I have read the post and it is pathetic and biased. It’s important to root on your favored candidate, particularly if he is from your school, but it is not tactful or appropriate to first ignore the details of the other candidate’s speech or supporting speeches (i.e. “Madison gave a speech… I zoned out it was about Carrow as a leader er something.”), and second, put snide comments in about people you just don’t like or disagree with (i.e.: Wrasse talks about his goals accomplished (hehehehe”):

I am very proud to be a College Republican and proud to be one from Marquette, but I have personally not supported all of its actions, particularly at the state convention, and have withdrawn a bit as a result. I think Marquette CRs as a group has a ton of great people, but unfortunately we all have our bad apples. Certain members of Marquette CRs, through their words and actions, have alienated the rest of the state chapters because of past pouting or griping about election results or whatever the issue at hand may be. In reality, MUCRs is not this way, but posts like this would suggest otherwise.

If MUCRs wants to command more leadership and respect, certain members should act more tactfully and more maturely if things don’t go Marquette’s way. You win some, you lose some.

And as a side note, and to answer the question of the convention attendee about who is the MUCR chair, it’s Justin, the author of this post. So it will be interesting to see how the collaboration and communication will work out…

Justin, i think that you are very lucky that no democrats have seen your posts both from this year and last year. If they got ahold of your comments they would have a field day. Smearing the WICR’s all over their blogs. Accusations you made last year could have pulled the state into unnecessary legal issues. Not only that but the CRNC is looking for trash to talk about and you are spoon feeding it to them. Maybe it’s about time you respect your fellow CR’s and accept the fact that a non-MUCR did a fantastic job on the state level. After the last MUCR was state chair this federation needed an overhaul and Ryan did a fantastic job. The last MUCR drove the federation into the ground. I miss the days when Madison and Marquette used to fight to the death for state control, at least then both schools played an active and useful role on the state level.

As for a convention attendee…the MU chair is willing to work with the state.. but the state is going to have to be willing to bridge the divide as well. There is nothing a few beers and some successful campaiging on both parts can’t fix

Mike- I agree the scheduling of Future wisconsin was a dropped ball..Malkin speaking isn’t my style. Having a bunch of liberals come in and attack her ruins the whole experience -plus illegal immigration isnt high on my list of concerns- Granted I can’t agree with you when you say Viguirie is more important

To start, a hehehe to the goals Wrasse accomplished? Do you honestly think raising the amount of money the federation has raised in the last three years in one year (among other thing) is not an accomplishment?

Carrow/Karrow, in case you didn’t notice from the 40 people wearing his stickers, is spelled CAROW. And let’s just talk about this gentleman you seem to dislike so much…because I’ve got a few things to mention. I am so glad you were happy to be a part of the Walker revolution in Milwaukee (which Nick can find very well on a map by the way), but things were also going on the WICR federation. And, by the way, Nick gave Luke credit for Walker…he didn’t take any credit. Hand picked successor huh?…where did that come from? Oh and comparing Nick to McCain…that’s rich. I’m pretty sure there are other people in the world to be compared to if you were looking for a negative comment there, because being compared to McCain is pretty much a compliment. Lastly, war vet gets it over legit experienced candidate? Are you serious?…you have the nerve to say something even close to negative about a Marine’s service to our country…and come close to comparing it to work on a campaign? All I can say is…wow.

If Luke was so experienced in campaigning…we all wanted to see it. We waited to see it, but…it never really happened.

If you feel you’re stuck with the executive board then you should have nominated somebody…so don’t say anything at all.

Finally, you’d be surprised to see the WICRs before this time next year?…We’d be more surprised to see you…

It is true that Marquette has been a major contributor but it took the entire state to get it where it is today. The 2003 convention saw about 30 total members attend… at least 10 of those were from the school that hosted it, UW-Stout. Back then they had a tough time raising even $500. Ryan Wrasse’s leadership utilized the people and resources he had and did an amazing job overcoming any challenges along the way. Ryan’s fundraising is unprecedented and made the convention the cheapest convention to attend in years. Nick Carrow will define himself soon enough– I stand by him and his executive team 100%. I am confident they will do a fine job. And BTW, its spelled Carrow not Karrow.

Justin your attitude sucks– if you were bored to tears you insulted your fellow peers who were leading the convention and the people who organized it. As far as elections… I’ve seen many cases where chapters help out one another– I.E. Eau Claire, River Falls and Stout help each other a lot and I’ve heard Whitewater and Madison helping each other out. However none of them expected someone else to do the work for them.

A lot of your posts are negative. Shape up buddy and be a bit more optimistic and positive. Even though they maybe your opinions, every post represents more than just yourself.

Another point I want to make about the WICR convection in general is that I was very disappointed that the conference was scheduled on the same weekend as the Future WI Conference. This should have been avoid! WI does not get a lot of these conferences and why double book? I understand the Malkin conflict was used as an excuse, but I didn’t see listening to her as being worth my time. She wants to be the next Ann Coulter. No substance, just verbal attacks on people she disagrees with (WSJ, libertarians, non-interventionist, ron paul). Richard Viguirie and David Keene were speakers at future WI and I can grandam tee that when Malkin is dead none will remember her, but people like Viguirie and Keene will be remembered for dedicating their lives to furthering the conservative movement.