YORK COUNTY CHAIRMAN GETS MORE THAN 70 PERCENT OF VOTE
South Carolina has elected a new member to represent them on the Republican National Committee. York County GOP Chairman Glenn McCall won a landslide victory over incumbent Drew McKissick Saturday at the State Republican Convention in Columbia.
The vote was an estimated 402-172 in McCall’s favor, but McKissick conceded defeat and asked that his opponent be elected by acclamation before the tally was officially recorded.
“As an Air Force veteran, successful businessman and York County Republican Party Chairman, Glenn’s record of leadership and experience embodies an unwavering lifetime commitment to service,” SCGOP Chairman Katon Dawson said, noting that he looks forward to working with him. “I have great confidence in Glenn’s ability to make a real impact on our national party beginning on day one.
“I couldn’t be prouder of his historic election as Republican National Committeeman from South Carolina.”
McCall is the first black committeeman ever elected from South Carolina and only the second from the South.
Sen. Lindsey Graham noted not only the historical significance of McCall’s election, but also that he is the right man for the job. “He’s been a leader in the York County Republican Party and in the trenches fighting for the conservative cause. Glenn not only talks the Republican talk, he walks the Republican walk and is willing to jump in and get involved.”
Following his victory, McCall gave a heartfelt speech to the convention thanking them for their support and promising to work hard for the party’s conservative values.
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UPDATE: A tipster just wrote in, “Maybe another reason Drew lost today is because of his consultants. I just got a 8×10 mailer ‘Who’s with Drew’ in the mail at 3:30pm on Saturday.”
Those consultants, of course, would be none other than First Tuesday Strategies. Well done, boys.
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UPDATE 2: I can’t believe I forgot this, but the most interesting part of today’s convention was when Spartanburg GOP Chairman Rick Beltram got booed. While attempting to complete the incredibly menial task of reading his delegation’s vote totals for national committeeman to convention Chairman Bobby Harrell — something that involved nothing more than reading two numbers — Beltram decided to add in a drawn-out comment that Spartanburg was the center of South Carolina politics and the most important county in state politics. This did not sit well with the other 45 delegations, who subsequently voiced their disagreement.
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All of York county is very proud of Glenn and we are honored to have him as our county chairman. He will represent South Carolina well at the RNC with solid conservative values, something that is sorely needed at the national level. I am honored to call Glenn my friend.
Marty Bumgarner
York, SC
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Drew is One and Done - what a loser!
“In our house are many mansions”, and Glenn McCall certainly represents them all very well. I only regret that I could not be at convention to view this historic assertion of South Carolina’s leadership in future expansion of the party base, and participation by all like-minded persons in our choice of government.
Hearty congratulations to Glenn McCall, and to the 70% of delegates who supported him!
Now let’s swing that support behind our next President, John McCain.
from Seabrook Island
America’s leading precinct
that Republican walk he talks about scares me to death…….. it’s been a death march for many citizens of this state.
In reference to “LouLou’s” comment….
“that Republican walk he talks about scares me to death…..” What do you mean by “the walk”??
Adam, it was great to see you and glad all is well. Still owe ya lunch sometime.
To One Man:
Senator Lindsey Graham noted:Glenn not only talks the Republican talk, he walks the Republican walk and is willing to jump in and get involved.”
uhhhhh that walk one man.
Don’t get me wrong, I like John McCain too; he seems to be a great guy, personable, likable, a kind of guy that you could invite over to a BBQ. Yeah sure, I respect him for his military service. No it doesn’t bother me that he graduate in the bottom 5% of his class from the Naval Academy, (hey I dropped out of High school) or that he crashed 4 planes,(I crashed my car twice) or even that he was shot down on his first mission over Vietnam,(hey, I’m three time loser) or even the that he started singing like a bird when captured by the NVA, without being tortured, or that he cheated on his wife, while in office, and is trying to portray himself as the candidate for family values, hey who am I to judge, I’ve mad my fair share of mistakes and then some, so who am I to judge McCain for his.
What really gets me is that some of your readers, won’t name any names, (hint:on a 2001 car trip to Florida), spoke about how Bush was going to do this, and bush was going to do that, and how the economy was going to be better. What happened? We started out with a surplus and eight years later were going to end up with the biggest deficit by a president ever recorded in history, and McCain supported Bush 95% of the time.
Our economy has tanked, our Gas Prices have skyrocketed and everything from the cost of food to diapers has gotten insanely expensive. I won’t mention how many Americans lost their jobs, or the tax breaks to companies that ship American Jobs overseas. Maybe those of you that are well off can afford the basic necessities, or have a nest egg to carry you over until the economy gets better, but many Americans, including myself cannot.
We went to war in IRAQ on a LIE, remember WMDs, 4,146 soldiers are dead 30,182 wounded for a LIE .How did Americans get duped into agreeing to spend 12 Billion a month in Iraq for a war that shouldn’t even be? So far we spent $368 billion on military operations, $45 billion more in veterans care, diplomatic services, training with that type of money we could of rebuilt the nation’s Infrastructure, invested in alternative energy and established our own Universal Healthcare.
Come on, be honest, when “W” changed his focus from looking for Bin Laden in Afghanistan to invading Iraq, you weren’t all scratching your head thinking “why in the hell are we doing that?” Intelligent and hardworking Americans such as yourselves?, didn’t have any doubt about that decision? OK, ok, I will give you the benefit of the doubt.
What about when the excuse for invading Iraq was proven to be a LIE, WMDs? How about then? Were you outraged? No. no, you just voted him back into office for another four years, with the excuse, “Well,we want him to finish what he started.” What!? Come on, wake up! If that was any other American, he would be in prison.
John McCain has been in Washington for a long time, twenty-six years and nothing’s has changed. He is out of touch with reality. He doesn’t even understand economics and even admits it himself,
“The issue of economics is not something I’ve understood as well as I should,” McCain said on December 17 in New Hampshire, http://lburl.com/idd0k
I’m astounded, How can smart, Intelligent, hardworking people want McCain for president? Don’t get me wrong, I like John McCain, even after all the crappy things he has done, even after all his flopping around on issues like a fish out of water, I like him, just not as my Next President!
I am 36, and this will be my first election that I will vote in: presidential or otherwise. It’s Time for a change in Washington.
It’s time for a president for the people, from the people, someone who has seen the same hardships that we have, made the same kind of sacrifices we made, and works hard for success, Think about that when you cast your ballot in November.