Posted on 10/13/2006 11:15:27 AM PDT by Dems_R_Losers
The question was so striking it caused a rowdier exchange than queries about North Korea, Social Security and illegal immigration at Thursday night's debate between U.S. Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick and Democratic challenger Patrick Murphy.
The two men, locked in an ultra-competitive contest to represent the state's 8th Congressional District, were each given the chance to ask the other a single thing at the debate's end.
Fitzpatrick threw the crowd into a tizzy when it was his turn:
"How many school districts are there in Bucks County?
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I'm in your district too. I agree with your assessment of Fitzpatrick. I'm getting a ton of mail from them both. Yes, Fitzpatrick has some good ads and yes, he will get my vote. But, no, sadly, he's not another Santorum. But he's a far cry better than Greenwood.
"I don't understand the problem. I can't begin to measure the magnitude of the problem. But I am prepared to throw a lot of your money at the problem. A whole lot."
Did you see the NRCC ad yet? I saw it last night. It has no words in it at all, just film of a TV on a kitchen counter playing back the segment from "Hardball" where Chris Matthews reams Murphy and says he should not be running for Congress. It is GREAT. My husband is a liberal Democrat and he is voting for Fitzpatrick because of his strong record on the environment. We've met him twice and think he is a real rising star. Murphy strikes me as a high school kid running for class president. He is a total tool of the DNC.
It is true - he was there as a JAG - but he sells it...
"Trivial pursuit"?
I think not. If you are going to bring up a subject, you should have at least rudimentary background information. And it looked like Patrick Murphy brought up the business about funding for "No Child Left Behind". If you don't know where the money is going, how could anyone say whether the sum is too much or too little? Foolish question, I know, because in the eyes of a liberal Dem'crat, no amount is enough, if it is coming out of the public treasury.
I met Mike a year ago at an Amtrak privatization forum at the Rayburn Building in DC and took a liking to him. But I was impressed by his staff, the sharpest bunch of 20-somethings I've ever run across, particularly Greg Calhoun, his chief of staff. Greg knew the issues cold, and I could rely on him for facts.
At a reception in the House Banking Committee Room -- where former chair Jim Leach's portrait is loaded with Masonic symbols on the margin -- I told Mike's staff about the 8th District battle of 1966, when none of them were alive.
The Democrats had gotten author James Michener to run against long time incumbent Republican Willard Curtin. The current wisdom of the day said that Michener would win due to his name recognition. It didn't quite work out that way. Michener's clock ran perfectly after that election.
My guess is that Mike has this one under control.
I DID see that! It was funny. Someone was very clever using that, particularly with Chris appearing in that ad with his brother running for Lt. Governor. And guess what? My husband is a democrat too. But marriage is having an effect. He's voting for more Republicans these days. I was working in the kitchen a few months ago when he answered the phone and talked to a pollster. He said he was a democrat, but answered all the questions like a conservative Republican (except that he supported Rendell, break my heart). I nearly rolled on the floor laughing.
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The kleig lights have not been kind. During a recent joint interview with other Maryland candidates, they flunked elementary tests about foreign policy. Neither could name the Israeli prime minister or his designated successor.
Although Barnes serves on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and fancies himself a diplomat (he probably spends more time in Managua than Daniel Ortega does), he didn't know whether the U.S. has sold Stinger missiles to Saudi Arabia. Of course Barnes supports sanctions against South Africa -- but he couldn't name the leader of the African National Congress. Miss Mikulski said Jonas Savimbi heads the ANC. Savimbi leads Angola's anti-Communist rebels. Nor did Miss Mikulski identify correctly the terrorist incident that led to the U.S. raids in Libya. It was the bombing of a Berlin disco, in which a U.S. serviceman was killed by Gadhafi's agents. Miss Mikulski did, however, offer the session's most telling remark. After failing to answer a question, she snapped into the microphone, "Can we turn this thing off?"
Babs, of course, was elected to the Senate and has been there ever since.
"He said he was a democrat, but answered all the questions like a conservative Republican (except that he supported Rendell, break my heart). I nearly rolled on the floor laughing."
Keep up the good work!. He'll come over to the Dark Side eventually. :)
Do you have a web link for the ad?
He's actually reasonable which is why I consented to a mixed marriage in the first place. And he's a teacher. He works with kids, well college students, and understands what utter nonsence PCism is. When we first got married, he told me how ridiculous trickle-down economics was. Now he describes it all the time as the only reasonable way to look at the issue, but doesn't call it that. I just chuckle.
I've been looking for a Web link and can't find one. It is a NRCC ad and they don't post their ads on their website. It's really good, though. There's a crapload of ads running on Philly TV now and this one really stood out to me. My husband and I were ROFL when we saw it.
You are lucky. I think Fitzpatrick is the first Republican my husband will vote for in 22 years that we've been married. We always cancel each other on Election Day.
That's really a stupid question.
Your husband sounds more liberal than mine. But the transformation always starts with that first vote. And he must be somewhat reasonable--he's married to conservative Republicans. This makes your online name interesting!
It should be noted that Fitzpatrick won in 2004 by 12% over a Michael Moore-on moonbat. The same year, Kerry took his district by 3%.
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