviction overturned and then getting a pardon from President Clinton is not the best record in the current environment.

The D’s do have some conservatives in their ranks. The best thing McCain and company could have done with Haney was ignored him. Now Rob is achieving cult figure status within the conservative ranks. If he looses to Symington he will be martyred. If he wins he will achieve a lot of notoriety for standing up to the power that be and winning. Either way the party moderates have made him more than he would have been had they just moved on to something else.

By: Petrol

Petrol — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 20:55:35 +0000

Uh, for a site “dedicated to promoting conservative thought and principles” to link to a Phoeniix New Times story is pretty ironic. Moreover, the PNT story makes some pretty baseless charges that could never be refuted, publicly or otherwise. Hey, let’s ask Fife if he still beats his wife. It’s a simple question, Fife, and we demand an answer.

The D’s have a similar group of “conservative” dissenters in the Blue Dogs. Why can’t Republicans create such a group and then maybe we’ll all have some more realistic expecations of what a political party is supposed to be.

By: ElevenPC

ElevenPC — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 17:40:32 +0000

If the RINO’s take over control of the GOP, should we expect to see more “Republicans for [fill in the Democrat's name here]” in the upcoming elections?

By: ElevenPC

ElevenPC — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 17:19:33 +0000

McCain scares the hell outta me and he should do the same for everyone else! If he is orchestrating the whole Republicans-eat-their-own fiasco in district eleven, what does this say about his potential candidacy for President. This man is entirely unstable and obviously will do anything for a little vengeance. McCain will definitely NOT get my vote!