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Would you pledge allegiance to the party?

icon_ga_flag.jpgGood for Ray Boyd.

Boyd said he objected to the loyalty oath, which says the signer pledges allegiance to the GOP, because the party is far from perfect and he wouldn’t swear to always support the party’s actions. He tried for a compromise by producing three variations of the oath, all of which elaborated on the original by declaring his independence from party dogma when appropriate.

As Boyd laid out his documents on a conference room table at the Capitol, party chairwoman Sue Everhart was standing over him. “No,” was all Everhart said.

But, we’ll see if he gets very far as an independent.

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4 responses to “Would you pledge allegiance to the party?”

  1. JerryT Avatar
    JerryT

    I probably would sign it too, given that it’s a pretty vague statement.

    We do have to sign something that says we will abide by the RULES of the Dem Party. That makes more sense.

  2. J.M. Prince Avatar
    J.M. Prince

    It’s good that it’s a pretty simple & yet utterly meaningless (operationally) oath, as it’s legal standing is likely quite dubious. So if Boyd did elect to sign it, they really could not do much of anything to him if for example he actually deigned to dare vote say ~15% of the time with Democrats. Or ever so occasionally, (more than once?) against his caucus. You know, like most ‘conservatives’ were able to do merely less than a generation ago. When they were slightly less nuts. JMP

  3. Melb Avatar
    Melb

    Yes, if I wanted to run for office in GA as a Democrat and they said sign this loyalty oath – I would just do it. That may seem lemmingish, but I would probably just consider it some boilerplate crap I had to do.

    However, I see Ray Boyd’s point and do not think he should sign it if it goes against his conscience, but really what is the republican party going to do? Unelect him if he doesn’t toe the line?

  4. Jules Avatar
    Jules

    In answer to the question, no.

    I will however be happy to sign Boyd’s petition for Independent ballot access. I hope that he will reach out to all manner of folks to help him with getting the signatures.

    Now Mr. Boyd, about those awful black and white yard signs.. dear me they are dreadful.

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