Yes! Great word play there, and right on the money.
Palinium: the most ineluctable element in US politics.
Posted on 12/21/2010 2:06:44 PM PST by hausermann
Theory: Like the Minnesocoldans, Maine is made of small Northern European populations (Brits and Scots and Irish) without much ethnic or social diversity (just like Swedes and Norwegians and Poles in MN). These, while possessed of a strong work ethic, are susceptible to socialist ideas especially in those harsher environments where much is done together, for “the community.” I daresay a culture of unionism may be also prevalent, as would be expected of British descendants. It is misplaced collectivism (my phrase, I claim it), and after having been immersed in it since childhood, it becomes a norm and habit of thought that is hard to defeat. It takes a conscious effort to shake off the bonds of this form of intellectual laziness and notice that helping a neighbor raise a barn is not at all the same thing as passing the collections hat back to Washington full of your hard-earned so people you will never meet nor likely care about will benefit when the funds are not being largely squandered entropically.
I’m from NH and my impression it that they are fairly libertarian, but because of some deep pockets of rural poverty they get themselves in trouble with, for example, a somewhat socialistic and disastrously designed healthcare program.
That is disappointing about his support for Snowe, but I think it’d be pretty unusual for the guv to oppose a same-party sitting senator in the primary. And he at least takes himself out of saying she deserves reelection by focusing on her husband’s personal help instead.
I resent that!
We also have a LARGE Somali population.
NO cheers, unfortunately.
Tru dat! I fully forgot about the Somalis. Sorry.
What a disgrace to the great state of Nevada!
When these RINOs have primary challengers, there should be a list posted with contact info and websites.
I’d gladly donate $$$ for the cause :)
Frankly, I am looking around and I don't see a suitable replacement in Maine.
Yep, what you say is true. The two guys I mention above may be red herrings, or kooks. Unknown.
Here is the hope: A credible threat from the Right will lock-step Snowe for the remainder (until the next lame-duck when she will go all Spector-Bennett on us for sure), and it will also cause Collins to get religion if she values her job as well.
There are some who say she may simply go the way of Dodd and bail in the face of a mounted early threat. Here’s hoping.
Agreed completely. The one that really amazes me, though is Susan Collins. Every time I see her I think she should be behind a high school cafeteria steam table, dishing out lousy mashed potatoes and joking with the students. She should definitely NOT be in the Senate. She has the IQ of a mud pie. But then again . . .
Lugar comes up in 2012. The old koot will be 80 then and has stated intentions of running AGAIN. I think that Mike Pence will run for the Governors office. Murray Clark, the GOP head of Indiana, is stepping down effective Dec. 31. I think he will run for the Senate.
As for Lugar, he would make a great senator in a new england state. But he represents INDIANA. His views do the represent hoosiers anymore. Not by a long shot. I am trying to encourage County GOP groups to issue a vote of no confidence on Lugar especially over the last two years votes. I think rebellion is brewing in Indiana.
Thanks hausermann.
Commendation goes to whomever added “snowemustgo” and “snoweremoval” to the keywords! LOL!
Not that I'd ever defend KBH because she's my Senator, but she's nowhere near as bad as Olympia Snowe is. Snowe is essentially a stealth Democrat. Not even qualified for the title of RINO (which KBH is).
That said, I agree with you that KBH needs to go in the next election. I've had my fill of her. Right up to my eyeballs.
Even a RINO votes with the GOP once in a while.
Snowe seems to vote with the Dems 100% of the time. She's been a reliable vote for them for at least the last two years.
I grew up there; Maine is at the end of the line economically and has become a welfare state. Largely minimum wage jobs outside of the southeastern coastal area of the state, high heating oil prices, high taxes, very low job growth. Government support is a way of life......
KBH was responsible for inserting language into a bill a couple of years back that gutted the funding for the border fence.
I will never forgive her for that act of treason. No amount of 'correct' votes she makes in the future will ever overcome that one betrayal, as far as I'm concerned.
Trust me, KBH is not "fine". She scuttled the funding for the border fence. If there's anywhere in the country that we need a coalition of hard-core conservative Senators, it's in the border states.
I have no idea why Maine elected the left-wing twins, but I can say that two of the most conservative folks I know in Texas are from there.
So is Michael Williams, our former Texas Railroad Commissioner, who's a stand-out conservative of the first order.
Yes! Great word play there, and right on the money.
Palinium: the most ineluctable element in US politics.
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