Lora Hubbel finally catching the hint on “The Hubbel Rule.” Threatens to show it to a lawyer. Not sure anyone cares.
If you recall as far back as September, I was wrting about a bylaw change that the SDGOP was proposing that we nicknamed “the Hubbel Rule.”
Here’s the rule itself, in case you’re wondering (my emphasis):
SECTION I
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
6. Vacancies
A. Events Causing Vacancy: The following events shall cause an officer of the State Central Committee to forfeit his or her office and the office declared vacant: death, resignation, failure to reside in the state, failure to be a registered Republican voter, filing any document with the Secretary of State or a county auditor to be an independent candidate in a general or special election in a race for a partisan public office in which a Republican has been nominated or has filed a petition for the Republican nomination, conviction of a felony, or violation of a bond required to be posted.
SECTION III
COUNTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE
6. Vacancies
A. Events Causing Vacancy: The following events shall cause an officer of the County Central Committee or a precinct committeeman and committeewoman to forfeit his or her office and the office declared vacant: death, resignation, failure of an officer to reside in the county, failure of a precinct committeeman and committeewoman to reside in the precinct, failure to be a registered Republican voter, filing any document with the Secretary of State or a county auditor to be an independent candidate in a general or special election in a race for a partisan public office in which a Republican has been nominated or has filed a petition for the Republican nomination, or conviction of a felony.
The State Republican Central Committee passed the bylaw easily in October, likely because of the hate and bile Lora Hubbel was spewing towards the Republican Party. Fast forward about 3 months or so to a posting from facebook today:
Lora, where have you been for the last 6 months – Running against the Republican candidate? And now you’re feigning shock that they might consider doing something like this?
The SDGOP is “pure deception at best and evil at worst?” The more I see of the hate that resides within Lora, the more I don’t have a problem with the party putting this rule in place. Whatsoever.
Of course, her long-past-the-date-of-expiration tantrum gets laughable when she threatens to show her lawyer!.
(Cue dramatic music…. Dum Dum Dummmmm!) Not her lawyer!
The fact of the matter is that the purpose behind the rule change was to prevent a county GOP official from running as an independent against a Republican candidate. No Republican in the race? Fine.
But if you’re going to work against the Republican candidate, you need to step down from your seat because as a voting member of the county Republican Central Committee, you can vote in a manner which is in your interest, and against that of the Republican in the race.
Lora Hubbel had no problem engaging in utterly embarrassing and vile behavior during the election in an attempt to beat Republicans running for office. And several months later she’s surprised to find that she’s no longer part of the decision making process?
Boo hoo. And that’s the limit of my sympathy in this matter.