# 79 Another pro-abort for GOP chair.
Ken Mehlmen is the reported sodomite who ran Bush's election campaign and was rewarded with the chairmanship of the GOP. To compliment the homosexualization of the Bush administration, Mehlmen named key Republican abortion advocate, Joann Davidson, to be his co-chair.
Did you expect (Big) Brother Bush to surround himself with conservative Christians?
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/14/politics/14conserv.html
Supporter of Abortion Rights Is Choice for Republican Job
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
January 14, 2005
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 - Ken Mehlman, chairman of the Republican National Committee, has asked an Ohio Republican who supports some abortion rights to be his co-chairman, stirring the ire of social conservatives.
Mr. Mehlman's choice is Joann Davidson, who was chairwoman of the Bush campaign in the pivotal Ohio Valley region and a former speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives. In an interview on Thursday, Ms. Davidson declined to discuss her views on abortion.
"My focus is on building a stronger party," she said.
Her nomination awaits approval by the Republican National Committee.
She has been a member of the advisory board of the abortion rights group Republicans for Choice since its founding in 1990, according to a statement posted on the group's Web site congratulating her.
"We look forward to working with her to help make sure the concerns of pro-choice and moderate Republicans are heard within the Republican National Committee headquarters," the statement said.
Phil Burress, president of Citizens for Community Values, an Ohio-based conservative Christian group, said, "How in the world can you have a vice chair of the Republican Party on such an important issue as this one be on the wrong side of the party platform?"
Mr. Burress, who led the drive for a constitutional ballot measure banning same-sex marriage in Ohio, also faulted Ms. Davidson for failing to take a position on the measure.
The co-chairwoman of the party during the 2000 election, Patricia Harrison, also supported some abortion rights, but Mr. Burress argued that the 2004 election had changed the party.
"They have got to go," he said. "The pendulum is swinging the other way now. We have a seat at the table now."
Ms. Davidson, however, said she did not take a position on the state same-sex marriage initiative because of her role as chairwoman of the Bush presidential campaign in the Ohio Valley. She said gay rights issues had not come up during her tenure in the Statehouse, which she left in 2000.
Brian Jones, a Republican Party spokesman, said Mr. Mehlman had selected Ms. Davidson not because of her views of social issues but because of her critical role in the campaign.
"Joann Davidson is one of the top grass-roots activists and leaders in the entire country, and she helped with the historic effort in Ohio that was key to the president's victory," he said. "That is why she is someone who is ideal for this position."
Did you expect (Big) Brother Bush to surround himself with conservative Christians?
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/14/politics/14conserv.html
Supporter of Abortion Rights Is Choice for Republican Job
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
January 14, 2005
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 - Ken Mehlman, chairman of the Republican National Committee, has asked an Ohio Republican who supports some abortion rights to be his co-chairman, stirring the ire of social conservatives.
Mr. Mehlman's choice is Joann Davidson, who was chairwoman of the Bush campaign in the pivotal Ohio Valley region and a former speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives. In an interview on Thursday, Ms. Davidson declined to discuss her views on abortion.
"My focus is on building a stronger party," she said.
Her nomination awaits approval by the Republican National Committee.
She has been a member of the advisory board of the abortion rights group Republicans for Choice since its founding in 1990, according to a statement posted on the group's Web site congratulating her.
"We look forward to working with her to help make sure the concerns of pro-choice and moderate Republicans are heard within the Republican National Committee headquarters," the statement said.
Phil Burress, president of Citizens for Community Values, an Ohio-based conservative Christian group, said, "How in the world can you have a vice chair of the Republican Party on such an important issue as this one be on the wrong side of the party platform?"
Mr. Burress, who led the drive for a constitutional ballot measure banning same-sex marriage in Ohio, also faulted Ms. Davidson for failing to take a position on the measure.
The co-chairwoman of the party during the 2000 election, Patricia Harrison, also supported some abortion rights, but Mr. Burress argued that the 2004 election had changed the party.
"They have got to go," he said. "The pendulum is swinging the other way now. We have a seat at the table now."
Ms. Davidson, however, said she did not take a position on the state same-sex marriage initiative because of her role as chairwoman of the Bush presidential campaign in the Ohio Valley. She said gay rights issues had not come up during her tenure in the Statehouse, which she left in 2000.
Brian Jones, a Republican Party spokesman, said Mr. Mehlman had selected Ms. Davidson not because of her views of social issues but because of her critical role in the campaign.
"Joann Davidson is one of the top grass-roots activists and leaders in the entire country, and she helped with the historic effort in Ohio that was key to the president's victory," he said. "That is why she is someone who is ideal for this position."
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