Republicans Try To Punish Their Own

Republicans are trying to censure fellow Republicans who are supporting Senator Mary Landrieu in Louisiana. Landrieu supports Obama!

With more than two dozen prominent Republicans publicly backing incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu over her GOP opponent, state Treasurer John Kennedy, the state Republican Party is considering ways to discipline Republican officials who endorse Democrats, the head of the state party said Saturday.

When high-profile elected Republicans endorse Democrats, it "sends the message that we are not united," state GOP Chairman Roger Villere said. "It confuses the Republican message. . . . We are not looking to punish people, but we don't want this to develop into a trend."

Speaking with reporters after the quarterly meeting of the party's governing body, Villere said several party leaders want to adopt a formal mechanism to censure GOP officials who break with the party's candidates. He said passing a resolution "without teeth" simply to sanction a Republican who backs a Democrat, as party leaders have in the past, "doesn't make sense."

He would not elaborate about possible sanctions.

Any censure resolution or bylaws change, however, likely will have to wait until after this year's elections. The party's board, known as the Republican State Central Committee, is not scheduled to meet again until early next year, though a special meeting can be called sooner.

I watched the Landrieu vs Kennedy debates last night, and the way I saw Kennedy try and tie Mary to Obama was embarrassing. This is what Republicans try, when they have nothing else to stand on.

Several prominent Republicans -- including eight officials elected parishwide in Jefferson, St. Tammany, Plaquemines, St. John the Baptist and Lafourche parishes -- have announced support for Landrieu in the Nov. 4 contest. St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Jack Strain appears in a TV ad for Landrieu.

At least four other major GOP officials from St. Tammany, where Kennedy lives, also have backed Landrieu. Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand, another Republican, joined the pack Friday.

Even Sheriff Newell Normand knows what is best!

As I said, the South Will Rise brothers and sisters! Get out and let your friends know, it is okay to vote for Obama in the South. It's time to change the image of the racist South, all these hateful comments at McCain rallies, aren't in the South, we are a peaceful people down here. We love Obama!!!

Send a message to the GOP, vote Democrat or Libertarian down the entire ballot. Let them know we mean business this time around, and will not let them "steal" the election this time!

Anyone else think this is to send a message to Republican voters in the state that voting for Obama is not right? I think it is. Keep up the good fight people. Voting for Obama is what a patriot would do today. Not stand with the same people who have helped the corporations get rich while you can't afford gas prices. Stop believing these Republican lies, and vote for the Middle Class!