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Send Silly Putty to Kent Williams

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  January 14th, 2009 at 11:59 PM  | 

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We’ve had several missions for the RedState Army of Activists. You probably haven’t noticed as we’ve primarily directed them to individual states.

This should be one for an individual state, but we need to take this nationwide.

Meet Kent Williams. He is allegedly a Republican in Tennessee. The GOP took the State House in Tennessee and rallied to one of their own to be Speaker.

Williams had other plans. He made a deal with the Democrats, betrayed the Republicans, and got himself elected Speaker. He then put a Democrat in the number two spot.

On opening day of the legislature the outgoing Democrat Speaker of the House stood behind Williams whispering directions in his ears.

It’s clear he’s a weak mind and will be putty in the hands of the Democrats.

Here’s the assignment:

Kent Williams address is 126 S. Main Street, Elizabethton, TN 37643.

Go here and send Kent Williams some silly putty.* Let’s put in his hands a pretty accurate representation of what he is.

*For shipping purposes at Amazon, use your phone number. And send along a note so he knows it came from a RedState Activist.

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  • Praying

    for a run on silly putty. I’m getting mine on the way to work tomorrow, and it will be in the mail soon after. I’ll be on this guy’s number 1 enemy list since I already emailed him and told him just what I thought of his actions, but hey, it’s worth it for the cause!

  • Kenny Solomon

    I may buy two ‘eggs’ of SP and keep one for myself.

    I haven’t made a mirror-print of a Sunday Comic Strip in over 40 years.

    ;)

  • http://www.erickerickson.org Erick Erickson

    He’ll get it on Monday or Tuesday.

  • JustLeaveMeAlone

    Count me in!

    I am considering also sending him a nice coin purse in which he may keep his 30 pieces of silver.

  • bs

    is a screwdriver, to indicate what a tool he is and how he’s screwing his constituents.

  • mbecker908

  • http://moelane.com/ Moe Lane

    Good thing I had the remnants of a gift certificate to use.

  • Jaded

    and I have twittered this diary to my almost 500 followers……so hopefully he gets a good ton of silly putty! BRILLIANT IDEA! love it when the RIGHT is thinking and mischievous :-0

  • Amy Miller

    THIRD DEGREE BURN!!!!

    ….

    ….

    With an extra dose of BURN!

    Seriously, this is a great idea…how humiliating for this guy. He’ll know he screwed up, for sure.

  • http://www.the41stvote.org rcov092

    Hope Redstate gets a commission.

  • Doc Holliday

    he voted for himself and that is what gave him the speakership. The voters supported Republicans and now they have to throw out any Repubican initiatives. this guy’s name should be mud. to be clear, no Republican voted for him, not one. Every DEm voted for him and he voted for himself.

  • Jaded

    please provide for the rest of us that would be so helpful and thanks in advance:-)

  • Caleb (absentee)

    My putty is on its way.

  • Kenny Solomon
  • Aaron Gardner

    Second to last para where it says “go here”

  • Jaded

    but the deed is done and my silly putty is on it’s way……GOD that was fun!

  • Praying

    I’m a little slow tonight. I like the reference to Judas the betrayer. Couldn’t be more (unfortunately) apt. I’m loving the response here, though. Just consider all this military drills for the real battle in 2010. Practice makes perfect.

  • http://brockwayfamily.spaces.live.com/ Erick Brockway

    I like Silly Putty! Guess I should order 2, one for me and one for uno-who.

  • OccamsRazor
  • JustLeaveMeAlone

    and allow me to egg on anyone considering participating!

    And hey, Silly Putty is in RED eggs too … how appropriate!

    Egg-cellent idea, Erick!

  • http://www.erickerickson.org Erick Erickson

    That sold me. Heh.

  • http://brockwayfamily.spaces.live.com/ Erick Brockway

    Ordered two

  • Whitehorse

    I’m somewhat up on this. There were several that we figure may have caved & or turned, however he was the only one – & the only one needed, it turns out.

    I’ll send him some silly putty, however I’ll also be travel to his district in 10 to help his primary opponent.

    The TN republican party is moving pretty quick to smite him, so I figure they knew something was in the works. This happened in 2005 with another Williams, Mike Williams, who voted for the Democrat speaker. What this guy did was worse, becoming a Democrat tool. The Democrat cabal in the TN legislature is called the “hillbilly mafia” for a reason.

  • http://brockwayfamily.spaces.live.com/ Erick Brockway

    Unless he was planning to switch parties anyway, they’ll welcome one like him with open arms over there.

  • OccamsRazor

    WE Actually collected dog poop, put it in a brown bag, set it on fire and rang the doorbell.

    How Foul.

  • Lammo

    Uh, remind me never to tick any of you guys and gals off (especially Erick!).

  • randy streu

    nt.

  • JX12

    …but why doesn’t Williams’ district just recall him? I don’t know what the Tennessee Constitution permits in regard to recall elections, but it may be worth looking into. When I lived in California in the 90s, there were two occasions in which Republican members of the CA Assembly pulled stunts very similar to Williams stunt in Tennessee (in fact, one of them was identical), and both were recalled and sent packing in short order. Read about them at the web addresses shown below (sorry, I was unable to turn them into hyperlinks in this post – not sure if it isn’t permitted, or if there’s just a different way to do it here).

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Horcher

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Allen_(politician)

    California rank and file Republicans already have to put up with enough garbage from the Democrats in that state – so they have very little tolerance for betrayal from within. I frankly wish more people around the country would take a lesson from them.

  • JX12

    However, “(politician)” should have hyperlinked, too. Otherwise, it takes you to a different Doris Allen.

  • http://hillbillypolitics.com Steph C

    nt

  • http://hillbillypolitics.com Steph C

    nt

  • Praying

    Walmart has the double pack – two eggs for $2.44. What a deal. Just have to drop it off in the mail room, and that’s done. Incredibly satisfying feeling! Egg-ellent idea, Red State. You rock.

  • Jaded

    and let a RINO power hungry piece of human waste know he SUCKS!

  • Jaded

    asked all my tweets to retweet it to their tweets BECAUSE this will only have the expected fun if at least 50 get sent :-) I hope it’s that high because it will hopefully make their local news!

  • ModRocker86

    The TN GOP is encouraging people to send plastic coins like 30 pieces of silver. I may send both.

    Unfortunately he can’t be recalled but I gurantee you he will not be re-elected in 2010. His district is in the heart of a Republican stronghold and his alliance with Jimmy Naifeh and the House Dems will not help him there. If the state party kicks him out, he won’t even be allowed on the primary ballot.

  • 1SGinTN

    I sent mine to his office on Capitol Hill:

    Kent Williams
    Office of the Speaker
    Suite 212, War Memorial, Nashville, TN 37243-0181

  • Trelaina

    I couldn’t find where to add the note, but he’ll have the idea by the time he gets mine anyway ;)

  • Brian Johnson

    I couldn’t find a place for the note as well, but it’s probably for the best, as I couldn’t think of anything adult or mature to put in it anyway. Sent the tweet out to my followers (most of whom follow #TCOT anyway), but this was a great idea and fun!

    I thought a sock puppet would also be fun, but those cost a bit more than the putty.

    Thanks Erick!

  • burbmom

    “Put” a smile on my face ordering it!

  • Jaded

    to come on over and send some silly putty to a RINO…..I would hate for a good piece of fun to be missed by anyone!