Oregon GOP: Send In the Clowns

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GOP event shows rift in Oregon factions

A Friday fund-raiser honoring Oregon's "Republican heritage," including former statewide
leaders such as Clay Myers and Bill Rutherford, should raise tens of thousands of dollars for the
party, Chairman Kevin Mannix said Monday.

Problem is, neither
Myers nor
Rutherford want
anything to do with
the event, even
though their names
are heralded in the
formal invitations.

Myers -- a moderate
Republican who
was secretary of
state when Tom
McCall was
governor -- is
boycotting it
because he thinks
the party has
moved too far to
the right,
abandoning it's
progressive roots.
Rutherford,
another moderate
who served as state
treasurer, says
"they hijacked my
name" and that he didn't even know about the event until he got invited to attend -- for a $250
donation.

source: http://oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/106431818542490.xml

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1. I saw this; highly amusing

Mannix claims he wants to include everyone in his version of the Republican big tent. What he apparently didn't know is that Myers, who served in Gov. Tom McCall's administration, is no longer a registered Republican. Mannix used Myers' and Rutherford's names without permission and without notifying them, but as a ploy to make his version of the Repressive Right more palatable to the general public. Which gives me an idea.

Next week, the First Annual I Enjoy Sexual Congress with Chickens Forum featuring Kevin Mannix will meet at the Oregon Convention Center. Attendees should please note that while Mr. Mannix has been scheduled to appear at the First Annual IESCC Forum, his other duties may preclude his actual attendance, our five dollar honorarium notwithstanding.

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2. *splork*

OMG, I'm sending Mannix a rubber chicken!

I love watching them eat their own.