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OK Democrat chairman to party: Don't fly your freak flag

Just a quick note to call your attention to a post at Sooner Politics. David Van Risseghem has gotten hold of an email that was purportedly sent by Oklahoma Democratic Party chairman Mark Hammons to party leaders and staffers, based on meetings with Democratic legislative leaders, about the party's media...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 5, 2016 10:40 AM

Name that party: Randy Baldridge

A lurid story involving a disgraced former elected official is all over the local news. Randy Baldridge, who served as a Rogers County, Oklahoma, Commissioner, and then served a term in a federal penitentiary for "conspiracy, fraud and misapplication of funds by a local government official, mail fraud, money laundering,...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 8, 2014 10:59 PM

Democratic National Convention: The ayes have it?

In case you missed it, here's the video of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, serving as Democratic National Convention chairman last week, presiding over a vote to amend the Democratic national platform on two controversial points -- the restoration of a reference to God and to Jerusalem as Israel's capitol...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 9, 2012 10:56 PM

Rashad Richey update: Police report details emerge, mainstream media finally notices

Georgia Politcs Unfiltered has several updates regarding Georgia Democratic Party political director Ali Rashad Richey, the topic of an entry here late last week. (The link texts below are the titles of the posts at Georgia Politics Unfiltered.) "Georgia Democrats Say No Comment to Political Director Rashad Richey's Recidivism" "Democratic...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 1, 2012 12:29 PM

Democrats behaving badly and their enablers: Georgia

Normally, I wouldn't post about Democrat Party politics in Georgia, but there are some interesting similarities to the recent allegations about former Oklahoma Democrat Party chairman and former North Carolina Democrat Party executive director Jay Parmley. Consider this as a possible pattern: A senior Democrat state party staffer gets caught...

Posted by Michael Bates on April 27, 2012 6:23 AM