The following is a brief summary of whom the Oregon Republican delegates are that are supposedly going to Minneapolis/St. Paul this week for their convention. Obviously, I send along my most fervent prayers (even though I’m a Unitarian) for the victims of Hurricane Gustav not only those in the US who are yet to be hit but those throughout the Caribbean. Still, they should at least nominate McSame and I thought it would be fun to discover who these people are.
Cross-Posted from Loaded Orygun: http://www.loadedorygun.net/sh…
I will admit that I know more about the McCain delegates than the Ron Paul ones so bear with me. Where I don’t know much and can’t find much I write “political activist”. These profiles ARE slanted and so I am a bit aggressive perhaps (like calling people xenophobes) in the name of fun….
Statewide McCain:
Bob Avery — Junction City-Legislative Assistant to State House Minority Leader Bruce Hanna (R).
Russ Walker — Keizer-Head of Oregon FreedomWatch, Oregon’s own Grover Norquist spinoff.
Tim Nashif — Portland-Leader of the yes on Measure 36 (Gay Marriage Ban) campaign in 2004.
Gregory Wooldridge — Portland-Former Naval Officer and head of OR Veterans for McCain. You may remember him because he was a front person for McSame in the Wesley Clark response.
Donna Cain — Rogue River-Republican party fundraiser and fake PUMA (she gave $225 to HRC early this year according to Open Secrets).
Kevin Mannix — Salem-Former multiple-statewide loser and mandatory minimum activist.
Marylin Shannon — Brooks-Former State Senator, current leader of an organization that just tried to overturn Oregon’s new domestic partnership and equal rights for GLBT laws…
Jeffery A. Grossman — Beaverton-Drill, drill drill activist and software security specialist.
Ron Paul At Large Delegates
Elaine Smith — Prairie City-Attorney.
Ivan Cermak — Selma-Political Activist.
Keith Kaiser — Wilsonville-Political activist.
Marc Lucca — Stayton-Former state rep candidate and legislative aide. (Personal Note: When I worked in the legislature I worked next to the office he was then working for, he’s a good guy if really conservative).
Congressional District 1 Delegates
James L. Ellison — Portland-Political Activist.
Sherri L. Grossman — Beaverton-Schools activist, believes strongly that modern society is breaking down the “family unit”.
Barbara Tennent Anderson — Portland-Political Activist.
Congressional District 2 Delegates
Jeannetta Garner — Nyssa-2nd District OR GOP Leader.
Ron Maurer — Grants Pass-State Rep.
Dennis Tooley — Redmond-Member of Board of Directors for Dorchester (OR GOP annual conference).
Congressional District 3 Delegates
Linda Flores — Clackamas-St. Rep/Anti-immigrant activist.
Jay Kushner — Portland-Multiple time loser candidate in deep blue Portland.
James Anderson — Troutdale-GOP Fundraier.
Congressional District 4 Delegates
Nina Avery — Junction City-Former Campaign Worker for Jim Feldkamp (who lost OR-4 to DeFazio in 2004 and 2006).
Jeff Osanka — Eugene-Neighborhood Activist in the Fairmont neighborhood in Eugene.
Melyssa Swartz-Baxter — Eugene-Wife of a soldier who was injured by an IED in Iraq.
Congressional District 5 Delegates
Wayne Brady — Salem-Retired Aerospace Engineer and regular contributor to multiple OR conservative blogs….
Greg Leo — Aurora-Parks activist (as in actually pro-Parks).
Andrea Hofmann — Keizer-Oregon Federation of Republican Women Leader.
Automatic Delegates
Vance Day — Salem-State Party Chair.
June Hartley — Nyssa-Committeewoman.
Solomon Yue — Salem-Committeeman.