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PARTY SWITCH SHOWS CHANGING TIMES IN LAWRENCE COUNTY, KY

Parsley, Rose switch to GOP after running on Democrat ticket

Mark Grayson by Mark Grayson
June 3, 2021
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ONLY REMAINING DEMOCRAT COUNTY OFFICIALS SWITCH TO GOP 

 

One old deacon put it this way, “I guess they saw the hand writing on the wall” to describe the political party switch of Lawrence County’s remaining two Democrat officials to the fast charging GOP.

Local GOP chairman Todd Dunn

Lawrence County Republican Chairman Todd Dunn explained Democrat Circuit Clerk Jodi Parsley and Lawrence Co. PVA Chris Rose switching parties recently as a sign of the turn towards liberalism on the national level.

He said the local party had nothing to do with the defections by Rose and Parsley.

“I knew they had switched but since the democratic party has been becoming more and more Liberal especially recently with such things as board control, abortion on demand, shutting down pipeline projects and the continued war on coal we have seen many people switching as Lawrence County is now solidly Republican, Dunn said.  “I wish our party could take credit for the switches but it is almost entirely on the democratic leadership pulling their party towards socialism.”

Both candidates seemed to follow that theme in their statements yesterday and both acknowledged the political part of their decisions as well. The decision had to include consideration of the “Trump” majority in Lawrence County and were possibly afraid of getting swept aside in a general election with a political GOP wave like the last two. The wave actually began with the election of America’s first black president Barrack Obama 12 years ago who was considered to be anti-coal, in a region solidly in the pro-coal camp.

The defections are part of a major trend in Lawrence County that has seen registration boom for the Republican who are now the majority by nearly 1,000 voters when 18 years ago was solidly Democrat in registration and in most county offices.

 

Circuit Clerk Jodi Parsley

“I want the citizens of Lawrence County to know that I am still the same person with the same beliefs that I had when they elected me as their Circuit Clerk in 2006. But the political stage has changed considerably since I first took office, and I felt the need to also make a change, Parsley said. “I will continue to serve the people of Lawrence County with the same integrity, kindness and respect as I have strived for in the past 26 years of my career in the Clerk’s office. I would certainly appreciate the continued support from the citizens of Lawrence County.”

 

Property Valuation Administrator PVA) Chris Rose also cited his beliefs as the reason for the sudden change of parties.

 

PVA Chris Rose

“The decision to change political parties was a long thoughtful process,” Rose said. “Just as we grow and change through the years, so does the political scene. At this time I just felt it was necessary for me to change political parties. This does not change who I am or how I feel about everyone in our community. I am truly appreciative of the support of everyone in our community and hope they will continue to support the person they have always known, who respects them and loves serving them.”

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Comments 16

  1. Charles says:
    4 years ago

    Obama fundamentally changed a lot of dims to the GOP, what he didn’t do Swillary completed! My beloved commonwealth has one thing left to do, rid itself of that longnecked fool that infects the Governors office! People with a mind see the road the dims are taking and are not impressed!

  2. Michelle says:
    4 years ago

    The democrat party has moved further left than liberalism. That is called leftists. They now consist of Marxist, socialist and communist. Many classical liberals think more like conservatives but they are being hammered in this because the left have destroyed the true meaning of liberal. The democrat party has indeed changed and it’s not liberalism. It’s heading straight to communism.

  3. Bob says:
    4 years ago

    Basically we switched parties because we didn’t want to loose our paychecks. The Democratic Party has always been a communist socialist organization. Unless both officials have failed JR High history they willingly aligned themselves with the party of slavery, Jim Crowe Laws, and a major sponsor of the KKK in the 50s and 60s.

    • Charles says:
      4 years ago

      Actually Bob you are spot on correct. I wouldn’t trust a dim as far as I could through one. Changing to the GOP at this late date sounds more like they are scared of losing their offices in the next election to me?

      • KAG says:
        4 years ago

        Charley THROW

        • Charles says:
          4 years ago

          I used the word I wished dumb ass We use throw in many phrasal verbs. To throw something away means to get rid of it. To throw something in can mean to add something to an offer. To throw oneself into something means to start working on it with enthusiasm. Throw is also part of several common idioms, like when you say that something is a stone’s throw away, or that something threw you for a loop. Through can be used as a preposition or an adverb. It’s used to indicate movement that leads into one side of something and out the other side. Don’t correct my grammar when you have no clue, the difference between between their and there! And many other words, you don’t capitalize the first word of a sentence, use no punctuation whatsoever, use i instead of I…and try to correct me? I doubt you made it to the 3rd grade. Hell you didn.t even put a period after that post?

  4. Harold says:
    4 years ago

    There truly will be a uge red wave across America in 2022 and 2024. Americans are quickly becoming very disgusted with where the liberal democrats are going. Puppet Biden and his puppeteers must go.

  5. The Hansel Effect says:
    4 years ago

    This needs to take place across the entire United States. Democrats only care about pushing their own narratives and agendas. They DO NOT care about the people of the United States. If you’re a Democratic take a close look at what has happened in just the past 4 months. They are trying to destroy America and turn the American people against one another. Divide and Conquer is they’re objective. We as a Nation can not allow this to continue.

    • Charles says:
      4 years ago

      The sad part is most dims, don’t care if our great nation is destroyed as long as they can lay on their ass and draw a check and da stamps! Their STUPID!

      • KAG says:
        4 years ago

        Charley you do know the attempted coup on jan 6th was Trump People

        • Charles says:
          4 years ago

          You idiot there was no coup on Jan 6, it was a protest against a stolen election. You support all those BLM “peaceful protests” where they burn liberal cities and police stations to the ground, yet you parrot lame stream media accounts of what happened on Jan 6? Which actually was a right of a free people against an unlawful act of government. You wouldn’t even harp about this except for the horseshit on MSNBC and CNN. You also have no comment on anything that is or the slightest interest to me. Why don’t you quit responding to me at all?

  6. Just saying says:
    4 years ago

    Lets face it the Dems are declairing war on the working white class in America. Their platform is total discrimination against white males. Better start watching “The Five” ,Hanity,or Tucker on Fox everyday. The liberal media has ruined America.

  7. Christian voter says:
    4 years ago

    How anyone that is a true child of God.Vote and support the Democrat party is beyond me.You can not vote for supporters of abortions and gay marriage. and destruction of our country.And be a true child of God!!! Woe unto them on judgement day!!!

    • Sally says:
      4 years ago

      Amen

  8. Concerned says:
    4 years ago

    As Ross Perot said, there’s not a dime’s worth of difference between the parties. When your grandchildren no longer have air to breathe and we’re being ruled by a despot, just sit back and count your votes. Not all people are as ignorant as the hill people in our fair region.

    • Charles says:
      4 years ago

      When Ross Perot said that it was nothing but a political slogan. The people of the hills are not ignorant,(except for KAG); but are now and have been the backbone of our nation. Ignorance more clearly defined would be Pelosi, AOC Biden and the Democrat party as a whole. We will have air long after our great great great grandchildren are long gone. However we are now being ruled by the biggest despot in history.

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