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Christine O’Donnell has won the Republican senatorial nomination in Delaware, defeating liberal Republican Rep. Mike Castle. Whatever you think of O’Donnell personally, this victory shows the strength of conservatives within the GOP and their refusal to bow to even the most entrenched members of the party establishment. I’ll share some of my quibbles later, but for now congratulations to Miss O’Donnell and her supporters for an amazing upset.
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O'Donnell is a nut| 9.14.10 @ 9:26PM
Yes, congratulations for helping the Republicans piss away an easy Senate victory. Congratulations for making it that much more difficult to stop the Obama agenda. I am sure the Democrats are thanking you as we speak. You better get used to the words Senator Coons, because you are going to be hearing them a lot come November. And lastly, "thank you" Tea Party Express, "thank you" for foisting Sharron Angle and Christine O'Donnell on us.
Pissed Off GOP Insider| 9.14.10 @ 9:33PM
You got that right. Here we thought that the Gravy Train was about to stop again for the GOP. And I was really hoping to cash-in. But to do that, the GOP needed Castle; otherwise, how in the hell am I going to pay off my sub-prime mortgage?
Another Pissed off insider| 9.14.10 @ 9:57PM
Yeah, I agree. Now how are we going to stop Obama's judicial nominees? How are we going to hold up his agenda in the Senate?
mike castle| 9.14.10 @ 11:42PM
if you thought i was going to hold the line against obama then you really are stuck on stupid.
Brianna| 9.15.10 @ 1:16AM
LOL!
Booger| 9.14.10 @ 9:59PM
You're welcome. You're welcome as well for Rubio in FL, Miller in AK, For Buck in CO and Angle in NV. You're welcome to take you're RINO ball home and play by yourself, or get with the program. Get on the train are get run over, your choice bub.
Booger| 9.14.10 @ 10:24PM
I wish to apologize for the atrocious spelling and grammar in some of my posts tonight. I am celebrating O'Donnells win and my co-ordination is a little off. But I feel sooooooooooo good!
J Kelley| 9.14.10 @ 9:27PM
This is good news. The voters have made their choice and they will do so again in November. There is now a true choice between a Republican and a Liberal Democrat. With Castle it would have been a RINO and a Democrat. We must defeat every RINO. Look out Colins, Snow, Graham and you know who you are.
O'Donnell is a nut| 9.14.10 @ 9:58PM
Yes, look out Collins and Snowe. Look out lest the Tea Party morons arrive at the conclusion that two new Democrats in Maine would be better than two senators who voted against Obamacare and most of the other items on the Obama agenda.
Patriot| 9.14.10 @ 11:02PM
No one could screw up the Republican party and this country more than you damned RINOs already have. If you don't like it, get the hell out of our party and vote with the dummocrats where you belong.
Brianna| 9.15.10 @ 1:18AM
You say that like it would actually make a difference whether it was Collins and Snowe in the seat rather than two Democrats. At least when you run someone who might actually vote differently than a Democrat, you have a chance of electing someone who might actually vote differently than a Democrat. Run a RINO, and it doesn't matter who gets elected, they'll all just do the same thing anyway.
Intel| 9.14.10 @ 9:28PM
Now that the Democrats no longer have to spend any significant resources to win in DE, millions are now available for them to spend in PA, FL, IL, AK, NH. Why couldn't GOP voters just be satisfied with victory?
O'Donnell is a nut| 9.14.10 @ 9:34PM
The Republican Party is the only party I know of that can turn back the tsunami that would have swept them to power by nominating candidates that are so far out of the mainstream that they even turn off conservatives. This election will ripple throughout the country. How do you argue you are not a fringe party when you keep electing them in your primaries?
Jim| 9.14.10 @ 9:57PM
She won fair and square! Maybe we "fringe" nuts should just bow gracefully to the Anointed RINOS and not even contest races! Hey if Castle was sooo popular he would have won
CalMark| 9.14.10 @ 9:59PM
"...candidates that are so far out of the mainstream that they even turn off conservatives."
If she's so far out of the "mainstream," how did she win almost 55% of the vote?
Beckfan| 9.14.10 @ 10:25PM
My friend works for Coons at the county and he says the guy is a nothing. The most benign politician ever. I am sure he will lose.
Tim*| 9.14.10 @ 9:30PM
Next We Tea Party Rebels Drop A Moneybomb For Christine O'Donnell's Midterm Showdown .
The Tea Party Rebellion Escalates .
We Can See November From Our Houses .
Siegfried X| 9.14.10 @ 9:44PM
Yes! Who do you think is more scared: the Democrats or the RINOs?
O'Donnell is a nut| 9.14.10 @ 10:00PM
Yeah, you go ahead and waste your money. I have to tell you this now because I simply can't wait to tell you later. When O'Donnell loses I am going to be rubbing it in your face every opportunity I get.
O'DONNELL 2010!| 9.14.10 @ 11:05PM
What a loser! Go get a real job now that the Castle gravy train has ended for you.
Be here on November 2; we'll see whose face is going to be rubbed in the dirt.
O'Donnell is a nut| 9.14.10 @ 9:31PM
The following headline now appears at The Hill, and is sure to appear pretty much everywhere else tomorrow:
"Tea Party candidate win puts GOP control of Senate in doubt."
Again, congratulations Tea Party Express for helping to defeat a candidate who would have voted against Obama a majority of the time with a candidate that will vote for Obama 100% of the time. Thanks Tea Party Express, for giving us another "great" candidate in the mold of everyone's favorite nut, Sharron Angle. Your roughly 10% approval rating amongst the American public makes even Nancy Pelosi look good by comparison.
CalMark| 9.14.10 @ 9:36PM
If Castle had won, people like you would have been screaming for conservatives to "get in line" and "vote for the good of the party."
Just like you did with McCain '08 and lots of other, lesser races throughout the years.
Now the conservatives' candidate of choice has won, and you've already surrendered.
What the hell is wrong with you?
O'Donnell is a nut| 9.14.10 @ 9:55PM
What is wrong with me? Well the fact the only candidate that could win was just defeated, that is what is wrong with me. The Dems could run Satan in Delaware and win. What is wrong with me? Well the fact that Chris Coons will vote with Obama 100% of the time iswhat is wrong with me. What is wrong with me? Well the fact that O'Donnell is an unserious moron in the mold of Alvin Greene is what is wrong with me. What is wrong with me? The fact that some people can't seem to realize you can't elect far right candidates in left wing states is what is wrong with me. What is wrong with me? The fact that a movement that has roughly the same approval rating as Adolf Hitler amongst the American people has so much sway over the Republican party is what is wrong with me. What is wrong with me? The fact that some people seem to care more about purging so-called RINOs than winning and stopping the Obama agenda is what is wrong with me. What is wrong with me? The fact that there are idiots who look at the following math: voting against Obama over half the time vs. voting with Obama 100% and take the one course of action that will guarantee the 100% vote with Obama outcome. What is wrong with me? The fact we missed a once in a generation chance to win a Senate seat in DE while also passing up a chance to deliver a massive rebuke to the Obama administration by electing a Republican to Joe Biden's old seat. What is wrong with me? The fact that a now easy win in Delaware for the Dems because they are running against the moron that is O'Donnell will now free up money for the Dems to use in races like those in PA, CO and NV. What is wrong with me? The fact that O'Donnell's moronic face will now show up in "Hey everyone, the Republicans are a bunch of nuts and this proves it" commercials that will run between now and November. What is wrong with me? Tea Party jackasses smugly declaring their intent to hold a money bomb for an unwinnable candidate thus siphoning money away from candidates that can win. What is wrong with me? Tea Party jackasses also smugly talking about their so-called revolution even though a successful revolution kind of depends on winning at the ballot box. What is wrong with me? The fact that not one Tea Party idiot seems willing to acknowledge that Delaware is an ultra-liberal state.
When O'Donnell gets killed in the general, I will be back on this message board to rub it into the faces of all the people that thought a wholly unserious joke of a candidate had a chance to win. Now I kind of know the feeling the Dems had when Alvin Greene became their candidate in DE. The only difference is Castle would have won in DE, whereas Greene never had a chance. That giddy feeling everyone got when they realized Biden's seat would turn Republican? Yeah, you can kind of forget about that one.
Does that answer your question?
CalMark| 9.14.10 @ 10:01PM
Gracious, what a looooong post. Working REALLY hard there, with that unreadable post, "nut."
Old saying: if you have to work that hard to justify your conclusion, you've got the wrong conclusion.
Apropos your post: "Sound and fury, signifying nothing."
CalMark| 9.14.10 @ 10:07PM
P.S. I can't let this ugly, irresponsible bit of savagery pass: "The fact that a movement that has roughly the same approval rating as Adolf Hitler amongst the American people has so much sway over the Republican party..."
Nasty, nasty, nasty. Whose payroll are you on? Or are you just insane?
Booger| 9.14.10 @ 10:16PM
Hitler? Seriously? Are to assume then that Hitler would have won primaries and be leading or tied in polls in AK, FL, CO, NV? You certainly must have a low opinion of your fellow citizens. I believe I smell a whiff of ruling class elitism.
Patriot| 9.14.10 @ 11:06PM
The guy's nuts.
GeoinPA| 9.14.10 @ 11:53PM
I thought the person who won the primary gets the support of the party. If the Republicans don't get their act together and support O'Donnell, the risk a third party movement.
greghawk| 9.15.10 @ 6:21AM
This contribution is clearly part of the administration cyberwar effort. Clever - maybe from Chicago.
Bruce Berger| 9.14.10 @ 10:04PM
Look at Intrade.com. The probability of a Republican win in the Delaware Senate race just went from 57% down to less than 20%. Well done, guys. You better bust your butt to get her across the finish line in first place, otherwise we may have two more years (at least) with Harry Reid as Majority Leader.
Let's rejoice our 40-seat minority of purist conservatives, while Obama and the gang do whatever they want to us.
CalMark| 9.14.10 @ 10:09PM
Hoooold on, there, pardner.
The midterms are still 50+ days away. Scott Brown made up an enormous deficit in far less time than that.
And if O'Donnell loses, it will be in no small part because her own party demonized her, and her own party's apparatchiks dug up dirt--lots of it questionable--for Democrats to use.
Bruce Berger| 9.14.10 @ 10:19PM
Don't get me wrong. I love conservatives. But conservative candidates have to have some qualifications. I'm not sure she has too many. And if you think that the Dems wouldn't have come up with this stuff (and then some) on their own, well you must really be smoking something good.
ejp| 9.14.10 @ 10:38PM
Considering what a lousy job the Republicans did with a majority of 55 in putting across decent ideas, I really think all this bitching about how we've supposedly cost ourselves dearly by nominating a true conservative rings very hollow. If we ended up 51-49 with Castle as the decider, you can bet your sweet butt just how long it would take for him to become the Democrats favorite Republican on just about any key matter. And I for one am fed up with this constant attitude of "moderates" who expect conservatives to support them all the time but who won't show party unity when its a conservative (remember Oliver North in 1994?). If Castle primary voters are now going to vote Democrat, then screw them. The GOP doesn't need that crowd if it wants to stand for something.
CalMark| 9.14.10 @ 10:56PM
Your post sounds a lot like the Dem/RINO knock on Palin: "No qualifications. No experience. Not electable." Whatever.
We've had professional politicians for far too long. This is a reaction. Most politicians have done nothing but feed at the public trough their entire lives. Condemning a businesswoman for being "unqualified" to be a Senator...come ON!
Bruce Berger| 9.15.10 @ 6:38AM
CalMark,
You cannot have it both ways. If one wants to respect every vote, which is the way to go in my opinion, then your vote doesn't count more than any others. So, you have to respect the votes of those who didn't think Palin is/was qualified. This includes members of my own family who have voted Republican almost all of their lives. They voted for Obama and one of their biggest reasons was that Palin scared the hell out of them. (I voted for McCain/Palin by the way). So rejoice in the nominations of the Palins and O'Donnells of the world, but don't be surprised when you cannot convince others to see the incredible wisdom you seem to possess.
JP| 9.14.10 @ 9:36PM
Well yes. And we have the past records of Lincoln Chaffee, Lowell Weicker, and Jim Jeffords to back up your contentions. Hell, we don't even need to go that far back. Govenor Crist and Senator Specter showed how loyal and trust worthy RINOs are.
Castle can now return to the House, where his distinguished career will eventually bring us Cap and Tax.
Tim*| 9.14.10 @ 9:48PM
You're Welcome RINO-CINO Boy !
We ,Tea Party Rebels Now Focus on The Midterm Election.
We leave The Castle Dead & Wounded on The Field Of Battle and Force March To The Midterm .
The Tea Party Rebellion Purged Another RINO-CINO .
Remember In November .
Ivan| 9.14.10 @ 9:32PM
It's seems that mr Coons is not delighted at all with O'Donnell' s win: "The results tonight make one thing perfectly clear — the Republican party is purging itself of moderate voices and embracing the radical.”
Hm, it does not seem to me he is very happy with the outcome.
O'Donnell is a nut| 9.14.10 @ 9:37PM
Boy, moderates are going to feel right at home after this one. No telling how many potential GOP voters are going to be turned off because of O'Donnell's victory. And nothing says permanent minority like letting a movement, the Tea Parties, that has about a 10% approval rating dictate the direction of your party.
CalMark| 9.14.10 @ 9:40PM
"O'Donnell is a nut" is a nut.
Tim*| 9.14.10 @ 9:55PM
Tell that to The 53.1 % of Delawarean Republican Voters , who just voted for O'Donnell .
Castle could only muster 46.9 % of The Republican Vote .
We Tea Party Rebels are already preparing for November 2nd.
The Tea Party Rebellion Escalates
Rise Up !
Jim| 9.14.10 @ 10:01PM
Amen!
O'Donnell is a nut| 9.14.10 @ 10:03PM
I am going to laugh at you when O'Donnell gets killed in November. It is going to be absolutely freakin hilarious reading the comments from people here who are going to be baffled as to why a state that elected Joe Biden for three decades didn't elect Christine O'Donnell. You know, I have a distinct feeling that when Sharron Angle and Christine O'Donnell lose, people are not going to want to listen to the Tea Partiers anymore. Well, given the fact pretty much every major poll has Tea Party approval lower than that of navel lint, no one listens to you now.
Wesley Mouch| 9.14.10 @ 10:19PM
If O'Donnell can keep her views on masturbation to herself, she can win.
Jim| 9.14.10 @ 10:28PM
Why are you gonna laugh? If you were a true patriot and conservative you would be a solid backer of the official Republican nominee,Christine O"Donnell. I guess you are betraying your true loyalties,eh?
JP| 9.14.10 @ 9:56PM
Oh yes! The Moderates! The very same people who gave the GOP McCain, and the nation Obama! These mindless, effette yuppies have the spine of a choclate eclair. But, they do know fear. And deep down, they know the Dick Lugars, John McCains, Lindsay Grahams, and Mike Castles will not protect thier interests let alone thier pocket books. Deep down they know that "Moderate" Republicans are synonomous with decay. The Moderates hated Reagan (remember they preferred first Ford and then Bush41) before they followed him. And these vulgar, self absorbed narcissists will follow strong, principled leadership because, like everyone else they do not wish to live under a viaduct swilling Night Train.
Yes, our "independts" are only now discovering how damaging thier vote for our Kenyan President is. They will come around for the simple reason that they have no other options.
Scott | 9.14.10 @ 9:38PM
Hello, Sen. Coons.
And, quite possibly, hello, Majority Leader Schuster.
Upon writing that, I now have to go vomit.
Tim*| 9.14.10 @ 10:11PM
As Scotty leaves to drive The Porcelain Bus , The King of Swamp Castle says " Please! This is supposed to be a happy occasion. Let's not bicker and argue over who killed who. "
The Tea Party Rebellion Escalates .
Rise Up !
Scott | 9.14.10 @ 10:36PM
O'Donnell's the candidate, and I would be delighted if she won, but courtesy of Daniel Foster at NRO:
Here are the facts:
–Christine O’Donnell has $20,374 cash-on-hand. Jeff Coons has $944,230. O’Donnell will surely see cash come in after tonight but. . .
–CNN’s Mark Preston quotes an unnamed GOP official: “Until she demonstrates some viability in the polls we are not going to have any money for her.” The official said it is now incumbent on Jim DeMint, Sarah Palin, and the Tea Party Express to support O’Donnell. “They got her here.”
–From a Public Policy Poll on the Delaware general scheduled to drop tomorrow AM:
Only 31% of Delaware voters think Christine O’Donnell is fit to hold public office.
O’Donnell’s favorable/unfavorable split is 29/50.
Castle primary voters supports Coons over O’Donnell 44-28 in the general election.
–Stu Rothenberg of Rothenberg Political Reports has already moved the Delaware Senate race from Lean Republican to Lean Democratic, bypassing toss-up all together.
So, sure, Timmy, celebrate. We may end up with a guy who once described himself as a "bearded Marxist" (now clean-shaven) as part of a Democratic majority that keeps the Obama agenda rolling along, but at least you won't have to worry about getting liberal cooties from Castle.
CalMark| 9.14.10 @ 10:59PM
News flash: NRO is not really conservative anymore. And they were part of the "dig up dirt on O'Donnell" brigade.
Take what "insiders" like Foster say with a grain of salt.
And if you and your kind have surrendered already, as seems the case (and apparently with gloomy satisfaction, I might add), you're guilty of all the negative attributes you and yours have wrongly thrown at O'Donnell and her supporters.
Scott | 9.14.10 @ 11:35PM
NRO isn't conservative?!
I've been trying to avoid this but that comment tears it:
YOU PEOPLE ARE F****N' INSANE!
Do the gene pool a favor and castrate yourself right now.
Jonah| 9.15.10 @ 1:37AM
Too bad your father didn't castrate himself before you were conceived, loser. It's obvious he should have.
Steve| 9.15.10 @ 2:19AM
So let me get this straight. All you RINO worshippers who are so outraged that O'Donnell is going to cost the GOP a possible majority are going to vote for the Democrat by a 44%-28% margin rather than support the Primary winner. How courageous of you!
Bruce Berger| 9.15.10 @ 7:01AM
CalMark,
By your definition Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush "aren't really conservative".
Patriot| 9.15.10 @ 11:43AM
RR was a conservative, but GWB "the Compassionate Conservative" not so much.
Tim*| 9.14.10 @ 10:59PM
Golly Gee Whiz Scooter , We Tea Party Rebels don't have time to celebrate .We are already supporting and financing Tea Party Candidate Campaigns for November 2nd Showdowns .
The Tea Party Rebellion Is Underway .
The Great Unwashed Rises Up !
Scott | 9.14.10 @ 11:36PM
See my comments for CalMark.
Tim*| 9.15.10 @ 12:01AM
Hey Scooter, See My Finger Ya Pussy .
Siegfried X| 9.14.10 @ 9:41PM
Maybe this will stiffen the spine of Senate RINOs so they vote against Harry Reid's Don't Ask Don't Tell and amnesty amendments next week.
Maybe O'Donnell will lose in November, but sometimes it's better to lose a battle in order to win the war.
Now the Republican establishment knows we'll go after any RINO, in spite of attack ads against her, and in spite of neo-cons like Krauthammer and Weekly Standard going against her.
Any RINO anywhere has to be politically worried right now. Maybe we can start having a united party again instead of just ignoring the conservatives.
Scott | 9.14.10 @ 10:45PM
"Maybe O'Donnell will lose in November, but sometimes it's better to lose a battle in order to win the war."
I'm sorry, but win WHAT war? The war that really matters, i.e., the war to stop the Obama agenda? Sorry, but that war was probably lost tonight.
The house is on fire and you're fixated on putting out ant traps. Un-freakin'-believable.
Siegfried X| 9.14.10 @ 9:43PM
The Democratic trolls are so sad. Last January it seemed that we only had one party, the progressive party, but now there's a tea party.
Dan| 9.14.10 @ 9:48PM
Bitter "moderates."
And for what, all because of sodomy and abortion rights.
The whole thing known as THE UNITED STATES is on the ropes, but our dear "moderates" can't put aside their morbid fixation with a litany of social perversions and pathologies for one election cycle, and vote in a Conservative to right the ship of state.
Shame on them. Eternal and unending shame.
JP| 9.14.10 @ 9:58PM
Dan,
Are you paraphrasing the Constable from Henry V?
Intel| 9.14.10 @ 9:48PM
If Toomey, Buck, Rossi, or any handful of good GOP candidates lose bc the Dems were able to free up millions that was earmarked for Delaware and use them against solid conservatives, will you still be celebrating your "pure" victory?
Tim*| 9.14.10 @ 10:04PM
Sorry Sport .
We Tea Party Rebels are gonna drop even more O'Donnell MoneyBombs , like we did against Castle .
The Tea Party Rebellion Escalates .
We See November From Our Houses .
Scott| 9.14.10 @ 10:50PM
Why don't you and other Tea Partiers do something really rebellious and move to Delaware for the election? That would actually be useful.
Tim*| 9.15.10 @ 12:03AM
We Don't Take Advice From A Loser Like You , Scooter .
Herb Tarlek| 9.14.10 @ 10:55PM
I am happy that she won but I will not contribute any money to her campaign until I know she will back Israel 2000%.
DagoTwit| 9.15.10 @ 12:36AM
I hope the Democrats spend tons of money against Pat Toomey, because there is no way Sestak will beat him.
Siegfried X| 9.14.10 @ 9:50PM
Mike Castle asked an important question before the polls closed. Now the voters answered him:
"This particular campaign has become a bit of a test," Castle said Tuesday morning after voting. "Can the conservative elements of the Republican Party take out an incumbent with whom they don't always agree? That's part of what we are dealing with here, to look beyond just Delaware."
albert constantine, jr.| 9.14.10 @ 9:55PM
Sic Semper Rhinoceros.
O'DONNELL 2010!| 9.14.10 @ 11:09PM
That's great. Thanks for your vote, sir! Your country thanks you, too.
O'Donnell is a nut| 9.14.10 @ 10:05PM
New headline at Politico: GOP NIGHTMARE: O'DONNELL TOPPLES CASTLE. I think the subheadline should read: TEA PARTIES MAKE STROKING EGO HIGHER PRIORITY THAN STOPPING OBAMA.
Tim*| 9.14.10 @ 10:15PM
You Stroke More Than Your Ego , RINOBOY .
The Tea Party Rebellion Escalates .
Eye On November 2nd .
Dan| 9.14.10 @ 10:08PM
What's the good of giving majority status to a caucas of Lugars, Voinovichs, Grahams, Hutchinsons, McCains, et al?
What is the purpose of giving genuine power to people without any principles to guide their use of that power?
They're ships in a fog, in convoy, and they're just running into one another, for they've no compass, no vector heading.
They're only goal is to retain power for themselves.
Fuck them!
O'Donnell is a nut| 9.14.10 @ 10:26PM
Here let me rephrase your question:
What good is it selecting people who can win when we can just let the Dems win the Senate seat instead. There you go, I fixed it for you.
O'Donnell is a nut| 9.14.10 @ 10:08PM
To quote a sentence at National Review: "Well, a few million in spending just opened up for the Democrats to spend against Toomey, Portman, Kirk, etc.”
This is going to have a disastrous ripple effect.
CalMark| 9.14.10 @ 10:13PM
People like you predicted that McCain would "unite the country" and win easily.
This whole thing about resources being freed up from DE--what if she DOES turn it into a race? Ever thought of that? No, you've already surrendered.
You're no Republican. You're not even a RINO. YOU are a nut-job or a turncoat, or both.
O'Donnell is a nut| 9.14.10 @ 10:25PM
Remember when Ronald Reagan said to support the most conservative candidate that could win? Evidently not.
Surrendered? That is like claiming those Dems who don't support Alvin Greene have surrendered. We will know who is right in November. She will lose by at least 15%, probably more.
CalMark| 9.14.10 @ 10:29PM
Reagan also said that "80% friend is not 20% enemy."
True.
But Castle is nowhere even close to 80% friend, far, far less than 50% on big issues like Obamacare and Cap and Trade.
Take a deep breath, man. If you're really a Republican, focus on the positive: there's lots of winnable races out there. Think of something YOU can do to bolster one of these races you're so worried about losing through "ripple effect."
Scott| 9.14.10 @ 10:57PM
And Coons and Reid and Pelosi and Obama are at 0%, and they're the people who REALLY have to be beaten. And you don't beat them by picking the person most likely to lose.
CalMark| 9.14.10 @ 11:33PM
Castle was the poster boy for Democrat in Republican clothing.
You gotta draw the line somewhere. And it has to start someplace.
Sorry you're disappointed and angry. Now, do what you and yours told conservatives to do all those decades: go out and support the GOP team!
Or is that a one-way street, tilting leftward?
Scott| 9.14.10 @ 11:38PM
He voted against Obamacare and against the stimulus.
Yeah, he's a poster boy for the Democrats.
Were your parents siblings?
Tim*| 9.14.10 @ 10:18PM
Watch & Learn RINOBOY !
We Tea Party Rebels Are About To Drop More MoneyBombs .
The Tea Party Rebellion Escalates .
November 2nd Is Next .
O'Donnell is a nut| 9.14.10 @ 10:29PM
RINOBOY? Wrong on that one.
I can tell you one thing, when O'Donnell gets crushed in November, I will be laughing my ass off, at you in particular. O'Donnell is a fucking tape recorder replays the same talking points over and over. I have corn in my crap that would have a better chance of beating Coons in the general.
I wonder if the Dems will use the money to help Jack Conway or Joe Sestak or Michael Bennet or Harry Reid or....
O'DONNELL 2010!| 9.14.10 @ 11:12PM
Dude, take your meds. It's over and your boy got slaughtered. Hope you don't keep a loaded gun by your bed tonight.
Tim*| 9.15.10 @ 12:10AM
You seem so obsessively upset about O'Donnell Kickin' Your RINO-CINO Boys Ass Today .
Either Ya Had Money Laid Down On It Or You're A Headjob Boy .
Go Cry In Your Beer Baby .
Sheila| 9.15.10 @ 12:01PM
Continuing to walk East on a ship heading West and expecting to get anywhere is my definition of insanity (pace Einstein and John Derbyshire, whose aphorism I may have mangled). Just keep reading NRO, pal, it's sure to keep you in the club of right-thinking elitists. You must be a government employee; only they have the time to sit at their pretend "work" and surf the web.
MLG| 9.14.10 @ 10:11PM
O'Donnell won. Good for her!. The GOP, now needs to Close Ranks, get loaded for bear and win the general election. We the People, will not settle for the Status Quo.
O'Donnell is a nut| 9.14.10 @ 10:16PM
Another individual who quite simply cannot grasp the fact that Delaware is a far left state. If you people had a chance to do it all over again, you would probably torpedo Brown's election in Massachusetts. If the GOP spends even one dime on O'Donnell it will be money that should have been spent on candidates that can actually win. O'Donnell's "victory" is going to hurt Republican candidates in multiple states. Again, thanks Tea Parties.
JP| 9.14.10 @ 10:43PM
Get over it, already! We had almost 16 years of GOP majorities. And during that period an entire generation RINOs ran the Senate (Lott, Dole, Heinz, Jeffords, Lugar, Thompson, Alexander, Snow, Collins, John McCain, Lincoln Chaffe, and Bob Packwood , and Arlene Specter to name a few). And look what it brought this nation -everything from the Gang of 14, to $3 trillion in debt, to CAFE standard, and flush regulators on our toilets. Castle himself is a big fan of Cap and Trade. So, pleeeeze spare us the would have, could have, should have. We've had enough of RINOS
Scott| 9.14.10 @ 11:12PM
Jeez, learn to count. We had 12 years of Republican majorities. And we've since had 4 years of Democratic majorities, and look how much worse they were in 1/3 the time.
Why is that so hard for you people to understand? No matter how bad the Republicans have been, the Democrats are worse!
Lesser Weevil| 9.15.10 @ 12:53AM
Yes. I hope that O'Donnell crushes Coons, turns out to be a brilliant senator, and gets elected to ten more terms. But it sure would have been nice if Delaware voters had better choices than these two badly flawed candidates. Unless the GOP gets its act together pronto, they are doomed and the country along with them.
Siegfried X| 9.14.10 @ 10:13PM
The RINO establishment including the neo-cons like National Review and Weekly Standard forced McCain's nomination on us. Now they understand how conservatives felt about McCain.
O'Donnell is a nut| 9.14.10 @ 10:13PM
Another tidbit of good news. According to PPP, the firm that predicted the O'Donnell win, Castle primary voters favor Coons over O'Donnell in the general by 44%-28%.
Good luck with that revolution in DE, Tim. And good luck with the money bomb. Maybe it will be like the previous money bomb in DE that had one donor from the state of DE.
Thank you Tea Partiers for handing the seat to a man that will rubberstamp the Obama agenda. But hey, purging RINOs is far more important. Can't wait to see whether that extra few million you morons freed up for the Dems will be used to stop Toomey's momentum in PA or Rubio's momentum in FL. Maybe it will be used against Portman in OH. Or perhaps it will be used against Buck in CO. But hey none of that matters right? All that matters is putting a white, female version of Alvin Greene on the ticket.
Tim*| 9.14.10 @ 10:31PM
You're Welcome CINOBOY .
Tea Party Candidates are getting their War Chests filled by We Tea Party Rebels .
You CINO's underestimated us, because we stay anonymous and lead ourselves .
We are already focusin' in on November 2nd .
Mimi| 9.14.10 @ 10:15PM
First Congratulations to Christine. Folks she will go to the senate in the lame-duck session. She must win in November and will need our help. She has been dirtied up by the powers that be. She has answered many of the charges on her web site..... with all the mud.. she has shown courage and toughness. Cap and trade is my worry... The top-dogs involved are going to push it thru with all their might. Every American who pays a utility bill will suffer....God does his work with crooked lines...have faith and support her.
O'Donnell is a nut| 9.14.10 @ 10:18PM
She will go to the senate in the lame duck session? It is quite simply impossible to take seriously anyone who begins a paragraph with a statement that everyone here, even those who supported O'Donnell, knows will never come true.
Mimi| 9.14.10 @ 11:10PM
TRUST ME!!!
Margie| 9.14.10 @ 11:21PM
I do, Mimi!
Intel| 9.14.10 @ 10:15PM
We had a chance at the Senate and ripping the Dems hearts out by stealing Biden's seat. Instead, we forfeited it and gave the Dems an opportunity to spend millions against Toomey, Rubio, and other potentially great senators and for what? To stoke your ego?
O'Donnell is a nut| 9.14.10 @ 10:21PM
Hey, don't try and reason with these people. The fact they supported a candidate who they would be calling a wackjob if she had a D behind her name shows they are immune to reason. For crying out loud, she actually claimed Mike Castle and his campaign were braking into her house and hiding in her bushes. She is a loony tune, plain and simple. Castle's loss will have reverberations that go far beyond pissing away a Senate seat that used to be occupied by the vice president. This will immediately be felt in races where Republicans are fighting to win in hotly contested races. This will instantly free up millions of dollars to spend on Sestak, Bennet, Fischer, Reid, Meek, etc. The Republicans better not spend a damn dime on O'Donnell.
CalMark| 9.14.10 @ 10:25PM
All kidding, seriously: has it ever occurred to you that:
a) Things might not be as disastrous as they seem to you;
b) You might be wrong.
c) Things might still turn out OK for the GOP?
You've already surrendered. What kind of sense does that make?
O'Donnell is a nut| 9.14.10 @ 10:39PM
I have "surrendered" because this race was completely winnable and the Tea Parties just fucking blew it for the rest of the country that actually wants feasible solutions to stopping the Obama agenda, not pie-in-the-sky bullshit that requires supporting a paranoid, unemployed liar. The Republicans in DE had a chance to send a huge fuck you to Obama by beating Coons. But then the egotistical Tea Party pricks, who seem to think a governing majority that can actually pass agenda items can be forged by electing candidates so far out of the mainstream that even Dick Armey essentially said she was a joke. Have the people here not taking a lesson in civics or do you genuinely think you can stop destructive legislation while in the majority. Did you idiots not see how the Dems rammed through Obamacare? It is quite simply amazing that anyone thinks there is an upside to nominating a candidate who not only can't win but is also an embarrassment to the national party. Do you want the GOP to become a regional party confined to the South only? I sure as hell don't, but that is fast happening and the O'Donnell election just hastened that process.
The Tea Parties pulled the same shit in NV. There were two perfectly good candidates that would be shellacking Reid right now, but instead we got stuck with an idiot that can't even pull away in the polls from a man who is literally the most unpopular politician in the United States. There is more to stopping Obama's destructive agenda than patting yourself on the back because you primaried a RINO in a state where an ultra conservative can't win. There is more to it than getting in your echo chamber and screaming RINO at everyone willing to acknowledge that governing in a democracy actually REQUIRES WINNING ELECTIONS.
Siegfried X| 9.14.10 @ 10:41PM
Don't hold back -- how do you REALLY feel?
O'Donnell is a nut| 9.14.10 @ 10:42PM
And in the above post the sentence that reads:
"Have the people here not taking a lesson in civics or do you genuinely think you can stop destructive legislation while in the majority."
should read:
Have the people here not taken a lesson in civics or do you genuinely think you can stop destructive legislation while in the minority?
JP| 9.14.10 @ 10:47PM
Oh, we've taken a lesson in bending over getting roto-rootered. Do you know what happened to the Contract with America? It died a thousand deaths in the GOP controlled Senate. Thanks to Dole, Specter, McCain, Thompson, Lott, Collins, Jeffords, and Snow, the majority of the conservative agenda got tossed.
The only thing that appeals to the GOP is the power and the perks that power brings. That's it.
CalMark| 9.14.10 @ 11:09PM
You don't need to be involved in politics, my friend. You're a spoiled child.
The voters have spoken. Not the Tea Parties, who don't have a vote.
Castle won routinely in a Democrat state because all those Dems understood that on the big votes, he would almost always sell out his own party. I think, honestly, Republicans even (or perhaps especially) in a deep blue state got tired of it.
Let the chips fall where they may. This is representative government in action. Sorry, pal; it can't always go your way.
And if, Mr. Tactical Maneuvering Republican, your dire predictions come true on November 3, and, as you repeatedly promise, you crow about it, what does that say about YOU?
Tim*| 9.14.10 @ 10:45PM
More CINO Crap .
Right next door to Delaware , Pennsylvania's Pat Toomey's War Chest is gettin' filled by We ,Tea Party Rebels and The Club For Growth .
We Purged The RINO-CINO Arlen Specter and today We Purged The RINO-CINO Castle .
Already We Tea Party Rebels are Focusing on Sestak & Coons .
The Tea Party Rebellion Escalates .
Remember In November .
Margie| 9.14.10 @ 10:27PM
This is an interesting perdicament. I say to O'Donnell is a nut: If she turned things upside down now don't you think she can do it again? I mean, you really truly believe what you're saying and you honestly don't see that we the people are awake, disgusted and voting again?
Have some faith, man. The R.I.P. Van Winkles in the party are rubbing their eyes in disbelief. I pray that we don't stop now.
"..Besides this you know what hour it is, how it is full time now for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.." Rms. 13:11.
Intel| 9.14.10 @ 10:33PM
Look at the electoral history of DE. Look at the demographics of DE. Look at her poll numbers among ALL voters, not just tea partiers. In the general election, ALL voters of ALL parties are allowed to vote! Instead of demoralizing the Dems by taking Biden's seat, we're forfeiting it to Coons who will be one of the most liberal Senators for decades. She's going to get slaughtered and free up money to be used against good conservatives. If Rubio or Toomey loose a heartbreaking narrow lost bc of an infusion of DNC money, will you still be celebrating?
JP| 9.14.10 @ 10:37PM
Castle was on snooze control until 12 days ago. The DNC can very well send thier money elsewhere - but they do it at thier own peril.
Purple Lips| 9.14.10 @ 10:35PM
Hey Rinos, the GOP voters of Delaware voted, not the Teaparty members from the other 57 states (The Anointed One told me we have 57 states). Delware, a liberal states as any can be voted for a candidate who would have been more comfortable running in Mississippi. Does this tell you anything? If a conservative could pick up 56% of the primary vote in a state that is just as liberal as Rhode Island, does this tell you anything?
And if one considers the across the board smear campaign from both the MSM and the Beltway GOP establishment, it is a wonder she didn't lose by 30 points. She's been branded a nut and a slut from coast to coast. Even that urbane, sophisticated, Pulitzer winner Krauthammer wrote that she was a freak. He said last night, he candidacy made no sense; he continued to opine that the GOP needed Castle if it was ever to rescind ObamacCare (he said this without a trace of irony).
O'Donnel has 2 things going for her; The RNC hates her, and she is not Mike Castle.
O'Donnell is a nut| 9.14.10 @ 10:53PM
The post to which I am replying is almost too fucking stupid to put in words. The poster would have us believe that not being the man who has won elections, as a Republican, for the past forty years, in a state that pretty much never votes for Republicans is a plus. He would have us believe it is better to be down 15% in the polls instead of up 11%. He would have us believe that being an ultraconservative in an ultraliberal state doesn't matter at all. Because hey, the fact that no conservative Republicans, and increasingly no Republicans at all, come from the Northeast is pure coincidence, right? Furthermore, he seems to be under the impression that Castle voted for Obamacare when in fact he didn't. HE VOTED AGAINST IT.
Delaware didn't vote for O'Donnell, Delaware Republicans did, which would be a plus if DE was a conservative Republican state, but hey IT FUC*ING ISN'T.
We will know who was right in seven weeks, me or the people here hilariously claiming O'Donnell has a chance while also claiming this won't have an effect on other races where the Dems can now spend more money. HINT: I'M RIGHT.
Siegfried X| 9.14.10 @ 10:38PM
"... this victory shows the strength of conservatives within the GOP and their refusal to bow to even the most entrenched members of the party establishment"
Exactly. This is bigger than Scott Brown. Even with all her problems, O'Donnell beat the entire state party plus all the establishment media. The whole Republican Party is going to take a massive step right now. They'll follow the same path as John McCain, moving from Democrat Light to solid conservative. The Republican establishment will start listening to their own party instead of the New York Times.
Now each and every Republican politician will be thinking "I can win big in the next election by becoming more conservative".
O'Donnell is a nut| 9.14.10 @ 10:58PM
Hey, maybe you can explain to us how moving to the right in conservative AZ is even remotely the same as moving to the right in ultra liberal DE. Get back to me with that answer when you have the time.
It is quite simply amazing that people can't wrap their heads around the fact that every part of the country is not as conservative as they are. If it were, we wouldn't have an 18 seat Dem majority in the Senate, a 78 seat Dem House majority and a Democratic president. One candidate does not fit all races. I dare one person here to make the claim that someone like Jim Demint could win in Massachusettts. It can't freakin happen and everyone here knows it. Quit acting as if your ideology is ascendant in every single part of the country.
Siegfried X| 9.14.10 @ 10:39PM
Conservatives can win anywhere. In the Democratic state of Illinois, the conservative running for governor is far ahead of the liberal Democrat.
somnolence| 9.14.10 @ 10:41PM
Rinos are worse than nuts, they are posterior kissers.
Margie| 9.14.10 @ 10:43PM
Hubby was just saying as I was asking his opinion about this. I said that you guys are thinking that because the voters generally don't like her that the election's gonna go to the Dem candidate, Coons.
He asked me, well how do they know? And I said the polls say so. Well he said who conducts these polls, what questions do they ask, and do they stack the deck with Democrats? Are these "likely voters" or are they registered voters?
Great points, I'd say. But that's my hubby~ he's smart. So listen up guys.
Take heart, Have faith. Trust God. Keep doing the right thing. And never vote vote for a Democrat! Or a third party either. :^)
Congrats to Christine O'Donnell.
somnolence| 9.14.10 @ 10:45PM
O'Donnell doesn't need the wimpy support of the NRSC, she will get millions from folks nationwide, plus the daily support of Rush and Sarah. It is over for Coons.
Margie| 9.14.10 @ 10:47PM
Yes. The DNC can't mobilize the grass roots, the REAL grass roots like we can. They can get all the special interest money but they can't motivate Mom & Pop to send $20.00 to an especially interesting candidate. (Hubby again). Good, eh?
Siegfried X| 9.14.10 @ 10:49PM
The GOP leadership is cranky because the conservatives got into the country club again.
Intel| 9.14.10 @ 10:51PM
Siegfried, conservatives can win anywhere. But some elections are harder than others because there are other variables such as likability and credibility and the electorate. In deep blue states, a conservative would have to run an almost perfect campaign and be a superb candidate to overcome the structural deficits among the electorate. Does anyone realistically see O'Donnell as a good candidate? There's a good reason her poll numbers are so brutal.
victor| 9.14.10 @ 11:06PM
Margie:
"He asked me, well how do they know? And I said the polls say so. Well he said who conducts these polls, what questions do they ask, and do they stack the deck with Democrats? Are these "likely voters" or are they registered voters?"
Those Arthur Murray lessons are really paying off.
You danced around the question without coming close to answering it.
To paraphrase a great District Attorney, you can take a poll that would find a Ham and Cheese sanawich to be Kosher.
Whose polls are they and what are they asking, eh?
I had pollsters cut me off because of my answers and I've been hung up on by Rino Republican pollsters who did not like the fact that I am Conservative.
Rino pollsters and Rino Republican Party Bosses single handedly help defeat Bret Schundler in New Jersey in 2001 and look what we got:
eight years of Corruption and Incompetence.
When given a clear choice people will almost always pick the Conservative Republican.
PS, one last thing about polls, it has been proven that they are more than likely to be stacked with dems by a 2 to 1 ratio.
Sally Morem| 9.14.10 @ 10:57PM
Castle was a Dem. in everything but name. He would have helped Obama every way he could. He even voted to investigate George Bush in order to proceed in impeachment procedures, the sort of vote approved of by Pelosi.
O'Donnell is a true conservative, and will run as one and win.
Go O'Donnell!
ds80| 9.14.10 @ 11:00PM
Keep on desperately clinging to 20th century status quo, O'Donnell is a nut. The conservative ascendency is passing you by. You're tedious, tiresome, and out of touch. And like all RINOs, rapidly being rendered irrelevant.
Intel| 9.14.10 @ 11:01PM
Really, Sally? How many Dems do you know that votes with the GOP 50% of the time? Well, you are about to get your wish. DE will elect a super liberal to the U.S. Senate where he will do damage for decades to come just like his predecessor, Biden.
somnolence| 9.14.10 @ 11:01PM
If the voters of Delaware want this country to return to sane fiscal responsibility and steadfast, immovable stances on the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness they will vote for O'Donnell. If not, they are happy to remain in our present woeful, tragic state of affairs and will vote for Coons. Simple as that.
Intel| 9.14.10 @ 11:02PM
Newsflash! Just because some conservatives want to win elections with viable credible candidates instead of forfeiting elections with absolute jokes of a candidate does not make them a RINO!
Margie| 9.14.10 @ 11:15PM
Newsflash! IF Castle were the Repubbie nominee I'd agree with you. THIS is what's making me wonder about you, Intel. When there's no other choice when it comes to the general election, I always choose the Republican party over the Leftist Socialist SCUM Democrat party with not a question or a doubt in my mind that I'm doing the right thing.
Howevah,
Since Christine O'Donnell has actually WON in the primary~ you really seem to present yourself more as a concern troll than an innocent bystander. There really is no excuse for this! If you think you are demoralizing us, think again!
Fergit it bubs.
O'DONNELL 2010!| 9.14.10 @ 11:15PM
What would a braindead Marxist like you know about RINOs? Go back to the DNC so you can think up more ways to destroy our country.
CalMark| 9.14.10 @ 11:20PM
Why are you and "O'Donnell is a nut" so angry, hateful, and bitter?
Conservatives have lost to the Establishment for years, and had to swallow it and move on. For years we voted for the people YOU wanted. It led to 2006 and 2008, when people cited corruption, spending, and government overreach as the reason they wouldn't vote for big-government Republicans.
When conservatives lose, I can't recall ranting and spewing venom like I've seen from you and your fellow travelers. If you surrender, as "O'Donnell is a nut" is eagerly (and angrily) tells us he has, you're the enemy.
Limbaugh, Hannity, and Levin all sucked it up and told people to vote for the lesser of two evils. Now the shoe's on the other foot and it's your turn. Not much fun is it? That's politics, though, as your kind told my kind for decades. Unfortunately, you're right. Time to man up and "practice what you preach."
One more thing. Relax. "All manner of things may yet be well."
Siegfried X| 9.14.10 @ 11:14PM
From a left-wing columnist at the Washington Post, on why this win will help conservatives so much:
"... the ripple effect of victories such as O'Donnell's on other Republican lawmakers. Republican members of Congress look at races such as those in Utah, Alaska and now Delaware and think: There but for the grace of the Tea Party go I. They will be that much more watchful of protecting their right flank against a primary challenge. They will be that much less likely to take a political risk in the direction of bipartisanship. In this sense, it matters less whether O'Donnell will win the general election -- that doesn't seem likely -- than that she won the primary."
somnolence| 9.14.10 @ 11:15PM
There were too many occasions where Mike Castle found common ground with liberal Democrats. Enough of that crap, already. Yes indeed, it does make them RINOS., and no, that well-worn phrase "gridlock" just doesn't scare or wash anymore, for that matter.
O'DONNELL 2010!| 9.14.10 @ 11:17PM
It's a freakin' Conservative tsunami, folks!
Ride the wave to victory.
Margie| 9.14.10 @ 11:19PM
To quote Austin Powers: "Yeah Baaby!"
Intel| 9.14.10 @ 11:29PM
First off, don't assume that I'm a dreaded member of that nefarious "ruling class" just because I want to win elections. I always voted with the GOP my entire life. I vote in the primaries always to ensure my voice gets heard. I almost always vote for the most electable conservative candidate. Emphasis on the word electable. Living in Illinois, I know first hand how brutally hard it is to win a statewide election as a conservative. An open senate seat in a deep blue state where we would be the heavy favorite in the most favorable political environment in decades was a once in a lifetime chance to rip the hearts of Dems.
CalMark| 9.14.10 @ 11:38PM
"Electability" is a kind of cargo cult.
I've known lots of people like you, yearning for the "more electable" John McCain and complaining to everyone who would listen that Bush was so much worse...when Bush had already been in office for almost a year.
...and when, eight year's later, the Cargo Cult's vigil was rewarded, McCain ran the worst campaign ever except for Bob Dole.
Scott | 9.14.10 @ 11:55PM
I don't recall anyone saying Bush was unelectable, just that McCain was more electable.
Rand Paul doesn't bother me because he can win.
Angle makes me nervous but I'm not that bothered because she can possibly win.
Paladino winning the Republican nomination for governor in NY doesn't thrill me (the reason requires a discussion of NY politics that's too long for this space), but it doesn't bother me all that much because he and Lazio were both running to see who would get creamed by Cuomo.
But, dammit, Castle probably would have won in November and every indicator says O'Donnell doesn't have a chance. You don't bet on the horse with three broken legs just because it's a pretty color.
I hope to God I'm wrong about O'Donnell. I wouldn't mind at all the thought of Timmy and CalMark and the rest of you throwing around RINO like you're getting paid by the letter doing a victory lap in November, but I don't think I'm going to be seeing that.
Nick| 9.14.10 @ 11:59PM
If the stinking liberal Castle would've won in November, it would've been bad for the Constitution, and bad for the U.S.A.
He WAS a serial violater of the Constitution.
I say, "Don't let the door hit you in the backside on the way out, Mikey!"
CalMark| 9.15.10 @ 12:00AM
Pay attention, my man: I never reported anyone saying that Bush was unelectable either, just that, as you said, "McCain was more electable." Once more: for all his faults (and they are legion, let's be honest) Bush won two terms against savage opposition; McCain wilted and saved his money for GOP primary attack ads.
Think positive, friend. You'd be amazed what can happen with gumption. You don't always get the results you want--but at least if you don't win, you go down fighting the good fight, with peace in your heart.
Scott| 9.15.10 @ 2:13AM
Hey, I ain't Charlie Crist; I'll be rooting for O'Donnell. I'd love to see every single Tea Party supported candidate win smashingly in November; the sight of Keith Olbermann's head exploding like a rotten watermelon alone would make it worth it. But everything I've seen says O'Donnell ain't gonna make it. I hope I'm wrong, but I have to call them like I see them.
And as for going down fighting the good fight, yes, I understand where you're coming from. I don't think there's a person alive who doesn't admire the valor shown by the Polish cavalry when they charged German panzers on horseback with lances. I have to think, though, that the Poles would have been more than satisfied with a dirty win.
aware| 9.15.10 @ 6:24AM
"..Polish cavalry when they charged German panzers on horseback with lances"
Never happened, but like so much "history" it makes a good story. See here: http://www.historynet.com/poli.....-tanks.htm
Failure to get this "fact" correct undermines your entire argument. Castle winning equals Democrats win. What you Castlers are doing is projection. Myths seem to play an important part in many people's lives.
Margie| 9.15.10 @ 2:48PM
Myths? Fact: She won. Possibility: She could win the election.
Fact: You aren't God, therefore you cannot predict the future. Trying to do so is like trying to make us believe a myth. :^)
Scooter's Daddy| 9.15.10 @ 12:16AM
Hey Scooter , Shake Hands With The Winners And Get The Hell In Bed .
Don't Make Me Come Up There .
Margie| 9.15.10 @ 12:29AM
LOL.
Siegfried X| 9.15.10 @ 12:13AM
The Illinois Republican Party was destroyed by voting for "electable", RINO conservatives. The last in a line of liberal Republican governors pardoned everyone on death row, while he himself was on his way to federal penitentiary.
That's what destroyed the Illinois Republican Party. The voters threw Republicans out of every office, and the party has been a smoldering hulk ever since.
Also in Illinois right now the conservative governor candidate has a strong lead, while the RINO Mark Kirk is barely even.
CountryClassKook| 9.14.10 @ 11:32PM
So OdonnelIsANut, Intel, and other loyal GOPers, who are you voting for in Nov? I'm sure many of us are curious how loyal to the GOP you really are.
Intel| 9.14.10 @ 11:38PM
Like everytime in my life, I will vote straight GOP and hope a public official that I have a lot of respect, Bill Brady, is elected to become Governor and Mark Kirk rips the hearts of those smug Chicago Democrats by taking Obama's senate seat and rubbing it in their face.
Margie| 9.14.10 @ 11:44PM
So then it seems like you just don't like O'Donnell, more than whether you care about a Republican getting elected. You just honestly don't like her and really like Castle.
Truth?
Intel| 9.14.10 @ 11:44PM
Getting elected is a pretty important step in getting your principles advanced into an agenda that can make the meaningful change in this country. Without electable candidates, you're stuck in the minority where the majority party can ram legislative abominations like Obamacare down the minority party's throat. Don't tell me one vote does not matter. Obamacare passed by ONE vote in the Senate. One vote was the difference between it dying a slow and enjoyable death in the Senate and it becoming the law of the land.
Herb Tarlek| 9.14.10 @ 11:46PM
This whole thing just brings us that much closer to getting Sarah nominated for Prez. Yeah Baby!
Patriot| 9.15.10 @ 1:42AM
YEAH BABY!! That's what I'm talkin' about. Just keep adding more notches to that belt, Sarah.
D330| 9.14.10 @ 11:47PM
I have been perusing these threads a few days now...and it strikes me as odd how insistent o'donnell is a nut's posts are. Speaking as one observing "from afar," so to speak, I must say they strike me as attempts to dispirit. And I humbly submit, the more energy I see spent rebutting every (dubious) claim he (she?) makes, the more he seems to revel in it all. I say, let him rant as he pleases. Marginalize him, ignore his attempts to draw anyone into point-counterpoint. Soon enough he'll tire of his being shunned. He can return in November and either gloat or eat his words.
Nick| 9.14.10 @ 11:49PM
The stinking liberal Castle has been retired.
After 40+ years on the public dole, Castle will have to find another job.
At 71, he can get himself a metal detector, and start walking the beach.
Castle will never again be able vote against American's right to keep and bear arms, after this Congress ends.
He won't be able to vote to raise our taxes again, either.
He will never be able to stab conservatives in the back again.
The RINO snake Castle has been retired.
My work here is done.
Margie| 9.15.10 @ 12:42AM
Wow, 71. Reminds me of some of the others. Byrd, Lautenberg, Reid. God retired Byrd. Reid's up soon, and NJ~ well who knows.
But hey Nick~ don't get too comfy, you're work is NOT done yet. There's a couple of grannies that need to go back to baking cookies in Maine. And this from hubby: we could also bump off (so to speak) Sen. Lugar and send Sen. Grassclippings back to his farm in Iowa. Not that they're bad guys, just not so great Republicans.
Nick| 9.15.10 @ 12:53AM
Margie,
You, and Victor, are correct!
I only meant my work against Castle, and his cronies, is done.
My work on behalf of Christianity, and conservatism, is an ongoing struggle. One that never ends. This is spiritual warfare, as you two know, only to well.
But, I feel we can celebrate, just a little, tonight!
God Bless!
Margie| 9.15.10 @ 1:00AM
Oops, sorry about that mistake.
God bless you too, Nick.
Intel| 9.14.10 @ 11:50PM
I do not like Castle, but I remember how Obama got elected in IL. His opponent was Alan Keyes, an absolute joke of a candidate. I hate forfeiting elections and I love beating the shit out of Democrats. With a fringe candidate like Keyes, victory was assured and the Dems were able to spend good money in CO getting Salazar elected. There is always a big difference between Dems and GOP. When Obama replace Fitzgerald in IL, that seat went from voting GOP 60 to 70 percent of the time to 100 percent of the time against.
Margie| 9.14.10 @ 11:57PM
Intel,
IF you are saying that Alan Keyes was a joke as in his character, then you disqualify yourself from conservatism. Alan Keyes is a good man.
Keyes won in the primaries. That means the Dems outnumbered the Repubs and he lost, (probably due to election fraud there, gee wanna bet?) so it wasn't Keyes' fault, or are you saying it was?
Me thinks you are a "moderate" Repub.
Truth?
And if you are, it's a free country but then don't pretend to care about conservatives winning.
CalMark| 9.15.10 @ 12:06AM
I lived in Chicago in 2004.
Fact: in most suburbs and the outskirts of the city, I saw Keyes signs all over. Not so many Obama signs, even in the city. So, the almost 40-point margin of victory was probably helped considerably by fraud.
Keyes wouldn't have had to run if the GOP Establishment hadn't dumped the real nominee, whose sealed personal records were opened by a judge in L.A. (of all the damn places!), then twisted and used as smear material, at the urging of Obama surrogates. In other words, that loss was the fault of the Establishment for deserting a viable, probable-winner conservative.
Margie| 9.15.10 @ 12:16AM
Thanks for that, CalMark. I had forgotten. Dirty politics as usual.
CalMark| 9.15.10 @ 12:27AM
I digress, but just for diversion:
I saw ACORN thugs stuffing mailboxes (including mine) with Democrat propaganda, running in and out of the polling place before it opened, and forcing people to take Democrat leaflets on their way into the polls.
Oh, and a "voting assistant" screaming, "You WILL vote for John Kerry!" to the little old lady he was "helping," while the precinct workers sat there quietly.
And NRO didn't even ask for details when I wrote to them about it. But then, they already had some youngster running a McCain '08 campaign in their blog.
Sooooo...let's lay off Keyes, huh? He's a gentleman, not perfect (unlike all Democrats), and had a hopeless task, set up by the GOP ("Party of Quitters") to lose.
Margie| 9.15.10 @ 12:34AM
Same thing happened to Bret Schundler in NJ. A GREAT guy, true conservative. The Repubs stabbed him in the back. Didn't have a chance. Too bad because if it were today, he'd probably win.
As to the Obamanation thuggery: They will have their Day. Judgement Day, that is.
Nick| 9.15.10 @ 2:34AM
Margie,
I remember that race. I followed it closely, in Human Events.
Mr. Schundler had done wonders as mayor of Jersy City. He would've made a great governor. The "ruling class" really blew it in that election.
Margie| 9.15.10 @ 2:52PM
Indeed Nick. Me & hubby went to his campaign rallies, and supported him financially too. We loved the guy.
I heard that Christie fired him recently. He had hired him to be the Commish. of schools. Do you know anything about it? I'm thinking he may have been falsely accused knowing the kind of man he is. I need to find this out. I just don't get it!
Nick| 9.15.10 @ 6:42PM
Margie,
I believe it was over that flap over filling out the financial form for the Dept. of Education that cost NJ education funding they were entitled to. Something like a million dollars.
Mr. Schundler was head of the department and he fell on his sword. At least that's what can remember about it.
Intel| 9.15.10 @ 12:03AM
First off, Keyes didn't win in the primaries. His GOP nominee imploded and had to drop out because the party didn't do their homework and vet their candidate. They nominated Keyes to be the sacrificial lamb and said bizarre nutty stuff and got 20 percent of the vote. That 80 to 20 landslide allowed Obama to claim he was a post partisan healer who can appeal to independents, which was an absolute joke. And, dont' accuse me of being a moderate Repub. Not that there's anything wrong with being moderate. Are moderates not allowed to participate in this wonderful democracy? Should states with a high number of moderates be ceded to the Dems less they elect moderate GOPers who will infect the caucus with their impurities?
CalMark| 9.15.10 @ 12:12AM
See above. Then add:
The GOP candidate's divorce records were opened by a judge a continent away even though the candidate and his ex-wife vigorously protested. Said judge acknowledges it might cause emotional damage to their autistic son; oh, well, says the judge, too bad.
Obama's personal records--all of them, even relevant LEGISLATIVE (for Pete's sake!!!) records get to stay private because Barack wants it that way. He's spent about $2 million making it so, to this point.
So, your point about "vetting" doesn't hold a whole lot of water here. There's a double standard no Republican can meet, and I haven't met too many people in politics who can put "Saint" in front of their first name.
Margie| 9.15.10 @ 12:13AM
I actually gave you the benefit of the doubt and asked you. You never said that you were a conservative, that's why I asked. Conservatives have no problem with saying they're conservative. You still haven't said you that you are.
I guess this is where Derek Leaberry comes in to tell me I should be silent because the Bible (in his own head) says I shouldn't speak, and that I am unhinged and need to have a man to keep me from my emotional outbursts. Ah well. But I digress.
Howevaaah,
I will just say this Mr. Intel guy. The only folks I know of who say Alan Keyes is bizarre & nutty are Liberals and moderates, not conservatives.
Oh and like I said already, it's a free country and we aim to aim it that way. Vote how you want. I do.
Intel| 9.15.10 @ 12:15AM
Carl, we must have been following different elections. Obama had the support of the entire Democratic party which is very strong in Cook County. His support among the college students was cult like and foreshadow of 2008. Alan Keyes said bizarre things like Cheney being a bad man for having a lesbian daughter and he advocated for slave reparations. Plus, his in-your-face attitude turned away moderate voters which you need in order to win in a state in which you are at a big registration deficit. 80 to 20 was about right.
Intel| 9.15.10 @ 12:21AM
Fine, if you need to know. I'm conservative and love beating Democrats. Are you seriously saying Alan Keyes's support of slave reparations is not nutty? Was it unfair for Jack Ryan's private legal records to be unsealed? Absolutely. But, this is IL. The IL Dems are vicious and will do anything to win. Ryan said in the primaries that there was nothing in those divorce proceedings. He should have never ran with those kind of skeletons in his closet in a state like IL.
Nick| 9.15.10 @ 12:22AM
Hey, "O'DONNELL IS A NUT,"
if you are such a political expert, why don't you know that Alvin Greene is the democrat candidate in SOUTH CAROLINA, not Deleware! Moron.
And, hey Scott,
if you are such a political genius, why don't you know that there won't be a "Majority Leader [SHUSTER]!" His name is Chucky "Schmucky" Schumer, dope.
Scott | 9.15.10 @ 2:20AM
While "schmuck" is an excellent rhyme, I avoid it when talking about Schumer because I just know someone will accuse me of anti-Semitism. On the plus side, I instead use another word that rhymes with "Chuck" that's just as satisfying.
As for the typo you refer to, obviously the thought of him being majority leader is so absolutely horrifying that my fingers rebelled at even writing it.
Nick| 9.15.10 @ 2:27AM
Scott,
I can buy that.
Haven't you ever listened to Mark Levin?
That should've been: His name is Chucky "Schmucky" Schumer, YA' BIG dope!
Margie| 9.15.10 @ 12:26AM
Uh, yeah, nice try Intel.
Thank the good Lord for the internet. Research is only a click away. Alan Keyes had an honorable idea:
"Alan Keyes, the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate who once referred to reparations as “an insult to our slave ancestors,” is now calling for a plan that would exempt the descendants of slaves from income taxes for at least a generation.
Tax exemption would give Blacks "a competitive edge in the labor market," because they would be cheaper to hire than federal tax-paying employee" and allow Blacks to be compensated "for all those years when your labor was being exploited," said Keyes, who is challenging Illinois state Sen. Barack Obama for the U.S. Senate seat.
Keyes' different turn
The ancestors of slaves would be precluded from paying federal taxes for a generation or two. The exemption would apply only to federal taxes, as opposed to state taxes, since slavery "was an egregious failure on the part of the federal establishment,” Keyes said. There would be no exemption from Social Security taxes, however."
CalMark| 9.15.10 @ 12:35AM
Ummm...I like Keyes, but that is pretty kooky, I think.
However. It's funny, isn't it: a GOP'er says this and the left calls him a kook, while a Democrat says something similar and is called a racially sensitive statesman.
Margie| 9.15.10 @ 12:51AM
Maybe unusual and rather creative, but not kooky, IMHO. After all, letting people keep their own money is rather a creative and conservative idea. Especially since excessive taxation is burdensome and also cruel and unusual punishment. A form of slavery in itself!
And yes, imagine if someone on the Left came up with that idea~ he would no doubt be hailed a !@#$% genius! Sorry, I got carried away there. LOL but then again the Left could never come up with that because the only thing their brains know how to do is tax & spend.
Intel | 9.15.10 @ 12:38AM
Descendants of slaves don't have to pay federal income taxes? How is that not a form of slave reparations? This issue was used by the media to ridicule and marginalize him.
Margie| 9.15.10 @ 12:46AM
Reparations is giving money from the taxpayers. Letting people keep their own money isn't that. And you know it.
This is what the Left says about tax cuts for the rich. Buncha balogna, dude.
somnolence| 9.15.10 @ 12:40AM
Thanks, Nick, for pointing out that O'DONNELL IS A NUT REALLY IS A NUT!!! (and like Karl Rove, also a pompous ass)
Nick| 9.15.10 @ 12:58AM
Somnolence,
You're welcome.
Remember, it was Rove who gave us Harriet Miers and Shamnesty. Haven't like the guy since then.
Nick| 9.15.10 @ 2:18AM
I can't believe I forgot this, but,
THANK YOU, TO ALL THE VOTERS IN DELEWARE, WHO VOTED FOR MISS O'DONNELL!!!!
Thus, sending Castle into retirement, and lots of time at the dogtrack. Where he can no longer harm the country.
Thank you so much!