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October 15, 2006BELTWAY BLOGROLL
A RedState Plug For A Blue Carolinian
Is RedState co-founder Mike Krempasky endorsing a House Democrat from North Carolina for re-election? That's the report from BlueNC.
Krempasky was among the speakers at this weekend's ConvergeSouth new media conference in Greensboro, N.C. He was there representing Edelman, where he works as a vice president doing blog-related work for Wal-Mart and other unnamed clients.
According to to BlueNC, Krempasky said this during extemporaneous comments: "One thing that I've certainly never done is endorse a Democrat. Ever. ... But Brad Miller ought to be re-elected." Miller's Republican opponent, Vernon Robinson.
"There was NO question whatsover among the applauding audience that Mr. Redstate was repudiating Vernon Robinson," BlueNC reported.
The same entry was cross-posted to a diary at Daily Kos, where the author added in a comment that Krempasky "ventured into the Miller-Robinson race without prompting. Just goes to show that even Republicans can be embarrassed by the sheer idiocy of some of their own."
Krempasky's apparent plug for a Democrat follows by days a bizarre episode involving Alex Kowalski. On Oct. 3, he posted what he called his "Final Post On RedState." He accused the Republican Party of "hubris" and failing to "police itself," and said it wasn't likely to be safe for him to vote Republican for a long time.
"The simple fact is that for the last two years, I think all of us have worked very hard, for free, to try to bolster a Republican majority that hasn't deserved our support," Kowalski wrote. "I've given hundreds of dollars and hundreds of hours of my time, and I'm deeply ashamed of having been a part of this movement."
At the end of his post, an "editors update" with the slug "Kossacks rejoice in Kowalski's departure" linked to an diary entry at Daily Kos. It celebrated the decision by one of RedState's own to jump ship.
The bizarre part? Three days later, after much heated bickering on the comment thread of his earlier post, Kowalski returned to RedState with a post titled "OK, Let's Not Freak Out Completely."
He insisted that he does "not want Republicans to self-immolate because of my concerns and even emotional outbursts. In fact, it is the exact opposite of that that I would like to see us do. We have a lot to accomplish that is unfinished business in the next two years and if anyone is construing that I think my personal statements should be used to discourage our base from voting, or anyone else, they're wrong." And Kowalski has posted four more entries since then.
UPDATE: Ed Cone points to audio of Krempasky's endorsement of Miller.
Posted by Danny | 09:15 PM
