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Emmett Hanger Seeks To Change Augusta GOP Cmte. from Elephant to RINO

Posted on April 10, 2008 by Riley

State Sen. Emmett Hanger has set out to change the face of the Augusta Co. GOP Cmte. to more reflect his point of view –

There are many people in the county who would like to have leadership that is more inclusive, Hanger said. “I think we would be better served by new leadership,” he said.

Hmmm… That wouldn’t have anything to do with current chairman Kurt Michael having endorsed Hanger’s primary opponent, Scott Sayre, last year, would it? Or those who have protested Hanger’s record of supporting higher taxes.

In the race for the chairmanship, Michael’s challengers include Sharon Hanger, who is the wife of state Sen. Emmett Hanger, R-Mount Solon

Hanger still doesn’t get it. His support for higher taxes isn’t mainstream GOP. Heck, ask the average unaffiliated voter on the street if he or she wants to pay more in taxes and they’ll pretty much give the same asnwer you’d get from a Republican.  Not until spending is under control.

Hanger has been invited to various county cmte. meetings to put forward his vision for the GOP, but instead talks about the need to purge “trouble makers” (anyone who doesn’t agree with him) and refers to them as “snakes.”  That’s real being real inclusive and classy.  Not.

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2 Responses

  1. If you, dear reader, hail from Augusta County . . . « The right-wing liberal, on April 10th, 2008 at 4:22 pm Said:

    [...] thing.  Gilmore backer SWAC Girl is foursquare behind Michael; more importantly, as Riley at Virginia Virtucon notes, tax-hiking cipher Emmett Hanger wants Michael out in the worst way.  That’s enough [...]

  2. Reaction to the Augusta County GOP flap looks like HB3202 in reverse « The right-wing liberal, on April 15th, 2008 at 4:03 pm Said:

    [...] most of it has been either confusion or the old pox-on-both-houses routine.  To date, I think Jim Riley and I are the only bloggers east of the mountains to have been rooting for either faction.  In [...]

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