Always relevant, except for...
Posted on 05/11/2010 10:25:12 PM PDT by FTJM
Despite a favorable electoral climate for Republicans and former Rep. Rob Portman's huge funding advantage over his Democratic opponent in the contest for Ohio's U.S. Senate seat, polls show the race in a dead heat.
Conservatives and "tea party" activists say Mr. Portman's record as a moderate Republican has failed to fire up not only core GOP voters but also what may prove just as important to victory - the "tea party" movement. Complicating the picture is the failure of that movement to meet expectations in some of the May 4 Ohio GOP primary elections.
Mr. Portman's resume, though extensive, has elements that raise red flags for conservatives - his service in the White House of President George H.W. Bush, who raised taxes and enlarged government; his election to six terms in the U.S. House, where he voted for the kind of spending that tea party supporters oppose; and his service as U.S. trade representative and then budget director in the big-spending George W. Bush administration.
"The tea party sees Portman as the establishment's guy, so the GOP establishment now is saying, 'Don't dismiss him just because he's a party guy,' " Ralph King, a coordinator for the Ohio Tea Party Patriots, told The Washington Times. "But that's asking us to look past his record - giving money to the United Nations and opposing [Colorado Republican] Tom Tancredo's try for a border measure in Congress."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Always relevant, except for...
Answer the question please.
I am honestly curious what both of you will answer to that question.
The choice in Ohio is a GOP moderate or a flaming leftist Democrat. That it. No other choices. No other candidates available to us at all.
So what do we do to “prove our true conservative credentials” in this case?
Per Neo-Caveman
Rob Portman is pro-life, pro-gun, career ACU rating of over 90%
I like a good RINO hunt as much as the next guy, but this is nuts.
That's misleading. FYI, Portman's last ACU rating was in 2004.
From the article:
Mr. Portman's resume, though extensive, has elements that raise red flags for conservatives - his service in the White House of President George H.W. Bush, who raised taxes and enlarged government; his election to six terms in the U.S. House, where he voted for the kind of spending that tea party supporters oppose; and his service as U.S. trade representative and then budget director in the big-spending George W. Bush administration.
"The tea party sees Portman as the establishment's guy, so the GOP establishment now is saying, 'Don't dismiss him just because he's a party guy,' " Ralph King, a coordinator for the Ohio Tea Party Patriots, told The Washington Times. "But that's asking us to look past his record - giving money to the United Nations and opposing [Colorado Republican] Tom Tancredo's try for a border measure in Congress."
It's not a RINO hunt. It's a discussion about moderation and it's success in a general election.
What say you to the 90% ACU rating?
lol, err ughhh ummm
Yes, it certainly has. Haughtiness has left these traitorous SOBs, and now they are in mortal fear. Even McCain is singing sweet music, not that it will do any of them any good. Their days have been numbered.
Where we are now started way back... Geo. W Bush's "New World Order"... so if y'all think mere Republicanism is gonna save us, y'all have another think coming.
If we do not insist upon America's founding principles, we're all done already - And it is Conservatives, *not Republicans* that rise to defend.
Go TEA parties!
That's misleading. FYI, Portman’s last ACU rating was in 2004.
FYI, Your claims do not match the facts posted here at the ACU website. According to the ACU he has a Lifetime 88 rating when he left Congress.
That's misleading. FYI, Portman’s last ACU rating was in 2004.
FYI, Your claims do not match the facts posted here at the ACU website. According to the ACU he has a Lifetime 88 rating when he left Congress.
My claim? I said that his last rating was in 2004. It was. Since then he has worked for Bush as the article states and explains the Tea Party's problem with his moderation. The ACU has not rated him since 2004. Last I checked, he's still alive.
The time to fight it out is in the primaries, as we are doing all over the country right now, but once we are down to a D and an R I WILL vote for the R every time.
“The time to fight it out is in the primaries, as we are doing all over the country right now, but once we are down to a D and an R I WILL vote for the R every time.”
Thank you for that small touch of sanity at FR today.
I challenge you to read this thread and look at all of the Freepers diplaying ignorance. I’m not talking about the known kooks either. Tons of Freepers not supporting a moderate to conservative 90%ACU conservative rating Republican against a Leftist Socialist scumbag Democrat.
unbelievable
"I don't care what the facts are. I just want an excuse rant and rave like a complete lunatic here about Portman.
Portman is a prolifer, he’s one of the good guys. I’m perplexed why FR is so critical of him.
As for him losing to the Dumbocrat, why on earth are we not helping him win?
A-freaking men. Thank you sir!
Let’s get Portman in!
"I don't care what the facts are. I just want an excuse rant and rave like a complete lunatic here about Portman.
Oh, the irony....
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Maybe FTJM is a democrat operative?
Signed-up here the day AFTER election '08: November 5, 2008.
seems to be a lot of those around here these days, I noticed one of the other rabid posters on this thread signed up in 2009.... the immaturity on this thread is disgusting.
“Maybe FTJM is a democrat operative?
Signed-up here the day AFTER election ‘08: November 5, 2008.”
Very plausible. His actions of supporting a liberal scum sucking Socialist Democrat over a Republican with a 90% conservative rating....certainly point to that possibility.
With our Republic at stake, only a democrat operative would seek to trash the Republican nominee. The primaries in Ohio are over and settled.
Like you said, it’s Portman or the libtard democrat.
Now, which one is going to vote against the Marxist’s agenda for the next two years he’s in office, barring his impeachment and there’s another reason Portman will be needed?
Find a conservative candidate in a different race to support. There's more to the world than just RINOs.
His last ACU rating was 88%, the same as Kay Bailey Hutchison.
“Portman supports Obama’s Cash for Clunkers program.”
err ughhh ummm
Maybe another sip of Koolaid would help.
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