Saul Anuzis and Richard Nixon

The Jobs Clock, Michigan "Gift" Baskets, illegal entry, press conferences at garbage dumps, in-your-face-blogs, pimpin' fellow party members and publishing "Broken Promises Calendars," ... , where did Michigan Republican State Party Chairman Saul Anuzis learn all these stunts, these tricks? Why at one of Michigan's colleges, that's where.

Last year we reported that Anuzis, while Chairman of the Young Republicans at the University of Michigan-Dearborn in the 80's had the Student Government office phones tapped. Was it to listen-in on his Student Government rivals? Why would a Republican repeat the mistakes of Richard Nixon in the Watergate Scandal? Who knows, but at long last you can read about the controversy straight from the 1980 campus newspaper, the "Michigan Journal." Download MichiganJournal.80.11.26.pdf

Comments

[Kathy]

I guess ethics and honesty aren't part of the GOP's job description.

[Communications Guru]

Wow, what a great job of research. It was very interesting reading, and the lesson is a leopard can’t change its spots. I was very interested in what was written about Andy, because he’s the one I personally know. He was once the chair of the Livingston County republican party where I live and where Mike is running. It’s ironic that he took over from another beacon of alleged honesty; Chris Ward when he was elected to the House and who Mike is running against.

[MichiganCaucus]

Thanks, CG. We've got more, like this one:

Apparently, Saul and Andy got tangled-up in an imbroglio involving the Student Government recognition of a new campus group called the “Association for White Students.†Recognition of a campus group by the SG would make them eligible for loans and possibly office space in the student center. Both Anuzis’ were listed as members of the association when the AWS put in their papers for approval but both denied they gave permission to use their names…

[Communications Guru]

Great. Keep it coming.