Another County With A Narcissist GOP Chair

Red Herring Seeking Attention Tells Fishy Story OPINION

Some good conservatives in Goochland brought the clip above to my attention. They think it is another example of an abusive Unit Chair, and I agree.

I know people there, and I know John McGuire. One thing everyone knows about John McGuire is that he is accessible and responsive. When I read “no opposition at all” and “I would appreciate it… see or hear of an appearance,” the first thing that comes to mind is this guy is a jackass. But what about it? Is McGuire doing what a future State Senator should- work to get other Republicans elected in his District?

I get the concern, we have one of these jackasses in Hanover. Too bad our Jackass isn’t working to get Republicans elected here in Hanover. He’s too busy fighting Governor Youngkin’s push to get parents to run for their school boards. I gotta check the Party Plan for narcissism and for ignoring our Mission Statement and Creed. Is it a qualification for chairman? It sure seems like it. Instead of following personal agendas, the Chair of a unit is there for one reason only- to facilitate the will of the rank and file- not to be a feudal lord.

Anyway. I decided to call McGuire. He gives out his number. I got it. Like others, I call him, and he answers or calls me back. I am no big-shot wannabe Committee Chairman of a local unit, but I know others with his number. They call him, and he calls them back. Generally, guys who whine and bitch while occupying chairman seats of local units do so because they are weewee envious of the men that win seats while they sit on the sideline slack-jawed.

“Hey John, what’s up with this dude in Goochland? He says he can’t find you- put an ad in a paper nobody reads and says you won’t play girly games in his sandbox.”

John asked if I read his Newsletters, which I do- (er... mostly.) So, after the chat, I went back and reread those newsletters, and here is what John has to say about the contrived temper tantrum in Goochland:

With the right attitude and effort, we can win. Right now, we are in a very tough General Election, and it is going to take everyone working together. It only takes a few people to mess things up. Sadly, we have a few 5th Congressional District Republicans, including a few in leadership, publicly taking potshots at me and acting a fool. Although most 5th members are professional, I wrongly figured those few would end their antics after the convention.

So this is the guy he was talking about! Jim Herring. I checked out his FB profile, looked through his pics, and noticed he looks an awful lot like that other Herring I’ve seen. Have you noticed?

A little dental work, and they could be cuzzin’s.

“So what about it, John? Did this guy contact you directly, and did you answer?”
John stated his staff checked the logs, and every time Mark, I mean Jim, called, John followed up—every single time. As you might expect with wannabes, the exact opposite of what they say is often the truth. Screenshots of McGuire sending Herring messages and… you guessed it, no reply. Imagine that.

Look who never answers back!

Who have I written about recently claiming John follows him around, makes up stories, calls him names, continually harasses him through proxies, and is obsessed with him? You got it! Bob Good.

My precious chair, John wants it… He does; I know it! Get him, Jimmy!

Bob spends most of his time looking over his shoulder at his district rather than doing his job on the Hill. He has yet to get a piece of legislation through to turn back the Leftist tide like he said he would. He also is the kind of guy to plan his backstabbing endorsement of DeSantis on the eve of Donald Trump’s indictment. Nice guy! He begged Donald for an endorsement to get him elected. Then he was all about being the tough guy who wasn’t gonna vote for McCarthy (we all knew McCarthy would never keep his promises). When Matt Gaetz called out many in Congress over McCarthy’s backstabbing, Bob “No-Bills” Good danced the hucklebuck for CNN! It’s Jim Acosta, for goodness sake. You can’t give a straight answer and outsmart Jim Acosta simultaneously? My cat could do that! Bob does what his caucus tells him. He is kinda the conservative AOC. Bob is so worried about his constituents noticing his poor record on the Hill that he is consumed with anyone who might be a threat, and he focuses on controlling local County Units.

I am not the only one noticing-

People watching this spectacle seem to speculate that if Bob keeps poking John, John’s inner Navy SEAL will kick in, and this dawg will jump the fence and bite.

Back to Mark, I mean Jimmy… I asked around about Herring, and it seems he ran for the Chair in the Henrico unit and got smoked by the GOB network there. You’d think having that experience, he would have the sense to avoid getting dragged into Bob’s dwindling power struggle and a misguided effort to build a machine around hassling McGuire. Another qualification for unit chair is having no political instincts.

If you attended the 10th District Primary Convention, you saw Good leave with his tail tucked between his legs during the deafening applause welcoming McGuire (the linked video is a little later) after Bob took all his shots. No one could save his boy, Democrat Duane, not even the paid political hacks that get paid one way or the other, not even their plot to combine the delegates of the three opposing candidates on the second ballot to defeat John. They didn’t get the chance. John smoked them all 64% on the first ballot in a 4-way race.

A sensible person with political instincts would take a pass on potshots at a man so popular among his constituents. But these are not reasonable men with good political instincts; they are little guys with Good’s instincts, petty people playing schoolyard games with people’s lives at a time when every vote counts. These people cause the Party to lose members over this nonsense. This kind of crap is exactly why John won bigly.

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