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Crossing the Delaware
Conservatives break new ground in their hunt for RINOs.
Win, lose or draw, Mike Castle was always heading into the Delaware Republican primary as a member of an endangered species. Conservative big game hunters like to call them “RINOs.”
The popular acronym for “Republican in Name Only” has emerged as one of the Tea Party movement’s leading epithets of choice, alongside “liberal” and “progressive.” The upshot is that big-government establishment Republicans are no safer from conservative wrath than the Democrats whose legislation they so often support.
At some point, millions of grassroots conservatives across the country decided there was something wrong, almost abusive, about the right’s relationship with the Republican Party.
Maybe it was buyer’s remorse over the Bush years, when a “compassionate conservative” president and an earmarks-addicted GOP Congress began a deficit spending binge. Maybe it was when they found themselves in the voting booth in 2008, having to hold their nose and think of Sarah Palin in order to vote for John McCain.
But conservatives have finally begun demanding that Republican candidates do more than agree to appear on the ballot with an “R” next to their names. They are looking beyond the party label.
In truth, this is a process many years ongoing: Robert Taft against the Eastern establishment; Barry Goldwater against Nelson Rockefeller; Jeff Bell against Clifford Case; Al D’Amato against Jacob Javits. This year, however, a record number of RINOs have been hunted down and taken to the taxidermist for stuffing.
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski fell to an unknown conservative named Joe Miller. Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson was badly beaten in his Senate race by upstart constitutionalist Rand Paul. Former Lt. Gov. Jane Norton lost a similar race to Ken Buck. Sharron Angle toppled Sue Lowden in Nevada. Sen. Bob Bennett didn’t even make it out of the Utah Republican state convention. Florida’s Charlie Crist and perennial Pennsylvania weathervane Arlen Specter have fled Republican Party to try to extend their political careers beyond primaries they had no hope of winning.
What’s happening? Conservatives have gotten tired of electing Republicans only to get bigger government and massive deficit spending. They are tired of giving their votes and campaign contributions to GOP politicians who pursue conservative goals halfheartedly if at all. They are disgusted that liberal gains, from new government programs to crazed federal court decisions, are seldom reversed but conservative policies like the Bush tax cuts come with an expiration date.
Conservatives are now demanding that their candidates do more than vote for John Boehner for speaker and Mitch McConnell for Senate majority leader. And when asked to vote for liberal Republicans, they lack confidence they’ll even get that much.
Conservatives lack this confidence for good reason. They watched Specter leave the GOP and hand the Democrats a filibuster-proof Senate majority. They watched “Jumpin’” Jim Jeffords of Vermont hand the Senate over to the Democrats in 2001. They let Rhode Island Rockefeller Republican Lincoln Chafee cling to the GOP label only to watch him leave the party and endorse Barack Obama.
For many, Dede Scozzafava in New York’s 23rd congressional district was the turning point. She was a liberal Republican, picked by party bosses despite her unreliability on the handful of issues on which conservatives had some chance of prevailing this year. When the polls showed she couldn’t win, she threw her support to the Democratic candidate.
Rather than vote for Scozzafava, Tea Party activists pulled for the Conservative Party candidate, Doug Hoffman. They were not bothered by the party establishment’s threats that this would cause them to lose the election. Better to an elect an honest liberal, they reasoned, than a liberal in Republican’s clothing.
For how is it a victory to elect a liberal with an “R” next to her name rather than a “D?” What does it profit a movement to win an election but lose its soul? Conservatives are saying to the Republican Party: for years you have taken us for granted. Now you can either win with us or lose without us. And if a conservative candidate loses anyway, so be it.
Rank-and-file conservatives no longer trust the Republican establishment. They don’t trust big-spending incumbents. They don’t even trust conservative magazines, websites, and commentators who in their view run down conservative candidates.
Are there drawbacks to this approach? As one Mama Grizzly might say, “You betcha.” Ideology and values are vital, but qualifications matter too. So do local conditions and regional differences, where one size doesn’t fit all.
Finally, few RINOs are as brazen as Castle or Scozzafava. They now have learned to talk like conservatives and check the right boxes on conservative litmus tests even as they expand government once in power. The George Romneys have become Mitt Romneys, the George Bushes George Ws. Will conservatives be as demanding of them?
But for now, this much is clear: Grassroots conservatives picked Christine O’Donnell over Mike Castle, electoral consequences be damned. If it can happen in Delaware, it can happen anywhere.
About the Author
W. James Antle, III, author of the new book Devouring Freedom: Can Big Government Ever Be Stopped?, is editor of the Daily Caller News Foundation and a senior editor of The American Spectator. You can follow him on Twitter @jimantle.
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bluecollarbytes| 9.15.10 @ 6:53AM
W. James Antle, 111:"Conservatives are now demanding that their candidates do more than vote for John Boehner for speaker and Mitch McConnell for Senate majority leader."
Conservatives are demanding more, but I was unaware "we" were demanding that Boehner and McConnell be handed the speaker-ship and majority leader jobs. Not that there's anything wrong with that, necessarily.
I'd assumed though that there will be a fight of some kind as newly-elected Conservatives confront the old-line Republican hierarchy for power. If there isn't a struggle of some kind on this we will have won nothing.
Tim*| 9.15.10 @ 8:15AM
South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint's Senate Conservatives Fund directed money to O'Donnell's campaign and numerous other conservative Senate hopefuls who knocked off establishment-backed candidates in GOP primaries this cycle.
Time for The Tea Party Kingmaker Jim DeMint to be elected by The Republican Senators to replace Mitch McConnell as Republican Senate Leader .
The Tea Party Rebellion Escalates .
Rise Up !
The Bishop| 9.15.10 @ 8:26AM
Amen, brother Tim. Jim DeMint would be an outstanding Majority Leader. Enough of the entrenched Establishment. Let's get some real change. Now, where did I leave my pitchfork?
The Bishop| 9.15.10 @ 8:26AM
Amen, brother Tim. Jim DeMint would be an outstanding Majority Leader. Enough of the entrenched Establishment. Let's get some real change. Now, where did I leave my pitchfork?
Nunya| 9.15.10 @ 1:49PM
We can only hope....
Nancy in NC| 9.15.10 @ 4:59PM
Excellent article and excellent response, blue collar.
Jim DeMint is an outcast in Washington, as by and large he has stayed true to his principles and has refused to paricipate in the shenanigans of the politically corrupt. He's a rare breed indeed...an honest man in DC.
I say to Boehner and his establishment cronies. DeMint and the "young guns" are the true conservatives that may be able to get this country back on track.
But don't put your pitchforks away, and continue to keep your powder dry. The left won't go down without a fight...such as Dingy Harry tacking amnesty of sorts onto a defense appropriations bill.
The left still has dirty tricks up their sleeves...watch out when they're lame ducks.
Possum Dearie| 9.19.10 @ 9:25AM
LOL Except DeMint cost Republicans the majority, and every Senator on Capitol Hill knows it. He can be Lord of the Flies with his pack of children that eat one another, the cannibal caucus.
Appleby| 9.15.10 @ 7:10AM
I think perhaps the Ruling Class is beginning to figure out that we intend to throw ALL the bums out.
scotchieguy| 9.15.10 @ 11:57AM
Amen, brother...about time.
RAMIII| 9.15.10 @ 4:50PM
The GOP Establishment is currently immersed in "Group Think". They have been exposed as frauds.
The sheets have been pulled back and there they are -- the DEMS and REPUBS in bed together -- who would have thought?
GOP Establishment; get this -- if you are blind, deaf and drunk (with power) the bruises and damage you have sustained are SELF inflicted.
We are tired of your mantras about needing to keep the RINO's to "win". What you don't get is that YOU are the Emperor without clothes. We always knew about the DEMS motivations and direction. NOW we KNOW yours. Good Luck selling your bilge water as bottled spring water. I for one will NOT vote for a lip syncing conservative -- they have to be the genuine article.
As Appleby pointed out so well somewhere else: If the new guys don't get it right either we'll throw them out too (and they know it).
darcy| 9.15.10 @ 5:59PM
"The sheets have been pulled back and there they are -- the DEMS and REPUBS in bed together -- who would have thought?"
Absolutely GREAT line!!! Triple kudos to you, RAMIII.
Possum Dearie| 9.19.10 @ 9:36AM
Well, yeah RAMIII, that's what the "establishment" does -- they donate time and money to get the most electable candidate to win in competitive races and then to keep them in power unless the voters want them out. Notice that when a Republican commits a scandal, they are excommunicated. But unless they serve jail time, the Democrats keep theirs forever. All this talk of purity has now gone a step further. You've signaled to moderates in the northeast that they are no longer welcome in the GOP and ceded that territory to the Democrats. By pushing away the center with these ideological purges, you will wield less influence until demography relegates you to the dustbin of history. The south will never rise again, folks. Come back to modern times.
RAMIII| 9.24.10 @ 9:33AM
Ronald Reagan!!
Kenny| 9.15.10 @ 7:12AM
The article has is just right. The RINOs are going the way of the dinasours, and the time to get them is the primaries.
To bad the head RINO, Juan McCain, escaped, but we'll get his sidekick, Lindsey Gramnesty when his primary comes up.
ChrisInMaine| 9.15.10 @ 7:55AM
Unfortunately, he is not up for reelection until 2014. The good news is that we have an opportunity to take down another Senior RINO in Olympia Snowe, who is scheduled to run for reelection in 2012. As one of the 63% of Republicans up here who are fed up with her (according to a recent PPP poll), I can hardly wait.
Grandpa| 9.15.10 @ 9:03AM
I'd give $ for the campaign to get rid of her and I don't even live in that state.
darcy| 9.15.10 @ 6:02PM
I'm starting a weekly 'tuck money away' account now designated to be used to DEFEAT Snowe.
(And I'm in AZ -- adios Ms. Snowe.)
Gerald Stephens| 9.17.10 @ 7:09PM
VANQUISH...synonym...CRUSH
Possum Dearie| 9.19.10 @ 9:40AM
Snowe will leave the Republican party before her primary. She will win as an Independent much like Joe Lieberman did when the Democrats punished him for being a war hawk. Scott Brown will likely go with Snowe, and so will Collins. They are in talks with Murkowski and might form their own coalition. It would be wildly popular in their districts, as well as in many parts of the country.
drminnepa| 9.15.10 @ 11:46AM
Lindsey Graham's head would look good mounted on the wall in the tea party clubhouse. I bet he wet his bed last night..........
InLineFour| 9.15.10 @ 2:16PM
....and after changing his soiled PJ's this morning, he quietly started putting out feelers that he'd be interested in switching parties...
al| 9.15.10 @ 12:39PM
Over in Hotair's greenroom is something titled "Boom taste my nightstick". It's worth a look.
Nunya| 9.15.10 @ 1:52PM
You can bet the Orrin Hatch is starting to see the writing ont he wall as well... Without a strong turn to the RIGHT he's going out the door in 2012 so he can visit with his pal Bob.
One more RINO down...
Siegfried X| 9.15.10 @ 1:57PM
A candidate is already planning a run against Hatch in 2012. Hatch is whining that the candidate promised not to run against him.
Joe| 9.15.10 @ 6:48PM
If I was a Democrat I would sure hope you are correct because without Reagans "big tent" the Repulicans are doomed to minority status for a generation.
Bill| 9.15.10 @ 7:23AM
The people who care about this country are not just upset they are furious at the ruling class mentality of those who have been in power for way too long. It is time to clean house and the process has started. What should be noted is that this is not a one time event for this election cycle. Those still in office should take note because their November will occur in a few years and the cleansing will continue. What vapor head Nancy thought was astroturf will soon leave rug burns on her sorry butt. I am still a believer in term limits and a balance budget. A believer in states rights and a smaller government. The Constitution matters. The Bill of Rights Matter. It is back to basics. Time to pick a new winning team.
Lesser Weevil| 9.15.10 @ 1:24PM
From your post to God's ear, Brother Bill. But all of this triumphalism may be a bit premature: 53% of the electorate was lame enough to vote for the One despite the easily foreseeable consequences. It's "the art of the possible," let's not forget.
Margie| 9.15.10 @ 2:03PM
Yes but don't forget~ that was BEFORE they all got to see Obummer for what he truly is! A Sociaist and a Muslim sympathizer undeserving of his post.
Alert1201| 9.15.10 @ 7:28AM
What this election along with the others mentioned in this article do is place a well desierved target on the backs of every left leaning republican in congress. They will make every vote knowing that their jobs may be at risk if they side with the left. This I think will have implications far beyond the gaining or loosing of a few seats.
saleboter| 9.15.10 @ 7:50AM
"Better to an elect an honest liberal, they reasoned, than a liberal in Republican's clothing."
Amen to that.
John II| 9.15.10 @ 12:34PM
Besides, honest liberals are really hard to find.
Nunya| 9.15.10 @ 1:54PM
I've never met a TRULY honest liberal. It's hard to be honest when you can't even see the truth of your own beliefs.
stephanie| 9.15.10 @ 7:51AM
CAN YOU HEAR US NOW?!
darcy| 9.15.10 @ 6:08PM
Go Get 'em, stephanie!!!
Lawrence Boccardi| 9.15.10 @ 7:57AM
I saw Karl Rove on Hannity, last night. He was apoplectic over the O'Donnell whomping of Mike Castle. I can only believe that he has forgotten that Castle voted for the investigation to impeach George W., over the Iraq war. I have come to the side, where I would rather see a liberal elected, than send another Rino to D.C., ie., Snowe, Collins, Graham. At least, then, it's possible to spot the enemy!
Curly Smith| 9.15.10 @ 10:01AM
Rove's apoplectic because he sees his plan failing. His current job is to help sweep the GOP back into power. His strategy has always been to run left-leaning candidates because the GOP owns the Conservative vote and the remaining available votes are either on the left or belong to uneducated voters (moderates). He sees no value in running Conservative candidates because, again, he already has your vote and he thinks it's far easier to ape the liberal than to educate the moderate. In essence, he's the author of the lesser of two evils strategy.
He has no ideology. He doesn't care if the country is liberal or conservative as long as his party, and that's whichever party he happens to be working for at the time, is in power.
JoshINHB| 9.15.10 @ 10:14AM
It's time for Karl Rove to STFU and get a real job.
Bush's "brain" helped destroy the republican party in 06 and get the Kenyan elected in 08.
Why does any conservative listen to that a-hole?
scotchieguy| 9.15.10 @ 12:04PM
I thought Hannity was supposed to be such a conservative--why is he always sucking up to Rove and calling him the "architect?" Can't wait to hear what Rush says about last night--this ought to be good. This is where he is at his best--analyzing the political ramifications.
David March| 9.15.10 @ 1:51PM
Hannity is not a conservative. Hes a Neo-Con. Just like all the chickenhawks he claims conservative values, while driving up the deficit to fight wars he will never have to pay for.
Margie| 9.15.10 @ 2:01PM
"Thars Neo-cons in them that hills!"
DB| 9.16.10 @ 12:45PM
LOL. Hilarious, Margie!
Jack Bauer| 9.15.10 @ 12:10PM
"Bush's "brain" helped destroy the republican party in 06 and get the Kenyan elected in 08."
Don't forget the "genius" idea of diverting money and resources into California in 00! A cause so hopeless that should have appealed to Don Quixote tilting at Wind Farms.
Thanks to that, Florida became the squeaker it should never have been. An event that was tragic for the country.
Margie| 9.15.10 @ 12:23PM
"It's time for Karl Rove to !@#$ and get a real job."
Ooo. I have to agree.
darcy| 9.15.10 @ 6:11PM
My conclusions, exactly, Curly. And I've been writing about this for quite a while now: they pander to us, because we have no where else to go, then dismiss us when they get elected - TO THEIR ETERNAL SHAME.
Ryan Booth| 9.15.10 @ 10:19AM
Castle did not vote for any kind of impeachment investigation into President Bush. I'm not a Castle defender, but we need to keep the facts straight.
Bill| 9.15.10 @ 1:35PM
You are semi-right; Castle voted to refer to the Judiciary Committee.
But he voted for Cap and Trade, an egregious bill.
Anthony| 9.15.10 @ 10:48AM
Unfortunately, the "Architect" has failed in applying the first principle of construction; one must build on a firm foundation, or the entire structure will collapse.
Rove-a- Dope has lost sight of this principle, or, has just plain lost sight of principle PERIOD.
mujalan| 9.15.10 @ 11:34AM
My respect for Karl Rove evaporated last night.
RCV| 9.15.10 @ 11:44AM
Rove may be a despicable person, which he is, but his observation is correct. Delaware is now one more seat the Democrats will retain. We'd much rather run against candidates like O'Donnell and Sharron Angle (who has managed to turn the most unattractive candidate and sure loser, Harry Reid, into a good bet for reelection). The Tea Party movement is fracturing the Republican Party just when it was poised to take back Congressional power: the ensuing infighting will lead the way to another Democratic victory in 2012!
scotchieguy| 9.15.10 @ 12:07PM
So you would rather win w/ paper tigers? Where is your spine, man?
John II| 9.15.10 @ 12:46PM
Roberto's already identified himself as a lefty in previous posts, Scotchie. But he has his noggin screwed on tightly in some key respects: he supports the American Revolution, and he appreciates Abbott and Costello. My guess too is that the lefty blogs bore the hell out of him, so he hangs around here.
So it's not a matter of spine (he WANTS a Demo victory in 2012); it's a matter of being attracted to better company. One must keep these distinctions in mind.
And now back to "Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff" (1949), rather a let-down after the seminal "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein" (1948).
RCV| 9.15.10 @ 2:36PM
As always, John II, there is much truth in what you say. I hang around here because it's just boring hanging around with people you agree with and just reading your own opinions in print. What's the point? I do my morning breeze-through at HuffPost to get the news, and head right here for humanity in all its diverse glory! Every now and then, I come across guys like you and Nick who have something worth listening to and considering; the rest is pure entertainment.
As for the American revolution, it still stirs my heart two centuries later! The glory of it! The words of Jefferson! The courage of Ethan Allen! The funny-looking wigs!
Be well, my friend.
Margie| 9.15.10 @ 3:08PM
Snot nosed Leftist.
RCV| 9.15.10 @ 3:13PM
Thanks, as always, for your kind Christian words, Margie.
Margie| 9.15.10 @ 4:20PM
A Christian tells it like it is. A Christian also doesn't say the Bible isn't true.
RCV| 9.15.10 @ 4:37PM
As I've said in another thread, Margie, being so hateful to everyone with whom you disagree does a disservice to you, to the political cause you espouse, and (since you proclaim yourself a Christian) to the church universal. You drive people away from Christ, and that's never a good thing.
Good bless and be well.
Margie| 9.15.10 @ 6:12PM
There you go lying again. What a statement.
But in fact you take yourself away from Him. You are an unbeliever.
So to openly say that you believe the Bible is untrue is not hateful towards God?
"He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him. Truly truly I say to you, he who hears My word and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life; he does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life." Jn. 5:23 & 24.
RCV| 9.15.10 @ 6:43PM
I heard His word and believe in Him. Jesus is my Lord and Saviour.
I hate to break the news to you, Margie, but millions of Christians do not believe in the literal inerrancy of the Bible. And God hasn't appointed YOU as his arbiter on earth to separate the sheep from the goats. Only He gets to do that.
darcy| 9.15.10 @ 7:09PM
Margie:
Millions of Christians DO BELIEVE that the Bible is verbally inspired; they do REJECT historical criticism; they do believe in Christ's death and resurrection as historical -- literal fact, that it is not some metaphor or mytholigical type meant to convey an earthly meaning denuded of its 'saving' merit.
I only hope that the Savior in whom RCV trusts is the literal one and not some metaphor.
RCV| 9.15.10 @ 7:22PM
I believe in Jesus Christ, his literal birth and his literal resurrection as historical fact. I believe he is the Son of God, of one being with the Father.
When God was here on earth, manifest in the Christ, he often spoke to us in parables. That's how he teaches us. There's no reason to think that was something new he just picked up. I believe that many of the stories he also told to the Hebrews in the OT -- like the creation stories in Genesis -- were also meant by Him to teach us lessons, profound lessons. They were passed around for generation after generation before they were written down. The people who told them and wrote them down were human, and therefore imperfect. But they got the gist of God's message right, and his teachings are clear for anyone with sense.
The Gospels in the New Testament are relatively newer, and their oral tradition shorter in duration. Jesus's teachings in the Gospels are, with a few garbled details here and there, consistent, clear and reliably his. The epistles -- letters of Paul, and others -- are just that: letters by human beings; profound, thoughtful and worthy of respect, but still HUMAN teachings. Paul isn't God, and would have been wounded if anyone ever accused him of putting himself on God's level. There is ONE God - the Father almighty, who was manifest in the person of Jesus of Nazarath.
Margie| 9.15.10 @ 8:05PM
darcy,
RCV said that homosexuality isn't sin. He also takes it upon himself to say that parts of the Bible are false and that Jesus' changing of the water into wine was parlor tricks or some such thing.
I took him to task for it. He accuses me of being hateful when indeed he doesn't believe the Bible and chooses what he believes. The man is a liar.
Either you believe or you don't.
"He that loveth Me not keepeth not My words: and the word which ye hear is not Mine, but the Father's who sent Me." Jn 14:24.
What is love? Keeping His words. If you say you don't believe His words, you cannot love Him. And to accuse those who do love Him and do try to keep His words of hate is complete hypocrisy.
Margie| 9.15.10 @ 8:27PM
I didn't write the Bible, God did. You don't believe His words, then you don't believe Him. It isn't ME you have your issue with. It's Him.
Try taking a look in the mirror and seeing your hypocrisy instead of trying to discredit me. Think about it. I'm quoting what God says. You're rejecting it, therefore Him. That's what He says. That's your problem, and it's a huge one. It's what He says that you don't like, not me since they aren't my words.
So take your lies and use them on someone else. Or at least try. Maybe you & Timmy* could get together since you seem to speak from the same vile playbook.
RCV| 9.15.10 @ 9:38PM
You're just a person who can't have a honest discussion of a subject, Margie. Yes, we do have to believe "God's words." The question we disagree about is, What are "God's words"? You say that letters written by a human being, St. Paul, are "God's words". Why? Because a Catholic church council -- a church you accuse of espousing "doctrines of the devil" -- decided to add them to the scriptures centuries after Christ left the earth. St. Paul admits authorship of those letters. He doesn't claim that God wrote them, nor would he because he would consider that blaspheming. I love everything that Jesus said, and hold it to be true. I respect St. Paul greatly, but always feel free to disagree with him, because he is a man, imperfect like me and like you. I left the Catholic Church because I disagreed with the notion of Papal infallibility. No man is infallible, save Jesus because he was God made manifest.
As for Tim*, I've called him out when he has childishly insulted you and will always do so. He and I agree about almost nothing. But it's you who are adopting his playbook, not me.
As always, Margie, God bless and go with you. I hope you find peace some day.
Margie| 9.16.10 @ 1:34AM
"You're just a person who can't have a honest discussion of a subject, Margie." ~Lie.
You cannot post one time without lying, can you?
Willis| 9.15.10 @ 12:16PM
The Republican Party is already broken. We're not fracturing it; we're trying to fix it.
Margie| 9.15.10 @ 12:25PM
RCV once again acts like he's God. Keep peering into that crystal ball.
RCV| 9.15.10 @ 2:39PM
Margie, Margie, if I were God, I wouldn't need to peer into a crystal ball. But I'm not, so I have to make educated guesses with the brain he gave me.
Margie| 9.15.10 @ 3:08PM
Well then quit acting like you know it all, loser.
Nunya| 9.15.10 @ 2:07PM
RCV, I'd rather have a true conservative in place, than a RINO. RINO's only exacerbate the situation we are in, with uncontrollable spending, logarithmic growth of government, and an out of control (and out of touch) Congress. RINO's are the reason we are where we are!
Better to stand on PRINCIPLE than to just give power back to the idiots at the RNC or some potential RINO solely because they have an "R" at the end of their name. It's time we, as Americans, stand for something and not just continue down this road to destruction as "sheeple".
darcy| 9.15.10 @ 6:16PM
Well, if it isn't our 'ol pal and puddy, RCV, chiming in to grace us with his liberal wisdom.
And on a scale from one to ten, ten being your most strongly favored position: How happy would you be to have pro-life, pro-second amendment, limited-government candidates seated in congress????
RCV| 9.15.10 @ 10:06PM
It wouldn't change much, Darcy. Indeed, there's much to be said for a division of power between the Congress and the Presidency. Reagan lost his majority after his first two years in office, as did Clinton. The results were positive.
Our Republic is resilient, and was designed to be so. The people who gave us those institutions -- Madison, Jefferson, et al. -- were brilliant. They have endured for almost 250 years, and will do so long after you and I are gone. The waxing and waning of the public's fancies every few years or so doesn't change that because the system was so well designed with institutional checks and balances -- the Presidential veto, the Supreme Court with life tenure judges, Senators with 6 year terms and staggered elections -- that it is resistant to popular waves, and designed to be so.
RCV| 9.15.10 @ 2:48PM
Your mistake was in ever having respect for Karl Rove. There is nothing -- nothing -- to respect in that despicable amoral man.
Margie| 9.15.10 @ 3:06PM
You must be talking about Obama.
RCV| 9.15.10 @ 3:20PM
No, Karl Rove's the piggish-looking guy with glasses. Obama's the skinny guy with big ears.
Margie| 9.15.10 @ 4:19PM
Content of character here, not looks.
RCV| 9.15.10 @ 4:34PM
On that, Margie, we are in agreement.
Margie| 9.15.10 @ 6:06PM
Yeah yeah yeah.
RCV| 9.15.10 @ 7:33PM
Backup singer to the Beatles?
dw| 9.15.10 @ 3:07PM
That coming from an obama the socialist supporter. Zero credibility.
darcy| 9.15.10 @ 6:18PM
I agree with you about Rove, but very possibly for different reasons.
martin j smith| 9.15.10 @ 7:57AM
I am neither a D or an R more like an I. I am a political mut in fact. That said, I am very glad to see that Tea party Candidates do well and challenge the Republican Establishment. In point of fact they are challenging the entire " Belt Way" mentality in NYC and DC This is good. I am tired of those "Belt Way" boobs assuming they know what is "best" for us serfs. Totaslly ignoring the will of the people. The tea Party Movement is helping to re-invigorate our Democracy under the Bill of Rights. This counbtry cannot afford to have a ONE Party System which is what we have right now. What we need is a true Representative Democracy where those elected officials do listen to the voters. They govern with the consent of the governed not govern by ruling over them. So I congratulate all those who beat out the establishment. And, this fear of loss crosses over to the Democrat Party as well. Thus their fear as some have said is brought out in mudslinging and name calling.
Margie| 9.15.10 @ 12:29PM
A political mutt. I like that, martin j. smith. Better political mutt than a ruling class smut!
gearjammer| 9.15.10 @ 8:02AM
The democrats play chess and you narrow, limited thinkers are playing checkers. You're simple mindedness is the ruin of the republican party.
Alert1201| 9.15.10 @ 8:07AM
Great point. Cannot argue with that. Such powerful, profound, crushing logic.
A. C. Santore| 9.15.10 @ 8:56AM
...and spelling.
Andrew| 9.15.10 @ 8:56AM
gearjammer, we'll happily let you tell us which Republicans to vote for as long as you elect the Democrats I tell you to vote for
Redstateboy| 9.15.10 @ 11:28AM
spoken like a true effete, conscending Liber-ul elitist.
ds80| 9.15.10 @ 12:25PM
gearjammer, I suppose you'd prostitute your mother if it advanced your "long view."
Ruin the Republican Party? Absolutely, if that party does not represent conservatives.
Margie| 9.15.10 @ 12:30PM
gearjammer,
Huh?
Kelly Staples| 9.15.10 @ 8:03AM
Spot on Mr. Antle. And it's soooo much fun watching the Pinko Press go bonkers! Good job Delaware.
Ed| 9.15.10 @ 8:03AM
When I was a kid, those elected to office called themselves "public servants". Now they call themselves "leaders". It's a big difference in attitude.
Doctor Right| 9.15.10 @ 8:07AM
Hey! Where's "Scott" and all the other RINO-protectors today???
Down at City Hall switching parties?
Good riddance, losers.
Doctor Right| 9.15.10 @ 8:10AM
gearjammer:
If you think that electing tired, ossified old liberal Republicans is somehow a clever move...
...Then I'd love to play you in chess.
I don't think you understand: "Ruining" the Republican Party and re-making it in a new image IS our goal.
We are sweeping out the useful idiots. Watch out for the broom, gearjammer.
gearjammer| 9.15.10 @ 8:20AM
Well, the truth is that you're gonna need more than a broom to take on the democrats. By the way, would you play me in chess starting out with fewer pieces on the board ?
The Big E| 9.15.10 @ 8:47AM
There's no point having the same number of pieces if half of mine are being moved by my opponent. In fact, I would be outnumbered LESS if those pieces weren't on the board to being with.
This is not about party, gearjammer, that's where we've gone wrong before. Its about right and wrong.
Dan Hirsch| 9.15.10 @ 9:50AM
WOW!!!
Grand slam bouncing on the road outside of the ballpark!
Nice job "Big E."
Gearjammer, your gears have been stripped, your tires flattened, rims bent, your engine blown, go home. Rest, repair, recover, think some more. I hope you get better, soon.
gearjammer| 9.15.10 @ 10:09AM
Once again simple minded checker players. How you will panic if one of our judges get sick. Just like when you panicked about the 41st senator and were literally in tears. That Rino Scott Brown saved the day for you. Stupid,blind, delusional dolts.
Redstateboy| 9.15.10 @ 10:25AM
You cast a vote for Hussien Obama?
JeffW| 9.15.10 @ 10:41AM
Maybe that day, but how many other days has he thrown the game? Fool me once, shame on you, Fool me twice, shame on me.
The Big E| 9.15.10 @ 10:53AM
If one of our Judges gets sick we'll need Republicans with the cajones to stand against whatever radical Obama nominates to replace him, not Republicans who "cross the aisle" and blindly confirm whoever is passed before them. Nine Republicans voted to confirm Sonya Sotomayor, and she was confirmed by a vote of 68-31. If those nine had resolutely opposed her, her nomination could have been derailed on procedural grounds. Elena Kagan was confirmed 63-37 with five Republican votes. Again, had those five stood firm, her nomination could have been halted on procedural grounds.
And yet, you're advocating for more Republicans like the 9 who voted to confirm Sotomayor, and the 5 who voted to confirm Kagan. We don't need more Republicans like them to protect the Supreme Court. They've already sold the SCOTUS out.
Oh, and by the way, gearjammer, people resort to ad hominem argument when they have run out of intelligent things to say. I'll accept your name-calling as a concession of defeat.
gearjammer| 9.15.10 @ 1:34PM
Nobody has stopped an up or down vote for the high court . It is one rule they live by.50 dems and Biden win the Scalia seat genius. Guess you did not think of this. I forgot you play checkers one simple little move at a time. Let's hope Antonio stays in the pink. If not, you'll be sucking your thumb crying when Van Jones get appointed.
The Big E| 9.15.10 @ 2:22PM
Of course I thought of it. Its never been done, but that doesn't mean it COULDN'T be done or SHOULDN'T be done. Do you really have any doubt that, were the shoe on the other foot, the Dems would do it to us? They threatened to do so during the Bush era and didn't have to because their loyal RINOs, those same RINOs you seem to love so much, crossed the aisle to help them defeat the nomination of qualified conservative judges. Remember? I sure do.
And if the Castles of the world are elected, will they do anything to stop the nomination of a Van Jones? Did they do anything to stop the nominations of Sonya Sotomayor and Elena Kagan? No. Why should we expect more of them now?
See, you're playing chess. That's great. It's a fun game. But while you're playing strategy games, the rest of us are in a war for the soul of this country, for the very future of liberty. You are constantly starting with the ASSUMPTION that conservatives CAN'T win. Why? Because that's the conventional wisdom of guys like Karl Rove? Well, guess what, as should already be evident to anyone who doesn't have their head buried in the sand, this is NOT a conventional election cycle. The conventional wisdom has been consistently wrong all season about people like O'Donnell and others, and yet so many cling to it as if it actually means something.
Have you considered that the voters of Delaware may have just elected the ONLY Republican who could get elected this year? Had Castle won, would the disaffected conservatives in the electorate once again turn out to support someone in November who does not and will not support them and their values? Why should they? Without their support, could he have won? I doubt it.
The conservative base of the Republican party is highly, highly energized. They will turn out big for candidates like O'Donnell, they may stay home in droves for candidates like Castle. You should embrace that energy, not waste it.
gearjammer| 9.15.10 @ 4:19PM
Once again I did check E and Bush did ok with judges. And, a lot of Rinos made it possible. And, who is promising to use the filibuster against the democrats pertaining to judges, especially supreme court ? Now, you are gambling our 5-4 court lead on the hope of a filibuster should one of them get bad news health wise. What a reckless risk. And, bub, be sure the dems will counter with ignoring the 41st Senator rule and say hello to Justice Jones-Van Jones that is. You don't think things out. Like I said -checkers versus chess.
The Big E| 9.15.10 @ 4:45PM
You miss my point - I was saying that a filibuster COULD have prevented Sotomayor and Kagan from being confirmed. If we take maximum advantage of the conservative mood in the country right now we won't have to rely on filibusers to stop anything - we'll be able to stop them outright - 51-49. But to do that, the establishment Republicans are going to have to get behind the conservatives who won in primaries and help them over the line - just like conservatives have done for establishment Republicans for years, and then the establishment Republicans still in the Senate are going to have to HOLD THE LINE and not GO ALONG TO GET ALONG. You're position is only defensible if one ASSUMES defeat. Why do you assume defeat?
gearjammer| 9.15.10 @ 6:32PM
One of the 51 could have been Castle. You won't even allow to put that one seat in the bank in such a tough state. You admit the danger of a court shift but Mike Castle is too much for you. Why ? You assume he'll sell us out. Only Chafee did that of recent times-trust me he's nuts. he's truly nuts. But, you are dead certain he'd betray the party on the biggest issue of all. That cap and trade was nothing-everyone knew it was dead in the water. He was just placating the enviro nuts in a state that has really, really bought into the green nonsense. That is the nature of the business of politics. The suburban voters will make or break DE. Up until the last few months they've bought into the Al Gore insanity. Castle makes a meaningless vote and you all wanna persecute him. Now, you admit only 51 senators is the answer to court disaster, and on this one guy you gotta be so cement headed. This is not a done deal in 2012 either-Obama could pull it off ala Bill Clinton and win and so to Hillary might just run and take it. We may get 51 by 2012 but to have knocked one off and put it in the bank in DE for just a few key votes-nope-you won't go there. What do we lose ? This long shot opportunity ? Quite the gambler. Castle has a full house and O'donnell a pair of threes and your betting the mortgage money on her hand !
The Big E| 9.15.10 @ 8:48PM
I don't put that seat in the bank because:
A. I'm not so sure Castle would have been elected for reasons I've stated elsewhere. You assume he's holding a full house, but I suspect that "full house" might not have turned out in force in November, and
B. I have no confidence that his would not be a seat in the bank for the other guys if he won. I don't know him personally, I'm not even from Delaware, so all I have to go on is his voting record in the house and frankly, it's not confidence inspiring.
Here's what I really don't get about you, gearjammer: regardless of who you wanted to win, O'Donnell won. Why are you so determined to throw her candidacy away? Why not get behind her and support her? She may not be your ideal candidate, but she is OUR candidate. I've supported candidates I felt were less than ideal for years with my money, my time, and my vote because they were OUR candidates. Why won't you do the same?
Possum Dearie| 9.19.10 @ 10:06AM
Well, people in DE know him well. They elected him to office 12 times, two term governor and the House. They know O'Donnell well, too. Joe Biden beat her by 40 points last time and she lost by 31% in 2006 as a write-in after she lost her primary. The polling was abundant for anyone who cared to look. Castle was a lock, so much so that he carelessly assumed DE Republicans were to dumb to reject him, so he was already running for the general. That O'Donnell is far from ideal is the understatement of the century, and when you had to support evil RINOs, they were palatable. Name one candidate with O'Donnell's baggage. Sure, McCain and Keating 5 rumors, gang of 14, bipartisanship -- While you disagreed with his politics, did you ever suspect he was mentally unstable? Did he have a habit of telling ridiculous stories and lies? Was he ever a whiner? The man survived the Hanoi Hilton; O'Donnell couldn't hack it at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, wanting $500,000 "for emotional distress, humiliation, emotional pain, embarrassment, depression." But what a tough talker she was against a 71-year-old man with heart problems, calling him "unmanly" and claiming he had a secret gay lover. This is conservatism? You're going to demand sane Republicans dump money on this whack job who has a history spending her campaign cash on rent?
Possum Dearie| 9.19.10 @ 9:53AM
Chris Coons will vote for cap and trade, fin reg, healthcare, stimulus bills -- the whole she bang. What about the new "conservative" darling O'Donnell? She might sell you out, if her rent is coming up. Maybe she can be persuaded to support cap and trade, if they appeal to her pagan impulses. This loon had a midnight picnic on a satanic altar. She could be talked into anything. I'd take a pragmatist like Castle over a paranoiac like O'Donnell any day. I would take 95% odds over a 1 in 10 shot to win. I would not give a seat to the Democrats to prove a point, because I'd only be making a case for idiocy.
D L| 9.15.10 @ 10:14AM
I think you mean "CHECKMATE"!
Anthony| 9.15.10 @ 12:10PM
I'll bet $100 on Doctor Right. Even without his queen, I believe he'd out-maneuver you in 10 moves.
Hey, after the chess match, can we play a real game, like Pin the Tail on the Donkey?
Only I get Gov. Palin, Ms. Engle, Ms. Bachmann and Ms. O'Donnell on my team. Oh boy, this is gonna hurt!!!
Louis Jenkins| 9.15.10 @ 8:13AM
The Tea Party is making a large impact. Taking our lumps and dishing out lumps too! We'd rather have honest liberals that shady Republicans. I agree, it is time to throw out the bums, and elect responsible candidates.
gearjammer| 9.15.10 @ 8:15AM
74 and 74 the ages of two conservatives on supreme court. Men get sick and die at that age. You people are feeling not thinking. The party of reason is becoming estrogen drenched and people like Mark and Hannity and Rush are sounding like hysterics at one of those teeny bop concerts. You all need to turn in your busts of Winston Churchill. He was a Rino too-he actually accepted an alliance with Stalin and the Soviets in WW2.
Melvin| 9.15.10 @ 8:27AM
Churchill did what he did because of Mr. Neville, "Peace in our Time," Chamberlain. England had the chance to stop Adolf Hitler long before the artillery rounds started falling.
If England had stopped Hitler, then Churchill wouldn't have been forced into an alliance with Uncle Joe.
Churchill didn't have a choice, because the survival of Britain was at stake. We on the other hand do have a choice and have chosen not to go the way of Neville Chamberlain and be forced into making alliances that will bite us in the future.
gearjammer| 9.15.10 @ 9:59AM
Duh, Melvin, unless you are comatose you might notice that the artillery have been falling and much ground taken by the enemy. Can't touch the powerful truth of my point can you ? it's like if that megalomaniac actually coached an NFL team. He'd play 5 against 11 if he suspected the other 6 he could field were a bit suspect on their conservative convictions.
gearjammer| 9.15.10 @ 10:00AM
megalomaniac meaning Limbaugh.
Radegunda| 9.15.10 @ 7:30PM
Rush has a radio program, that's all. A lot of people choose to listen. He's not trying to wield power over people--only to persuade them through speech.
Rush is not the one who said he would fundamentally transform the country and stop the sea from rising and make the planet heal. He's not the one who took over banks and student loans and auto companies and the whole medical industry. He's not the one who thinks he can micromanage the whole economy without ever running a business in his life. He's not the one who thought he could bring peace to the world by sheer force of charisma. That's the guy in the White House.
Possum Dearie| 9.19.10 @ 10:10AM
No, Rush is trying to get rich by running a three ring circus, and same goes for Levin, Hannity, Palin and Malkin. What do these guys have in common? They are pundits who make more money when Democrats are in control, because more people tune in to hear the minority opinion. Y'all got rolled.
The Big E| 9.15.10 @ 8:49AM
That is all the more reason to take action NOW, otherwise they will be replaced with Souters and O'Connors rather than Scalias and Alitos.
Mimi| 9.15.10 @ 9:02AM
74 and 74.....Mmmmm. That's young Lad!! Working in the FRAMEWORK of the Constitutional Principles...for the good of the country and will of the people... The Conservative message will live a long life.
gearjammer| 9.15.10 @ 10:04AM
Quite the little " magical thinker " Mimi. One bad medical exam for one of them and your world is rocked . If, you do a little homework you'd find these Rinos were pretty reliable votes when it came to the court.
The Big E| 9.15.10 @ 10:56AM
Reliable for whom? They were sure reliable for Obama on the Sotomayor and Kagan nominations.
gearjammer| 9.15.10 @ 4:08PM
See it's like this E. Those 2 were in anyhow. They vote this way so if we get a republican prez in 2012 and one of are aging justices wants to retire they can vote for him and tell the voters they are fair minded and non partisan and this satisfies the voters. See they look ahead. Are playing chess not checkers. AM I GETTING THROUGH TO YOU AT ALL!
The Big E| 9.15.10 @ 4:49PM
Oh, you're coming through loud and clear - you're just wrong on this one. You're talking about the potential nominees of a potential Republican President sometime after 2012 - I'm talking the potential nominees of a very real and very radical Barack Obama NOW. Like I said elsewhere - war not strategy games. You're playing not to lose - I'm fighting to win.
gearjammer| 9.15.10 @ 6:42PM
They , the ladies from Maine have not betrayed on this one. If, one of them has to be the 51st vote to stop another Kagan they'll do it. Better a Ben Nelson does it and they can be bi partisan-that is their reality back home. You are accusing them of being traitors and that is a slander. They must make complicated moves-play chess vs your game of checkers. These are the rules of the game in modern politics. You hate it=thus you hate reality. You've got your long shot gamble in DE. A rather risky scheme but we cabn only hope for the best.
Anthony| 9.15.10 @ 5:06PM
Gear, I can see that you don't play chess, or think for that matter. If the Rs had done the principled thing and the smart political thing, they should have done a filibuster of Kagan.
In the first instance, it would have further exposed her for the extremist that she is. She was very vunerable and Obozo and the Ds knew it. Kagan got a free pass and the Rs got nothing in return.
Secondly, and most important for chess players who think 4 moves ahead, Kagan was the perfect nominee to finally put an end to the filibuster once and for all.
If they had gone the filibuster route, and were successful, then they could have demanded a resolution ending the filibuster for future judicial nominees, (which by the way is unconstitutional), and would have finally put an end to this dispicable parliamentary manoeuver created by the Ds, once and for all. Obozo & the Ds would have gotten this hack, but with a big price.
This having been accomplished, the RINOs would have no need in the future to turn cartwheels to justify their "fairmindedness", because the Ds, absent the ability to filibuster, would not be able to hold up a R nominee forever with their scorched earth policy.
Fifty votes stops a lot of D seedy gamesmanship.
But, your precious RINOs had no balls and were more concerned about looking moderate and fair minded, hence a perfect opportunity to get a quid pro quo out of this rotten nominee was wasted.
AM I GETTING THROUGH TO YOU??
gearjammer| 9.15.10 @ 6:46PM
You wanna junk the filibuster when we are in a minority ? Just a few months ago you'd have sacrificed your children for Scott Brown being the 41st senator. And, I'm the dope around here ?
Mimi| 9.15.10 @ 11:34AM
GEAR...Have you checked out the mood of Independents lately??...I wish you could come with me... to the land of MAGIC... in my case .. the magic comes from Faith..Hope... and knowing RIGHT from WRONG!!!
gearjammer| 9.15.10 @ 1:38PM
Nope. It come from 50 percent plus one Mimi. Wake up-there ain't no Santa Claus.
scotchieguy| 9.15.10 @ 12:55PM
Gearjammer, please never coach football. You would be the guy everyone would be ripping at the end of a close loss where your team had the opponent on the ropes--and you played not to lose. There's nothing more demoralizing in football than watching a team play the "prevent defense." It only prevents you from doing one thing--winning.
gearjammer| 9.15.10 @ 1:42PM
Actually my Patriot won three super bowls doing a fair share of prevent when the situation called for it. can't blitz on every play .
The Big E| 9.15.10 @ 2:32PM
You can't blitz on every play, but that doesn't mean you should never blitz on any play. The Dems are reeling, the entire left side of the their line is out of shape and playing after a night of heavy boozing, and their quarterbacks got a bum knee and no mobility. And, oh yeah. We happen to be behind - 59 - 41 on one scoreboard and 255 - 178 on the other.
And you want to play prevent?
gearjammer| 9.15.10 @ 3:09PM
Exactly, a balanced game plan. A little prevent-like stopping the dems from scoring an uncontested touchdown in Delaware.
The Big E| 9.15.10 @ 3:24PM
Or we could blitz our safeties and either sack the QB, or force a fumble or interception (God, I love these football analogies). The key to a balanced game plan is knowing when to attack and sit back and play zone. Right, Big Mo - i.e. momentum - is on our side, we need to go for the kill, put the game out of reach, not just merely stand pat until the other side gets their second wind.
gearjammer| 9.15.10 @ 4:02PM
Every team has it week spots. You gotta protect them from being overwhelmed. You guys have one play-run right-power sweep right-you wanna play without a left guard or tackle-even a center.
The Big E| 9.15.10 @ 4:51PM
But you also have to exploit the weaknesses of your opponents, and right now they're weaker then they've been in a long, long time. Its the difference between playing to win and playing not to lose.
scotchieguy| 9.15.10 @ 6:52PM
You just made his point for him. You have NO killer instinct. They are reeling, and you're letting them off easy...
Scotchieguy| 9.15.10 @ 6:49PM
Wrong. That ain't Coach Bill's style, and I am not comparing you to him. He won two of those super bowls by way of Brady's cool resolve near the end, resulting in field goals by Vinnie. I'm comparing you to the ultimate "play not to lose," coach, former Viking Dennis Green. Another way of looking at it, Gear, is you are sucking up to these frauds--"please, fellas, can't we all just get along." I say no, America says no, and these Tea-Party candidates are saying hell no."
Possum Dearie| 9.19.10 @ 10:28AM
Paladino contributed the max to Schumer in June. He has been a Democrat till 2005 and given money to Hillary, Gore, Kerry, Massa, Slaughter, Gephardt. We all know about O'Donnell. Who are the frauds?
Siegfried X| 9.15.10 @ 9:27AM
Liberal Republicans have already voted to confirm two of Obama's Supreme Court nominees. The only way to stop Obama from appointing more liberals is to elect conservative Republicans.
gearjammer| 9.15.10 @ 10:44AM
Why don't you big shot conservatives just demand Snowe and Collins just change their party. Declare them " unclean". See how that works out for ya. You dolts don't have a clue about Maine and its political realities. Just pop off from afar-oblivious to the situation.
renee6| 9.15.10 @ 11:10AM
gearjammer,
I have been following all the comments. You are the only one name calling. Is it because you are losing the argument? Or because you are a RINO?
Old Joe| 9.15.10 @ 11:46AM
No. It is because Gear is really a Democrat troll.
gearjammer| 9.15.10 @ 1:45PM
Actually I am a republican, and you are the Rino,as being a conservative first is a show of disloyalty.
Margie| 9.15.10 @ 2:00PM
gearjammer,
If you are so concerned about winning, and so am I, the fact that O'Donnell has now won in the primary doesn't encourage you at all that she can win the election?
gearjammer| 9.15.10 @ 3:27PM
Marjie, I doubt she can win. Look at Joe Miller. Look at his resume and experience-West Point, distinguished soldier, bronze star, Yale Law, a degree in economics. is Christie O even in the same universe ? Just because they are both the same on conservatism does not make them both the same. She's plucky and seems quick witted. let us hope the democrats go after her in the way only they can do. Then she can stand up and show some real true grit. No crying, no playing the picking on the girl whining-just catch the grenades in mid air the dems aim at her and heave them back. I mean if they really get ugly about it'd be a great chance for party unity-every republican oughta go down and battle it out then. But, I am guessing the dems will play it cool and not attack like the rabid dogs they truly are. If she has a chance, she and Castle need to go bowling or something and have a few laughs while the cameras role .Conservatives might even say a few nice things about Mike. But, you mostly wanna just burn him at the stake.
Margie| 9.15.10 @ 4:16PM
gearjammer,
Interesting points and I like what you say about how she should behave with the Dems. Standing strong. Well I for one am gonna pray for her to that end and I think we all ought to.
You sound like you could be a political adviser and sound kinda like Dick Morris. He's sharp like that in seeing how the Left operates. Takes one to know one, and he's a repentant Lefty. Sometimes they're the best. Like David Horowitz for example. But I digress..
She won the primary and we should all make sure to get out & vote in the general election so she will win!
gearjammer| 9.15.10 @ 6:50PM
If she wins I'll dance naked in the streets of Providence Rhode Island-with a discreet fig leaf or two.
Possum Dearie| 9.19.10 @ 10:35AM
Even worse, what if she wins? She'll be a seatwarmer for Beau Biden, same as Chris Coons. But the Dems have enjoyed her clowning for years. She went from looking like Julia Louise Dreyfus to Sarah Palin overnight. I suspect that's what the Dems have in mind for her. Imagine the 2012 election, if Palin catfights her evil twin. The conservative base will be so demoralized by the end of it, especially after making insignificant gains in the midterms. Obama wins by default.
David March| 9.15.10 @ 2:39PM
Has it ever occured to you that the reason conservatives are flocking to the Tea Party is because of Neo-Con idealogues you?
You do know that your ideology is descended from Communism via Trotsky right? And before them Wilson, the Democrats and all the way back to the Jacobites and the French Revolution. But given your Churchill comments I doubt you have ever read a history book.
gearjammer| 9.15.10 @ 3:29PM
You talkin ta me ? I fought commies in Nam. How about you ?
The Big E| 9.15.10 @ 2:39PM
A show of disloyalty to whom? The Republican Party? Why should I be loyal to them, they've never been loyal to me. And besides, what's more important, the good of the Republican Party or the good of the Country? I'll throw the Republican party under the bus in a heartbeat if that's what's best for the Country. That's where MY loyalty lies. Unfortunately, many in the Republican party leadership have chosen the opposite - they've chosen to throw the Country under the bus for the good of the party. Those of us who are loyal to the Country FIRST are tired of that sort of behavior, and we've decided to put a stop to it. From now, what matters to us is loyalty to the good ol' USA, not loyalty to the Republican Party.
gearjammer| 9.15.10 @ 3:32PM
All of you just can't deal with the reality of modern politics. you'd be in a 70 per cent bracket without the GOP. You'd never have that Roth IRA-a moderate from what state ? Less attitude more gratitude from you bub !
The Big E| 9.15.10 @ 4:56PM
The reality of modern politics is that right now the country is undergoing the most dramatic political shift in our lifetime, maybe in a century. The people are mad as hell at Dem and Reps - both. They do not want the same old same old from either party. If you give them what they want, you win. If you don't . . .
With all due respect, gearjammer, your talking the politics of the LAST century, not the politics of the today.
Oh, and by the way, if I recall, the 70 per cent bracket went the way of the dodo because of another conservative who the establishment Republicans said couldn't win - Ronald Reagan.
gearjammer| 9.15.10 @ 7:09PM
Reagan also built up the military, and John Chafee helped him in that effort(the son is not the father in this case). And, by the way Gipper saw to it that some of that defense spending, naval in this case, found it's way to Rhode Island, like in Newport. A Rino and conservative working hand in hand for the good of the country. But, we can't do that anymore.
Melvin| 9.15.10 @ 11:17AM
"Oh, Barrack, save me, I'm think I am going to faint." In his most statesman like manner, "Are all the cameras on me, good, ahem. Hey someone help that woman over there."
Oh, buy the way, since you are enlightening us poor knaves, please tell how us how many Americans were hired with the recent billion dollar stimulus that will hang over our heads with debt for many years for showing African males how to wash their penises to the tune of $8000.000 thousand dollars?
Allot of tax monies could have been saved by sending Progressive/Liberal college coeds over there and show them how for pennies on the dollar.
Conservatism is not about showing African males how to wash their packages, its about allow me to spend my own money as I see fit.
Progressives conveniently forget that taxpayer funds are not their own and we entrust them to be responsible, but they broke that trust, so guess what junior, "Screw Em." They made their bed, and now they can lay in their own refuse.
Anthony| 9.15.10 @ 2:00PM
This genius has it right. Like Mass., the Kennedy seat belongs to a D. So in Maine, the Collins & Snowe seats belongs to the RINO party.
I think not pal.
When we gather for our Pin the Tail on the Donkey party on Nov 2nd, we'll use you for our jackass.
Margie| 9.15.10 @ 3:03PM
Why Anthony how could you be so harsh, so hateful, so bitter, so.... cool!
Dittos.
macdaddy| 9.15.10 @ 9:56AM
Odd that you would mention "hysterics at teeny bop concerts." You mean, like those at the Obama rallies in '08? We can't rebuild a great country on a cracked foundation....we have tried to to this the GOP way...and look where we are. Did the GOP protect us?....any of us?...in this downturn? Did they stand in the gap and oppose the spending nonsense, or did they get in on the earmark-fest, as well. Sellouts. The message has been sent: You are a conservative, or you aren't. If you aren't, slapping an 'R' on the ballot next to your name won't get you our votes any longer. Compromise is no longer a word we accept.
Together, we stand. United, we prevail. Conservative, we are strong.
gearjammer| 9.15.10 @ 10:36AM
Mention Sarah P and you all jump up and down like girls over whatever the act of the moment is. Get it through your heads that you people are not the anointed any more than Obama. it is best to be agnostic and question people and their ideas-especially fanatical totally unchallenged media figures like Limbaugh or the rest. They are no different than anyone else in media be they left or right-they go totally unchallenged. Limbaugh would get destroyed if he had to actually engaged in an even up 2 way debate. Did the GOP protect us you ask ? Yes. We didn't have this-this assault every day. They played chess and weakened the dems. We lost because of the war in 06 and 08. We were protected from Kagans and Sotmyer types. We got Roberts and Alito. Graham and McCain did more than just vote for them-they fought for them. And, get in straight Mac you need my vote. I sent Bachman money and I am not down with her on every issue-but I hate the people gunning for her. If I send her more money I'll write a note explaining I am a RINO. Should she except the money ? If she does is she now tainted and " unclean" and thus undeserving of your so exalted support. Answer the question punk and show me some respect or millions like me will stay home and fix your sorry rear ends once and for all.
The Big E| 9.15.10 @ 11:01AM
They weakened the Dems? Are you serious? If they weakened the Dems so much then why do the Dems control both houses of Congress by enormous majorities? Why do we have the most radical president in . . . well . . . forever? Is that what you call "weakening" the Dems? If Bush's moderate Republican policies had been successful then the Dems wouldn't be running everything right now.
Possum Dearie| 9.19.10 @ 10:39AM
Why do the Dems have the White House and both chambers of Congress? Because you excitable types can be so easily swayed and manage to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
Nancy in NC| 9.15.10 @ 5:18PM
You just don't get it gear...some of us are looking at the big picture and the long run. As conservatives we want smaller government and less taxes...and we want the government to leave us the hell alone.
Some of us have even read the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, and like what's said there.
It appears to me that you put yourself into the ruling class, and as a proud member of the country class, I think you should just defect to the Dims and be done with it.
ds80| 9.15.10 @ 12:32PM
"estrogen drenched"
gearjammer did you intend to let slip that you're sexist? Do strong women scare you?
gearjammer| 9.15.10 @ 1:50PM
Don't get sooooooooo emotional girly or is it girly man ? Wait is that Sarah ? WOWY ZOWY GOTTA GET HER AUTOGRAPH !
Melvin| 9.15.10 @ 8:20AM
McCain didn't win AZ, he bought it. He had the entire Republican Machine behind him and then some, and with this McCain bought millions upon millions of dollars worth of media air time in playing on the fears of AZ Conservatives.
I saw and listened to some of McCain's primary campaign messages, and I thought to myself, "Is this the same man that was caucusing with the Democrats not that long ago being touted by the Ruling Elite Media as the, "Republican Maverick?"
Indeed, Senator John McCain's head would have been a very big trophy on the Conservatives lodge wall next to Lisa Murkowski's, but eventually that, "old buck," will run out of places to hide and escape to, because McCain is McCain and he will do what he always feels comfortable to do, caucus with the Democrats, and that is when Conservatives drive that, "Old Bull" down.
A. C. Santore| 9.15.10 @ 9:00AM
I'm not from Arizona, but from way Back East, the McCain win looks to me like the classic lesser of two evils.
Or perhaps more like "the least not good enough."
Dan Hirsch| 9.15.10 @ 9:55AM
I greatly admire John McCain for his heroic service to our country. Unfortunately I believe he has succumbed to a bad case of Stockholm Syndrome. He is the quintessential RINO and needs to go. Out with him. Thanks, GOP.
Mrs. Palin had to endorse him - otherwise she'd be third party - i.e. baseless. That won't get the job done.
David March| 9.15.10 @ 2:50PM
John McCain won because he ran a better campaign than his opponent. He saw what was coming and unlike a lot of other Rinos he actually got his sh*t together, and reacted appropriately.
Castle lost because he ran a terrible campaign. Despite repeated warnings that this was not going to be an easy run, he actually got uppity that he would have to prove himself. He was warned repeately to fight better, given massive support and lost. In the end he was an arrogant loser. Just look at his refusal just like all the other loser Rinos to endorse his opponent. Thats all that needed to be said about Castle.
darcy| 9.15.10 @ 8:02PM
Let's see, David. McCain won because he got his sh*t together? You mean, because he felt the heat and 'calibrated' his message to DECEIVE the voters? Is that what you mean?
Dan Hirsch| 9.16.10 @ 12:25AM
Darcy- I consider that nail driven home....Good on ya!
Possum Dearie| 9.19.10 @ 10:43AM
Well, let's see if you purists can buy Delaware and salvage your pride. You bought a bill of goods, and now you want to go down with the Titanic. Really, you should be focusing on the winnable races. Raese in WV could use a million against Manchin, but he doesn't have dimples and boobs.
Petey Kay| 9.15.10 @ 8:20AM
Great piece. This is really getting interesting. Come on Nov. 2nd!
Redstateboy| 9.15.10 @ 12:12PM
as evidence of who bad Democrats are for the Country... I predict the day after Republicans - with a solid group of Conservatives
Siegfried X| 9.15.10 @ 8:22AM
Excellent. Thank you for saying that the media haven't said for a decade.
Now we can begin talking about the issues instead of just saying "The Democrats are bad"
marcus carey | 9.15.10 @ 8:23AM
There is a serious call to arms which this race must inspire. http://www.bluegrassbulletin.c.....porch.html
Rockyspoon| 9.15.10 @ 8:27AM
It is far better to have an honest thief than a theiving Republican. The first is at least recoverable; the second will be booted out of office. (Their "theivery" comes from misrepresenting core conservative principles; if they want to turn into progressive liberals, they should switch parties and say so.)
BTW, gearjammer--I don't have a bust of W. Churchill. Never did, never will. I've never considered him a "Republican" (wasn't he a Britt?)
Duh.
gearjammer| 9.15.10 @ 3:04PM
He is a conservative icon. And, you are a Rino not a republican. Conservative firsters are not Republicans. And, he and every person in America was glad to have Stalin's help. You can't win alone in big wars and we are in a big war with democrats and you need me. You need my vote and money. Have some respect or else.
The Big E| 9.15.10 @ 3:32PM
And you need me, and people like me. For years, you've my money and my vote and you did nothing with it. Now, myself and people like me, are electing a different breed of Republican. We held out nose and supported your Republicans for years, and in return got nothing but an ever expanding - LIBERAL - government. Now its your turn to support us - whether you hold your nose is up to you - and the question is this: Will the establishment Republicans have the loyalty, the character, and the integrity to do what conservatives have done for years? Or will they be cry-babies and take their ball and play somewhere else? Like it or not gearjammer - the time has come for YOU to make that choice - the same choice I'VE been faced with for most of my adult life.
gearjammer| 9.15.10 @ 3:57PM
I send conservatives money Bachman is one. But, Limbaugh is downright abusive with people who do not see it his way ? Are you like that ?
Margie| 9.15.10 @ 4:10PM
It depends on your def. of abuse. Most Liberals call speaking the truth abuse. Heh.
The Big E| 9.15.10 @ 4:59PM
Have I been abusive with you? I'm a hard right conservative, but I'm not a political idiot. I've consistently gone into polls for 20+ years, held my nose, and voted for establishment Republicans I did not like because they were the lesser of two evils. All I'm asking you to do now is return the favor.
Nunya| 9.15.10 @ 5:13PM
GJ, this is the way I see it when it comes to politics: First and foremost, my country. Second, my state. Third, my party. Right now, there are too many people who have it backwards, including yourself.
I will NOT sit back and watch ever-more-liberal Republicrats get elected simply because they have an "R" behind their name. Liberal Republicans (RINO's) ARE THE REASON WE ARE IN THE MESS THAT WE'RE IN. Big government, big taxes, big spending is going to DESTROY this country, and has gone a long way towards that end.
Vote conservatives into office. It's the only way we can turn this situation around. Otherwise, pray hard and keep your guns loaded, because it's going to get ugly.
Possum Dearie| 9.19.10 @ 10:53AM
The Democrats have had the government for most of the 20th century with that exception of the recent 30 years since Reagan. Nixon nearly destroyed us for good, but he cost the GOP a couple generations of voters. Don't think Hollywood won't keep that legend alive. They've won the culture wars and resent every instance Republicans gain power. They have turned the Southern strategy into a case against us. Now we are boxed in and fighting to regain power. When you are marching right, you have to cross the middle first after the Democrats have taken us so far to the left. But you just refuse to believe your own eyes. Your have taken leave of your senses.
Margie| 9.15.10 @ 6:02PM
LOL. That's a new one too. "Conservative Firsters." Crack me up why dontcha.
Petronius| 9.15.10 @ 8:27AM
I predict that if enough Tea Party candidates win in November the remaining RINO's in the Senate will cross the aisle. After all, they got elected to join the liberal beltway clique which is all that matters to them; and their wives.
RCV| 9.15.10 @ 11:49AM
And we'd be happy to welcome Senators Snowe and Collins to our side of the aisle as we retain control of the Senate!
Steve A| 9.15.10 @ 1:21PM
Rcv, You can have em. Then they can team up with Arlen S & get to the back of the 99 week unemplopyent gravy train line.
Margie| 9.15.10 @ 1:25PM
Maybe RCV, if you invite them personally, they'll come.
RCV| 9.15.10 @ 2:30PM
I've actually written to both of them in the past, urging them to switch parties because I agree with you that there is no room in the new GOP for them. I think there is a good chance that next year one or both of them will switch, depending on who the new GOP Senate leader is. If McConnell is reelected, they may stay; if DeMint pulls a coup, the odds increase that they will cross the aisle. I think the ideological reallignment is a good thing, just as you do. It helps when people have a clearer idea of the choices they are facing.
The Big E| 9.15.10 @ 2:46PM
"I think the ideological reallignment is a good thing, just as you do. It helps when people have a clearer idea of the choices they are facing."
RCV, that might be this first thing you've ever written on this site that I wholly and completely agree with. Part of the current anger roiling in the country is the persistent feeling that the people have been duped - and not just by Barack Obama and the Dems. If the people of Maine want to elect two liberals to the Senate well . . . it IS a democracy, that is their right. But I'm sure they would appreciate having the clearer choices you referred to.
Margie| 9.15.10 @ 2:59PM
Keep writing, RCV.
Possum Dearie| 9.19.10 @ 10:56AM
Why do you think Obama vacationed in Maine? They are a few steps ahead of you.
R Martin| 9.15.10 @ 8:28AM
I picked O'Donnell over Castle yesterday and did NOT think "electoral consequences be damned". In the general election Christine will be up against a northeast liberal laywer with Ivy League degrees and a long history in Democrat politics. Voters have indicated a clear preference away from such Politics As Usual candidates. With a well organized campaign, national party backing, the support of independents and an effort to keep the Wilmington inner city vote honest O'Donnell has a legitimate chance in November. Mr. Antle, we're not saying, "to heck" with electoral consequences; we're saying, "bring it on!"
Jeremiah| 9.15.10 @ 9:29AM
Memo to Ruling Class members of all stripes, Democrats, Media, RINOs, and conservative commentariat members who inform us now that this means an easy Democrat victory in Delaware this year:
According to the preliminary numbers I saw at the Delaware board of elections about 56,000 Republican votes were cast in the state compared to about 35,000 Democrat votes. One boob in the conservative commentariat said that O'Donnell will have to get more than the 30,000 votes she got in the primary to beat the Democrats. Perhaps, but the Democrats will have to get more than the 18,500 votes their top statewide vote-getter got to beat O'Donnell.
Can you feel the train a-coming? The meat a-cooking? Can you hear us yet?
RCV| 9.15.10 @ 3:02PM
While anything's possible, it doesn't appear that O'Donnell has a big chance of prevailing in November. The polls had shown Castle decisively beating the Democrat (that's why Beau Biden declined to run this year). The latest poll from Delaware shows the Democrat Coons trouncing O'Donnell by 16 points.
Jeremiah| 9.15.10 @ 4:06PM
Hee hee, RCV. That poll is part of our secret disinformation plan. Every time you guys think you see a glimmer of light, you do something outrageous to inflame even more people against you. Eight months ago only losers would go near the upstart Marco Rubio in Florida. Sharron Angle's victory in Nevada meant Harry Reid would coast to an easy victory. Now they are in a statistical tie. No Republican would ever take Ted Kennedy's seat. Oops (it is the one case where I was glad to see one with some RINO instincts prevail). A month ago O'Connell was supposed to be crushed by Castle. Yesterday she won handily. See, we're sucking you into our trap. Obama is probably so pleased about Delaware he'll hold a state dinner for Imam Rauf - and then we'll pick up another million or so freshly outraged new voters.
Seriously, RCV, everyone in the ruling class keeps blowing these prognostications because they continue to apply traditional templates to a most undecidedly traditional times. I have seen pollsters still assuming a Democrat turnout of as much as seven points more than Republicans this cycle - and still coming up with the Dem losing. By using those traditionalist assumptions (applying some assumptions to their numbers are necessary for pollsters - too long to explain the statistical reasons here) they are not coming up with accurate information; they are giving Dems a false sense of security. And even with the flawed assumptions, that sense of security keeps evaporating. Monday of this week polls showed Castle up by two points (actually, a statistical tie). The next day O'Connell won by six. Gives you pause, doesn't it?
Jeremiah| 9.15.10 @ 4:08PM
In the last paragraph I meant most "decidedly untraditional times"
RCV| 9.15.10 @ 4:17PM
No, it doesn't give me pause. Harry Reid was down 30 points in the polls until Angle won the nomination. Now, as you say, it's a dead heat. She may pull out a victory, but it would have been a cake-walk if she hadn't. The same is true in Delaware. Democrats had NO chance before the GOP primary, now we're 16 points ahead in the polls. I'd just rather be in that position, that's all.
darcy| 9.15.10 @ 6:27PM
"Democrats had NO chance before the GOP primary, now WE'RE 16 points ahead in the polls."
Hmmm. "We're." Are you trying to tell us you're a democrat??
RCV| 9.15.10 @ 7:10PM
Yes. Never pretended otherwise.
Possum Dearie| 9.19.10 @ 10:58AM
71% of DE voters hate the tea party. 52% hate Palin. 46% approve of Obama's job performance. 50% say O'Donnell is unfit to hold office.
Paul| 9.15.10 @ 8:50AM
I can't figure out if the author and subsequent commenters are delusional or just plain stupid. Delaware is never going to elect O'Donnell (in a similar situation, we'll be lucky to eak out Angle against Reid, who should've been "easy pickings", as they say). Now, there's virtually no chance that the Republicans will take control of the Senate. And, yes, having those RINO votes for speaker and majority leader does make a big difference in terms of who's controlling the committees, setting the agenda, and instituting investigations against the left-wing junta that's running the White House. The bottom line is that there are regions of the country where moderate Republicans can get elected (e.g., Scott Brown) but where conservatives can't. In those areas, failing to support moderates will surely result in Democrat victories (and for very liberal Democrats at that), and continued Democrat control of congress. Barrack Obama should be thanking his lucky stars for Sarah Palin.
The Big E| 9.15.10 @ 8:58AM
Hope your words are sweet. You may be eating them in November.
A. C. Santore| 9.15.10 @ 9:02AM
Eak!
CopyKatnj| 9.15.10 @ 9:48AM
How about joining the team Paul. Stop with the "negative waves, man" and step up to help conservatives win instead of throwing them a curve ball. These are the candidates that the local primary voters chose. Give them your support and perhaps the Senate out come will be as conservatives set out to accomplish. Your defeatism is what has impeded conservatives for to long. How about some hard work and optimism for a change.
Anthony| 9.15.10 @ 10:18AM
Paul, I used to buy into this drivil as well. I was one of those who thought control over committees and legislation ment something more than ideology. Frankly, I'd still give this concept some serious thought, if only we had principled folks who actually believed in it.
Then I saw the Gang of 14 and McCain play footsies with the Ds to keep what little of Bush's conservative agenda from being implimented. Along with their theats against conservative judges, you might also remember it was the RINOs that insisted that McCain-Feingold become the law of the land. Oh, and McCain and friends were against the Bush tax cuts. These gutless wonders couldn't even threaten a filibuster of Obama's radical S.C. nominees, let alone do it!!
The fallacy of your argument is that you assume the RINOs would do "the right thing", the investigations and setting the "right"agenda. History has proven that they would do no such thing. They would, once again, use their role as kingpins to water down anything the conservatives wanted, including and especially investigations of Obama's Justice Department. Cap & Trade and refusing to take down Obama Care would also be part of their agenda.
No Paul, unprincipled quasi team mates only lead to defeat. It's time to clean house.
P.S. I am constantly amazed at people like you who can't see what a natural leader Gov. Palin is. You fall for all the elite's bull crap about her. She, Angle and Bachman (sp) have more balls than the entire R male establishment combined. As our neutered RNC types dither and weigh the political consequences for their own personal advancement, these woman have put it on the line, taken the abuse, and have come out victorious.
You, like the D and R establishments, are clueless as to what is coming!! Oh, how about $100 that O'Donnell wins DE in Nov??
Paul| 9.15.10 @ 11:37AM
I hope you're right about O'Donnell (and the rest) winning. Nevertheless, I'd be willing to take that bet. RINO's won't always do the right thing, but they'll do it more often than Democrats, who'll likely serve in their place. Purging sure winners like Castle from the party is a quick way to permanent minority status. The problem with Governor Palin is that she doesn't seem to realize that (and it absolutely terrifies me when she's coy about a possible Tea Party ticket presidential run - four more years of B. Hussein anyone??). Someone once said "The person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and an ally — not a 20 percent traitor. " He brought America back from the brink, and I'll take him over Palin et al. any day.
Nunya| 9.15.10 @ 5:24PM
Paul: "He brought America back from the brink, and I'll take him over Palin et al. any day"
Specifically whom are you referring to? It certainly can't be Obozo, so I'm not sure who you mean.
Jeremiah| 9.15.10 @ 4:11PM
Like William Wallace, this year we have most delusionally lurched our way from victory to victory all year long. The word delusional applies to those who do not let evidence and facts influence their worldview. That would be you, Paul.
darcy| 9.15.10 @ 6:30PM
This is how I interpret your comments: "The bottom line is that there are regions of the country where [conservative voters simply will NEVER be represented]."
You think so??? Just wait.
Possum Dearie| 9.19.10 @ 10:59AM
A Senate majority leader is never "easy pickings." Angle is as good as you can get, has improved as a candidate, and it is insulting to compare her to OD.
Mimi| 9.15.10 @ 8:51AM
What happened yesterday in Delaware, was the "HEART " of the Republican party taking it back to constitutional and founders principles, in line with its platform. The POWER-BOYS down-town should get their act together. Party over country certainly hasn't worked for DEMS and REPUBLICAN'S should better........Just in= Mitch Mc Connell will support her!!!!!
Mimi| 9.15.10 @ 8:53AM
error REPUB's...should know better
Andrew| 9.15.10 @ 8:53AM
in the list he forgot Reagan vs. the RINO Gerald Ford
Bob in Western NY| 9.15.10 @ 8:54AM
You could say it's the RINO's v Conservatives. Perhaps its the Ruling Class v We the People.
Bill| 9.15.10 @ 3:33PM
The patricians are beginning to worry that the plebeians are restless, but can't quite understand why.
The Big E| 9.15.10 @ 8:56AM
I heard on Fix News this morning that the Republican Party, I don't remember whether it was the Delaware state party or the RNC, had they would NOT spend money in support of O'Donnell.
Does anyone know if this is true? If it is, it would illustrate more clearly than anything that the Republican establishment is as much a part of the ruling class as the Dems.
The Big E| 9.15.10 @ 8:56AM
Im meant Fox News, of course.
scotchieguy| 9.15.10 @ 1:16PM
Freudian slip?
The Big E| 9.15.10 @ 2:48PM
Possible - but a combination of big fingers and bad eyesight are more likely to blame.
CopyKatnj| 9.15.10 @ 9:51AM
Yes it is true. To paraphrase the National and State Party, If the T'Party wants O'Donnell elected they can fund it themselves.
Doctor Right| 9.15.10 @ 12:17PM
WRONG!
They sent her a $42,000 check today, the maximum allowable contribution.
The Big E| 9.15.10 @ 2:49PM
That's good news indeed.
Possum Dearie| 9.19.10 @ 11:01AM
The night O'Donnell won, the NRSC cut her a check for $42,000. I hope they made it out to cash.
Teflon93| 9.15.10 @ 8:57AM
Where are all the calls for "party unity" and for the RINOs to fall in line, hold their noses, and vote for the chosen conservative candidate, the way we conservatives have been told time and again we must do for the RINOs?
Siegfried X| 9.15.10 @ 9:24AM
There won't be any. The rule is when a conservative wins, the RINOs can switch to the Democratic Party. Only conservatives are supposed to be loyal to their party.
Doctor Right| 9.15.10 @ 12:19PM
Dang straight, Teflon93!!
We Conservatives are CONSTANTLY told to align ourselves with RINOs for "the good of the Party".
I bet you that NONE of the people who tell us this will vote for TEA PARTY candidates (for the good of the Party".
So which is it, RINOs? Party, or your own self-interest??
Don't bother answering, you miserable cowards. We already know what you'll do.
Clinton nee Publius | 9.15.10 @ 9:27AM
This is more of the same - trying to paper over the truth. This isn't about RINOs and conservatives. This is about corruption and policy. The Republican Party is going to either be taken over and reformed or it will become as endangered as RINOs. RINOs are just one of the targets - ask Bob Bennett. He thought he was safe.
Michael Steele thinks he's safe.
Mitch McConnell thinks he's safe.
John Boehner thinks he's safe.
We are serving notice. We are going to get all of you corrupt dirt bags. One way or another, you are going out the door. You can leave of your own volition, you can leave via jail or via the ballot box, but you are going to be leaving.
darcy| 9.15.10 @ 6:32PM
ditto, ditto, ditto.
Anthony| 9.15.10 @ 9:39AM
GOOOOOOOD MORNING RNC!!!! Yes, reporting directly from the war, the R establishment took another one on the ass, er chin.
According to Ms. O'Donnell, (the next senator from Del) the R establishment will not support her campaign.
Memo to the RNC and DE R Party: Wake the hell up, or you all will end up with similar fates, that await the Ds and Obozo.
If you abandon Ms. O'Donnell, we sure as hell will abandon you. Got it??
If
Siegfried X| 9.15.10 @ 9:45AM
I love the smell of burnt RINO in the morning.
Anthony| 9.15.10 @ 10:31AM
You got it Sig, It smells like VICTORY!!!
Nunya| 9.15.10 @ 5:27PM
LOVE IT!! :-)
Thanks for the laugh!
Tim Williams| 9.15.10 @ 9:41AM
In 2008, the nation's liberals and independents voted for "not-Bush" in their great backlash election. Conservatives get their anti-Bush backlash election this year.
Finally.
For independents, it's a whiplash election, as they now get to vote against the Obama agenda that they supported just two years ago.
James FC| 9.15.10 @ 9:49AM
The most basic FACT, it has long seemed to me, about those individual humans who ever vote for members of the Democratic Party---not including those who vote for RINO's---is that they are either fools or knaves.
We certainly know the knaves, who epitomize one of the hoary retorts they used to give, when caught with their self-empowering finger in the cookie jar---"So what????" Remember Waxman, et al, saying this, outright, and always exuding such an utter disdain for the FOOLS---
And, the fools? I admit there are too many losers who depend on the knaves to steal from the producers and dole some of the loot to them, so it is nihilistically logical for them to do so.
However, actually, it is everyone's BEST INTERESTS to be personally free and powerful enough to take care of themselves!
So, what we have here is a long time failure to communicate this FACT.
Therefore, assuming most of the readers and writers on this site are right-thinking non-fools, it occurred to me that we should put our attention on the poor misguided fools, those who we continue to ASSUME will always vote for the leftist knaves.
I, like a lot of people, was, when young, a bleeding heart far leftist---even joined a commune!
But, maybe what’s going on is the ultimate “teaching moment”. That is, things have gotten so bad that the very survival of the USA as a free country is truly too close and dangerous, and those people who we CURRENTLY take to be reliable Democratic voters are really being given a stark last chance to truly understand where they have gone left = wrong, and to “right” themselves.
Thus, remember the old Chinese Yin-Yang adage---where there is a crisis, there is an opportunity.
We must lovingly be so true to our RIGHT freedom loving principles, especially for the next 48 days, in order to outshine the expected barrage from those in the Ruling Party, who will try to obfuscate and lie about this bottom line ongoing revolution.
So, will enough fools see the light? We were all excited and totally surprised about Scott Brown winning in Taxachusetts, so just imagine if the very flawed young lady can turn Delaware’s voters, one fool at a time, to renounce their suicidal past, and enable her to join the Senate.
Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 9.15.10 @ 9:53AM
Sarah Palin has now thrown a series of monkey wrenches into the well oiled gears of the Republican establishment.
The Republican establishment has proven to be an ally of ever expanding big government but Sarah Palin is changing all that.
What the Republicans fear is that their seats at the table of the ruling class may come at a higher cost. They may have to earn it by earning the public trust.
In the last 20 years or so both parties have created a magic show, where rabbits like TARP are pulled out of hats, and sleights of hand of government policy created a housing market crisis. All the while the ruling class let you see the act for free, then charged you a fee for the exit ticket and you can't get through without paying the fees.
The Republican establishment had a vested interest in knocking of Christine O'Donnell in an effort to knock Sarah Palin off her game. It backfired magnificently, showing that Sarah Palin is smarter and more perceptive then all the Republicans who currently reign in the ruling class.
Here's what should happen now. The Republicans should back Christine O'Donnell but they won't. Michael Steele continues to prove he's tone deaf in this election cycle and if this were a business Steele would have been fired already.
What will happen next is that more of Sarah Palin's picks will be elected and she won't have to become a Senator to become President. That's what the Republican establishment really fears.
And Christine O'Donnell has become the poster child for the Palin movement in politics.
Palin apparently made one mistake by backing McCain, but did she? I personally think the nation would be better off if Snowe, Collins, Graham and McCain dropped dead.
Sarah Palin went beyond loyalty in backing McCain. Since McCain received her endorsement, McCain has been talking right of center. We all know he's two faced and will get back to his ruling class stances as soon as possible. However, Palin appears to be acting like a brake on the Republicans, forcing them to accept a new political reality which appears to be growing.
The Karl Roves can whine all they want. Karl Rove's side of the party lost. Compassionate conservatism wrecked the economy and caused massive employment which has grown higher under new compassionate government policies, including dictatorial health care.
Sarah Palin make shake up the ruling class further. The media hates her, the Democrats and Republicans fear her, and the public loves her.
There are some new cajones in town, and they belong to Sarah Palin, whose vision of politics appears to coincide with the public's outrage at a ruling class who wrecked the economy and that same ruling class appears to be outraged the public is now outraged. In short, the ruling class suffers from a dearth of ideas but is long on hubris and hypocrisy.
Nunya| 9.15.10 @ 5:31PM
Well said, Bill!!
coal carrier| 9.15.10 @ 10:00AM
GW was a Country Club Republican. Yes, he is a good man. Yes, he stood tall after 9/11. Yes, he loved our military.
But when it came too spending money, he went totally ape-sh-t! He didn’t veto one spending bill coming from the Republican congress. Nor one bill coming from Pelosey.
He had no balls when it came to Frank-in-Dodd.
The era of touchy-feely Republicans needs to end.
Nunya| 9.15.10 @ 5:36PM
Coal,
My brother is a minister, and back when W was in charge we had discussion, which became a debate about him. I said he wasn't a conservative, and my brother vehemently disagreed. The debate eventually settled out that he was a SOCIAL conservative, not a FISCAL conservative. My final line to my brother was, "I don't care if he's against abortion or gay marriage--I care that he's going to bankrupt the country. If two guys want to be together, it doesn't affect me in the least. However, when my President spends money like there's no tomorrow, it affects all of us."
Bottom line, in my opinion "compassionate conservative" is just another word for "liberal progressive". His father was a progressive globalist, and so was he. I will never again vote for anyone named Bush.
coal carrier| 9.15.10 @ 8:45PM
Nunya,
Agreed!
Paladin| 9.15.10 @ 10:32AM
Before we go smite the mote from the liberals eye, we must first remove the plank from ours. Cleaning house of pretenders will then energize true conservancy in the GOP, therefore fielding an actual alternative to Marx & Co.
martin j smith| 9.15.10 @ 10:50AM
It would not surprise me if gearjammer is Liberal Reader ?
Oldefarte| 9.15.10 @ 11:09AM
Beautiful article, W. James, simply BRILLIANT! As one to which you speak, the majority of my 64 years on this earth has witnessed this progressive slide toward liberalism in this country that has simply made me sick/ill/helpless, until now. This tea party movement to me is the taxpayer-voters proclamation of ENOUGH. They/me have witnessed this country's governmental structure become larger and larger, catering to the indigent majorities [for their votes] over racial preferences [and sometimes contrary to qualifications needed/required], foreign interests [as opposed to domestic ones], non-Christian values over Christian/Judeo [upon which this country was founded] ones, etc. These politicians [Democrats/RINOS] are nothing but POLITICAL PROSTITUTES that will do/promise/provide anything to the majority indigents in order to obtain their votes in return. They have no values, no morality, no decency, and no GUTS. The taxpayer-voters of this country have simply had it, are peed off, and the political results you're seeing are the natural result. We are simply taking back our country, piece by piece!!!!!!!!
Al Adab| 9.15.10 @ 11:22AM
Many elections yesterday represent simply an ongoing purge of the GOP by Conservatives tired of being both taken for granted and betrayed by the Republicans. Win or lose in November at least we, like Cato, will stand for Liberty against an impending tyranny. That is not a bad legacy to leave for future generations.
parksie555| 9.15.10 @ 11:24AM
Nice job TeaPartiers. Nominating this fraud of a candidate will definitely cost a Republican Senate seat, and quite possibly cost a Republican Senate majority. But about 5000 gaptoothed downstate idiots in Delaware will have their idealogical purity intact. I guess that counts for something.
Steve A| 9.15.10 @ 11:51AM
Hey parksie, The point is this: Castle / Dementocrat= virtually no difference. We will stick a piece of straw between our tooth gap & take our chances.
parksie555| 9.15.10 @ 12:58PM
No chances involved. She will be slaughtered in the general. She is even more of a lightweight than your false idol Palin. Although she does have nice teeth...
Steve A| 9.15.10 @ 1:23PM
Parksie, All we need is Shleprock Obama to come & campaign for her opponent & we are in the clear. No worries.
Oldefarte| 9.15.10 @ 12:25PM
As a 'gaptoothed idiot' not from Delaware, I'll say to you to STICK IT WHERE THE SUN DON'T SHINE, AND TWIST IT SIDEWAYS!!!!!
Oldefarte| 9.15.10 @ 12:28PM
PS, why don't you go into your boss' office there at the US Dept. of Justice and KISS HIS BACKSIDE!!!
R Martin| 9.15.10 @ 12:36PM
Get used to it, matey. Those gap-toothed downstaters are the country class, and they intend to dispose of the orthodontically correct ruling class, not just in Delaware, but throughout the country. You're right about one thing, though, it was a nice job.
parksie555| 9.15.10 @ 1:01PM
RMartin - Get used to two Democratic Senators from DE. Once someone is elected to a prominent position in DE they tend to linger for a long time. The lovely and untalented Ms. O'Donnell and her band of merry TPers may have kissed off this seat for a generation.
gearjammer| 9.15.10 @ 3:51PM
A Joe Miller might win in DE. But, she is open to so many cheap shots. We'll see. I want the dems to bully and stomp on her. Then a republican Army of pols across the board come in and fight back with a vengeance along side her-from Arnold to DeMint=what a pipe dream!
ds80| 9.15.10 @ 12:40PM
parksie555, your reaction apparently reveals how it must feel to be stood up to on principle.
Being a squishy, angry name-caller is no way to go through life. Kinda sucks for you.
parksie555| 9.15.10 @ 12:54PM
No, what sucks for me and any other conservative worth his salt is when we lose a seat on the Supreme Court with Mr. Coons casting the deciding vote. There is a difference between playing dumb and playing smart; apparently a lot of TPer's have not figured out that difference yet.
The Big E| 9.15.10 @ 1:19PM
And you're so sure Mr. Castle would have voted against confirmation of the next Obama nominee? Based on his voting record in the house, I'm not.
Oldefarte| 9.15.10 @ 1:37PM
Barry Goldwater once proclaimed, EXTREMISM IN THE DEFENSE OF LIBERTY IS NO VICE. Guess he was 'PLAYING DUMB' also [since he lost big to Lyndon Johnson], huh???????????
Al Adab| 9.15.10 @ 1:44PM
As Henry Clay once said, "I'd rather be right, than President." Goldwater was a prophet with honor even in his time. We can only hope that history will record that when Freedom was in danger Americans rose to the occasion and preserved their Liberty and their Republic.
The point is to rid the GOP of accomodationists and make certain the the guilty parties get the blame for our potential descent into tyranny.
Joe Oliva| 9.15.10 @ 2:52PM
You Betcha!
Mark Shepler- Jupiter FL| 9.15.10 @ 11:33AM
Rove was right to take issue with O'Donnell on substance if he felt so strongly about it but wrong to attack her personally. What the Rep establishment does next will be the true "test" of the times for the Republican party, not the phoney-baloney "electability" issue of the so-called mainstream media's "narrative".
I think something much, much greater is underway than anyone realizes. It's independent of the two parties, though focusing on a more kindred Rep party and has a force all of its own. A couple of weeks ago my wife of 24 years who I've known for 32 forwarded me a political chain email. It was her first such proselytizing in our lives together. The email was the kind that non-political types send (with pics and links!) exclaiming red-hot outrage and a veneer of factual depth over some issue they've only just become aware of but that types like us have followed for the 10 or 20 years or half-century of its evolution. Their Paul Revere-like alarm, God bless 'em, is nothing more than a confession of their former ignorance and obliviousness. Don't get me wrong, my wife is a wonderful, kind and devoted mother of our six children but formerly so apolitical I gave up trying to engage her in it 30 years ago. You know, a regular, normal American. But what I found extremely interesting and telling was she had annotated it with commentary, some of it pretty astute. And I said to myself, "If Washington has roused the likes of her maybe the counter-revolution truly IS at hand".
There are millions and millions like her. We partisans call them the "middle", the media labels them "independents". We here and our counterparts on leftist sites, we political animals, are the odd-balls and exceptions. I started watching the news every day in 1967 and remember when Bobby Kennedy and MLK were assassinated. I remember the Tet Offensive and the battle of Hue because I was watching the news those days. I was six years old. We are always attuned, engaged and outraged about something going on in DC. But the middle only wakes up to politics every fourth Sept. or so, sometimes in off years if something rouses them, votes for whoever sounds right on the surface issues of the day, which is to say the economy and war and peace, and then promptly goes back to their pursuits or sleep.
It is the middle, those vaunted "independents" who gives us RINOS, Blue Dogs and other fairy-tale creatures and who gave us the messiah. I have in the past scorned the media's fawning attentions because in my experience they are not engaged, informed and rational voters choosing the candidate over party "on the issues" as claimed but quite literally the opposite. They are typically political ignoramuses who vote precisely for the man or woman who says what they want to hear irrespective of what that candidate has done in the past, his party and its foundational principles or history, the people he's associated with or any other of the equivalent markers we all use every day in our regular lives when judging to whom we will give our money, property, safety or confidence. These are the people who vote for Democrats and liberal Reps on a Tuesday, complain about taxes or instrusive government on Wednesday and sum up with a hope they've sent the right person to fix the problem. These are the folks who actually bought the Dem line in '06 that Bush ran up the deficits and Dems are the party of fiscal sanity because they didn't even know that only Congress can propose a spending bill in general and only the house a revenue bill in particular. They don't know any political history beyond the last few years. The very fact they swung so heavily for Obama, who we all here (and those on leftist sites as well) knew was a liar and charlatan of the first order running the long con and are now so p.o.'d for having been duped is an admission of sorts.
But they ARE center-right politically. They do live their personal lives conservatively, as do most liberals I've ever met, and what we see before us now, I think, is something new and of a much higher order of magnitude. Not even the Ross Perot phenomonem compares. This great, right of center middle is finally awake and engaged. I believe they have finally comprehended what we have been crying from the wilderness for decades- that outsized, overreaching government itself is the threat to liberty and economic stability. That size and reach really do matter and we are almost at the suffocation point under Leviathan if not already there. That this may be the last chance to turn back. Most importantly of all, I further believe they now see clearly who is who in our national drama and are readying themselves to make a great sorting out of the cast of characters. They may not get the finer points we like to debate but they see the problem, now. There is a Great Purge coming in Nov. and it will be mostly of those who side with government against the people.
Because the middle was so apathetic and unengaged in the past our media and political solons really don't know how to gauge it or call the odds and so I also believe that candidates like O'Donnell have more than a fighting chance. Like the shifting of tectonic plates underfoot. You don't notice it until the quake comes and that quake is going to be a massive turnout in Nov. which is going to be one way in outlook- to get rid of the insiders, go-along-to-get-along types and other hangers on.
So the true test for the Reps is this: Can, and will, the Reps back strong conservative candidates once their party and primary voters have spoken? Will they put aside their pragmatic differences and insider preferences to get behind the candidates 100% come what may? You know, like conservatives have done and would've been expected to do for Castle had he won and which we've done for decades? Like we did for McCain and a hundred others before him? Like a "family" we're always told. Will Rove, et al now stop attacking our choice and get behind her, even if her prospects in the general election are uncertain or even unlikely? Or will the establishment insiders pull a Dede Scozzafava, Spector, Crist or a threatened Murkowski? That should be the true and visible test for us conservatives regarding the Reps as a viable vehicle for us going forward. It's our turn and if they cannot support our choices once democratically made than perhaps they no longer deserve ours. And "ours" is no longer merely the conservative "wing" of the Rep party. If the Reps play this right it may mean the rallying of millions and millions of that great, awakened middle to our cause going forward, a transformation into a Reagan-esque conservative party and hence, the country. But if they don't, if they stick to the usual "inside baseball" (another Rino's despised phrase) I believe the Reps will go the way of their Whig ancestor.
Mimi| 9.15.10 @ 11:54AM
PROFOUND!!!...Mark. you have captured the HISTORY of these days and froze them, for all..THANK-YOU.
The Big E| 9.15.10 @ 1:27PM
Thank you, Mark. That bit of analysis should be tomorrow's lead article on AS.
gearjammer| 9.15.10 @ 3:44PM
Spector, Crist, and Murkowski have been replaced by extremely impressive people. is she really in their league ?
The Big E| 9.15.10 @ 5:02PM
I assume you mean in the league of those who defeated the Republicans you named - and the truth is I don't know. She may not be. BUT - I do know this - the Republican she defeated WAS in the same league with Spector, Crist, and Murkowsi, and like them, he needed to lose.
Mark Shepler- Jupiter, FL| 9.15.10 @ 5:13PM
Hello Gearjammer,
Probably not. But it's not for me to say since I live and vote in FL. It's for the Rep primary voters first and then the general voters second in DE to decide. And they will on Nov. 5. It shouldn't be for party pooh-bahs to pre-decide and then demonize those who differ from their dictat if, that is, the Reps truly want to be the party of "the people". Because whatever shepherding the bearded Marxist to office in the name of winning a seat is, it's clearly not what the rank and file wanted, no?
Nor is it necessarily necessary that she be as "impressive" as those others in the way I think you mean it for her to be a good legislator and faithful representative of DE's citizens. After all, Gearjammer, two of the three examples hoping to replace your examples are in fact "professional politicians". Only Joe Miller truly represents the new insurgency. We just like the others' politics and find them in sync with our outraged sensibilities. What I would ask you is if your notion of "impressive" is not part of the problem?
For my part, I will take an earnest and sincere individual of whatever background who believes in and will abide by limits to gov't power, aka the Constitution, who has a sense of the limits of their own wisdom, aka humility, and who understands all around that though many things can be attempted by gov't that whether they ought to be in ursurpation of trusting in the spirit of individual liberty is another question altogether. Just having enough people up there with that perspective would represent a sea-change in attitude. But in any event, the good people of DE will decide from the choices and at least they now have a clear one.
However, all of that is really not the point of my post. I hear the rumblings of armies of outraged, peaceful, law-abiding citizens on the march to Nov. unlike anything I can recall and I believe they are going to show up in numbers and with a determination to impose that change of attitude that will astonish the ruling class. I don't think the ruling class has a clue about it and are, even at this late date, floundering around to comprehend it, yet alone manage it. Thus, Rove's classless blunder. I think anyone seen as standing in the way is at risk of being swept aside and we just, dare I say it, may be witness to the high-water mark of modern liberalism. I certainly hope so. And I think the Reps had better make way and get behind them, bring them into the fold and up or go the way of the Whigs.
gearjammer| 9.15.10 @ 6:58PM
I heard him called Tokyo Rove on the radio. Pretty funny. I just think we shoulda banked this one seat. You are calling Castle an outright Benedict Arnold. Not true, not right. But, the die is caste or is it cast ?
Mark Shepler- Jupiter FL| 9.15.10 @ 7:09PM
That is pretty funny but undeserved. He has his flaws, insider-ism being the chief one, but I think Rove has done a lot of things right.
I am not calling Castle anything he did not already call himself. It's my understanding he wrote a book or some screed in which he says of himself, "the making of a bearded marxist" or such. Could be wrong on that, heard it second-hand. But what is not in doubt is he is an equivocator of the kind that simply will not do.
And it is "cast". Caste is seemingly what the Rep establishment enforces in its party.
R Martin| 9.15.10 @ 9:41PM
The bearded Marxist comment came from Chris Coons who is Christine O'Donnell's Democrat opponent in the general election.
gearjammer| 9.15.10 @ 10:25PM
Cast.Caste.Castle.Enough already. Still you perceived Castle as a commie ? Saw O'Donnell on Hannity. Quick witty and calmly confident. I think I see an X factor that will allow her to break through the wall of lies the media and dems will construct around her. Thus, she has a chance to connect on a human level. She seems to have " likability"-that matters a lot.
scotchieguy| 9.15.10 @ 7:37PM
"...go the way of the Whigs..." How bleeping prophetic!
Nunya| 9.15.10 @ 5:48PM
Outstanding post!! Very well said, and I pray that what you are saying is the absolute truth.
martin j smith| 9.15.10 @ 11:57AM
What Karl Rove should have said was something like this. I think politically it was a mistake to have ODonnnell instead Castle. But the voters made their choice known and we must help her over the finish line. Instead he sounded like Robert Gibbsy.
No wonder the Republicans lost in 06 and 08 !!!!!!!!!!
George S| 9.15.10 @ 12:04PM
I guess this must be a shock to Karl Rove and others who probably thought the TEA party uprising was a populist clamoring for the return of Bill Frist and Denny Hastert. Did Rove actually think Republicans earned this good fortune?
kerry| 9.15.10 @ 12:22PM
The fact that the GOP/Rove/beltway insiders have already dissed O'Donnell is a very good thing, in my estimation. This is just going to add fuel to the fire of populism and O'Donnell should see more in her coffers because of it, just like Hoffman in NY 23. I almost have to wonder if Rove and the NRSC did it on purpose (but, I know, probably not). Because it really spells out for moderates and independents that the Tea Party is NOT the republican party, they don't own us, we will own them, eventually! Definitely makes us look like the underdog. People love the underdog.
I just sent Ms.O'Donnell a few bucks :)
I suggest everyone do the same asap...
OH, and yes, DeMint for Sen.Majority Leader, Bachman for Speaker. I would love, love, love to see Michelle Bachman, American conservative woman extroardinare replace that wretched loonie Pelousy. Boehner is a nice guy but he will (and has already shown himself with the tax cut compromise) show his RINO colors sooner than later....McConnell is another RINO and a corrupt one at that!
loulou| 9.15.10 @ 1:24PM
I guarantee Jim DeMint won't even consider a "power sharing" scheme with the Dems like the idiot helmet headed Trent Lott did.
darcy| 9.15.10 @ 4:25PM
My $ went to her last Friday :)
kerry| 9.15.10 @ 4:33PM
website crashed! and GOP is backing her now...not sure if that is a good thing or not...
Steve A| 9.15.10 @ 12:39PM
The fact that Rove holds the opinion he does illustrates the fact that no matter how logical & conservative a base you start from, excess time in DC erodes your brain cells.
loulou| 9.15.10 @ 1:22PM
Rove brought us the compassionate conservative, John McCain for prez and other country club go along to get along types.
Rove may have to leave the party once he gets over his temper tantrum. Let him go be a Democrat if he can't adjust.
Redstateboy| 9.15.10 @ 1:39PM
YO!! Listen! This Tea Party Express is NOT an anomoly - it's NOT fad and it's definitely NOT Racist and anyone who attributes That to This movement is a Swine. This is Ordinary Americans who can easily see (Hell! Even Hussien syncophants are seeing it!) Our Nation is hanging on the precipice! We are either going to remain a Free Country or we're going to fall to Socialist totalitaranism and become freak'n GREECE! A Panzified, Liber-ul Nation of Slaves.. dependent on that Government Check. Will People Remember... the Democrat Party is the Slave Party! Just look what they Keep doing to Blacks in America.. and you Hispanics.. You're in their sites for a nice little spot down on the Ole' Democrat Plantation and you will be Slaves and your families will disolve and your children will be trapped in Poverty and you'll get your portion just so long as you can stumble your way to a voting booth and press "D".
joan| 9.15.10 @ 1:44PM
Go give Jim DeMint money right now (he doles it out in percentages to all the folks we want to win: https://senateconservatives.com/takeamericaback
Earl Bohn| 9.15.10 @ 1:50PM
MUSTANGS OVER BERLIN -- When I think of Michael Steele and John Cornyn watching the Tea Party, Sarah Palin and Jim DeMint escorting insurgent conservative candidates all the way to election victory in state after state, I can't help recalling the words of Reichmarshal Herman Goering when he saw P-51 fighters escorting American bombers all the way to their targets deep into Germany in 1944: "When I saw the Mustangs over Berlin, I knew the jig was up."
Ladies and gentlemen, you target on this mission is RINOs. Your Mustangs are ready on the flight line. Good hunting!
RichTex | 9.15.10 @ 3:32PM
Those of us who have been in Texas for the last couple of decades have always known that Karl Rove is no conservative. He’s a political operative, and a good one at that, but no ideological conservative.
Anyone wanting a party organization to help in the job of RINO-hunting might consider looking into your local (or state) Republican Assembly. Originally formed in California, back when there were plenty of good Republicans in that state, Republican Assemblies have gone national in the past few years. They call themselves “the Republican wing of the Republican Party” and forbid membership to RINOs.
dw| 9.15.10 @ 3:34PM
We can no longer face the socialist democratic party in this battle for our country and expect to win, while we have to wonder who is on our rear sabotaging our efforts. No matter the outcome it is better to have the opponent identified. No more compromise. No more McCains.
darcy| 9.15.10 @ 3:50PM
"For many, Dede Scozzafava in New York's 23rd congressional district was the turning point. "
For me, the turning point was W's dastardly push in the summer of '07 to FORCE amnesty on this republic, not to mention the hand played by that contemptible McCain, putting his heart into it as well. That's when I knew what was going on.
That's when I knew that the Republican Party had abandoned America for their own political gain, power, and 'legacy.' That's when I KNEW the Republican party was an enemy of the state, and its leadership and much of its members, out only to suck as much of America's wealth for themselves as they could get --
-- at my expense, at the expense of my children and my grandchildren, and in total contempt for the sacrifice of our forebears.
Margie| 9.15.10 @ 4:06PM
Hi darcy,
Good to see you again. I'm thrilled to see the voters coming out more and more in order to win in the primaries. As I said earlier, we may be able to say that the days of holding our noses and having to choose between a RINO or the Democrat party (in a final election) are finally over.
I truly believe that this country is more conservative than the Leftist media tries to portray but that just not enough of us used to vote. Now that's happening and it is truly hopeful and I pray it continues.
Al Adab| 9.15.10 @ 4:27PM
Darcy,
Let me add my thanks and tell you it's good to "hear" your voice again. Your points are well taken. This year is in fact "the hill on which to fight".
darcy| 9.15.10 @ 5:04PM
Greetings, Margie,
I too believe this is a center-right country (polling data reveals as much), but the media and the power brokers want us to believe otherwise; they want to tamp down our passion and make us 'feel' like we're radicals and rubes -- they have a vested interest in destroying our confidence in our ideas and in our principles.
In sales, the 'jumping on the bandwagon' strategy meets with great success in persuading fence-sitters to bite the bullet and buy the product. In the same way, the Left and RINOs (in this case)want us to believe that we conservatives are in the minority, that our ideas won't sell with the masses, that we have to tone down our message to make it palatable to what they CLAIM is a progressive populace, that to be on the winning team we have to -- here it is . . . COMPROMISE.
In this way they make us scurry back to our hides and second-guess our instincts -- and they win the day, diffuse our energy, and neutralize our effect on the outcome. We let them emasculate us!
But finally, things are so AWFUL that we refuse to be intimidated, condescended to, and manipulated. I only pray that it is not too late.
Our time is now. Time to be wise as serpents and gentle as doves. This country is ours to lose. We can't let them have it.
Margie| 9.15.10 @ 5:57PM
Amen darcy, & God bless!
dw| 9.15.10 @ 5:02PM
You are correct. It absolutely galled me that any so called republican, namely McCain, could be in the same room with teddy kennedy let alone craft a bill with him. And then to Bush support it. Yeah that does represent a low for republicanism.
I do not believe that John F. Kennedy could be in the same room as his lame brother.
Cris Worth| 9.15.10 @ 3:50PM
The reason why the GOP establishment (pro-abortion at its roots) is so hostile to insurgent Tea Party backed senate Republicans is the abortion issue. The senate approves all federal judicial nominees and a senate more shaded to pro-life scares the beejeevers out of the Roe v. Wade preservation society. Remember in 1973 5 out of 7 supreme court justices who voted for Roe were GOP appointees.
Margie| 9.15.10 @ 3:56PM
THAT is an interesting point and one I'd never thought of. All the more good that we the country class voters are voting in droves!
There may yet be hope.
Siegfried X| 9.15.10 @ 4:26PM
Mr. DeMint said. “You know they told me we couldn’t win in Pennsylvania with a conservative. Pat Toomey is ahead. They told me we couldn’t win in Florida with a conservative. Marco Rubio is ahead. They have said Rand Paul couldn’t be competitive in Kentucky. He is ahead. So everything they have said so far has been wrong. I am counting on them being wrong in Delaware.”
megapotamus| 9.15.10 @ 4:30PM
The last bit is the best and the most crucial. At the Standard and elsewhere the lament is that Castle, fool that he is, did not understand that lately anyhow, RINOs must strike a certain pose to calm the raging rubes. It is something of a tribute to Castle that he did not do this, unless it was strictly from boneheadedness, which is not impossible. Going forward however you can be certain that the McCains and Voinovichy of this world will more skillfully sculpt their public personae. This will not, repeat NOT translate into superior performance in office. Each and every candidate must be scrutinized closely... Cap'n Trade disqualified Castle in my book and many others but this was something he could not deny as it was a public vote. You can bet that if he could have, he would have lied about it. Scott Brown really qualifies as a RINO although he did at least adhere to his election-time committment to oppose O-care. Some enterprising soul might ask him to enumerate the differences between that and Romneycare, which he supported, but that is for another day. Beware the RINO, the socialist in sheep's clothing. They have not been driven off and never will be but they will become more cunning. We must as well.
Nick| 9.15.10 @ 4:33PM
According to Miss O'Donnell's campaign site, she has raised almost $500,000 today!
So much for having no chance in November, RINO's!
Nick| 9.15.10 @ 7:07PM
She's now over $600,000!
RCV| 9.16.10 @ 5:19PM
She actually ended up raising over a million - darn good day for her.
Redstateboy| 9.15.10 @ 4:45PM
like the analogy... it's like the Liber-uls are a four engine bomber, flak is heavy, fighters all about, 3 engines out, the fourth losing oil-pressure and altitude is falling.. they're about to crash and burn.
ConstitutionFirst| 9.15.10 @ 4:51PM
I never understood why Rove was not held accountable for mismanagement during the Bush years. The guy showed his true colors last night on Hannity. As always, follow the money.
Nancy in NC| 9.15.10 @ 5:35PM
I kinda liked Rove before, but now he's showing his true colors...what a nasty, evil little man. He just went ballistic when his"guy" got his lunch handed to him.
Put on your big girl panties, and suck it, Karl. We can make it without you, "architect" or not.
Mad Hatter| 9.15.10 @ 7:42PM
Alaska's Senate waters seemed Murky,
Then along came Sarah, smily, perky.
The vote quite a thriller,
Survivor's Jim Miller,
Sarah skin a moose? No, a turkey!
Mad Hatter| 9.15.10 @ 8:08PM
As legislative branch voting proceeds,
Angered conservatives give their buds leads,
So read the Tea leaves,
Green's one of their peeves,
It's not quite the Bushes, but the Reids.
Lee| 9.15.10 @ 9:06PM
The last of the primaries was last night, and with it went RINO hunting season-- for this election cycle. In two years it opens again.
Remember, RINOs in the primaries and Democrats in the national election. I've had it up to here with weaselly RINOs and their double-crosses.
Greycoat | 9.15.10 @ 9:15PM
"What's happening? Conservatives have gotten tired of electing Republicans only to get bigger government and massive deficit spending. They are tired of giving their votes and campaign contributions to GOP politicians who pursue conservative goals halfheartedly if at all."
"They were not bothered by the party establishment's threats that this would cause them to lose the election. Better to an elect an honest liberal, they reasoned, than a liberal in Republican's clothing."
"Conservatives are saying to the Republican Party: for years you have taken us for granted. Now you can either win with us or lose without us. And if a conservative candidate loses anyway, so be it."
AMEN! And a DOUBLE AMEN to the last quote; however I don't believe conservative candidates will lose particularly this electon year. I don't buy the GOP's claims that we can't win. I would rather lose with a conservative like O'Donnel, than win with a left-wing RINO like Mike Castle who buys into the lie of man causing global warming and willing to put the yoke of cap and tax upon us. The global warming hoax was never about the climate, but about power and control and free Americans will not allow that without a fight, i.e. either at the ballot box or the ammo box. Their choice.
Mad Hatter| 9.15.10 @ 10:37PM
With Miller, Buck, Angle and Rubio,
Karl Rove, think O'Donnell's too newbie, oh?
Tea Party eager beavers,
Will be pulling those levers,
While Dem voters be lightin' a doobie, yo!
While Dems be lightin' a doobie, yo,
Mad Hatter| 9.15.10 @ 10:39PM
Where'd that extra (rough copy) line come from?!
scotchieguy| 9.15.10 @ 11:42PM
In deference to Gearjammer, consider this--in baseball, during the course of a 162 game season, each team wins 60 games, and each team loses 60 games--every team, every year. The difference is, how well does any given team do in the remaining 40? This determines who gets home field advantage, who makes the playoffs, etc.
Similarly, in politics, the fringe right (40%) and the fringe left (24%) have their stakes clearly marked out. That leave the 35% in the middle up for grabs. These are the independents, who won for Reagan (Reagan Democrats), and who won for Obama (Bush skeptics). So, who wins these "independents" laragely determines who runs Washington. It's great that the tea party movement is making serious inroads, but in order for the left to be defeated, the tea party is going to need the RINOs in their camp, or they are going to have to do it themselves. I don't think they have the numbers to do it themselves. It is easy to say to hell w/ the RINOs. But do you seriously want to be sitting on the sidelines in '10 or '12? This is, afterall, a very likely possibility. Bottom line is, the tea party needs the RINOs, or they are toast.
gearjammer| 9.16.10 @ 2:00PM
The republicans will be playing without a shortstop, left fielder, and first baseman today. It was discovered that they had liberal leanings. Team manger Limbaugh said he has no doubt his 6vs9 strategy will lead to " true victory".
Tucci78| 9.17.10 @ 7:18AM
Let's grasp the nettle, okay?
The RINO types infesting the Republican Party go around with an "(R)" after their names only because they've decided that they can't get the pork, perquisites, and preferences they want by claiming membership in the National Socialist Democrat American Party (NSDAP).
When it became plain that Pennsylvania weasel Arlen Specter could no longer survive the primaries, he went over to the NSDAP in a flash. His priority was keeping his seat atop the perpetual pile of pork, and if he couldn't do it as a nominal Republican, he was happy to come out of his closet and show himself for the National Socialist he's always been.
But most RINO politicians simply can't do this. They might try to pretend "Independent" status, but they really have no hope of going over whole-hog to the NSDAP.
Their only real prospect for hanging onto their hard-won seniority is to continue pretending to be Republicans. If they can't work out a modus vivendi with the TEA Party conservatives, they're out.
Look at that contemptible chameleon, "Crash Test Johnnie" McCain down in Arizona, who dropped his allegiance to the "global warming" fraud like the proverbial hot brick.
If nothing else, this proves that the RINO is educable.
With no place else to go, it's not that the TEA Party folks need the RINOs. It's simply that the RINOs either accommodate themselves to the TEA Party movement or they resign themselves to political suicide.
realfactchecker| 9.16.10 @ 6:24AM
Paul Revere rode his horse. Nathan Hale gave his life. All you must do is click your mouse. Go to Jim DeMint's website and help save the republic. https://senateconservatives.com/takeamericaback
cl| 9.16.10 @ 10:15AM
all of the above comments prove that only the republican party has a diversity of ideas. this diversity of ideas and policy between candidates such as castle and o'donell is never seen in democrat primaries. the only "diversity" with the democrats is differences in skin color, not ideology or ideas or policies, and this year the additional diversity is to lie to the public that they are not really, really, like obama/pelosi. the democrats/liberals/progressives/ whatever are brain dead. if you want a debate on differences of ideas you have to look at the republican primaries.
RCV| 9.16.10 @ 5:41PM
Beg to differ. Fierce Democratic debates, past and present, on both the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. On health care reform, many Democrats favored single payer systems, or at least government inusrance as an option, and got neither.
Tucci78| 9.17.10 @ 7:07AM
It would seem to me that to qualify as an "honest liberal," the individual in question must first explicitly declare himself to be a socialist.
No more weaseling.
As for conservatives, let me be explicit about this. Along with Friedrich von Hayek (author of the recently extolled *Road to Serfdom*) it must be understood "Why I Am Not a Conservative."
Look up the title online. It's the closing chapter of Hayek's *The Constitution of Liberty* (1960), and is available at a number of sites in full. If you think yourself to be a conservative, READ THIS ESSAY, from which I quote:
"There is danger in the confused condition which brings the defenders of liberty and the true conservatives together in common opposition to developments which threaten their ideals equally."
I am not a conservative. I am a constitutionalist. With regard to every officer of civil government I regard our number-one duty as being "to bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution."
If you're not on board with that, I don't give a damn how "conservative" you are. I'm your enemy.
RCV| 9.17.10 @ 5:47PM
And now with Delaware in play for the Democrats, Alaska drops in too. This just in from the wires:
"U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has decided to run as a write-in candidate in the November election, according to an e-mail from a campaign supporter. And a Murkowski cousin, Mary Gore, wrote on her Facebook page today that Murkowski will announce her continued candidacy in Anchorage this afternoon.
“...My cousin will announce at 5:00 today that she will run as a write-in candidate for US Senate,” Gore wrote. “If you live in Anchorage, come join the party at the Dena’ina Center.
“Come be a part of history and learn how to spell her last name correctly for the ballot!” "
The tea party destruction of the GOP chances for a Senate take-over continue!
RCV| 9.18.10 @ 8:48PM
The new O'Donnell campaign theme song : Frank Sinatra's "It's Witchcraft".
glass shelving systems | 12.6.10 @ 3:52AM
I liked Pres. Bush's speeches and I learned new words too.
No the MFM attacked the man endlesslyand it was that, not his speeches.
wholesale beads | 4.1.11 @ 3:42AM
nice