Charles
Krauthammer: The Palin endorsement, I think, is disruptive and
capricious. Bill Buckley had a rule that he always supported the most
conservative candidate who was electable; otherwise the vote is simply
self-indulgence.
Baier: Now Jim DeMint, from South Carolina, also endorsed Christine O'Donnell:
Krauthammer: equally capricious and irresponsible. I'm not sexist on this. It's a big mistake....
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We still have people who
think that professional Washington politicians are the way to fix this,
and clearly it isn't. Some of these people are citing the Buckley
Rule. ... I know what the Buckley Rule is. ... You
vote for the Republican, slash, conservative who can win. To me,
this requires clairvoyance ...
Okay, let's just assume that it's correct. Let's assume that Christine
O'Donnell is down in the polls, Democrat polls, by the way, by 25
points. Okay, fine. If she's the best option we have to
stop what's going on once she gets to Washington, why not try to make
up the 25 points? We got socialism, communism, liberalism on the
ropes. It's too risky? Let me tell you something.
It's worth the risk. We're talking about saving the [blank] damn
country. What do you mean, too risky?
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The polls had her even with Castle, but she won by six points.
ReplyDeleteThey also predict her race with Chris Coons is a toss-up.
This could be the political story of the year. Take note, people. Sometimes it's not about the party machines or the money. It's about the voters and the issues.
And the GOP establishment has announced they wont help her win the general election.
ReplyDeleteTime for EVERYONE to STOP sending the GOP national any $$ and send their money DIRECTLY to the candidates
Chop the bastards off at the knees!!!
NuckingFutz
Steady, boys. We're battling entrenched politicians in both parties, and it's gonna get rough.
ReplyDeletePeople are already calling BS on the Mediaite story. It's just part of the phony 'fractured GOP' narrative. Tomorrow we'll learn that a NRSC support team is already on the ground in Delaware. In any case, O'D is about to take off like a rocket.
OTOH, I'm disturbed by the reaction of Dr. Krauthammer. Perhaps someone should remind him that Bill Buckley's long-winded bloviations never got anybody elected.
We need to get this clarified: the conventional wisdom is always wrong.
ReplyDeleteFor decades, we've seen conservative candidates lose in "blue" districts by one or two points. And the country club bluebloods say, "See? Conservatives can't win in [FITB]."
And we always say, "Of COURSE not, you no good MFCS! You torpedo them every time!"
One hopes that, this year, we have enough of the Big Mo on our side to overcome the drag of the establishment. It certainly looks like it, albeit it's early days, yet.
M
I will refer all y'all to my blog wherein, based on 68 years on earth and 50 of them involved in presidential politics, I take BOTH the GOP and the Tea Party to task for different issues.
ReplyDeleteFirst - she may be a disaster, but she is OUR disaster and should be supported.
Second - the Tea Party has an obligation and responsibility to thoroughly vet the candidates they support - and it appears in O'Donnell they may have stumbled a bit.
The bottom line is that everyone involved needs to put on their big boy/girl panties and start behaving like the adults in the room - heaven knows the Dems won't do so!
Yur a hot mama Gayle!
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ReplyDeleteJim DeMint nailed it: "I'd rather have 30 Senator Rubios than 60 Arlen Spectors".
This is war, folks, take off your gloves! Now let's find these mysterious "GOP officials"
and kick their sorry asses into the ditch.
The GOP National Committee is nothing more than a not-so-covert branch of the Democrat National Committee.
ReplyDeleteThey need to be deprived of any and all funding from true conservative Republicans. And it goes without saying that Michael Steele has to go. Where to? Who the hell cares as long as he is gone.
Scottiebill
Poor charlie - those bulging forehead veins have finally aneurized...
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