Former Senate Candidate Ting Kicked Out of Delaware GOP
The Republicans welcomed Jan Ting when he ran for Senate on their ticket in 2006. He’s been a Committeeman in Delaware for 25 years. He’s now been kicked out for supporting Barack Obama. The Republican Politburo doesn’t like such disloyalty. I’m surprised they didn’t send him to Gitmo.
The man’s name is Jan Ting. He ran unsuccessfully for Senate in Delaware for the GOP. He has now been kicked out of the Delaware Republican Party for what is evidently a cardinal sin, giving $250 to the campaign of Barack Obama. I kid you not. The man is a Professor of Tax Law at Temple University. I read about this on a Tax Law Professor’s blog. (Man, they have blogs for everything, don’t they?) Delawareonline also has the story:
State GOP Chairman Tom Ross said Friday he was unaware of details of the situation with Ting, noting it happened before he took over.
“I certainly didn’t throw Jan out of the party,” he said, adding he was aware of Ting’s support for Obama.
After the Obama photo appeared, Ting said he was invited to an April meeting at a coffee shop in Pennsylvania. State GOP regional chairman Bill Sahm and a district chairman informed Ting his Obama activities had been discussed at the highest levels of the state party.Ting said they told him, “unless you are willing to recant that and swear allegiance to the party nominee John McCain, we are compelled to request your resignation from the Republican Committee.”
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James Soles, a retired University of Delaware political science professor and longtime political observer, said he was surprised by the party’s reaction.
“Delawareans seldom cast a straight party ticket,” he said, adding he is a loyal Democrat but has supported Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Castle.
“I think people do expect committee people in particular to be loyal to the party,” Soles said, but added he never heard of someone being forced out like this from either party. “Mr. Ting has been a very loyal Republican and has carried water for the party on a number of occasions,” Soles said. “I guess the Republican Party, in Delaware in particular, feels a little on the defensive.”
The article goes on to state that Bill Sahm, the guy who evidently forced Ting out, claims the Democrats would do the same thing in a similar situation, evidently his version of a Republican whiney excuse for bad behavior. And bad behavior this is, kicking a guy out who has served Republican interests for over 25 years. No, the Democrats have not kicked out Joe Lieberman, who is himself actively campaigning for John McCain, and in some areas leading the negative attacks on Barack Obama. We don’t like what Lieberman is doing, but we haven’t completely kicked him out.
This is just petty what they are doing to Jan Ting. The Republican Petty Party?
