Rep. Keith Kidwell took top billing from the Daily Haymaker in a Haymaker report on the just adjourned state GOP Convention. Seems Keith upset some folks in switching his support from John Kane to Michael Whatley for State Chairman. He had previously supported Kane as the “anti-establishment” candidate but then switched and seconded the nomination of current chairman, Whatley. Reports are that Keith was miffed at something Kane’s supporters published that was not flattering of him, so it was “gitcha bac” time.
Here's how the Haymaker reported the “scandal”:
Everyone remember how Rep. Keith Kidwell threw John Kane under the bus because a blog – that apparently supports Kane – dared to criticize godawmighty Keith hisself? Well, the folks from “We The People” – not personally or professionally affiliated with John Kane, sources tell me — have filed their report on the weekend’s events.
I don’t know how I got on their list. But they regularly provide an intriguing read:
[…] Since today is Sunday, it’s only fitting to review the events of the NCGOP State Convention to see how well they line up with what Bible-believing Christians know to be true.
Illustrating absurdity by being absurd:
All Republicans are Honest and Trustworthy
This weekend we learned from the leadership of the NCGOP that the Bible is missing two words from Romans 3:23. It should read, “For all, except Republicans, have sinned and come short of the glory of God”.
The concern raised on Friday and Saturday: This voting app will allow delegates to vote from anywhere in the United States, whether they’re on the floor of the convention or not. This, of course, is against the rules.
The reply from those in favor of using the voting app: Yes, that is true. But we are Republicans, and Republicans don’t cheat.
Conversation with Michael Whatley on Saturday at about 11:00am:
I just talked to Michael Whatley, shook his hand and spoke calmly to him about my concerns. This was the conversation, in a nutshell:
“Mr. Whatley, the rumor on the floor is that someone within the NCGOP has checked in but is out of state today and will be using the voting app to vote. The rule in the Plan of Organization is that delegates must be on the floor of the convention to vote. Will a head count be taken to by county to ensure all votes are by delegates in attendance?”
W: “They voted yesterday to use the voting app. You’ll have to take that up with Billy [Miller – the convention Chairman].”
“So you’re saying there are no plans for each county to take a head count this afternoon?”
W: “We are all Republicans, so I would hope no one would be breaking the rules. But you’ll have to take that up with Billy.”
During the Voting Process it was learned:
Before the Convention it was learned:
One Nation Under God
One word in the Pledge to our nation’s flag can be substituted at will. Some Republicans may believe we are One Nation Under Trump, while others believe Exodus 20:3, “you shall have no other gods before Me”.
Was the 9th inning endorsement of Michael Whatley by President Trump a game-changer?
There’s no way to know.
We do know after it was announced that President Trump endorsed Michael Whatley on Saturday, this text was being sent around: “Donald Trump is not my Savior.”
Good Trees vs Bad Trees
Luke 6:43 can also be altered – when love is the motive. This weekend we learned this Biblical truth is not always the case: “No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit”. It’s ok to use an unreliable voting app (a bad tree) as long as our motives are pure to achieve quick results.
We want to show love to our fellow delegates by providing them with a voting app so we’re not wasting their time waiting 5 hours* to hand count. It’s good to show love to one another by not making those with tickets to the VIP reception and/or the Trump dinner miss those events.
This is known as situational ethics. Sometimes the end justifies the means.
Every single person on the floor of the NCGOP State Convention, and everyone watching the fiasco unfold while it was being livestreamed into Auditorium II knows without a doubt the NCGOP’s voting app was not functioning properly, nor was it secure. And that’s putting it mildly.
We saw people throw up their hands and leave, without voting at all.
Just like the people of Maricopa County, Arizona, fellow Republican delegates were disenfranchised – not by the Maricopa Co Board of Elections or the AZ Secretary of State Katie Hobbs – but by the NCGOP leadership.
This weekend we learned: in situations when love is the motive, a bad tree does bear good fruit. Luke 6:43 is wrong.
Also, this too is wrong: For God is not a God of confusion but of peace, because sometimes confusion is Godly when it’s at a Republican State Convention.
End of illustrating absurdity by being absurd.
(*The notion from the Wake BOE member that hand counting 1,863 ballots containing one race with two candidates would take “5 hours” is a deception straight from the pit of hell.)
Life Lessons
Many learn only from experience.
Granville County: deliberately, only one delegate voted for John Kane so that the entire county’s weighted votes (100%) would be attributed to him.
Results from voting app were as follows: 1 vote for Kane (33%), 2 votes for Whatley (66%).
Another County: “All 14 of our delegates said they DID vote, but the results for our county are showing only 13 of us voted.”
Unless all 1,863 delegates are canvassed to compare their actual votes to the reported results, we’ll never know how many other discrepancies like this occurred in the state.
So, there you have it. The Daily Haymaker’s report on the voting app fiasco complete with a shot at Keith.
We must admit that Keith supporting the Elitist Establishment’s man was strange to us. Since Keith has been in the General Assembly, we have monitored his bill sponsorships and his votes and have been rather pleased with his performance overall. At first, we were fearful that once he started drinking that Raleigh water that he would go over to the Dark Side as most wannabe big shots do. So, it was encouraging to us when we heard he was campaigning for Kane. We are perplexed at the switch. Perhaps it was as the Haymaker reported as nothing more than “gitcha back” but we doubt it.
What we think is going on here is a battle for who succeeds Tiny Timmy for Speaker. Moore’s calvary is already on the war path pigeonholing the votes for their anointed one, and that is not Keith. Yes, Keith cuts a wide path and has been characterized as a Bull in a China Shop, but we don’t think that any more of a reason not to support him based on his record than it is to not support Trump because of his personality.
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