Bob McCarty Writes

After publishing six pieces directly or indirectly related to fallout from the 2012 St. Charles County (Mo.) Republican Presidential Caucus March 17, I decided to take a look at the media coverage that’s followed my efforts and look ahead to what might come next in this unfortunate saga. Host Jamie Allman of 97.1 FM NewsTalk‘s [...]

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A few days after the 2012 St. Charles County Republican Presidential Caucus ended badly, a member of the St. Charles County GOP Central Committee shared with me the content of an email message that was sent to members by Chair Eugene Dokes early Wednesday morning.  Attached to the message, the subject of which was “Re:  [...]

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During the past five days, I’ve written and published several posts with their roots in events that took place during the 2012 St. Charles County (Mo.) Republican Presidential Caucus (a.k.a., “St. Patrick’s Day Massacre”).  Today, however, I came across a video, “Reality Check” with Ben Swann, that offers the best visual summary yet of the [...]

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‘Oh!  What a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive!’ — Sir Walter Scott, 1808 Officials representing the St. Charles County (Mo.) Republican Party Central Committee seem to be offering different versions of the events that took place Saturday during the 2012 presidential caucus meeting (a.k.a., “St. Patrick’s Day Massacre”) at Francis [...]

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Today, after some 20 years of gradual movement toward the exit door of the Republican Party, I find I am a man without a political party to which I can, in good faith, belong. My ever-so-gradual exit from the Republican Party — the only party to which I have ever belonged — began in 1992, [...]

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By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger In a Jan. 28, 2012, speech to the Palm Beach County GOP in West Palm Beach, Fla., U.S. Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) gave Barack Obama and the Democratic leadership a bit of what they have coming to them.  He said, “This is a battlefield that we must stand upon.  [...]

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By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger The 2012 campaign for the Republican presidential nomination has been characterized by its miscues and blunders.  One might say it is because of the number of candidates, the length of the campaign, and the intensity of the news coverage, but that would be too simple an answer.  I would [...]

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