Twas all promise and jive, eh?
Let’s see now. Two Republican candidates [Rowland and Ross] conspired with John Dunn, a Democrat opponent [Jill Duvall], and a former Democrat candidate [Robert Thomasson] for the BOCC, to create an electoral coalition of voters, with no outward notification to those same voters of their alliance.
Now, almost two years after beginning the conspiracy, and evidently in order to damage one of the Republican candidates, the former Democrat candidate [Thomasson] publicly blames one of the Republican candidates [Rowland] for not upholding his backroom promises to the other conspirators.
The most interesting element to me in this sad tale is how the former Democrat candidate’s [Thomasson] moral sense only apparently kicks into gear over the perceived personal betrayal by one of the Republican candidates of the conspirators’ plan.
But their conspiracy – a cooperation to deceive tens of thousands of Elbert County voters – doesn’t appear to bother him.
In fact, the other Republican candidate’s faithfulness to the objectives of the conspiracy – “Larry Ross has done everything he could to keep his promises” to the conspirators – is apparently a good thing to Mr. Thomasson.
Yes, there is honor among thieves. Criminals aren’t supposed to commit crimes against each other. I expect that none of this rises to the level of criminality, though the ethical framework here is manipulative and far beneath the ideals of our republic.
I agree, Mr. Thomasson spoke volumes in this writing. I wonder if anyone will hear him.
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