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Here is the bottom line for The Republican Party. People NEED to understand what the Republican Party is really all about. The top candidate for Chair of the RNC believes that saying this - in public - and meaning it - will HELP his chances of landing the job! WTF?!
footnote: in case you are not aware, this is the guy that rigged the election in 2004 in Ohio and stole the election for Bush. The RNC chairmanship will be his reward.
Blackwell: GOP Must Defeat Job-Creating Stimulus Because It Will Ruin GOP’s Election Chanceshttp://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/16/blackwell-blocks-jobs/In an article published on Townhall today, RNC Chairman candidate and former Ohio governor Ken Blackwell urges congressional conservatives to oppose the reinvestment and recovery stimulus plan promoted by President-elect Obama. Though he offers standard conservative arguments against the plan — including a screed against the growth of “big government” — Blackwell seemed most concerned about the political benefit Democrats might see from successfully boosting the economy.
He warned that the bill, which calls for 80 percent job creation in the private sector, could create 600,000 new federal jobs — a problem because it would make it that much harder for for Republicans to win back Virginia:
While only a few details are known, one overlooked issue is that it could create a major electoral advantage for Democrats at taxpayer expense. That would be unacceptable for what is being touted as a nonpartisan measure, and gives Republicans yet another reason to oppose it if not restructured. <…>
But most federal employees, that are not political appointees, vote Democrat. Since Washington, DC is the seat of government, whenever new federal bureaucrats are created many live in Maryland and Virginia. In 2008, Virginia went Democrat for the first time since 1964, and Mr. Obama won it by 130,000 votes. Creating 600,000 new jobs might help cement Virginia in the Democrat column, making it harder for Republicans to retake the White House.