OpEdNews » Ken Blackwell Marginalized?

After a week of watching the guys with the white hats, it's easy to don the mantle of over-confidence. After all, what can the old guy do or say next week to begin to rival the now united Democratic Party? One thing we do know is that beneath McCain and Party's black hats and even darker souls lies the ability to fix a close race. The ability, motivation and, yes, even the need to do so is there as meticulously evidenced by committed Ohio attorneys Cliff Arnebeck and Robert Fitrakis. (See http://www.velvetrevolution.us/

An August 26 press release reads: CCM Chairman Ken Blackwell Named Vice Chairman of RNC Platform Committee (http://www.politickerpa.com/...
Serving in his his role as Chairman for Coalition for a Conservative Majority, www.ccmajority.org. Blackwell is still a powerful man. He serves on the board of directors of the Club for Growth and the National Rifle Association and is also the Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow for Public Policy at the Buckeye Institute in Columbus, Ohio, a Senior Fellow for Family Empowerment at the Family Research Council in Washington and the American Civil Rights Union, and a contributing editor for the New York Sun and Townhall.com.

In other words, Mr. B, stealer of all things good and true that could/shoulda been in 2004, has never for one moment stepped away from power. We ignore his stealth dealings at great risk knowing his past "involvement" with election fraud, his continuing hard work and manipulation of the Religious Right, and his ever-growing agility which now has him intimately involved with the creation of the 2008 Republican Platform.

Take heed. Whatever the Religious Right needs in order to stay Republican, Ken Blackwell will give them, coded or not. It is up to us to call him on every plank, be it the hypothetical stoning of abortion providers or promises to save marriage from perdition. Ludicrous though his words may be, they are very real to American fundamentalists, each of whom has a vote and a pastor ready to help get out the vote.

Never forget, an active minority helping to create a close election equals almost certain election theft. So enjoy the glories of this convention week, but count on nothing. After all, this is today's America and Ken Blackwell and Karl Rove are lurking in the shadows.

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Having suffered through J. Kenneth Blackwell's attempted "character coup" in Ohio, I have grave concerns about the intersection of the Religious Right and the integrity of the vote, as well as of their pervasive and ever-growing political influence.
OhioBluesHaving suffered through J. Kenneth Blackwell's attempted "character coup" in Ohio, I have grave concerns about the intersection of the Religious Right and the integrity of the vote, as well as of their pervasive and ever-growing political influence.

Shout It from the Rooftops

ITHIS MATTERS!!!!

And even moreso with McCain's creationist, anti-choice, Christian Conservative pick for Veep. With Palin assuaging Christian Right fears and Blackwell adding the language to the GOP platform, the presumed waning of the Religious Right is clearly not so. No matter the glory of this week's convention,and it was glorious, . . . the stealer-in-chief remains a respected and influential figure to the countless millions - the energized base - through his numerous positions of import He communicates widely to the base on TownHallk.com, through Tony Perkins' Family Research Council and can be seen on networks such as CNN. To ice the cake he's now gifting the McCain/Palin ticket through the platform with whatever further sop is needed. To ignore any of this is to find ourselves in '04 redux.

Ken Blackwell should be in prison and nowhere near our political system.

by OhioBlues (6 articles, 0 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 4 comments) on Friday, August 29, 2008 at 11:06:00 AM

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ArchieFormer Lawyer, current Business Consultant,history buff, Christian, father of 2 sons and a supporter of democratic government.

Blakwell

Mr. Blackwell should be in prison so where is he instead? Helping the Republican Party "again". Now what does that tell you about Republicans? How about no morals, no ethics and lots more I'm sure.

by Archie (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 1338 comments) on Friday, August 29, 2008 at 2:48:53 PM

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The Oligarchy Takes Care of Its Loyal Servants

Ken Blackwell is just one more in long line of poor souls who have sold themselves for the financial security provided by the moneybagmen of the radical reactionary neo-conservative movement in this country. People like Harold Simmons pay for facelifts for the woman who got the goods on Monica Lewinsky by pretending to be her friend. People like Harold Simmons and the Hunts of Hunt Oil provide lifetime sinecures for people like Scooter Libby when they fall on their swords to protect the Cheney hidden presidency. Whoever arranged the electronic vote fraud in 2000 now had a nice beachside residence on some private tropical isle and will never have to worry about money as long as he keeps silent about what he did. The problem with the wealthy oligarchs of this country is that they have learned how to buy people to get the government they want. As long as fickle, cynical amoralists such as K. Blackwell do their bidding for the cash security, we will not escape the terrible fate that awaits us. And because they control all aspects of government, none of them will ever go to jail. They deserve to be there, but don't hold your breath waiting for that to happen.

by S. E. Hoffman (2 articles, 6 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 28 comments) on Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 10:58:58 PM

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