What if far-left politicians took over the Republican Party in Geauga County?
Dear Maple Leaf Reader (specifically, those who don’t comment on public forums but instead send me messages):
Imagine what would happen if far-left politicians took over the Republican Party in Geauga County. “Uni-Party” doldrums would ensue, right? We might even lurch-to-the-left as a county, with nothing here to stop or slow its spread.
If such a thing were to happen, it would happen gradually, over time. Perhaps it would start after a year like 2012, when the Democrat Party made it a priority to run Democrats as Republicans. Once elected, such people would probably act swiftly to encourage more of their far-left friends to run for office.
They might work together to create some long-term plans and maybe even some (alleged) business deals. They’d cooperate and work closely with unions from outside the county. They might work to fill any openings with far-left people who will support Democrat politicians like Nan Whaley. They’d probably not do anything to inform voters on key issues or legislation, like gun control bills or far-left school board actions or controversial library book issues. They might skip rallying for Republican candidates and openly work against conservative Republicans.
And such far-left people might even ignore all rules and decorum for public meetings, like Roberts Rules of Order or Bylaws, denying people who are not themselves also far-left the ability to speak or make motions or pass resolutions to help county Republicans. In such a circumstance, there would surely be all sorts of lawsuits for misbehavior, rule violations and trampling the rights of elected officials. They’d probably bill their far-left actions as “moderate.”
One of the things that would surely happen is that private investigators would uncover all sorts of untoward financial dealings and report on campaign finance issues. But once elected, such far-left people could attend all sorts of Republican/conservative events and meetings, under the cover of elected office and illusion of title. They might pretend to advocate for freedom, liberties such as religious liberty, and first and second amendment, but vote and work against such things.
They would for sure not work to promote conservative values or find and run good candidates or inform “We The People of Geauga” as to things that might negatively impact our liberties.
If such a thing were to happen, it’d almost feel as if there aren’t two parties . . . it’d probably start to feel like our local politics are a “uni-party,” as is commonly said of the politics in major cities and Washington, D.C.
Such far-left people might accidentally not do a good job of informing the Republicans of Geauga County about meetings, candidates or issues, and might even do very little to maintain any sort of Republican or conservative presence at all.
And if something like that were to happen, someone like me might suggest that Geauga County is terribly misled and under-served.
Any similarity to current people or events is purely coincidental; this writing is purely exploratory.
