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What Did Christine O'Donnell Do to Deserve This?

By G. Tracy Mehan, III on 9.20.10 @ 6:06AM

The Republicans pile on, too -- and let's keep Bill Buckley out of it.

It may be time for Republicans, inside and outside the Beltway, to suck it up and admit that they need the Tea Party more than the Tea Party needs them.

This thought was prompted by the deluge of snarky comments, even disgust from so many Republican officials, directed at Christine O'Donnell, the winner of the GOP primary for Senate in Delaware. Karl Rove, unnamed sources at various party committees and now Charles Krauthammer are piling on.

What did Christie O'Donnell do to deserve this?

Krauthammer, writing in his column in the Washington Post, pontificates on the endorsement of O'Donnell by Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) and Governor Sarah Palin as being "so reckless and irresponsible."

In support of his criticism he cites a rule supposedly articulated by the late William F. Buckley, Jr., father of modern American conservatism, to support the most conservative candidate "who is electable." The italics are Krauthammer's, and he fails to cite the source for this rule.

If Buckley did have such a rule, it was, to steal a line from Bill Murray, more of a guideline. After all, it was Buckley himself who, in 1965, ran for mayor of New York City as a third-party candidate with the aim of derailing or at least criticizing the wayward policies of the very liberal Republican congressman, John Lindsay. When asked what he would do if he was elected, Buckley responded, "Demand a recount." Clearly, the purposes of his candidacy were other than electing the person who happened to be occupying some sacrosanct space for Republicans. No doubt, his campaign was a fantastic opportunity for conservative agitprop, what we might call a "teachable moment" today.

Buckley wrote a book about his mayoral campaign, The Unmaking of a Mayor (1965).

Moreover, in 1988 Buckley organized BuckPac, a political action committee dedicated to unseating liberal Republican Senator Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., which, as it turned out, resulted in the election of Connecticut's current liberal senator, Joe Lieberman.

While it is not really good form to speculate on motives, it is not hard to see a purifying or punitive dimension to the great man's actions -- or at least something other than necessarily backing the most electable Republican.

I do not begrudge any Republican who supported O'Donnell's opponent, Congressman Mike Castle, no doubt a certain victor in the general election. But O'Donnell won, fair and square. Moreover, she is a prominent representative of a vibrant political movement of which the GOP is the primary beneficiary.

The idea of fellow Republicans waging guerrilla war on O'Donnell is simply beyond bizarre. Moreover, it legitimizes those pundits, journalists and commentators who seem to be offended by her traditional moral and religious values, again, characteristics of some of the most loyal elements of the conservative and, hopefully, Republican coalition.

Stop the madness!

About the Author

G. Tracy Mehan, III served at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the administrations of both Presidents Bush. He is a consultant in Arlington, Virginia, and an adjunct professor at George Mason University School of Law.

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Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 9.20.10 @ 6:35AM

In history repeating itself, what is happening to O'Donnell is very similar to what occurred to Sarah Palin.

I wonder if O'Donnell is the proverbial line in the sand, that once crossed forces a battle.

The ruling elite inside the beltway have many hangers on, both liberal and conservative.

They make their living by "fitting in" and not going to far one way or another.

What you are left with is a group of neo-thinkers who participate in neo-culture which all leads to the same mind set.

All you have to do is watch Meet the Press and see the recycled thought processes of Colin Powell and Bill Clinton.

Both stand for statism however Colin Powell continues to insists he's for smaller government, all the while maintaining that he supports Obama and Obama's new health care dictatorship.

The Clintons and the Powells are passed off as bright articulate leaders, while all the while they are nothing but lying phony hypocrites, long on hubris but short on substance.

In essence, they are not good enough to lick the dirt off off O'Donnell's shoes, but with the lack of decisive coverage in the press about facts, O'Donnell is fair game for criticism by the political elite, while the politically elite continue to spend us into financial hell, bailing out banks and auto makers, while unemployment continues to climb.

wodiej| 9.20.10 @ 9:06AM

well said.

Anthony| 9.20.10 @ 10:00AM

A direct hit by Bill Hussein O' Stalin. We are in the middle of a multi-front war with both Leftism and elitism, or more precisely, Establishmentism.
Washington has come to represent all that is wrong with America, which is why the Left and the R establishment have become allies.
Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely, from Obama to Powell to Rove, always follow the POWER.

Jay Mac| 9.20.10 @ 6:31PM

We Americans are used to fighting mutli-front wars. Japan and Germany comes to mine as does Iraq and Afghanistan. So let's not back down on this 'war' either. We've shown we can win.

BG| 9.20.10 @ 10:02AM

Agreed. The Republicans have been for some time wannabe Democrats. They just love their seat at the table. Both Rove and Krauthammer are part of the problem, as both thought Obama a centrist, and help elect him with their rhetoric and their refusing to openly criticize him.

Moreover, Rove and Bush primarily helped the Radical Agenda for eight years by increasing spending in all arenas, never seeing anything wrong with it! Krauthammer often carried their water as well, witlesly empowering the Radical agenda. Both have habitual cases of cognitive dissonance. None are more blind than they that refuse to see.

So, excuse me... but Rove and Krauthammer both betrayed conservative principles. Both should be tossed out by the Tea Party. And they see the writing on the wall.... they have lost their power and their seat at the table. And they're angry at all of us who don't bow to their claptrap!

They are both clearly delusional in believing themselves to be intellectual fit enough to discuss the realities of the day, much less capable of discovering the humerous nuances of Bill Buckley's sword play!

Michael L. Hauschild| 9.20.10 @ 11:41AM

Psychiatrist Krauthammer and the architect Rove appear to be manifesting the disorder commonly referred to as Penis Envy; there has been a lot of that going around lately.

Paul Irvine| 9.20.10 @ 8:37PM

What an Ignorant and Ridiculous Comment.

Appleby| 9.20.10 @ 6:58AM

Before criticizing her, stop and think: if she were a man, would the things you are criticizing make any difference?

Do you hate her because she is a Girl?

Fredrick Ward| 9.20.10 @ 12:41PM

Appleby,

I think that such an argument is a bit over the edge. I think it is more to the point that she is not a 'moderate'. Such a candidate endangers the status quo, and her nomination points to the fact that the people of this country are tired of the status quo. Republicans, and Democrats alike see this as a threat to their power base because such candidates will not go along with their way of working. Such candidates stand for accountability and that is something that the current pundits do not want.

Rich Fisher| 9.20.10 @ 3:33PM

I think you miss the point. They hate her not because she is unelectable. They hate her because they are scared s***less that she WILL win. If that happens they have totally lost power and will look like the petulant little boys that they are. Same goes for the RINOS. We conservatives have held our nose and helped elect their candidates, but no more. They of course define compromise as us moving to their position (aka Mike Castle) but never to their moving to ours. So they complain about our candidate as unelectable hoping that without their support, she loses. Then, of course, they come back and say, "see, I told you so", when in fact they could have helped. This time it's different, though, Christine can win without them and that really scares the hell out of them. Once the conservatives find out they don't need the RINOS then they are truly an extinct species.

Bob K.| 9.20.10 @ 6:59AM

I've said it earlier. I'll say it again. Every Senator from Delaware is also the Senator from Dupont. And they automatically thereby become members of the Ruling Class.

It embarrasses the RINO's that some one with O'Donnell's background can become a Senator from Dupont. She doesn't fit the template. That is the real reason for the vituperation we are seeing against her candidacy.

albert constantine jr.| 9.20.10 @ 8:34AM

Forty years ago you might have been able to make such a case, but the influence of the Dupont family and Dupont company have declined significantly in the last few decades. The company is no longer the largest employer in the state, and the family is large and diffuse. Since the largest newspapers merged into one and were sold from the Dupont family holding company Christiana securities to Gannett in the 80's, they no longer dominate the print media market, either.

Bob K.| 9.20.10 @ 9:51AM

See Ken's post right below. And the phrase, "Senator from Dupont" is still in common use.

albert constantine, jr.| 9.20.10 @ 11:40AM

I realize that it is still in use. I suggest that it is dated. Beginning in the early 1980's the credit card banks became a much more important employer in Delaware. Dupont has sold off divisions, hired contractors, and diminished much of the clout it had when it was the First State's patrician number one employer. The banks, led by MBNA, assumed a lot of the power, though this dissipated somewhat when MBNA was merged into BOA, which is not headquatered in Delaware. If you referred to Biden as the Senator from MBNA in the late 1990's or early part of this century, you would be more accurate (in fact, Biden purchased his current DE resience from Charles Cawley, former MBNA president/CEO). Castle was more closely linked to Dupont interests (he was Gov. Pete Dupont's Lieutenant Governor 1981-1985, for one example), though I don't believe his Cap & Trade vote (as only one example) advanced the interests of either the Dupont Company or the people of Delaware.

Clement Dias| 9.27.10 @ 3:08PM

You are exactly right! The liberals attacked Sarah Palin as soon as McCain chose her as his running mate. The fact that O'Donnell has been targeted in exactly the same way, including with SNL lampooning means she is a threat with a capital T.

Ken (Old Texican)| 9.20.10 @ 7:09AM

Folks,
Please keep in mind that Delaware hosts a LOT of the country's biggest corporations, ie: a LOT of corporate attorneys with Lots of clout there.

D| 9.20.10 @ 7:10AM

Well, about 90% has to do with the fact that she has two X chromosomes.

delawarenative| 9.20.10 @ 7:25AM

She's a liar. Maybe that's what the problem is with the old guard GOP in Delaware. They can't believe people poured out to vote for a known liar. As for her being a woman, with her poor work history and long list of known lies, she wouldn't have gotten 3% if she was a man.

Bob K.| 9.20.10 @ 7:53AM

Former Senator Biden wasn't a liar!

HOO! HAW! As they used to say in Mad magazine.

Did you vote for him, delawarenative!

Rich Fisher| 9.20.10 @ 3:40PM

Please don't drag a class publication like Mad Magazine into this dirt. What, Me Worry?

LawStudent| 9.20.10 @ 8:14AM

What did she lie about?

Melvin| 9.20.10 @ 8:30AM

"She's a liar," boy thats pretty generic statement.
Dear delawarenative, all politicians lie. Most noted is when Hillary Clinton said, "I didn't steal any White House Furniture."

Nunya| 9.20.10 @ 12:51PM

Or, "I can't find the files..."

Nunya| 9.20.10 @ 12:52PM

Or, pretty much any time she opens her mouth to speak...

JmsA| 9.20.10 @ 9:21PM

Or, when she landed under fire in Bosnia, or whereever the heck it was.

JmsA| 9.21.10 @ 12:03AM

Opps! Meant to write wherever.

Weapon of Mass Deception| 9.20.10 @ 5:03PM

Now that whopper lie killed thousands of young americans, and left plenty of fatherless children.
Way to go Shrub/Cheney.

Steve A| 9.20.10 @ 8:42AM

delawarenative, Not everyone can have the stellar work history of the current president. Oh, that's right, he was a community shakedown artist & wrote 2 books about himself. You are funny. Not in a good way.

wodiej| 9.20.10 @ 9:04AM

Actually lying is a prerequisite for democrats not republicans.

SA| 9.20.10 @ 7:28AM

I don't care about anything except getting candidates elected who will stop the insane spending, cut taxes, and protect our country.

I guess that makes me, a suburban housewife a true radical.

JimP| 9.20.10 @ 5:25PM

Thank you for that information Representative Castle.

JP| 9.20.10 @ 10:35AM

Is that all you've got in your ammo bag? Let's just pour out all of O'Donnell's sins right now so we can move on:

1)She doesn't wank
2)She tried witchcraft as a teenager
3)She doesn't like to pay her bills
4)She had her home foreclosed
5)She lies

Okay, does that do it? We can go back to Bill and Hillary circa 1992 and do a comparison of thier "sins", if you wish. At least O'Donnell owned a home (the Clinton's were litterall homeless until old friend and Global Crossings insider McCauliffe bought them thier McMansion in Westchester. And if disapproving of the sins of Onan compares unfavorably with the non-stop "love-fest" of Bill, just let us know.

Vic| 9.20.10 @ 10:29AM

A Coons type bearded Marxist weighs in on the conversation...with a typical generic smear void of any facts to back it up. Karl, is that you? Charles maybe?

Anthony| 9.20.10 @ 10:13AM

Hey Delawarenitwit, it was O'biteme who declared this past summer, the "Summer of Recovery", and the extension of the Bush tax cuts, the Obama tax cuts.
You want to talk Lies?? The entire D establishment is one entire lie, just ask Joe Kinnock O'biteme, who wrote the famous song, "Well I'm just a coalminer's son".

canuckistani| 9.20.10 @ 9:34AM

Right on the nose, dnative!
She has no record to campaign on, so what's left? The aw-shucks TP narrative? Values? Stacking GOP primaries?
Buyer's remorse is setting in on several fronts, and the leadership - y'know the ones who actually have to wrangle this herd - are probably up at night wondering what's next every time this bag of hammers opens her mouth.
This TP nonsense will last one cycle and perish as they are seduced by the GOP-establishment darkside. O'Donnell wants the money, and she will come cheap.
Remember, they haven't won anything, yet. If this bunch does get in, their rhetoric will sink them by 2012 as BHO now has clear differentiators to campaign on. Goldwater all over again.....and then Nixon...er I mean Romney will be the last man standing.

Tim*| 9.20.10 @ 3:44PM

O'Donnell will take down The Big Taxer Coons.

" after promising in his 2004 election campaign that he wouldn't raise taxes Coons raised property taxes by 5% in 2006, then again by 17.5% in 2007, and again by 25% in 2009. Coons has proposed to raise hotel taxes, paramedic taxes.... "

Americans Vote Their Wallets .

The Tea Party Rebellion Escalates .

Rise Up !

Christopher Holland| 9.20.10 @ 7:31AM

Look on the bright side - the more mud that gets thrown at Christine O'Donnell, the better she looks. The establishment crowd say they hate her - that is an endorsement to a lot of people, they want a candidate who upset the apple cart. She had a run-in with the IRS - I like that one too, lets see a lot more of that. She had trouble paying her mortgage and her student loan - well, what a crime that is, in the middle of the worst recession for decades. If this is the worst they can throw at this woman, then I reckon she has a chance of winning. I reckon she has shown a lot more guts and character than the big tent, bipartisan whiners who got the country into this mess in the first place.

wodiej| 9.20.10 @ 9:03AM

agreed. The IRS thing I heard was refuted as a mistake. She did nothing wrong. On the other things-big whoop tee doo. She hasn't went through anything millions of others haven't too.

Samuel Brier| 9.20.10 @ 12:28PM

She is an idiot and an embarassment to the conservative cause. I cannot believe she is getting so much press right now. Right as our movement to stop govt. spending and excesses moves into overdrive, we get this village idiot who thinks condoms are bad, thinks masturbation is bad, practices witchcraft...I did not know these people still exist.

And I don't want to hear from those of you who say, " Who cares? She's conservative." She's also a blithering idiot! I'm glad so many people in the GOP are standing up to protest this outrage of a candidate. We want Castle back!

Fredrick Ward| 9.20.10 @ 12:51PM

The best you can do for disapproval is to bash her for her moral stand on sexuality, and some teenage fantasy of witchcraft? Oh please! When you have something real then come on back.

Anthony| 9.20.10 @ 3:19PM

Hey Brier, Did you make a similar stink when Minnesota elected the drug addled, 4th rate, failed comedian, Al Franken, senator?
I heard Christene speak the other night on C-Span, she sounded pretty intelligent to me. And if it was her teleprompter and not her, well, her teleprompter is smarter than Obozos.
P.S. You sir, are a PHONY.

Christopher Holland| 9.20.10 @ 9:37PM

The last I heard, the Pope doesn't think much of condoms either, and he has had a lifetime to think about it. Go and tell him he got it wrong before you take a shot at anybody lower down the food chain. As for the witchcraft thing, the Archbishop of Canterbury had a fling with that too, in his younger days - he toyed with being a Druid but settled for being an Anglican instead. You can give him a good kick in the cojones as well, when you are finished with the guys in the Vatican.

I never saw such a double standard in all my life. The way that the lamestreet media and the GOP establishment has piled onto Christine O'Donnell is a disgrace.

JmsA| 9.21.10 @ 12:07AM

Hear, Hear!

Anthony| 9.20.10 @ 12:36PM

Life is tough for conservatives. Unlike Obozo, Christine had to pay back her student loans. We still don't know how druggie Obama managed to segue his drug addled career at Oxidental into a free ride at Columbia and Harvard Law; nor has she paid an entire law firm to keep her records from being revealed. Not everybody has the House of Saud paying their bills either.
And what's with the IRS? Let's see, we have dozens of Ds who don't pay their taxes, including Geithner and Rangle.
And poor Christine, she didn't have to worry what state to hide her 100 ft yacht in, in order not to pay Mass. taxes.
Yep, this woman is clearly not suitable for elective office. Funny, if she was a D, it would be Obozo/O'Donnell 2012, with the smiling approval of Rove and the rest of the intelligencia.

Vern Crisler| 9.20.10 @ 12:46PM

What you said, Anthony....

Yosemeti Sam| 9.21.10 @ 1:56AM

Ditto!

SA| 9.20.10 @ 7:32AM

Everytime I hear the term "tea party", I suggest you substitute the term, "average American".

wodiej| 9.20.10 @ 9:00AM

I second that.

canuckistani| 9.20.10 @ 11:03AM

Uh, no. The average American is not timid, angry, solution-less and covertly bigotted, are they?
I am concerned the TP movement, while quaint in its genesis, is fast becoming the dumping ground for every grievance whitey has had for 50 years, around the time when the browns and blacks started becoming restless.
The complete rejection of self-interest in supporting these whackos is another indication we will believe anything as long as it never points fingers at us for responsibility....much like children behave.
Sad.

OldFighterPilot| 9.20.10 @ 11:19AM

"every grievance whitey"?
I think the "much like children behave. Sad.," comment fits YOU far more accurately than it does any of the fine Americans standing up for our Constitution.

dennis2j| 9.20.10 @ 11:45AM

Care to call us names like that to our faces, big boy?

canuckistani| 9.20.10 @ 12:28PM

I don't believe you would get off the police scanner in your momma's basement long enough...

Tim*| 9.20.10 @ 3:52PM

Say it to Tea Party Rebels Faces , Cupcake .

The Big E| 9.20.10 @ 11:52AM

Don't waste your words on canuckistani, guys. He's so certain he knows all the answers that he's not ever aware of the relevant question.

canuckistani| 9.20.10 @ 12:27PM

I prefer to live in reality. The poverty level is up, way up - are they all dem-lefty-socialists? Or are there a few that bought into "morning in America" BS and did the right thing only to now watch us debate the constitutionalities of minutiae? Is Paladino's plan to store welfare recips in prison articulating what we have become?
The Joe Miller interview on FNC was revealing of the spare empty backdrop of the TP's table-pounding rhetoric. I read a pundit ask if he would think the moon-landing was unconstitutional as well, or what about the baseball anti-trust exemption.....
My stomach turns when I see GOP-ers play fast and loose with our dough, but I also know this cabal of idiots the TP is promoting will be spectacular in their incompetence when they get to Washington - think Ron Paul x 10 in inch-deep legislative records. The bureaucracy and lobbies will eat them alive, and they won't have the quitter-in-chief Palin shepherding them through the caucus minefields.

The Big E| 9.20.10 @ 1:59PM

" . . . I also know this cabal of idiots the TP is promoting will be spectacular in their incompetence when they get to Washington"

As compared to whom? The current crop of highly competent people who are doing everything in their power to run the country into the ground? Or the previous crop of highly competent people who did everything in their power to run the country into the ground? or the crop before that?

Competence, as you seem to define it, has got in the mess we're in.

Like I said before, you're so sure you have all the answers that you're not even aware of what the question is.

Kishego| 9.20.10 @ 2:33PM

Well, by your logic nucki, the poverty rate increased under Obama so, this is his and the demonrats fault. Which proves that all democratic ideas and programs are failures.

Tim*| 9.20.10 @ 3:57PM

Faux-intellect Canuck Shucks & Jives The AS Readers .

Larry J. Sabato, Director, University of Virginia. Center for Politics
"Republicans have a good chance to win the House by picking up as many as 47 seats, net. "

RCV| 9.20.10 @ 5:23PM

Well, duh. In the first off-year election after Reagan was elected, Democrats took back the House. In the first off-year election after Clinton was elected, Republicans took back the House. In the first off-year election after GWB was elected, Democrats took back the House.

Surely even you can see a pattern, here, Timmie. (And in each case, the President was reelected two years later.)

RCV| 9.20.10 @ 5:28PM

Correction - in 1982, Reagan's first off-year election, Democrats posted large gains but already had control of the House.

Tim*| 9.20.10 @ 5:40PM

Well DUUUUUHHHH RCV Lawboy, there Never were Tea Party Candidates Before .

You're Fightin' The Last War , And good soldiers understand The Folly of Fightin' The Last War .

The Tea Party Rebellion Escalates.

We Can See November From Our Houses .

Tom| 9.20.10 @ 9:01PM

RCV,
Please stick with historical facts, at NO time in Reagan's presidency did the Republicans control the House. The Democrats did gain 27 seats but they were already comfortably in control.

In the 2002 elections the Republicans gained 8 seats and increased their slim majority. And for the sake of completeness they gained 3 seats in the Senate to take control of that body.

RCV| 9.20.10 @ 10:45PM

I stand corrected, Tim You're right. In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks, the GOP held on and reversed the normal pattern of the out of the WH party gaining significantly in he off year elections.

The Reagan off year, however, fit the pattern perfectly. Having lost the WH two years before, the Democrats did gain 27 seats. And you are right about the Democrats controlling the House during the Reagan presidency -- maybe we should credit them for the so-called Reagan economic gains.

Tom| 9.20.10 @ 11:44PM

Actually RCV I do not have a problem with the Democrat Congress getting some of the credit for economic progress during the Reagan administration. As long as they get to share the blame on the deficits also. And yeah, lets give the Republican Congress share of the credit for Clinton's 'surplusses'. Even if they really did not happen.

RCV| 9.21.10 @ 1:54AM

Ready to do so. There was more cooperation for the better between Clinton and the Congressional Republicans than anytime since.

Doctor Right| 9.20.10 @ 12:25PM

"Average" Americans are dullards who watch Oprah and vote for Democrats " 'cuz they care"...

I prefer to think of Tea Party supporters as "Real Americans".

In that vein, and based on your non-de-plume, let me say that we Real Americans don't give a damn what a transplanted Canadian ding-bat from some 3rd-world Craplakistan thinks about us, our country, or our Constitution.

And frankly, repeating the same tired, old refrain about how voting for Conservatives is voting against one's "self-interest" is straight from the Marx-Engels playbook, and none too imaginative. Quite to the contrary, the Tea Party is gaining support PRECISELY because REAL Americans are finally starting to reawaken and vote their REAL self-interests.

In truth, canuckistani, you're a walking cliche'...And none too bright, either.

Please...Do us REAL Americans (and REAL Canadians, too, for that matter) a favor:

Come and visit, but PLEASE don't stay.

canuckistani| 9.20.10 @ 1:02PM

Fortunately for you, I am not going anywhere. I like it right here with you.
I'll take the bait, however.
I am a REAL American, not a scared, timid gang member that cloaks himself in the flag while betraying everything this country has stood for.
This country is the best in the world in raw potential. But our kids are growing up today no longer confident they will be better off than their parents. That's the legacy we are leaving. Scapegoating illegals, gays, Muslims and other "exotics" makes it easy for our kids to sit back and blame everyone else for their problems except us. It begins and ends with us.
Here's my policies:
1) Medicare and SS must be fully funded - and rationed, if the burden exceeds revenues.
2) Taxes on wealth and income must be the same rate
3) Businesses and indivs knowingly hiring illegals are named and barred from federal business programs. Continued transgressions lead to punitive steps.
4) Job creation: double tax credit, job outsourcing: double tax penalty
5) Treaties: US health and safety standards applied or exceptions waived
6) Military enterprise: undeclared wars are funded with new taxes, veterans programs codified as sacrosanct. Suppliers to the military must have their headquarters based in the US.
7) Homeland security: full review and elimination of agency overlap, starting at cabinet level. Non-core programs declared earmarks and deleted.
8) Education: moved back to the states with federal standards on Math/Science/ Language for 3rd, 8th and 12th grades.
These are my main policy goals for a GOP house in the next two years, and I believe the fed should be out of social engineering completely. What happens in the bedrooms of citizens is their business - within the laws of the land.

Jesus Christ| 9.20.10 @ 4:57PM

Here! Here!
Another warrior to battle the TeaBagger Taliban.
As if i, the Lord of Lords, need their punk help if i want to change things.

God The Father | 9.20.10 @ 5:19PM

Shut Your Pie Hole Sonny Boy .

Pete| 9.20.10 @ 5:04PM

I see nothing wrong with this list. Good post.

Tom| 9.20.10 @ 9:07PM

I actually like most of your list, I do have a few quibbles.

4) Job creation: double tax credit, job outsourcing: double tax penalty.

You do realize more jobs are 'insourced' into the US than outsourced from it? And they are on average much better paying? Such a law would be at best tremendously short-sighted and at worse spark a trade war.

8) Education: moved back to the states with federal standards on Math/Science/ Language for 3rd, 8th and 12th grades.

Why should the feds have any say in how educational standards are set? If they set the standards they should pay for it - and I do not think they should do either - otherwise let states spend money on education as they see fit.

BackToBasics| 9.20.10 @ 9:57PM

Deporting illegals, and yes it can be done, and not renewing work visas like H1-B and L-1 will open up jobs for,

"our kids (who) are growing up today no longer confident they will be better off than their parents."

It will also give them a reason to go to colleges and universities to get a better education. If we stopped massive importation of high-level an low-level workers through work visas and illegal aliens our chuildren can go to college or get a trade or other skill expecting that a good job will be available for them once they are ready to enter the workforce.

In Operation Wetback in 1954 Eisenhower granted the INS authority to find and deport illegal aliens. Most of the illegals self-deported once they realized that teh INS was serious about it.

The INS agents were not armed like soldiers but rather like policemen.

Illegals are already leaving Arizona but most of them are now going to "illegal-friendly" states. But the same behavior is observed in Arizona as was observed in 1954, self-deportation. So, yes, deportation can be done if there is the ppolitical will to do it.

Eric Cartman| 9.20.10 @ 12:26PM

Hey guys, canuckistani was a male nurse in charge of catheters in Canada - America's Snow Hat - and fell in love with its socialism. Ignore the putz. He tingles at the thought of Obama.

canuckistani| 9.20.10 @ 12:37PM

I tingle when I read pols formulating policy that is based on real, achievable goals.
Americans love, and I mean Sunday-afternoon, fantasy football love:
Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Red state farm subsidies, redundant military bases, handouts when any calamity occurs, and bridges to nowhere.
Name me one program the TP will cut that has real teeth. One, that's all I am asking for.
You can't, can you? You write interesting sermons to the choir here, but it is based on nothingness. I do feel sad for you, maybe pity.

Fredrick Ward| 9.20.10 @ 1:13PM

Hmm, let me think really hard. Oh, I have one, two, and three. The Tea Party wishes to get rid of Obamacare. If you have even taken a single moment to review anything about it then you would know that the cut of such a program would be best for this country. That would save us, and our children, at least $1 trillion that we do not have.

Another thing that the Tea Party stands for is balancing the budget. All earmarks, and pork are to be reversed. I think that has teeth too. After all, it's our money these politicians are spending like a kid in a candy store.

Stopping tax hikes is another that will directly affect this country. That definitely has teeth. Put simply, for the idiots, keynesian economics do not work! It has been shown in history that it does not work! Yet, these idiots we have in office right now keep trying it like they will get a different result this time around than last time. Funny that you think that being fiscally responsible has no teeth. If we keep going the way we are our children will have no teeth, no freedom, and no hope.

Next.

Quartermaster| 9.20.10 @ 4:11PM

All you have to do is sit down with the US Constitution in one hand, and the FedGov's budget in the other. If you can find clear authorization for a given activity in Constitution it gets deleted. You will find that 90%+ of what is in the budget is not constitutional.

The "General Welfare" clause is not a blank check either. According to Madison it applied only to the enumerated powers.

Tim*| 9.20.10 @ 4:27PM

"Asked about Tea Party calls for a balanced budget, spokesmen for Ryan and House Minority Leader John Boehner both pointed to a more modest plan being put forward by Republican leaders to freeze non-security discretionary spending at 2007-08 levels and recall temporary programs like TARP and the stimulus, reducing spending in total by about $1.3 trillion over the next 10 years. This year’s budget deficit alone is $1.3 trillion."

Eric Cartman| 9.20.10 @ 7:16PM

You do? Sad? Pity? Well. I don't know what to say. I mean, I wish I cared more. But I don't.

Nunya| 9.20.10 @ 1:00PM

Canuck, you show your ignorance with posts like this. You obviously listen to the Democrap talking points but do no research on your own, and it does you a disservice.

I've seen no "angry, solution-less and covertly bigoted" ANYONE in the Tea Party movement. Your statement is a LIE.

TR| 9.20.10 @ 1:15PM

"whitey"??
YOU F'ING RACIST.
Anything you post is written by a racist. Your true "colors" show. Go back to your socialist paradise Canada.

canuckistani| 9.20.10 @ 4:38PM

You better believe it when I analyze my own tribe. NOTHING in this country's national policies has not been ratified by the white man, not one. If true, the bitching and complaining that goes on within the TP is pure unmitigated whining at itself. Old cliches like "be careful what you wish for...." and "the road to hell is paved...." are apropos for this blog.
106 of 112 justices: white men
43 of 44 presidents: white men
83 of 100 current senators: white men
330 of 435 current reps: white men
This country is the white man's creation. To suggest otherwise is a lie.
I have privileges up the wazoo as a white male and refuse to sit here and suggest I have been wronged in some way. My tribal segment is miles ahead of any insurgent demo, and any disruption to my group's hegemony over the path of this country - if I read the TP-leaves correctly, is a good thing. Is it?
We have the power to do enormous good: freeing the slaves, universal suffrage, SS, interstate hwys, Apollo, defeating fascism and beating back the red menace. These were all done on the white man's watch, done in the interest of the country. I do not see the next grand leap of our people coming from the timid shouting masses of TP, and the roots of this discontent come from the darkest regions of my tribe's fringe.
Get up, stop feeling sorry for yourself and do something. You've done it before and made the country better for it.

Lord God Almighty| 9.20.10 @ 5:09PM

We real Americans will defend America against the TeaBag Taliban.

Jesus Christ

Tim*| 9.20.10 @ 5:18PM

Notice Faux Canuck never mentions White Women .
Fake Canuck Is Race Baiting White Men Only .

canuckistani| 9.20.10 @ 7:27PM

Nope, just the ruling class, us white guys. I can only speak for myself as a white man that has never taken one nickle of public money for myself, (except the ball diamonds at my community park.) My experience as a male American has been nothing short of great. I love this country, but I love my family more, and reading the people here who are trying to claw to the bottom is amusing and horrifying at the same time. Revisionism is a terrible malady.
When we get out of attempting to manage other people's lives, I'll lay off my tribal gender bashing.

Tim*| 9.20.10 @ 11:30PM

So move 14 Unemployed Black African Tribesman into your house , Bloviatin' Hypocrite .

Go On Now !

Eric Cartman| 9.20.10 @ 7:22PM

Tribe? Really? You're a member of the white tribe? Well, as a card carrying member of the white tribe, I move we kick canuckistani's dumb ass out of it! I'm sick of hearing him bitch! Anybody second the motion?

canuckistani| 9.20.10 @ 7:31PM

I was too polite, it is pity.

Tim*| 9.20.10 @ 3:49PM

Faux Canuck attempts to Play The Race Card .

The Tea Party Rebellion Escalates .

We Can See November From Our Houses .

Tim*| 9.20.10 @ 5:49PM

Horseshit Phoney Pretend Canuck !

Tea Party Patriots Mission Statement and Core Values

Mission Statement
The impetus for the Tea Party movement is excessive government spending and taxation. Our mission is to attract, educate, organize, and mobilize our fellow citizens to secure public policy consistent with our three core values of Fiscal Responsibility, Constitutionally Limited Government and Free Markets.

Core Values

* Fiscal Responsibility
* Constitutionally Limited Government
* Free Markets

Tim*| 9.20.10 @ 6:05PM

Pretend Canuck Is Horsepoop .

Tea Party Patriots Mission Statement and Core Values

Core Values

* Fiscal Responsibility
* Constitutionally Limited Government
* Free Markets

DebateRight| 9.20.10 @ 7:03PM

Again, it is always "covertly bigoted". And "solution-less", in spite of the offerings of Paul Ryan and others.
Liberals just aren't any fun to argue with, since the best they can offer are unsupported assertions.

canuckistani| 9.20.10 @ 7:30PM

You're throwing Ryan in with O'Donnell et al?
I wouldn't.

Christopher Holland| 9.20.10 @ 9:44PM

I need new glasses, I am seeing things. I thought Allan West was black and Nikki Haley was a Sikh Indian. Now I found out they are white guys, all along. These tea party folks really pulled a fast one on me.

Jeremiah| 9.20.10 @ 7:40AM

Winston Churchill vigorously denounced the Soviet Union from the start. When pressed about how, given his attitude, he could form an alliance with them he replied, "I would make an alliance with the devil, himself, to defeat Hitler."

While none of us would make an alliance with the devil, the ruling class had better figure out that all the smears they can muster - and even genuine character flaws on the part of a conservative - will not stop us from going after Dems and RINOs. They are destroying our jobs, bankrupting our future, enslaving our children to pay for it, and attacking wholesale our liberty.

So if they don't want to get taken out in primaries, better put up a conservative. And all those ruling class nags who say O' Donnell can't win the general, weren't you the same geniuses who, a few months back, were confidently informing us that Rubio, Angle and Paul couldn't win a Republican Primary? Keep going on your talk shows and telling us what we must do. Fat lot of good it is doing you this year.

Lawrence Boccardi| 9.20.10 @ 8:02AM

I come down on the side of Christine O"Donnell.
Her transgressions put her right in step with the ruling class. Our Treasury Sec didn't pay his income tax. Joe Biden is a known plagiariser, Richard Blumenthal is a liar, Chris Dodd didn't face foreclosure because he got a sweetheart mortgage deal, Hillary Clinton channeled Eleanor Roosevelt, and her opponent, Coons, is a Black Liberation Theoligist enlistee! I need O'Donnell to stop the Marxist takeover of our country.

canuckistani| 9.20.10 @ 4:41PM

At least those other men had records the voter could assess in comparison to their transgressions.

Tim*| 9.20.10 @ 5:53PM

Bullcrap Pretend Canuck .

Hillary Clinton ran for New York's Senate Seat with No Track Record.

DebateRight| 9.20.10 @ 7:08PM

Let's see, O'Donell has no track record, no accomplishments to speak of, and says a lot of stupid things. Judging from the last election, she is up for the wrong office. She should take Biden's place as VP. Oh, wait, he still holds the record for stupidity flowing from the mouth.

Christopher Holland| 9.20.10 @ 9:54PM

Christine O'Donnell could be President. Obama has no track record, no achievements worth mentioning - all he did is sit on his arse in the Illinois state house and vote 'present'. He still got elected and nobody complained about any of his character defects - of which there are many.

martin j smith| 9.20.10 @ 8:21AM

Any tea partier would be treated equally shabbility.

Maxwell| 9.20.10 @ 8:45AM

I always a lot of questions, so this time I ask, what if the press did an indepth exam of O-dumbo ears like they are doing to O'Donnell?

canuckistani| 9.20.10 @ 7:28PM

You're kidding, right?

bluecollarbytes| 9.20.10 @ 8:50AM

It's clear that the only way U.S. citizens will get a govt they want, is to take it away from those nanny-state enablers of both major political parties. If tea partiers put up a candidate here or there who has not 'cleansed' their life-history with missing witnesses, lies, and reinterpretations- all aided/funded by PopMedia, so what?

We've been electing imperfect people since we first held elections.

wodiej| 9.20.10 @ 8:59AM

no kidding....this is just going to cause more conservatives to get energized. The elites need to be put in their place.

Siegfried X| 9.20.10 @ 8:51AM

It's obvious that the Republican leadership is still fighting the primary election. They are still trying to replace Christine O'Donnell with Mike Castle.

Remember, Karl Rove is a paid fundraiser for the Republican party. He wouldn't be attacking a Republican who won her primary without permission of the party leadership. Rove also was a paid consultant for Mike Castle.

Rove yesterday mentioned a complete audit of O'Donnell's past. That is exactly what Castle and the establishment hope, that an audit will turn up so much dirt that O'Donnell loses support and the party asks Castle to step in.

wodiej| 9.20.10 @ 8:58AM

well if he mentions nothing after going through her past, then that means he didn't find anything. How much you want to bet he won't be admitting he was wrong?? We all have a past. What is important is if we learn from it.

Clinton nee Publius| 9.20.10 @ 8:53AM

The reality is that the war between the ruling-class and the country-class is now getting more pointed, more vocal and will be more keenly felt by our ruling-class overlords than at any other time in the Modern era.

Krauthammer, Rove, Steele and company all represent the vested interests (the "landed gentry") of our age of economic feudalism and our feudal lords are not going to stand around and allow their rights to "first nights" - the right to steal money right off the top from every new enterprise - to be challenged.

This is about money. They (the ruling-class) knows that once the Tea Parties elect candidates that legislation - the ability of the ruling-class to steal from America with impunity - will now be placed at risk and this has the potential to affect the Krauthammers' and Roves' of the world's bottom line. Once we take power and start voting as a monolithic bloc, they will be placed at risk. There will be no more earmarks. There will be no more contracts to cronies. There may even be - shock of shocks - an intentional shutdown of the government and all of these things make us happy and induce a certain amount of schadenfreude in the country-class who are very keen to serve to these traitors a seven-course meal of accountability that will include prosecution for the worst offenders.

In the end, these people are desperate to hide what they have done in the past and continue the criminal conspiracies into the future and Christine O'Donnell is the straw that broke the camel's back - the last peg in the coffin that could kill their privileged lifestyles and expose them to criminal culpability.

Nothing else explains it.

Bill Hussein O'Stalin | 9.20.10 @ 9:48AM

Excellent!

Vern Crisler| 9.20.10 @ 12:58PM

Could we please set aside this nonsense about a ruling class vs. a country class. It's nothing but the old Marxist claptrap in a new disguise.

Pretty soon we'll be hearing about the bourgeoisie and the proletariat.

"Marxism describes human culture as being subject to a dominant ruling-class culture..." says the Wikipedia entry for "bourgeousie."

Nunya| 9.20.10 @ 1:10PM

I'm sorry Vern, I think "Ruling Class" aptly describes the Washington insiders who are shoveling shi- down onto the rest of us "Country Class" citizens. Healthcare, anyone? How about Cap-and-Trade?

The Big E| 9.20.10 @ 2:07PM

The ruling class vs. country class concept predates Marx by several hundred years. Think European Aristocracy instead and you'll get the picture.

Joe Oliva| 9.20.10 @ 2:51PM

Absolutely correct and one other thing. The elites think we are a passing fancy that will disappear after this election. They are in for the biggest shock of their corrupt little lives because we ain't goin' nowhere. The American people have risen up and we will not allow these idiots to continue their plunder of our kids future!

They still don't get it but who cares. If we do not take over the GOP, we will switch over to either the Constitution Party or we start from scratch. No matter which, we are here to stay! Got that Rove, Steele, Krauthammer, and the Dem elites as well. This is our country, we are the rightful owners of it, and our inheritance is no longer yours to play with!

Petronius| 9.20.10 @ 8:54AM

After all the abuse she has the cajones to run anyway. Krauthammer and the GOP castrati can't stand it. When any of their lot utter a conservative word, it's boilerplate. Down deep every last one of them is akin to a clone of Major Frank Burns on M.A.S.H.

wodiej| 9.20.10 @ 8:55AM

O'Donnell is the most conservative of her and Castle and also electable so Krauthammer and Rove can stick it. Don't you just love how she answers the accusations and rumors with a sense of humor? That is exactly how they should be answered.

Anthony| 9.20.10 @ 10:28AM

Frankly, I hope Christine O'Donnell is a WITCH!!! Then perhaps she'll turn Obozo, O'biteme & Rove into jackasses.
Oops, already done.
Way to go Christine!!! TEN POINTS GRIFFFENDOR!!

JimH| 9.20.10 @ 1:00PM

How do you know shes a witch? She turned me into a Newt....Gingrich.

The Big E| 9.20.10 @ 2:08PM

I got better.

Tyler| 9.20.10 @ 11:49AM

You're right- humor is the key because it denies the attempted character assassination any legitimacy whatsoever. "THAT'S the best you can do? Really?" Someone get me an O'Donnell Betwitched T-shirt or something.

Gill O’Teen ✝✡$| 9.20.10 @ 1:18PM

I would think that the mere fact that Christine O'Donnell won the primary election would indicate that she just might be ‘electable’. Some facts from the Delaware Primary: Castle - 27,021 votes, O'Donnell - 30,561 votes. There was no corresponding primary for her November dumb-ocratic opponent. The only statewide dumbo-cratic contests were for Auditor and Treasuerer. The Treasurer contest had 34,721 ballots cast while that for Auditor 32,736. This means that O'Donnell, all by herself, attracted almost as many voters as were cast in the statewide dumb-ocratic contests. If she can gather 4,160 of Castle’s Crew into her tent, she can win this. Unfortunately, she has nothing to fear other than those Raging RINOs who if they were truly dedicated to liberty and prosperity would be fighting for a seat on her bandwagon.

In the interest of full disclosure I must confess that when I was young and stupid, as opposed to old and decrepit, a young lady, who did look a bit like O'Donnell, took me to visit some of her Wiccan friends. Other than the warlock or wizard, whatever a male chief witch is called, liked to roam around his own house au natural while discussing baseball, it was a fairly normal evening. So what that the man opining to me about how smart the Brock - Broglio trade was for the Cardinals was stark naked? It was in his own home. Maybe this explains why my favorite band at the time was The Pentangle.

Let’s see - the choice in Delaware is between a candidate who favors liberty and one who favors tyranny. What's satanic is that this is no longer a no-brainer.
Gill O’Teen ✝✡$
Don’t Tread on Me.
gill.Oteen07041776@gmail.com
“With friends like these, who needs enemies?” - Old English Proverb
Only 853 days to go

Louis Jenkins| 9.20.10 @ 9:29AM

There is no doubt that Krauthammer and Rove are the point of the spear for the Republican establishment. But it has been dulled. O'Connell is a liar? How about the Pretender n Chief? How about his dept. of justice head, how about the people in his cabinet? How about just about every politician in the Fed. Government? The answer to Enslavement is victory, and at any cost.

hardcard| 9.20.10 @ 10:03AM

the ruling class still dosen't get it. kick them out vote in November

David henricks| 9.20.10 @ 10:17AM

I'm reminded of the Eagle's tune, "Dirty Laundry". Kick em when they're down, Kick em when they're up, Kick em all around. We can do the innuendo, We can dance and sing, When its said and done we havent told you a thing, We all know that crap is king, Give us dirty laundry!

cl| 9.20.10 @ 10:23AM

in one sense we cannot defend whatever o'donnell,or anyone else, said or did by pointing to similar conduct of another. but we should do so to compare how serious it is, and to show the hypocrisy of the commentators and media. for example:
1.she has not job experieance.
where did obama, hillary, bill clinton, all the kennedys, nancy pelosi, joe biden work in the private sector? all had, at best, government-made positions.
2.she had financial problems, resulting in a foreclosure.
so what? did she make $100,000 by reading the wall street journal to pick the right stock, like hillary? or plan to inherit money like the kennedys, rockefellers, bush, or marry someone rich, like john kerrey, john mccain, nancy pelosi, and others to numerous to mention. or, write a book,based on your government service, to make lots of money (clinton,powell, ferraro,etc)
3. her general background.
did she dodge the draft, like clinton? did she drive into a lake, while drunk, then abandon the passenger to drown? does she have a dui? did she attend a "church" for 20 years listening to racist, anti-american rant, and hang with terrorists? did she accuse the usa of "air raiding" villages and of having a concentration camp at guantanamo?
karl rove is the most dissapointing. he was smiling and seemed to enjoy talking on and on about a foreclosure, and "checking in the bushes," and owing taxes. why did he do this? i am starting to believe the accusations that rove ran the dirty campaign in south carolina to smear john mccain.
4.it took her a long time to get her college degree.
did she get expelled, like kennedy from harvard, for paying someone to take her spanish test? did she plagiarize a term paper, like biden at law school?
why the vicious attacks, mostly personal?

albert constantine jr.| 9.20.10 @ 12:15PM

All very good points, but I beg to differ with Point#1. Hillary Clinton did work in the private sector while at the Rose Law Firm in Arkansas. Of course, it has been reported that she was hired to gain access to her husband, who was Governor. It is also said that John Grisham had this corrupt mob-connected thieving organization in mind when he penned "The Firm". They also had a reputation for not managing their billing records well (see Whitewater Counsel report).

Citizen Jerry| 9.20.10 @ 10:24AM

Krauthammer always struck me as the guy who needs to be the smartest person in the room.
He's pulled this same kind of crap on Sarah Palin. Along with Rove, he represents a GOP always willing to "reach across the aisle in bipartisanship." That's what gave us Bob Dole and John McCain.
As Ronaldus Magnus told us, we need bold colors -- not pale pastels. Those clowns represent democrat light.

Vern Crisler| 9.20.10 @ 1:01PM

Dittos Citizen jerry....

Lois| 9.20.10 @ 10:50AM

"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone."
John 8:7

Name one, just one person in the political establishment who is without dirty laundry, that is the only person who has any business opening their mouths here.

The ruling elite and lame stream media demagogs are pissed that the people are starting to make their voices heard again. Too long the people have not paid attention to what was going on and the folks who fancy themselves as the leaders of the nation and spokespersons for the people somehow figured we were sheep to be guided and fleeced. When the sheep revolt the dogs come out to nip at their heel and get them back in line. Well it looks like this time the sheep are going to trample the wolves and take back their country.

We the people have been asleep at the switch for awhile but now I believe we are starting to stir and these people are running scared. We must continue to rout out the so called elites and put an end to the career politician. Public service must be returned to just that, public service no more career politicians thinking they know what is best for the people. We must insititue term limits in Congress, return the Senate to the control of the states and remove the cancerous liberal/socialist movement that is destroying this nation.

People like O'Connell, Miller , Christie, and Angle are the true voice of the people and are the future of America. The days of big government, high taxes and crippling social programs are ending!

Nutcracker| 9.20.10 @ 11:48AM

I think you meant, O'Donnell .

The Big E| 9.20.10 @ 11:33AM

I know I've learned a lot more in life from my (many) failures than from my (few) successes. Maybe that's part of what's wrong with the country now. We have people in charge (in both parties) who have had success handed to them, and so have insufficient experience with failure, or else have had their failures covered up for them, and thus learned nothing from the experience except how to cover things up.

In other words, they've learned nothing of the reality of life as taught by that greatest of all teachers - Humility.

Frankly, I'm ready to have some people running the show who know what it's like to fail, who understand that we are all human, and that they're not one whit smarter than the rest of us. Seems to me we've had just the opposite of that for many years now and it's just not worked out so well.

Oldefarte| 9.20.10 @ 11:50AM

Lindsay, although a so-called Republican [in the fashion of Nelson Rocafeller] in 1965, did switch and become a Democrat in 1971 [From Wikipedia: '.......He switched from the Republican to the Democratic party in 1971, and launched a brief but unsuccessful bid for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination as well as the 1980 Democratic nomination for Senator from New York.....'. His liberalism was obviously transferred as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cris Worth| 9.20.10 @ 11:53AM

Don't you get it? It has to do with abortion. Castle is hard core pro-abortion and a new pro-life senator will threaten the GOP establishment's favorite Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade. The Tea Party are constitutionalists and Roe v. Wade usurps the 10th amendment hence a reversal of this decision returns the matter of abortion to the states and the people something the GOP establishment is resisting at all costs...hence the trashing of O'Donnell.

Oldefarte| 9.20.10 @ 11:53AM

Correction on above: [From Wikipedia: '.....He switched from the Republican to the Democratic party in 1971, and launched a brief but unsuccessful bid for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination as well as the 1980 Democratic nomination for Senator from New York.....']. The last sentence ['His liberalism was obviously transferred as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'] is obviously MY OPINION.

seth| 9.20.10 @ 12:05PM

Rove is just a big government big endless war Repubricrat just like his puppet Bush. The Republicans need to nominate true Constitutional candidates or I will actively work against them.

Spyder308| 9.20.10 @ 12:14PM

She doesn't deserve the attacks. She appears to be a professional candidate. Nothing wrong with that. It is a legal way to make a living.
The fact is she has no qualifications to preform the office of Senator. I guess if elected she would resign after 2 years when she discovered she couldn't do the job. Then make millions doing speaking engagements.

Ken (Old Texican)| 9.20.10 @ 12:41PM

Hi Spyder,
heh, are you jealous?

Isn't it sad that no one would pay a dime for your thoughts or speech?

Having written two #1 best-sellers, people have paid a few dimes.
Those best-sellers provoked hundreds of "speeches" across the country. I made a few more dimes.
"The Nays of Texas" coming soon. Stay tuned.

RCV| 9.20.10 @ 5:18PM

By the way, Ken, I'm reading, "The Last Centurion" at your recommendation. Good read.

Ken (Old Texican)| 9.20.10 @ 7:38PM

RCV
I can't find it. When you trip over the page, please dog-ear the sucker. I got chills when I read it. It is talking about the Centurians of Rome...dropping their shields and taking a barbarian bride. Whoah!

Pete| 9.20.10 @ 5:48PM

Funny, Ken, You never mention what those books are. As well as explaining all the success BS you constantly attribute to yourself. I seem to recall you said you launched/led two fortune 500 companies before turning 40, with a social worker degree. Why not step out from behind the curtain and just back up all your "accomplishments" with an actual bio.

Ken (Old Texican)| 9.20.10 @ 7:06PM

Hi Pete
I am the CFO of a medical practice with 36 clinics nation wide. My wife is my boss if I may be redundant, (heh). She is the CEO.

As you wished, here is my bio. It is all over the internet since we are a public corporation. I choose to remain anonymous to keep idiots from keeping my wife from doing what she is world famous for doing. ie: doing amazing stuff for disabled children.
Your curiosity is well overwhelmed by that fact.
Nevertheless:
Kenneth Bean
Vice President, Operations/CFO

Ken is Linda's husband, partner, and pilot. At Baylor, Ken majored in Family Counseling and translated those skills into writing life insurance successfully for three years. He earned his pilot's license during those years and began using his plane as a business tool.

In October of 1973, Ken met a traveling Japanese executive in distress. The man needed to get to Corpus Christi, New Orleans, and Oklahoma City, all in the next day. Ken told him he could either charter a plane, or if he wanted to, he could pay for the gas and Ken would fly him in his own plane.

They made the trip. Ken watched the Japanese businessman fire the president of U.S. operations. Mr. Nishizato then asked Ken if he could help him get around the U.S. for a couple of months while he covered for the man he had just fired. Ken took a leave from New York Life and did so. He soon discovered he was being mentored and tested every moment they were together, in the plane or not.

Ken was asked to attend every meeting and learn. Four months later, Mr. Nishizato, (President and Chairman), handed Ken a four year no-cut contract as U.S. President of The Far East Trading Company. With his staff of employees, and numerous sub-contractors, Ken's job was to help international contractors get the materiel and equipment needed for remote area projects. At that time, the lead times on new equipment, of every description, as well as many critical materials, were very long. Ken and his staff searched for and purchased used equipment, refurbished and overhauled it, and shipped it all over the world. They also trans-shipped new material and equipment allocated to the Far East Trading Company. They then sent a team to the remote locations and got the equipment and materiel off the ships, on to trucks, to the project site, and ready for service.

As the word of Ken's teams success circulated among project engineers, the Far East U.S. became a major start-up and logistics subcontractor for Brown & Root, Fleur, Bectel, and others. Within only three years, The Far East Trading Company had doubled U.S. revenue from $200,000,000 to $400,000,000 under Ken's leadership.

Ken was responsible for negotiating contracts, purchasing the equipment and materiel, and delivering it to the end users. He quickly mastered a broad cross section of industries, products, and remote area shipping methods. He coordinated with sister branches of The Far East Company to fill orders.

Upon Mr. Nishizato's retirement, Ken left the Far East Trading Company to become the middle east CEO for Mr. Robin Loh. At that time, the "Robin Group" was one of the 10 largest conglomerates in the world, based out of Singapore, and solely owned by Mr. Loh, to whom Ken reported directly. Middle east operations represented a key percentage of the conglomerate's revenue, as a result of the drilling, construction, ship building and project mobilization services.

In 1983, Ken began a research project based upon the premise: "There ought to be a better way to own a boat than to own a boat." He created a team and founded a private boat club, completed a private stock offering, and served as Chairman and CEO until 1989.

Since 1989, Ken had been engaged in key man recruiting, construction consulting, and authoring books. Since marrying Linda in April 2000, he has acted as her pilot and business partner. Like so many medical practitioners, Linda needed someone to focus on the business aspects of her practice. From his experience in the health and life insurance industry, to managing a world girdling import-export business, and finally to founding and management of a privately held start-up company, Ken had the expertise to go with his commitment to Linda and the children. With Ken overseeing operations, accounting, marketing, and recruiting, the administrative burden has been removed from Linda and Dan, allowing them to treat the children, teach, and service a broader geographical market efficiently.

There you go, pal. Right off the internet and the SEC reports we file

For a mere $10.00 you get to read my newest best-seller-to-be. It is fiction. "The Nays of Texas"

PS: If you think you have a hard time believing my bio. heh, you should be me. Heck, I was THERE, and I hardly believe it.
The neat thing is, I get to sign a lot of paychecks.
God bless

spyder308| 9.20.10 @ 9:12PM

The term Best Seller doesn't mean what it once did. Hell, Beck and Palin had ghost writers gin up best sellers for them.
You live in the most polluted state in the Union. Eventually the American taxpayers are going to have to pay to clean up your mess. 1 in 4 children in the Huston area had breathing problems from the pollution.
There is a sucker born every minute so it is not hard to get an audience together for your speeches.
I work for a living and try to make good jobs for people.

Anthony| 9.20.10 @ 3:38PM

Gee Spyderman, You conveniently forget that Gov. Palin reluctantly resigned from the governship after Lefty a** holes like you filed hundreds of ethical complaints against her.
It was costing the state of Alaska and Gov. Palin hundreds of thousands of dollars to defend against these bogus charges. Sort of like what you scum did against Tom Delay and former gov of Alaska, who recently died, but would still be alive but for the likes of you and your ilk.
One complaint against Palin had to do with a logo on a jacket she was wearing at some dog sled contest.
Yeah, you Lefties leave no stone unturned. I'll take the smart, conservative O'Donnell over your druggie, loser of a comedian, Al Franken any day. Or did you forget about him?

Anthony| 9.20.10 @ 3:40PM

Sorry, I ment former senator from Alaska, Ted Stevens.

RCV| 9.20.10 @ 5:17PM

Anthony, if you believed that incoherent rambling excuse from Ms. Palin, you are indeed a gullible guy. Sarah correctly saw an opportunity to cash in on her new-found fame, which she couldn't do if faced with the real work of a governor, so she just jumped ship. If it will help get her out of the meth hell-hole that is Wasila, more power to her. But, please, spare us the noble story for either her or The Hammer.

Ken (Old Texican)| 9.20.10 @ 7:19PM

RCV,
now that was just mean.

Sir, I am becoming frightened for you.

If you really believe what you just wrote...I am frightened for you.

RCV| 9.20.10 @ 10:53PM

What part did you find mean? The slur against Wasila -- it really is the meth capital of Alaska; remember, Levi's mom was even nailed for that -- or the accurate characterization of what Palin did. The latter I believe with all my heart. I find her to be a thoroughly disagreeable phony. There are many conservative with whom I disagree, but admire greatly. They have included Jack Kemp, Ronald Reagan, William Buckley, to name just a few. Sarah Palin is not one of them. I find her pretty vapid.

Spyder308| 9.21.10 @ 10:16AM

Reluctantly, my ass, she did it for the money. She found out she could make a lot more money not being governor. Besides she did such a sloppy job of governor that she left the door wide open for those "lefties" to take shots at her. All she had to do was stay legal in her functions as governor. She was her own worst enemy as governor.

Doctor Right| 9.20.10 @ 12:31PM

So what EXACTLY are the "qualifications to [preform] the office of Senator", genius?

I guess that maybe being a lazy, n'eer-do-well Community Organizer and Marxist Teaching Assistant with delusions of grandeur helps??

You're an idiot.

Gill O’Teen ✝✡$| 9.20.10 @ 1:43PM

The qualifications for sin-eater are spelled out in OUR Constitution: “No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.” Article I: Section 3.
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Seek| 9.20.10 @ 12:36PM

The "Republican establishment" is a straw man. Even O'Donnell's critics backtracked from their comments in short order. The tea partiers are the GOP establishment. Every marquee GOP politician is on board with them. That's why Palin and her acolytes are so powerful; they get a free pass every time. The timid "establishment" of the media's imagination is toothless.

C.K. Amos| 9.20.10 @ 4:04PM

"The tea partiers are the GOP establishment." Well, no, they're not. They're just jumping on the coattails they once spat upon.

C.K. Amos| 9.20.10 @ 4:05PM

The they're that are jumping are the GOP establishment.

Senor Mick| 9.20.10 @ 12:53PM

O'Donnell is a bobble-headed sock-puppet that will never win (in my estimation). You gringos seem to think that Palin was the equivalent of Madame Curie.

Some day we will all speak Spanish, amigos.

Jack Bauer| 9.20.10 @ 1:03PM

Si... departa e screwa mono

Doctor Right| 9.20.10 @ 1:44PM

That's swell.

In the meantime, please rake-up and bag the ALL grass cuttings and trim the hedges, "amigo"...

Robert| 9.20.10 @ 2:45PM

Si, es possible, y, chingar tu madre, Senor.

PittsburghPete| 9.20.10 @ 1:03PM

Its wonderful that Rove, Krauthammer, et al, criticize O'Donnell more than they do Murkowski or Crist.
Few things are better than making the powerful whine like a child.

scotchieguy| 9.20.10 @ 1:05PM

This is fascinating stuff. Not since Palin first surfaced in the summer of '08 has the MSM/Ruling Class been so agitated. They just don't know what to do about O'Donnell. As much as I respect Krauthammer, maybe, like Peggy Noonan, he has become too much like the MSM, and therefore, become the problem. It was pure joy to watch Rove bumbling and stumbling on Hannity's show. Someone threw a wrench into the gears of his political machine, and he just looked flustered. Who are these radicals hiding in the brush, and why are they doing this to my party? In the end, O'Donnell is a terrible candidate, w/ endless amounts of baggage she will never overcome. But she is galvanizing in a good way, and she is useful. Our version of the useful idiot. Let's not squander our opportunity.

somnolence| 9.20.10 @ 1:23PM

If you want to define "poor work history," look toward Barack Obama and both Clintons, not Christine O'Donnell. Recent studies point out a large segment of Americans having up to 11 different employers on average; this reflection is of course, carried over into professional athletics, etc. Perhaps that is part of her attraction, she is a real human being with flaws, not a groomed plagiarist, or opportunist who "loathed the military." Her opposition can only dwell in trivialities, because that is the only solid platform they have.

Alan Brooks| 9.20.10 @ 1:30PM

WFB was a conservative, not an extremist.
Libertarians and tea partiers are extremist assholes.
And if they want to behave as assholes, they will be TREATED as assholes.

Cametoshityouout| 9.20.10 @ 3:02PM

Well Brooks, if you wish to call me an asshole, then you are what I shit out of that asshole. And you will be treated like the shit you are.

Go back to your Justice Dept. job, jerk.

C.K. Amos| 9.20.10 @ 4:01PM

And you're the arbiter of who is or is not an "a**hole"? I think not. But you exhibit the same knee-jerk scaredy-pants reflex that the genuine ruling class does.

Go ahead, though.

Rich Fisher| 9.20.10 @ 4:12PM

Well, Alan, if caring that my children and grandchildren are going to pay for what the professional politicians are doing to their country makes me an extremist, then I guess I'm proud to be one. I want to be able to look my grand kids in the eye and tell them that grand pa fought like hell to save their country.

Christopher Holland| 9.20.10 @ 10:02PM

Very funny, big joke - who left the top of the garbage can so that bloody dog can get in again?

somnolence| 9.20.10 @ 1:36PM

Those who resort to profanity in the heat of battle aren't only frustrated, they have an obvious anal fixation. Of course, they are sadly perplexed in the present situation.

ROBERT | 9.20.10 @ 2:40PM

Rove is a typical backstabber. Otherwise cool enough to be classified as the Godfather's cold, dead fish, the one they lay on a wise guy's doorstep to let him know that he will soon sleep with the fishes. However, in his diatribe on Hannity, he blew out more emotion then he did in his narcissist memoir and savaged Christy O'Donnell as mercilessly as any Democrat traitor.

Strangely, however, he voiced not a sentence in criticism of Castle's refusal to endorse Ms. O'Donnell, Mulkowski's attempt to run as the head of the Libertarian party, her promise not to run and her breaking of that promise with the announcement that she will run as a write in candidate. Also , not a word of criticism for Christi who sold out the Republican party to run as an independent, who refused to return Republican donations and has suddenly discovered a whole new set of principles attractive only to Marxists.
I heard little from Rove when Specter deserted the Republican party, and in all this I hear not a word in criticism of O'Donnell's Democrat opponent who would do Lenin proud.

Time for the RNC, the establishment to go, to get lost. We should not rest until the likes of Rove make their living selling perfume at Foleys.

ROBERT

ROBERT | 9.20.10 @ 2:40PM

Time for the RNC, the establishment to go, to get lost. We should not rest until the likes of Rove make their living selling perfume at Foleys.

ROBERT

cl| 9.20.10 @ 4:12PM

rove is the genius that decided it was not a good idea for bush to respond to all the attacks and misinformation about the iraq war. his brilliant plan was to not respond to harry reid, nancy pelosi, ted kennedy,et al. that worked out well. and his other brilliant idea was to not release early in the campaign, or even after the 2000 electionn, the drunk driving charge against bush. his plan was to hope nobody discovered it and nobody would use it.
rove is becoming like the other washed up political consultants, such as dick morris (hillary will run against condi and win) and bob bechel(reagan 49, mondale 1). their opinions are not much better than anyone else's,

David| 9.21.10 @ 12:23AM

I agree 100%. Rove and Krauthammer's attacks were an eye opener for me. They care more for the GOP than the American people. It's as if they want O'Donnell to lose so they can say we told you so even if we have to suffer on account of it.

Carlin| 9.20.10 @ 3:43PM

Oh come on! O'Donnell is no wounded little girl. She is running for a Senate seat and knows her own negatives. She has made her own share of snarky and nasty comments, not to mention some flat out lies. Maybe she should get her woman pants on rather than get the right wing media to start painting her as a victim.

C.K. Amos| 9.20.10 @ 3:58PM

Given the elephants' and their punditry's behavior on O'Donnell, in my opinion, they're every bit as misogynist and cowardly as the Democrats continue to be.

Irrespective of their political symbol, the ruling class shivers in its shorts and panties.

They've seen nothing yet.

David| 9.21.10 @ 12:18AM

The Republicans are as afraid of Sarah Palin and the Tea Party as the Democrats are.

Gill O’Teen ✝✡$| 9.20.10 @ 6:16PM

Both wings of the loonie left top to bottom are afraid they will be beat by a girl. Explains why they can’t argue issues with or about such as Sarah Palin, Liz Cheney, Michele Bachmann, Sharron Angle or Christine O'Donnell. Any of these I named and hundreds of others would make a far better President than that marxist doper currently abusing the office. It’s not about his (failed) Presidency, he’s at best a presi-dunce. He could not even admit last week that it was God, OUR Creator, Who endowed us with Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.
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Only 853 days to go

PCP Smoker| 9.20.10 @ 6:16PM

Well said. To hell with Krauthammer, Rove, and the hundreds of leeches called "GOP strategists".

In the end all it matters is whether the candidate moves Delawarians, and on that front, she moves them more than the creep Castle ever would.

David| 9.21.10 @ 12:16AM

The Democrats will be trashing O"Donnell anyway so it's pointless for those in her own party to.
They never heard of "united we stand, divided we fall"?

Yosemeti Sam| 9.21.10 @ 2:01AM

LOL.

Folks - give credit to them Leftoids!

They're pushing Orwellian themes right down our throats - and they're getting our vomit in return.

LOL.

RCV| 9.21.10 @ 6:39PM

That certainly is what we're getting from you folks.

Eddie K| 9.21.10 @ 2:06AM

Let us not forget that Karl Rove was an abject failure. George W left office with a worse favorability rating than a real Train Wreck (Obama) has today. And Dr Krauthammer thinks the people of Delaware are so stupid that they would prefer a "Bearded Marxist".

Nathan Bickel| 9.21.10 @ 2:18AM

Too bad modern science doesn't have available time machines for libs, sour grape type, Karl Roves, RINOS, and the extremist mainstream media to travel back in time to the Salem Witch Trials. They would all have a field day, venting their spleens torching women at the stake.........

Seek| 9.21.10 @ 3:47PM

Religious traditionalists actually were much better at burning people at the stake than freethinkers were.

Jerry Velona| 9.21.10 @ 11:59AM

Let's not also forget that Bill Buckley was a major Goldwater supporter in 1964. I'm sure that archetype liberal Republican Nelson Rockefeller would have garnered more votes than AuH2O in the general election but to what end? Time for the anti-statist coalition to coalesce!

Seek| 9.21.10 @ 3:55PM

I've grown to like Christine O'Donnell over the past few days since her rather ungrammatical comment about "dabbling into witchcraft" came to light. It says she: has/had an open mind about things; doesn't have Christian fundamentalist parents (not very effective ones anyway); has led an unscripted political career unlike the less interesting Hillary Clinton; and is physically beautiful (that's obviously been true for years). A bit unpolished, but she's certainly no socialist. That's more than I can say about her Democratic rival.

Gwyd| 1.4.11 @ 12:32PM

when you took over MDNR, you got highly agitato that secretaries were putting a comma between your surname and the III, but now you're letting it through wherever I look, practically waving it like a flag...maybe like Kit Bond saying Missouri at home, but "Missourah" in public? what happened to Strunk & White? we liberal types were worried about you being a Trashcroft appointee, but you turned out to be pretty progressive, hiring Russ Harding & David Shorr, and setting up task forces; i served on the DEQ marketing one. but Shorr went off to represent hog farms, and you're spouting Tea party lunacy on the Amurrican Expectorator. what respect i had for you just evaporated, you opportunistic whore.