{"id":2736,"date":"2009-12-20T12:33:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-20T12:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/another-democrat-switches-to-republican-reason-obamacare\/"},"modified":"2009-12-20T12:33:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-20T12:33:00","slug":"another-democrat-switches-to-republican-reason-obamacare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/libertarian\/another-democrat-switches-to-republican-reason-obamacare.php","title":{"rendered":"Another Democrat switches to Republican: Reason? ObamaCare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_Zm6JXvXXze4\/Sy4dkftUK1I\/AAAAAAAAIxw\/-oiitmnjo2g\/s1600-h\/CasinoPearlRiverMS.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/4f068_CasinoPearlRiverMS.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><strong>Neshoba County, Mississippi<\/strong><\/p><p>There's been a wave of Democrat Party switchers to the GOP since September.  They include new Republicans in Vermont, North Carolina, Alabama, over 20 in Texas, and a growing number in Mississippi.  <\/p><p>The latest?  Neshoba County Chancery Clerk Larry McMillan.  RNC Chairman Michael Steele and MS Gov. Haley Barbour even showed up for the switching ceremony.  <\/p><p>From the Madison County Journal <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinemadison.com\/main.asp?SectionID=1&amp;SubSectionID=1&amp;ArticleID=22042\">on-line<\/a>, Dec. 18:<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_Zm6JXvXXze4\/Sy4dsWYh0jI\/AAAAAAAAIx4\/POtb5Ykm-FA\/s1600-h\/MississippiNeshoba.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/4f068_MississippiNeshoba.gif\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p><blockquote><p>On hand at the event were Gov. Haley Barbour, Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant and dozens of other statewide elected GOP leaders.<\/p><p>The occasion was used to recognize Neshoba County Chancery Clerk Larry McMillan, who announced his intentions to switch to the Republican Party, having been a lifelong Democrat. <\/p><p>Steele joked with McMillan, noting all the big-name state Republicans who came out for the event. <\/p><p>\"You really bring them out Larry,\" Steele said. \"It's a great honor that I get to welcome you to the Republican party.\"<\/p><p>McMillan attributed his switch to being fed up with the Democrat Party's push for health care reform.<\/p><p>McMillan is the 9th county or municipal elected official in Mississippi to switch to the Republican Party this year.<\/p><\/blockquote><p>Neshoba County (pop. 28,000) is located in Central Mississippi.  The County seat is Philadelphia.  It is home to one of the oldest and largest casinos in the State: Pearl River Resort.<\/p><div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/4f068_7828681836623105417-7432683532348019214?l=libertarianrepublican.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neshoba County, MississippiThere's been a wave of Democrat Party switchers to the GOP since September. They include new Republicans in Vermont, North Carolina, Alabama, over 20 in Texas, and a growing number in Mississippi. The latest? Neshoba County Chancery Clerk &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/libertarian\/another-democrat-switches-to-republican-reason-obamacare.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-libertarian"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2736"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2736\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}