tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post3700065020976882892..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-41177156525256517342010-12-11T00:19:27.759-05:002010-12-11T00:19:27.759-05:00Tom graduated from North Central High School in 1980, so probably not from Brandeis until at least 1983.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00596985114962565411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-65000214886004173192008-02-20T17:05:00.000-05:002008-02-20T17:05:00.000-05:00I worked for Tom Rose at the Jerusalem Post. He caved into one of his bosses, David Radler and withdrew $75,000 from the Post's "Forget Me Not" fund, a toy fund for hapless children, and gave it to Haifa university, which responded by giving the now discredited Radler an honorary doctorate. When the university learned the source of the money, they withdrew the honor. Radler, to avoid jail time, agreed to testify against HIS colleague Conrad Black, who recently received a jail sentence for his activities as CEO of Hollinger Co., former Post owners.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-68844192431834060372008-02-08T01:57:00.000-05:002008-02-08T01:57:00.000-05:00Having worked very closely with Rose from the beginning of his tenure at the Jerusalem Post, I'm sorry to say that the various stories about him are 100% true.<BR/><BR/>However, I have no criticism of this since his job at the Post was to sort out a highly inefficient company which he made tremendous headway in doing.<BR/><BR/>What is more concerning is his unpredictable behaviour. Having no knowledge of US politics, I cannot comments whether this is an advantage or disadvantage. Certainly in Israeli politics this could be construed as an advantage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-69380109141649616452008-01-13T13:36:00.000-05:002008-01-13T13:36:00.000-05:00(I am advised by a precinct committeeman in the 7th that a Rose campaigner called to encourage a vote this evening, but in the process denigrated Elrod's positive positions about the gay community and cast unsavory aspersions on Carson's religious character. That committeeman who was previously not all that excited about attending the caucus, has resolved to do so and to vote for Elrod, characterizing the content of the call from the Rose camp as the work of nasty people. The conversation as it was relayed to me is hearsay, and therefore may not be entirely reliable, but perhaps valuable nevertheless as an additional data point about Rose.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-61140094854590716332008-01-13T11:16:00.000-05:002008-01-13T11:16:00.000-05:003:16--you DO realize, don't you, that she has no endorsers on that website? That she's basically playing a bluff hand?<BR/><BR/>And rather poorly I might add. Kinda Elmer Fuddish.<BR/><BR/>I mention this only because if you're going to that caucus tonight, otherwise known as a GOP clusterf---, I wouldn't want you talking about "all her endorsers."<BR/><BR/>Better folks think you a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.<BR/><BR/>Be vewy vewy qwiet...it's a waskilly wabbit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-67388987677635208462008-01-12T15:16:00.000-05:002008-01-12T15:16:00.000-05:00"Wilson46201 said... <BR/>Loved her endorsers!"<BR/>I agree, those are exactly the type of endorsers District 7 needs in order to put a candidate like Ms. Campo into office. She seems well-connected to the people, so she would have no problem getting out the vote.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-33445781824746929902008-01-12T14:29:00.000-05:002008-01-12T14:29:00.000-05:00Carson will be challenge, trust me he will be challenge. It will be the story of how David slain the giant. It will and it is going to happen.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Sincerely<BR/><BR/><BR/>DARK HORSEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-87965203516514002522008-01-12T11:44:00.000-05:002008-01-12T11:44:00.000-05:00You dont even have to take into any consideratons of his stance on any issue to know that he is a five star pain in the behind......he is a wingnut and the base would abandon him in droves............Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-70118964858308393152008-01-12T10:48:00.000-05:002008-01-12T10:48:00.000-05:00Though i would admire Mr Rose for his convictions to serve in the IDF I would wonder why not serve with his countrymen and women. Before I am labeled an anti zionist, I would question where his loyalties would lie concerning issues in the mid east and general foreign policy issues. Sorry, not meaning to offend anyone, just thinking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-90687603462180802242008-01-12T10:22:00.000-05:002008-01-12T10:22:00.000-05:00<I>Does one have to hold a political office (previously) in order to run for one? I think not, and to suggest that one does strikes me as an aristocratic notion, which I dont believe you share, Gary, in that you support or have written about a Pollard candidacy...right?</I><BR/><BR/>That's exactly backwards, I think. It's *not* an aristocratic notion that one should have had prior experience in a lesser capacity before assuming greater responsibility. This is the general way that both our political system and our economic system function - with the caveat that *sometimes* talented outsiders with no prior political experience are able to come in and do a good job.<BR/><BR/>What strikes *me* as aristocratic is the conceit that political power is hereditary - the idea that because one's say - grandmother - had a particular political position, the grandson is entitled to the position notwithstanding the grandson's lack of: (1) political experience; and (2) any other experience suggesting that he is qualified.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-102928267124588722008-01-12T09:17:00.000-05:002008-01-12T09:17:00.000-05:00Tom Rose is a 4-alarm a-hole, and anyone who has dealt with him personally knows to run screaming from the exits over this guy. And if the Repubs are counting on northside Jews to support him with cash and votes, they can think again.<BR/><BR/>Elrod is the guy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-22489051769291013622008-01-12T08:50:00.000-05:002008-01-12T08:50:00.000-05:00To GOP committee people, THINK! Speak to the idiots who head this party and tell them the people out here are tired of thier shenanigans. THEY have disenfranchised their own party. They have to stop this, NOW!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-13552448325855258082008-01-12T08:42:00.000-05:002008-01-12T08:42:00.000-05:00From the picture on her web page I would say she is attractive. That does not mean qualified. As a ward chair, I would not want to support someone who has not been an active member of the party. Everyone has the right to run in the primary, but if you want the party to endorse you then you should actually be a player. I for one would say to her to get involved and run in a few years if she wants party backing.<BR/><BR/>Tom Rose has sone nothing for the party. He has not even been in Indiana for the better part of the last 10 year or more. Why should he get the support. Especially if Gary is accurate about his past employment.<BR/><BR/>Jon Elrod, I feel, is the only viable candidate. He has proven twice now that he is up to the challenge of a difficult fight. As a republican he won a seat on the center twnshp advisory board. That is not an easy task. He was able to win a house seat against a very difficult person to beat with the name recognition of Maher. His willingness to walk every neighborhood and knock on every door makes him a great candidate. Not only that but when he has the voters at the door he seems to be able to win them over. If we don't support Elrod then we will be making a huge mistake.<BR/><BR/>To Elrods critics, just remember that this is a short session this year. At the end he will have completed his duties as 97th rep. He would not be bailing on his voters if he wins and leaves unlike many of the democrats who have decided to run.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-11421890626738701592008-01-12T07:49:00.000-05:002008-01-12T07:49:00.000-05:00The fix is in folks.<BR/><BR/>The GOP party apparatus spread the word yesterday in calls to PC's that Rose was the pick.<BR/><BR/>THey don't expect him to win. His views don' conform to the district. What the expect is for him to raise a lot of $$ he can then share with someone (back to Brizzi again?) for a fall campaign or another federal campaign (Burton? Pres?) so they can have some clout with someone.<BR/><BR/>Obviously, Elrod's record suggests the guy most likely to be able to win in the 7th on positions and his history of working to win his leg. seat.<BR/><BR/>But sadly that's not the point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1610380059201259072008-01-12T05:44:00.000-05:002008-01-12T05:44:00.000-05:00Please, Republicans, puh-leeeeeeeze, nominate Tom Rose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-11811423927120851012008-01-11T22:14:00.000-05:002008-01-11T22:14:00.000-05:00Looks like Elrod and Campo would be decent choices. I would like to hear where Campo stands on gay issues. Rose sounds like he's psycho.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-7632055394332725932008-01-11T22:03:00.000-05:002008-01-11T22:03:00.000-05:00Loved her endorsers!Wilson46201https://www.blogger.com/profile/14214029150233485312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-5820833396778148432008-01-11T21:42:00.000-05:002008-01-11T21:42:00.000-05:00www.campoforcongress.orgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-44593187392023203692008-01-11T21:16:00.000-05:002008-01-11T21:16:00.000-05:00It isn't a requirement to hold public office and, in some cases, it's actually a benefit if the candidate hasn't held public office. Both Hillary and Obama started running for president almost as soon as they got elected to the Senate. The Center Township Board Jon was elected to was simply an advisory board--no big deal in leaving it 2 years after he was elected to it. Also, Jon could not control the timing of when Carson died. He announced he was running in the 2008 election before she died, which would have allowed him to fill out his full 2-year term. If he was planning to seek the party's nomination for the general election, it would not have made sense for him to bypass the special election just so he could complete his full House term. If Orentlicher is elected, he will have to give up his seat. If Andre is elected, he will have to give up the council seat he was just elected to for the first time. On Campo, you present no credentials which make her uniquely qualified to hold one of 435 seats in the House of Representatives.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-90055084728110868742008-01-11T20:33:00.000-05:002008-01-11T20:33:00.000-05:00Does one have to hold a political office (previously) in order to run for one? I think not, and to suggest that one does strikes me as an aristocratic notion, which I dont believe you share, Gary, in that you support or have written about a Pollard candidacy...right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-17527727871323797872008-01-11T20:32:00.000-05:002008-01-11T20:32:00.000-05:00Oh 7:52, never assume.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-91941565617872828692008-01-11T20:27:00.000-05:002008-01-11T20:27:00.000-05:00"While I admire professional advancement, should not one actually gain professionalism by holding one job for more than an election cycle?"<BR/><BR/>And what office has Campo been elected to previously?Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-65544985477718145002008-01-11T20:24:00.000-05:002008-01-11T20:24:00.000-05:00I heard Campo today on Shabazz's show, I got a flyer from her in the mail, and spoke with her this evening. I think she'd be a great GOP representative, and I will cast my vote for her on Sunday.<BR/><BR/>Rose? No.<BR/><BR/>Elrod? Let's see..2004-Center Twp board..2006-In H/R..2008-attempted run at US Congress. While I admire professional advancement, should not one actually gain professionalism by holding one job for more than an election cycle?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-38306595617415915802008-01-11T20:18:00.000-05:002008-01-11T20:18:00.000-05:00Looks like Rose's management style mirrored his former boss', Steve Goldsmith.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-39129403102039398332008-01-11T20:13:00.000-05:002008-01-11T20:13:00.000-05:00The Indiana Week In Review panel tonight seemed to think Rose was the favorite on the GOP side, although Ann DeLaney asked if he was a resident, noting he had lived "somewhere in the Middle East" for a period of time. They also think Andre is the likely candidate with Orentlicher having the next best shot.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.com