Watching Gov.-elect Larry Hogan pick a team
My notes from the porch
By Kevin E. Dayhoff Friday January 17, 2015
Labels: Carroll
Co Republican Central Committee, Commissioner
Haven Shoemaker, Commissioner
Robin Frazier, People
Ready-Justin, People
Shoemaker-Haven
I will readily admit that sometimes I am not the brightest
bulb in the pack and can be terribly tone-deaf to the dog whistles. These are
the times when I take my keyboard in hand and hide under the lounge chairs on
the porch – and just watch.
What I do know, to paraphrase the famous quote attributed to
Pres. Lyndon Baines Johnson around 1960 – and put it in this context: “The
difference between Cannibals and [Conservatives] is that Cannibals eat only
their enemies.”
Thankfully my colleague Joe Steffen has written a thoughtful
and cogent analysis, “In
Defense of Mark Newgent” which in part begins to address some of my
concerns and those of some of my friends… Mr. Joe Steffen has given us some
pause for thought. Find it here: https://darknessrevisited.wordpress.com/2015/01/17/in-defense-of-mark-newgent/
And I say this not because I totally agree with him. Senator
David Brinkley is a great pick for budget director. The criticism that the
senator, who, if I am not mistaken was the ranking member of budget and tax, “voted
for 6 of 8 of Governor O’Malley’s budgets,” is unfortunately tribal and
surprisingly over simplistic. It is not like his vote was the critical vote
that passed the budgets, they were not. For the many who understand the
political process and the byzantine ways of a heavily democratic-controlled
feudal Maryland General Assembly; holding one’s nose and voting for a budget
that was going to pass anyway was a necessary evil in order to have a seat at
the table across the aisle in order to get some things accomplished…
As has already been developing, the ascendancy of Gov.-elect
Hogan has made for some strange-bedfellows and more than a few toxic
personality mixes.
But it is paramount that we all work together…
Already several have looked upon the election of Gov.-elect
Hogan to be a pathologically narcissistic opportunity to promote themselves –
instead of coming together to become part of a team that collectively is
greater than the sum of its parts – to make a for a better state for everyone,
conservatives, liberals, independents and the growing number of folks who don’t
like either party.
My employer, The Baltimore Sun, said it well in an editorial
published January 12, 2015 Monday, “Hogan's
fringe flank.” “… It's almost as if they don't want the governor to succeed..."
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/editorial/bs-ed-gop-extreme-20150112-story.html
“Mr. Hogan won election by avoiding divisive social issues
and focusing on a centrist agenda of fiscal conservatism and economic growth.
“But apparently that memo hasn't trickled down to all
corners of the state GOP just yet. The governor-elect has a golden opportunity
to build a competitive Maryland Republican Party, so long as his fellow
Republicans don't get in the way.”
I for one will be curious as to whom survives the exposure once
the toxic fumes begin. Sometimes Republicans are their own worst enemies. For
example - towards the end of the Ellen Sauerbrey (R) Campaign for Maryland
Governor in 1994 – a portion of the Republican Party decided that Ellen
Sauerbrey was moderating on some core conservative values.
That series of events was quite an awakening for me. No one will ever know for sure - but I have
determined that it was the hard, uncompromising and inflexible elements of the
right wing of the Republican Party that elected Governor Glendening (D) for the
last eight years. Whether you are a republican or a democrat - you have to
admit that this is quite a paradox.
I am reminded one of David Horowitz's books, "The Art
of Political War and other Radical Pursuits." It begins by saying:
"Politics is war, but in America the left is doing all the shooting. Shell-shocked conservatives blame their
failures on the media or unscrupulous opponents, but they refuse to name the
real culprit – themselves…”
Treading lightly here so as to not totally shatter the shatter
the complacency of establishment conservatives, but Maryland Democrats have mastered
the art of political war, and spent the last ten years clobbering conservatives
in and out of government.
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the
process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an
abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” FRIEDRICH WILHELM NIETZSCHE
1844-1900
Kevin Dayhoff, a slave to the masters of the page - the
little soldiers in my life – words
People who do not understand your silence will never
understand your words.
For some balance, find a January 15, 2015 letter to the
editor in the Carroll County Times by Scott Hollenbeck here: “Frazier
uniquely qualified for Senate seat” http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/opinion/ph-cc-hollenbeck-letter-01172015-20150117,0,4211336.story
And many more here…. It is a regular lollapalooza… http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/
Related:
People who do not understand your silence will never
understand your words.
Related: Robin Bartlett Frazier nominated to State Senate
seat - by Carroll County Times staff writer Jacob deNobel http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2015/01/robin-bartlett-frazier-nominated-to.html
January 10, 2015 http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/local/ph-cc-rcc-frazier-20150110,0,151714.story
Carroll County Republican Central Committee Selects Robin
Bartlett Frazier to Fill Opening District 5 Senate Seat http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2015/01/carroll-county-republican-central.html
Del. Justin Ready, R-District 5 is the clear choice for
Carroll Co. Md. Senate vacancy http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2015/01/del-justin-ready-r-district-5-is-clear.html
By Kevin E. Dayhoff January 11, 2015 By Kevin E. Dayhoff January 11, 2015
Or – food for thought; if Carroll County Delegate Susan
Krebs had applied with the central committee, she would be the appropriate
choice because she is the ranking senior member of the Carroll County
Delegation to Annapolis. That said, the word is that she did not throw her name
in the hat…
Labels: Carroll
Co Republican Central Committee, Commissioner
Haven Shoemaker, Commissioner
Robin Frazier, People
Ready-Justin, People
Shoemaker-Haven
Del. Justin Ready, R-District 5 is the clear choice for the
Carroll County Republican Central Committee to fill the vacancy in the Maryland
State Senate left by outgoing Senator Joe Getty
Last Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015, the Carroll County Republican
Central Committee chose former Carroll County commissioner Robin Frazier as its
recommendation to fill the vacancy in the Maryland State Senate left by
outgoing Senator Joe Getty. http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2015/01/del-justin-ready-r-district-5-is-clear.html
Hogan wants more openness, more names in filling legislative
seats - Maryland Reporter: By Len Lazarick http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2015/01/maryland-reporterby-len-lazarick-hogan.html
According to an
article in Maryland Report by veteran political reporter Len Lazarick on
Thursday, January 15, 2015, “In filling the three legislative vacancies he has
created in building his new administration, Gov.-elect Larry Hogan said he’d
like to see a more open nominating process used by the Republican central
committees and more candidate names for him to fill the seats…”
[…]
It is a must-read
article for anyone who has followed the controversies “In Frederick and
Carroll counties, [where] the small Republican Central Committees have already
named one person for each seat, creating controversy in both counties…” http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2015/01/maryland-reporterby-len-lazarick-hogan.html
Art. III Sec 13 of the Maryland Constitution http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2015/01/art-iii-sec-13-of-maryland-constitution.html
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