Comments on: Ron Carey vs Lt. Col. Joe Repya, June 9th, Get Your Tickets Now! http://www.eckernet.com/2007/03/ron_carey_vs_lt_col_joe_repya_june_9th_get_your_tickets_now.html Pissing you off and making you laugh since 2002 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:00:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Kevin http://www.eckernet.com/2007/03/ron_carey_vs_lt_col_joe_repya_june_9th_get_your_tickets_now.html/comment-page-1#comment-2547 Kevin Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:14:00 +0000 http://www.eckernet.com/2007/03/ron_carey_vs_lt_col_joe_repya_june_9th_get_your_tickets_now.html#comment-2547 He can be found at his blog located at : http://joerepya.typepad.com/eaglesnest/ He can be found at his blog located at :
http://joerepya.typepad.com/eaglesnest/

]]> By: jan ecker wallis http://www.eckernet.com/2007/03/ron_carey_vs_lt_col_joe_repya_june_9th_get_your_tickets_now.html/comment-page-1#comment-2546 jan ecker wallis Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:09:03 +0000 http://www.eckernet.com/2007/03/ron_carey_vs_lt_col_joe_repya_june_9th_get_your_tickets_now.html#comment-2546 :lol: Could you please tell me how to contact Joe Repya? Thanks - I like his counter to anti-war protessters idea and might want to help... :lol:
Could you please tell me how to contact Joe Repya? Thanks – I like his counter to anti-war protessters idea and might want to help…

]]> By: Dan http://www.eckernet.com/2007/03/ron_carey_vs_lt_col_joe_repya_june_9th_get_your_tickets_now.html/comment-page-1#comment-2538 Dan Mon, 02 Apr 2007 06:27:52 +0000 http://www.eckernet.com/2007/03/ron_carey_vs_lt_col_joe_repya_june_9th_get_your_tickets_now.html#comment-2538 Newer frequently IS better. People who are long entrenched in any political field tend towards corruption and the politics of power: ie the job becomes keeping the job, which is self-serving without benefit to the people the politician is supposed to represent. Carey's been in the Executive Committee for a long long time. I'm inclined towards shaking it up. Now's a good time to do some housekeeping. We lost bad, the organization has lost it's way. A fresh idealist is what we need to lead us into the next chapter of GOP history. Is it Repya? I don't know yet, but I'm all ears. Newer frequently IS better. People who are long entrenched in any political field tend towards corruption and the politics of power: ie the job becomes keeping the job, which is self-serving without benefit to the people the politician is supposed to represent. Carey’s been in the Executive Committee for a long long time. I’m inclined towards shaking it up. Now’s a good time to do some housekeeping. We lost bad, the organization has lost it’s way. A fresh idealist is what we need to lead us into the next chapter of GOP history. Is it Repya? I don’t know yet, but I’m all ears.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.eckernet.com/2007/03/ron_carey_vs_lt_col_joe_repya_june_9th_get_your_tickets_now.html/comment-page-1#comment-2539 Kevin Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:10:09 +0000 http://www.eckernet.com/2007/03/ron_carey_vs_lt_col_joe_repya_june_9th_get_your_tickets_now.html#comment-2539 Nobody can ever say that someone else can do a better job for certain. But if you follow your line of thinking, we should always vote the incumbent back in in any election just because an unknown is scarier than a known. You can say the grudges should be put aside, but the fact is that they won't. That's a fantasy, this is reality. And it's harsh reality. Nobody can ever say that someone else can do a better job for certain. But if you follow your line of thinking, we should always vote the incumbent back in in any election just because an unknown is scarier than a known.

You can say the grudges should be put aside, but the fact is that they won’t. That’s a fantasy, this is reality. And it’s harsh reality.

]]> By: J. Ewing http://www.eckernet.com/2007/03/ron_carey_vs_lt_col_joe_repya_june_9th_get_your_tickets_now.html/comment-page-1#comment-2540 J. Ewing Sun, 01 Apr 2007 23:29:13 +0000 http://www.eckernet.com/2007/03/ron_carey_vs_lt_col_joe_repya_june_9th_get_your_tickets_now.html#comment-2540 Sorry, but I'm still not happy with that line of thinking. It seems to boil down to wanting to replace Carey just to replace Carey-- to find somebody to blame for our losses last year. But unless you can say for certain that someone else could have done much better (that is, better beyond the large "what if" factor"), you haven't any REASON to replace. Similarly, you cannot "prove" that someone new will do better, either. It's all conjecture, guesswork, and a lot of wishful thinking. Look, I'm going to give everybody that wants the job (which I will never understand) a fair shake, but I don't want to be changing until I'm darn certain that newer is better. Whoever gets elected, we better put that behind us and not continue to hold grudges. Sorry, but I’m still not happy with that line of thinking. It seems to boil down to wanting to replace Carey just to replace Carey– to find somebody to blame for our losses last year. But unless you can say for certain that someone else could have done much better (that is, better beyond the large “what if” factor”), you haven’t any REASON to replace. Similarly, you cannot “prove” that someone new will do better, either. It’s all conjecture, guesswork, and a lot of wishful thinking.

Look, I’m going to give everybody that wants the job (which I will never understand) a fair shake, but I don’t want to be changing until I’m darn certain that newer is better. Whoever gets elected, we better put that behind us and not continue to hold grudges.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.eckernet.com/2007/03/ron_carey_vs_lt_col_joe_repya_june_9th_get_your_tickets_now.html/comment-page-1#comment-2542 Kevin Sat, 31 Mar 2007 23:20:14 +0000 http://www.eckernet.com/2007/03/ron_carey_vs_lt_col_joe_repya_june_9th_get_your_tickets_now.html#comment-2542 Well yes, ultimately it's the job getting done is the most important. And while there are reasons Ron Carey to stick around and continue as chairman, you can't deny there is baggage there. Ultimately, I want a guy in the front office that doesn't alienate some of our activists with his/her mere presence. If the fact that he's in charge turns a sizeable number of people off before we can even get them to show up, what good is he doing? Well yes, ultimately it’s the job getting done is the most important.

And while there are reasons Ron Carey to stick around and continue as chairman, you can’t deny there is baggage there. Ultimately, I want a guy in the front office that doesn’t alienate some of our activists with his/her mere presence.

If the fact that he’s in charge turns a sizeable number of people off before we can even get them to show up, what good is he doing?

]]> By: J. Ewing http://www.eckernet.com/2007/03/ron_carey_vs_lt_col_joe_repya_june_9th_get_your_tickets_now.html/comment-page-1#comment-2541 J. Ewing Sat, 31 Mar 2007 21:24:38 +0000 http://www.eckernet.com/2007/03/ron_carey_vs_lt_col_joe_repya_june_9th_get_your_tickets_now.html#comment-2541 Interesting idea, Dave, but I don't know that Mary's experience translates directly into the chair of a volunteer organization. She's a great role model for activists, though. By the same token, I love Col. Repya, but he is used to a command organization, which the GOP is not, by any stretch of the imagination. And as far as I'm concerned, I don't give a rodent's derriere as to who has the title. What I care about is how the job is going to get done, and who has the best ideas for wheedling and cajoling the 85% of activists who DIDN'T show up for our convention to get active and involved. I can think of plenty of reasons to keep Ron Carey as chair; I don't know enough about Col. Repya's plans or abilities, yet. Interesting idea, Dave, but I don’t know that Mary’s experience translates directly into the chair of a volunteer organization. She’s a great role model for activists, though.

By the same token, I love Col. Repya, but he is used to a command organization, which the GOP is not, by any stretch of the imagination. And as far as I’m concerned, I don’t give a rodent’s derriere as to who has the title. What I care about is how the job is going to get done, and who has the best ideas for wheedling and cajoling the 85% of activists who DIDN’T show up for our convention to get active and involved. I can think of plenty of reasons to keep Ron Carey as chair; I don’t know enough about Col. Repya’s plans or abilities, yet.

]]> By: Dave Lind http://www.eckernet.com/2007/03/ron_carey_vs_lt_col_joe_repya_june_9th_get_your_tickets_now.html/comment-page-1#comment-2543 Dave Lind Sat, 31 Mar 2007 13:38:15 +0000 http://www.eckernet.com/2007/03/ron_carey_vs_lt_col_joe_repya_june_9th_get_your_tickets_now.html#comment-2543 I would like to see a casualty of this last election cycle run - say, Mary Kiffmeyer, who has for years demonstrated a tremedous ability to organize and win elections as a GOPer for a position considered a birth-right of the DFL (anybody remember Joan Growe?). I would like to see a casualty of this last election cycle run – say, Mary Kiffmeyer, who has for years demonstrated a tremedous ability to organize and win elections as a GOPer for a position considered a birth-right of the DFL (anybody remember Joan Growe?).

]]> By: Residual Forces » Blog Archive » Kevin Notes the Repya Entrance http://www.eckernet.com/2007/03/ron_carey_vs_lt_col_joe_repya_june_9th_get_your_tickets_now.html/comment-page-1#comment-2544 Residual Forces » Blog Archive » Kevin Notes the Repya Entrance Fri, 30 Mar 2007 18:33:39 +0000 http://www.eckernet.com/2007/03/ron_carey_vs_lt_col_joe_repya_june_9th_get_your_tickets_now.html#comment-2544 [...] has a post up about Joe Repya’s entrance into the Chair’s Race. (emphasis mine) Sounds like a breath [...] [...] has a post up about Joe Repya’s entrance into the Chair’s Race. (emphasis mine) Sounds like a breath [...]

]]> By: Leo Pusateri http://www.eckernet.com/2007/03/ron_carey_vs_lt_col_joe_repya_june_9th_get_your_tickets_now.html/comment-page-1#comment-2545 Leo Pusateri Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:03:46 +0000 http://www.eckernet.com/2007/03/ron_carey_vs_lt_col_joe_repya_june_9th_get_your_tickets_now.html#comment-2545 I'm third in line as far as alternates go, Kevin. But even if all your delegate spots are taken up, you can still fill a delegate seat from any delegation that doesn't have enough. See you on June 9th, buddy-- -Leo- I’m third in line as far as alternates go, Kevin. But even if all your delegate spots are taken up, you can still fill a delegate seat from any delegation that doesn’t have enough.

See you on June 9th, buddy–

-Leo-

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