Re: Next President of Liberty University
Posted: March 19th, 2023, 2:35 pm
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Purple Haize wrote: ↑March 19th, 2023, 2:35 pmLol. Link? Proof? Or just your opinion? If you only knew.ballah09 wrote: ↑March 18th, 2023, 11:16 am You really said Bob Good. Yuck. .He could rig another election and get the job. It’s worked befor for him
flameshaw wrote: ↑March 19th, 2023, 3:10 pmYou don't remember the "drive-through convention" at Tree of Life that Bob & Friends held in order to take the GOP nomination from Riggleman?Purple Haize wrote: ↑March 19th, 2023, 2:35 pmLol. Link? Proof? Or just your opinion? If you only knew.ballah09 wrote: ↑March 18th, 2023, 11:16 am You really said Bob Good. Yuck. .He could rig another election and get the job. It’s worked befor for him
LUOrange wrote: ↑March 19th, 2023, 3:51 pmBoom!flameshaw wrote: ↑March 19th, 2023, 3:10 pmYou don't remember the "drive-through convention" at Tree of Life that Bob & Friends held in order to take the GOP nomination from Riggleman?Purple Haize wrote: ↑March 19th, 2023, 2:35 pmLol. Link? Proof? Or just your opinion? If you only knew.
He could rig another election and get the job. It’s worked befor for him
Purple Haize wrote: ↑March 19th, 2023, 3:58 pmAs I understand it, the Republican Party nominates their candidates at a convention, not through a primary. If Riggleman had the votes in the convention, he would have won the nomination, just like BG, but he didn't.LUOrange wrote: ↑March 19th, 2023, 3:51 pmBoom!flameshaw wrote: ↑March 19th, 2023, 3:10 pmYou don't remember the "drive-through convention" at Tree of Life that Bob & Friends held in order to take the GOP nomination from Riggleman?
Lol. Link? Proof? Or just your opinion? If you only knew.
Still waiting to vote in a Primary…. I
Purple Haize wrote: ↑March 19th, 2023, 4:07 pm Why limit yourself if you want a Political figure? Why not look at LCA grads? Steve Newman has LCA roots and is the same age as Jonathon. So young and a long shelf life!They could do a lot worse than Steve.
flameshaw wrote: ↑March 19th, 2023, 9:06 pmNo laws were broken, but it was a political calculation that Bob Good knew would favor him over Denver Riggleman. Both parties typically choose their nominees through a state-run primary, but the parties have the option of a convention instead. The state funds the primary, but the party funds the convention. Conventions favor the activists at the farthest end of that party's political spectrum because they are the most likely to participate, while primaries are the most inclusive and competitive. A party convention held in one's backyard is as close to a guarantee as you can get in politics of a nomination. It's not illegal; whether unethical or unfair is in the eye of the beholder.Purple Haize wrote: ↑March 19th, 2023, 3:58 pmAs I understand it, the Republican Party nominates their candidates at a convention, not through a primary. If Riggleman had the votes in the convention, he would have won the nomination, just like BG, but he didn't.LUOrange wrote: ↑March 19th, 2023, 3:51 pmBoom!
You don't remember the "drive-through convention" at Tree of Life that Bob & Friends held in order to take the GOP nomination from Riggleman?
Still waiting to vote in a Primary…. I
Both candidates were given equal opportunity. No laws were broken. Jr's drinking buddy, just got beat. Waaaaaaaaa
JK37 wrote: ↑March 20th, 2023, 9:22 am Wasn’t Riggleman selected by the same means a few years prior?Riggleman was selected by a 5th District GOP committee comprised of party chairs and other leaders; it was convened in response to incumbent Tom Garrett's decision in May of an election year not to seek reelection due to his struggles with alcoholism. They wouldn't have had time to set up a primary or a typical convention open to 5th District GOP voters. It took four rounds of secret ballots to narrow the candidates to two, and Riggleman was selected on the fifth ballot. The committee's composition was more diverse than a convention in the middle of one candidate's home base. The candidate Riggleman defeated, Cynthia Dunbar, was probably more aligned with Bob's Good political ideology than Riggleman, who even then was known to be more libertarian.
LUOrange wrote: ↑March 20th, 2023, 10:16 am Not trying to get into the local political weeds too much, but Bob's local party friends are very shady and unethical when it comes to Party operations and how they treated internal party opposition. Can't say that Bob is/was, but he certainly has benefitted from their actions. That drive-through convention nonsense was ridiculous and was set-up to favor Bob with low turnout. A higher turnout at the time definitely favored Riggleman. Bob was also an awful and combative member of the Campbell County Board of Supervisors as well. However, his combative style is much more appropriate for Washington than it ever was for Rustburg. I'll add that I'm not a fan of Riggleman or Good. But Bob is probably the better congressman at this point. I just don't want him anywhere near the President's Office at Liberty.Did Bob G decide on a drive-through convention? Wasn't it done because of Covid? Did Bob decide/manipulate where the Convention was to take place? Weren't all of the delegates free to drop off their ballots at the same location? And as already stated wasn't DW elected the same way just two years before?
Steve Newman would be a very good choice in demeanor and political/work experience. However, I don't think he has the academic credentials or background. I want our next president to have the same Christian and political balance of Dr. Falwell, but with the added priority of improving our academics. He can be a former politician or preacher, but he needs to be qualified, have the proper demeanor, and be mission first.
flameshaw wrote: ↑March 20th, 2023, 1:25 pm1) The drive-through convention was due to COVID restrictions.LUOrange wrote: ↑March 20th, 2023, 10:16 am Not trying to get into the local political weeds too much, but Bob's local party friends are very shady and unethical when it comes to Party operations and how they treated internal party opposition. Can't say that Bob is/was, but he certainly has benefitted from their actions. That drive-through convention nonsense was ridiculous and was set-up to favor Bob with low turnout. A higher turnout at the time definitely favored Riggleman. Bob was also an awful and combative member of the Campbell County Board of Supervisors as well. However, his combative style is much more appropriate for Washington than it ever was for Rustburg. I'll add that I'm not a fan of Riggleman or Good. But Bob is probably the better congressman at this point. I just don't want him anywhere near the President's Office at Liberty.Did Bob G decide on a drive-through convention? Wasn't it done because of Covid? Did Bob decide/manipulate where the Convention was to take place? Weren't all of the delegates free to drop off their ballots at the same location? And as already stated wasn't DW elected the same way just two years before?
Steve Newman would be a very good choice in demeanor and political/work experience. However, I don't think he has the academic credentials or background. I want our next president to have the same Christian and political balance of Dr. Falwell, but with the added priority of improving our academics. He can be a former politician or preacher, but he needs to be qualified, have the proper demeanor, and be mission first.
Bob Good aside, to me it didn't matter who ran against DW, I would have preferred that person. If for no other reason than the relationship between DW and Jr. being less than ideal. IMHO
ballcoach15 wrote: ↑March 22nd, 2023, 8:37 am Anyone who conducts a homosexual wedding is unfit for Congress.So you agree with 90% of his policies but officiating a civil ceremony for a person who worked for him is your deal breaker.
Purple Haize wrote: ↑March 22nd, 2023, 10:35 amProbably 99.9% of his constituents are against homosexual marriage.ballcoach15 wrote: ↑March 22nd, 2023, 8:37 am Anyone who conducts a homosexual wedding is unfit for Congress.So you agree with 90% of his policies but officiating a civil ceremony for a person who worked for him is your deal breaker.
This is why it’s so difficult for Republicans to win and hold majorities
Purple Haize wrote: ↑March 22nd, 2023, 10:35 amIt's the Barry Goldwater conundrum:ballcoach15 wrote: ↑March 22nd, 2023, 8:37 am Anyone who conducts a homosexual wedding is unfit for Congress.So you agree with 90% of his policies but officiating a civil ceremony for a person who worked for him is your deal breaker.
This is why it’s so difficult for Republicans to win and hold majorities
Have_a_Gansett_2011 wrote: ↑March 22nd, 2023, 1:21 pm Goldwater was a chump anyway. lolI don't believe anyone was proposing him for a leadership role at Liberty. I think the discussion was about Bob Good as a potential LU presidential candidate and evolved into examining his tactics during the 2020 Virginia GOP primary.
I'm a 2 Kingdoms person myself, but advocating for certain moral positions does not make it an overstep of "religion" in public life. Don't kill babies, you are either male or female, and marriage has always been in human history, a man and woman. Everything else is up for debate really.
Officiating the civil ceremony does not make him unfit for congress per se, but it certainly makes him unfit for any leadership role at Liberty.