Forrester the RINO wins. Much thanks to Lonegan and his supporters for this sad state of affairs, as Lonegan helped tip the scale in favor of the RINO Forrester instead of for Bret Schundler.
I'm all for voting principle over expedience when there are no other options, but for those Freepers who voted for Lonegan over Bret, well, now we get Forrester v. Corzine, neither of whom deserves a conservative's vote. Bret Schundler is a true conservative who didn't get the support of the horrendous NJ Republican Party machine in 2001, but he honed his message for NJ, deemphasizing social issues that the New York-Philly-New Jersey liberal media spin to scare the sheeple, and instead focusing on the property tax issue. Based on his platform, his experience in Jersey City, his personal telegenics and articulate manner of presentation, Bret Schunlder had the best chance of winning, and then actually making a difference, for conservative values in New Jersey.
Lonegan and those who voted for him killed that possibility, based on--well, what precisely? Lonegan's caveman demeanor and attitude help perpetuate the stereotype that political conservatives are inarticulate, mean-spirited, and just plain stupid. What a disaster, what a set back, for NJ conservatives.
As for the conspiracy nuts who advanced the odious arguments here on FR that Bret was a "terrorist supporter" essentially because there are Muslims in Jersey City, shame on you. I doubt that the arguments persuaded anybody to vote against Bret since they were so asinine, but it showed how many purported conservatives are Jacobin leftists at heart.
Forrester or Corzine? George Wallace said there ain't a dime's worth a difference between the Republicans and the Democrats, and here in NJ, how true that is. I see no reason at all to vote for Forrester, since RINO thieves do more damage to conservative values than the worst liberal Democrat. Christie Whitman, Donnie Di, Tom Kean, Doug Forrester-- pro-abort, anti-gun, high taxing gaggle of lefties--a pox on them all.
Weep for us in the Garden State, all you Freepers!
George C. Wallace, Sr., stayed Democrat all his life, but near the end he endorsed Robert Dole over B. Clinton, his fellow southerner. George Wallace, Jr., switched parties and has had some success in AL as a Republcian. But maybe old George, Sr., was right after all: he understood how globalist establishment types dominated both parties But usually George, Sr., came down on the liberal side, particularly after the attempt on his life.
The message must be sent to the RINO's in New Jersey, change your ways or lose my vote. I will no longer support wolves in sheep's clothing.