The Assassination of Rosalind Kurita

Yesterday, the State Democratic Executive Committee made a misguided decision in voiding the primary election in Senate District 22, and I have a bad feeling that it will come back to bite them on the ass.

You all know that I thought Rosalind sold us down the river when she voted for Ron Ramsey, and I openly endorsed Tim Barnes to replace her. However, he LOST by 19 votes, and if the recount failed, they should have backed down. Just as I opposed the voiding of the Ophelia Ford election, I oppose this as well.

So, Republicans may have crossed over to vote for her in the primary? No shit, really? Who knew?

Look, TDP, you're the ones that have opposed registration by party, which could prevent this shit, but you haven't had the collective cojones to do something about it, so this is to a great extent YOUR fault. Why should I be surprised, since you couldn't even get OBAMA SIGNS to the home county of the last REAL Democratic Governor of Tennessee, Ned Ray McWherter, except at gunpoint?

As much as I wanted to see Rosalind Kurita pay for her sell-out of the Senate Democrats, I wanted to see it at the ballot box, not by a hijacking. TDP, you have effectively disenfranchised the Democratic electorate of District 22, and you are wrong. You want to fix the crossover problem? GET PARTY REGISTRATION.

The State Democratic Party doesn't seem to know, or care, that there is a world outside their precious Nashville, and they're absolutely PETRIFIED of the state's largest (and most DEMOCRATIC) county, Shelby. Those whitebread folks up there have no clue how to deal with us; thank heavens we have David Upton and Gale Jones Carson up there, or they'd be completely lost.

No, TDP, you fucked up yesterday, and you'd damn well better hope that you're able to win the Senate back, or else Ramsey and his crew will refuse to seat Tim Barnes, and order a new election. Then, you'll see Rosalind back as either an indy or a Gooper, and you'll never be able to get rid of her. And whose fault is that?

YOURS.

UPDATE: We have others weighing in on this screw-up:

R. Neal at TennViews

Andy Axel at TennViews

Newscoma

Sharon Cobb

GoldnI

Sean Braisted

Vibinc

Look, again, NO ONE is saying Kurita didn't screw the Party, but this is NOT how you address this issue, and the TDP is refusing to address the real issues that are crippling the Democratic Party in Tennessee. Note to TDP: It's not 1976 any more.