Sour grapes at the CRNC

Paul "The Fixer" Gourley's election as College Republican Chair made a lot of our littlest patriots cranky. Here's a sampling of their reactions:

From Save the GOP:

[Congratulations t]o Paul Gourley, Britton Alexander, Annie Kelly, and all the rest of you on your victory. You have proven that corruption, bribery, blackmail, and outright fraud can win an election.

CNRC Chatter:

GOURLEY WINS, EMPLOYS FRAUD

On Point:

Yes folks... leadership at its finest. To quote a Star Wars parody I just saw, "Warned you we did. Listen you did not. Now screwed we all are."

Joe Sylvester:

It is important to note that neither candidate ran a completely virtuous campaign. Gourleys campaign forged a delegate letter, and Davidson worked in conjunction with other parties to remove Ryan Cassin.

Did Mr. Gourley steal the election? Only a fool would would bet against it. After all, he teaches election theft at the Leadership Institute.

They take careful notes as instructor Paul Gourley teaches them how to rig a campus mock election.

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"Can anyone tell me," asks Gourley, a veteran mock electioneer, "why you don't want the polling place in the cafeteria?"

Stephen, a shy antiabortion activist sitting toward the rear of the class, raises his hand: "Because you want to suppress the vote?"

"Stephen has the right answer!" Gourley exclaims, tossing Stephen his prize, a copy of Robert Bork's "Slouching Toward Gomorrah."

I think it's time for these disloyal America-haters to shut up and accept their thrashing. Sure, Gourley cheated, but that's what we do as Republicans. It's how we won the White House in 2000 and kept it in 2004. It's our way.

Charles Colson says it best in Save the GOP's comments:

Hey all you losers who don'?t like Gourley let me clue you in. We are Republicans, we play hardball, sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do to win. People have made a lot sacrifices to get this party where where we are today. We stand on their shoulders. Guys like Don Segretti who went to prison in 1974 for ratfucking Democrats. You know what he did? Among other things he faked a press release on MuskieÂ?s letterhead saying Scoop Jackson had a kid with a 17 year old girl. You think it was easmaneuveringng the Dems to nominate McGovern in 1972? Hell no! What exactly do you think Watergate was all about?

Guys like Jim Tobin who might take the rap for jamming NH Dem party phonelines on election day in 2002. Without him Sununu would be twiddlin his thumbs and we might not hold the Senate today!

If you guys think youÂ?re getting to the White House without guys willing to go to the Big House and keep their big mouths shut youÂ?re sadly mistaken.

So either get with the program or take your pansyass ideals to some other party. You pukes make me sick.

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Look at Dem advantages among minorities. WeÂ?re never gonna overcome that because our base depends on us to keep those minorities in their place. And those minority populations are growing like rabbits. It's what the whole "?Southern Strategy"? is about. Do you think Nixon would have been elected twice without appealing to racism? Law and Order president meant putting down riots with force. Think Reagan would have gotten elected without making up the story about welfare queens who drive Cadillacs? Why do you think he got Reagan Democrats to vote for him? It wasn't because Joe Sixpack thought a $200 taxcut was such a great deal, it was because Reagan didnÂ?t like black folks any better than Joe did. So cÂ?mon give the ethics crap a break.

Without Ken Blackwell suppressing the minority vote in OH last year and Katherine Harris and Jeb himself doing yeoman dirty work in FL in 2000 Dubya would still be in Austin.

You only get so many chances in this business kid. Ya gotta pull out all the stops when the opportunity presents itself. You gotta know who your friends and your enemies are. And for your friends you gotta be willing to do whatever it takes to fuck your enemies even if it means going to jail. I did and for Nixon IÂ?d do it again.