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Go ahead and blank this if you want, but any more edits like the one this account just made to Minnesota and you're going to be blocked for vandalism. AlexiusHoratius 18:20, 5 November 2010 (UTC)Reply

 
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November 2010

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{tlx|unblock|2=reason=I share my account. Please unblock me so I may change my password or create new account my little brother can not log on to~}}

 
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This is a disgusting and outrageous attack on my First amendment rights, My little brother uses my account and makes phony edits as clearly seems I have made countless contributions creating pages for Damon Dunn, Tom Ganley, and The Politican. I can not change my password or account because you people make it impossible. Unlike facebook and twitter which are no longer vandilized by my brother. Sorry for the incipience, Ak169808 (talk) 23:26, 22 November 2010 (UTC)Reply

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If you cannot keep your account secure then you cannot be unblocked. Stephen 23:51, 22 November 2010 (UTC)Reply


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I have changed my password to secure my account. As I stated before I have made many constructive edits to Damon Dunn, added all the pictures to Ohio University and Benedictine High School, along with useful edits to pages I did not create such as Josh Mandel and Beachwood High Schooll Ak169808 (talk) 00:09, 23 November 2010 (UTC)Reply

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Actually the "little brother defense" is used so often we have a whole page at WP:BROTHER deicated to why it is not an acceptable reason to unblock you. Also, there is no such thing as an absolute right to free speech on a privately owned website, so that argument is equally invalid. Beeblebrox (talk) 00:17, 23 November 2010 (UTC)Reply


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I am sorry for unconstructive edits I made that hurt the integrity of wikipedia. I made several pages over my time here Damon Dunn, Tom Ganley, The Politician (book), and added many pictures to Benedictine High School and Ohio University and contributed to many other articles. Please understand I know what I did was wrong and will not do it again. This will be my last unblock request, if you deny me I will simply move on. Remember the good times Ak169808 (talk) 03:30, 23 November 2010 (UTC)Reply

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Procedural decline: You may make only one unblock request at a time. I will review the most recent request below.  Sandstein  06:32, 23 November 2010 (UTC)Reply


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OK, I'll bite. What will you do if you're unblocked? Do you now concede that it wasn't your little brother who made the edits? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 03:41, 23 November 2010 (UTC)Reply

I will no longer make unconstructive edits such as adding myself and my friends as notable alumini to our high schools. Although I did make many of my hurtful edits in the company of friends, I understand that the responsibility falls on myself alone for making these mistakes. I pledge to only make useful edits to wikipedia, well sourced, cited, and formated. I will no longer engage in tomfoolery and will work hard to treat this encyclopedia with the respect it deserves.--Ak169808 (talk) 03:49, 23 November 2010 (UTC) I also would like to add that in fact, some of those edits were made by my little brother, although most were done by me. He did routinely vandalize my facebook account. I apologize for once again all edits made from this account. I ask for forgiveness and the chance to redeem myself in eyes of of Wikipedia users. Thanks for your time and consideration of my unblock --Ak169808 (talk) 03:55, 23 November 2010 (UTC)Reply

 
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I will no longer make unconstructive edits such as adding myself and my friends as notable alumini to our high schools. Although I did make many of my hurtful edits in the company of friends, I understand that the responsibility falls on myself alone for making these mistakes. I pledge to only make useful edits to wikipedia, well sourced, cited, and formated. I will no longer engage in tomfoolery and will work hard to treat this encyclopedia with the respect it deserves.--Ak169808 (talk) 03:49, 23 November 2010 (UTC) I also would like to add that in fact, some of those edits were made by my little brother, although most were done by me. He did routinely vandalize my facebook account. I apologize for once again all edits made from this account. I ask for forgiveness and the chance to redeem myself in eyes of of Wikipedia users. Thanks for your time and consideration of my unblock]]

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Please follow the "second chance" instructions below and make one last unblock request. Your proposed contribution should be rather good: you should add several well-written and well-referenced paragraphs to an article.  Sandstein  06:38, 23 November 2010 (UTC)Reply


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I will no longer make unconstructive edits such as adding myself and my friends as notable alumini to our high schools. Although I did make many of my hurtful edits in the company of friends, I understand that the responsibility falls on myself alone for making these mistakes. I pledge to only make useful edits to wikipedia, well sourced, cited, and formated. I will no longer engage in tomfoolery and will work hard to treat this encyclopedia with the respect it deserves.--Ak169808 (talk) 03:49, 23 November 2010 (UTC) I also would like to add that in fact, some of those edits were made by my little brother, although most were done by me. He did routinely vandalize my facebook account. I apologize for once again all edits made from this account. I ask for forgiveness and the chance to redeem myself in eyes of of Wikipedia users. Thanks for your time and consideration of my unblock]]

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If unblocked I will change political articles on candidates and in put race results in each respective races for 2010 updating the pages. This is my last unblock request I am moving in two weeks and will make a new account from my next ip address to get rid of this hassle. I already apologized. I was sincere. I no longer want to make unconstructive edits because I find them humorous. I made many many edits in good articles. I blinged out my high school Benedictine High School in Cleveland with pictures. I will make more edits like this if I am unblocked. If not as I said before I will just make a new account after I move. You don't have to unblockly, frankly I really don't care. I just want to help updating this encyclopedia at this point. Please unblock me. I am sorry.

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I can't find your 'second chance' article work on this talk page as described above- there's nothing for me to review here. FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 23:47, 23 November 2010 (UTC)Reply


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thumb|right|Seal of the RNC The Republican National Committee (RNC) provides national leadership for the Republican Party of the United States. It is responsible for developing and promoting the Republican political platform, as well as coordinating fundraising and election strategy. It is also responsible for organizing and running the Republican National Convention. Similar committees exist in every U.S. state and most U.S. counties, although in some states party organization is structured by congressional district, allied campaign organizations being governed by a national committee. Michael Steele is the current RNC chairman, and will serve until January 2011.

The RNC's main counterpart is the Democratic National Committee.

History

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The 1856 Republican National Convention appointed the first RNC. It consisted of one member from each state and territory to serve for four years. Each national convention since then has followed the precedent of one representative per state or territory, regardless of population. From 1924 to 1952 there was a national committeeman and national committeewoman from each state and U.S. possession, and from Washington, D.C.. In 1952, committee membership was expanded to include the state party chairs of states that voted Republican in the preceding presidential election, have a Republican majority in their combined U.S. representatives and senators, or have Republican governors. By 1968, membership reached 145.

The only person to have chaired the RNC and later become U.S. president is George H.W. Bush. A number of the chairs of the RNC have been state governors.

2009 RNC Chairman Selection

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RNC Chairman Vote

Source: CQPolitics,[1] and Poll Pundit.[2]

Candidate rep Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6
Michael Steele 46 48 51 60 79 91
Katon Dawson 28 29 34 62 69 77
Saul Anuzis 22 24 24 31 20 Withdrew
Ken Blackwell 20 19 15 15 Withdrew
Mike Duncan 52 48 44 Withdrew
  Candidate won that Round of voting
  Candidate withdrew
  Candidate won RNC Chairmanship

On announcing his candidacy to succeed RNC Chairman Duncan, former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele described the party as being at a crossroads and not knowing what to do. "I think I may have some keys to open the door, some juice to turn on the lights," he said.[3]

Six men ran for the 2009 RNC Chairmanship: Steele, Ken Blackwell, Mike Duncan, Saul Anuzis, Katon Dawson and Chip Saltsman. After Saltsman's withdrawal, there were only five candidates during the hotly-contested balloting January 30, 2009.

After the third round of balloting that day, Steele held a small lead over incumbent Mike Duncan of Kentucky, with 51 votes to Duncan's 44. Shortly after the announcement of the standings, Duncan dropped out of contention without endorsing a candidate.[4] Ken Blackwell, the only other African-American candidate, dropped out after the fourth ballot and endorsed Steele, though Blackwell had been the most socially conservative of the candidates and Steele had been accused of not being "sufficiently conservative." Steele picked up Blackwell's votes.[5] After the fifth round, Steele held a ten vote lead over Katon Dawson, with 79 votes, and Saul Anuzis dropped out.[6] After the sixth vote, he won the chairmanship of the RNC over Dawson by a vote of 91 to 77.[7]

Mississippi Governor and former RNC chair Haley Barbour has suggested the party will focus its efforts on congressional and gubernatorial elections in the coming years rather than the next presidential election. "When I was chairman of the Republican National Committee the last time we lost the White House in 1992 we focused exclusively on 1993 and 1994. And at the end of that time, we had both houses of Congress with Republican majorities, and we’d gone from 17 Republican governors to 31. So anyone talking about 2012 today doesn’t have their eye on the ball. What we ought to worry about is rebuilding our party over the next year and particularly in 2010,” Barbour said at the November 2008 Republican Governors conference.[8]

Chairmen of the Republican National Committee

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# Chairman Term State[9] Notes[10]
1 Edwin D. Morgan 1856–1864 New York
2 Henry J. Raymond 1864–1866 New York
3 Marcus L. Ward 1866–1868 New Jersey
4 William Claflin 1868–1872 Massachusetts
5 Edwin D. Morgan 1872–1876 New York Second term
6 Zachariah Chandler 1876–1879 Michigan
7 J. Donald Cameron 1879–1880 Pennsylvania
8 Marshall Jewell 1880–1883 Connecticut
9 Dwight M. Sabin 1883–1884 Minnesota
10 B. F. Jones 1884–1888 New Jersey
11 Matthew S. Quay 1888–1891 Pennsylvania
12 James S. Clarkson 1891–1892 Iowa
13 William J. Campbell 1892 Illinois Elected June 1892, Declined July 1892 (Lt Governor of IL)
14 Thomas H. Carter 1892–1896 Montana Elected in place of W.J. Campbell in July 1892
15 Marcus A. Hanna 1896–1904 Ohio
16 Henry Clay Payne 1904 Wisconsin
17 George Bruce Cortelyou 1904–1907 New York
18 Harry S. New 1907–1908 Indiana
19 Frank Harris Hitchcock 1908–1909 Ohio
20 John Fremont Hill 1909–1912 Maine
21 Victor Rosewater 1912 Nebraska
22 Charles D. Hilles 1912–1916 New York
23 William R. Willcox 1916–1918 New York
24 Will H. Hays 1918–1921 Indiana
25 John T. Adams 1921–1924 Iowa
26 William M. Butler 1924–1928 Massachusetts
27 Hubert Work 1928–1929 Colorado
28 Claudius H. Huston 1929–1930 Tennessee first Southerner to be elected chairman
29 Simeon D. Fess 1930-1932 Ohio
30 Everett Sanders 1932–1934 Indiana
31 Henry P. Fletcher 1934–1936 Pennsylvania
32 John D. M. Hamilton 1936–1940 Kansas
33 Joseph W. Martin, Jr. 1940–1942 Massachusetts
34 Harrison E. Spangler 1942–1944 Iowa
35 Herbert Brownell, Jr. 1944–1946 New York
36 Carroll Reece 1946–1948 Tennessee
37 Hugh D. Scott, Jr. 1948–1949 Pennsylvania
38 Guy G. Gabrielson 1949–1952 New Jersey
39 Arthur E. Summerfield 1952–1953 Michigan
40 Wesley Roberts 1953 Kansas
41 Leonard W. Hall 1953–1957 New York
42 Meade Alcorn 1957–1959 Connecticut
43 Thruston B. Morton 1959–1961 Kentucky
44 William E. Miller 1961–1964 New York
45 Dean Burch 1964–1965 Arizona
46 Ray C. Bliss 1965–1969 Ohio
47 Rogers C. B. Morton 1969–1971 Maryland
48 Robert Dole 1971–1973 Kansas
49 George H. W. Bush 1973–1974 Texas
50 Mary Louise Smith 1974–1977 Iowa first woman to become RNC chair
51 William E. Brock III 1977–1981 Tennessee
52 Richard Richards 1981–1983 Utah
53 Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr. 1983–1989 Nevada Paul Laxalt served with Fahrenkopf as general chairman until 1987.
54 Lee Atwater 1989–1991 South Carolina
55 Clayton Keith Yeutter 1991–1992 Nebraska
56 Richard Bond 1992–1993 Missouri
57 Haley Barbour 1993–1997 Mississippi
58 Jim Nicholson 1997–2001 Colorado
59 Jim Gilmore 2001–2002 Virginia
60 Marc Racicot 2002–2003 Montana
61 Ed Gillespie 2003–2005 Virginia
62 Ken Mehlman 2005–2007 Washington, D.C. stepped down at end of 2006
63 Mike Duncan 2007–2009 Kentucky Senator Mel Martinez served with Duncan as general chairman before stepping down in October 2007.
63 Mel Martinez 2007 Florida Served with Mike Duncan as general chairman.
64 Michael Steele 2009–present Maryland First African American Chairman.

2009 RNC Health Coverage-Abortion Controversy

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On November 12, 2009, the Republican National Committee was involved in a controversy over its opposition to funding for abortion in government sponsored health plans. After strong support for the Stupak Amendment – which prohibited any coverage of abortion services under government-subsidized or government-operated health insurance plans operating under the terms of the Affordable Health Care for America Act, regardless of whether that coverage was itself funded by the government – it became known that the employer-based health care provided to members of the RNC provides coverage for elective abortions. Republican leaders stated they did not realize this coverage was within the health care terms, and promised to promptly remove such coverage. It has been noted that this coverage is not precisely in contradiction with the intention of the Stupak amendment because the health coverage for RNC members is private insurance, not publicly funded.[11]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Republican Choose Michael Steele as Party Chairman". CQ Politics. January 30, 2009.
  2. ^ "RNC Chairman Vote: Live Coverage". PollPundit.com. January 30, 2009.
  3. ^ Cillizza, Chris (November 13, 2008). "Michael Steele to Run For RNC Chair". The Fix. The Washington Post. Retrieved February 12, 2009.
  4. ^ Armbinder, Mark. RNC Chairman Duncan Drops Re-Election Bid, January 30, 2009, The Atlantic.
  5. ^ Cillizza, Chris. Steele Elected RNC Chair, January 30, 2009, Washington Post.
  6. ^ Hamby, Peter. BREAKING: Steele picked to lead RNC, January 30, 2009, CNN Political Ticker.
  7. ^ Burns, Alexander (January 30, 2009). "It's Steele!". The Politico. Retrieved January 30, 2009.
  8. ^ York, Byron (November 13, 2008). "Palin, the Governors, and the New Power in the Republican Party". National Review Online. Retrieved February 12, 2009.
  9. ^ The Political Graveyard web site, A Database of Historic Cemeteries, accessed July 17, 2006.
  10. ^ "U.S. government departments and offices, etc". rulers.org. B. Schemmel. Retrieved January 30, 2009.
  11. ^ Allen, Jonathan; Shiner, Meredith (November 13, 2009). "RNC to opt out of abortion coverage". politico.com. Politico. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
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I will edit the above article. If you don't want to unblock me you can all go fuck yourselves.

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If you really can't guess... - Vianello (Talk) 00:14, 24 November 2010 (UTC)Reply


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I have disabled this user's talk page access. If he does not want to try for the second chance offer, and wants to make personal attacks, he really doesn't need this talk page any longer. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 00:24, 24 November 2010 (UTC)Reply
I'd say if he wants to make personal attacks, he doesn't need it even if he does want to try for a second chance. - Vianello (Talk) 00:27, 24 November 2010 (UTC)Reply

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