Sounds pretty much like blackmail to me, and it's pretty darn ineffective too.
Posted on 10/29/2009 8:02:31 AM PDT by cc2k
A source close to Republican congressional candidate David Harmer tells me he will be on Mark Levin's show on Friday, scheduled for 8:30 p.m. Eastern, noting that Levin endorsed Harmer and put a link on his website. There's also word that Mitt Romney wants to make a call for Harmer to his Bay Area supporters this weekend.
(Excerpt) Read more at campaignspot.nationalreview.com ...
I am also contacting the NRCC to ask why they are supporting Scozzafava in the race in upstate New York, and why they are ignoring David Harmer in this close race in California’s 10th district. Here are the numbers if anyone else wants to call:
Info from the NRCC "contact us" web page: Contact the NRCC
Address:
320 First Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003
General Email:
website@nrcc.org
Phone:
Phone: 202-479-7000
Also, perhaps those of us who donated to the RNC or RCCC should ask for our money back so we can support the conservative candidates of our choice.
| From the desk of cc2k: |
Candidates I support: Doug Hoffman for Congress, NY 23rd (PayPal), David Harmer for Congress, CA 10th (website for info). Please, spread the word about these important special elections on November 3, 209: New York’s 23rd congressional district and California’s 10th congressional district. |
I gave 50 bucks to Hoffman! Lets Roll!
I’m surprised that Romney hadn’t endorsed Harmer long ago, if only because they’re both Mormon Republicans.
I know you don't care because you are an anonymous bully but your nasty remarks are causing some people to not donate to this site.
Oh Snap...
Do you have stats to back that up?
*crickets chirping*
;-)
Sounds pretty much like blackmail to me, and it's pretty darn ineffective too.
I wouldn’t castigate a candidate merely for accepting support from Romney.
Such is politics. Rudy McRombee all stump for GOP candidates, many of them good ones.
If our guys running don’t recognize a bum and a one-man-party-killing-machine and willingly accept their aid, I do call into question their judgment. Look at in the reverse with Newt aiding the leftist in NY, and destroying the last of his credibility. I think it’s a very valid criticism. Any $$ that comes from Slick Willard comes with enormous strings attached, he will expect 100% fidelity in his next run for office without question. Is Harmer aware of that, and does he support Slick Willard’s candidacy ? If so, I can’t endorse him in good conscience.
I’d gladly take his money and then tell him to go fornicate himself when he asked me for my support. ;D
That would be fun, but it would also be dishonest. Better tell Slick where to shove it when he’s writing the check. No selling my soul to Wee Willard Weasel.
DJ, Harmer is running in a district that gave Kerry like 58% and Obama over 60%. He is also a Mormon whose family probably has long ties to the Romneys. It is unfair of you to expect Harmer to denounce Mitt Romney and renounce his endorsement, which would have the effect of (i) driving away a huge number of potential Mormon donors (not to mention businessmen), (ii) making him seem like someone that isn’t satisfied with a Republican unless he’s 100% conservative (like he doesn’t have enough problems as a pro-lifer running in a socially liberal district), and (iii) making him seem like an ingrate.
I know that you loathe Romney, and I don’t like him very much, either (as you know, once Fred Thompson dropped out, I actually supported McCain over Romney for the nomination, which says more about how I feel about Romney than about how I feel about McCain), but politicians facing an uphill battle in a tough district against an opponent that can raise unlimited money cannot be expected to reject the endorsement of someone that not only is one of the most popular figures and best fundraisers in the party, but who is actually, for whatever reason, very popular with the base of the party. Harmer can’t afford to alienate Romney’s supporters in that district—or anywhere, for that matter. Harmer needs every Republican, and every independent, and most moderate-to-conservative Democrats, to vote for him if he is to win, and he’s running to win, not to make a point about how pure he is and lose in a landslide. Heck, if I was running in the CA-10, I’d be happy if Romney endorsed me, or even Arnold (who is 10 times more liberal than Romney) for that matter. I wouldn’t move an inch from my issue positions to get their endorsement, but if they wanted to endorse a conservative I wouldn’t reject their endorsement, since I would want people that agree with me only on a few issues to vote for me as well.
Let me put it to you this way: if Mitt Romney himself was the House candidate in CA-10—or in MA-05, or MA-10, or any of the MA districts that vote pretty similar to the CA-10—I would root for him to win. While I can understand if you think that Romney is so dangerous to conservatism that you wouldn’t support him even running for an office that we normally would have no chance of winning, I can’t believe that you would assign guilt by association to Harmer merely for accepting his endorsement.
“That would be fun, but it would also be dishonest. Better tell Slick where to shove it when he’s writing the check. No selling my soul to Wee Willard Weasel.”
Harmer is very scrupulous.
He is nothing like Mitt.
Having once been married to a woman from one of the original founding Mormon families, I can say with confidence that the politics of most Mormons are nothing like Mitt’s.
You do know that my post was a joke, right? ;-)
Almost as big a joke as the notion of Mitt Romney even resembling anything conservative.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.