Posted on 08/11/2010 11:59:32 AM PDT by pissant
which is why Hannity calls us the "eat their own" forum...it really gets hot at election time...we had a 93 ACU guy run for governor here in TN who was creamed by the local TN freepers as a RINO...with a 93.....he lost...to a real RINO
There is slim chance DeMint will be supporting Romney this time. Particularly since there is a great chance he himself will run. But even if he doesn’t....
DeMint Not Sold On Romney As 2012 Approaches
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2471662/posts
Yet Sean Hannity wore out 50 pairs of kneepads pimping the likes of Rudy, then Romney. I trust Hannity as far as I can throw him.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, tell yourself that, McLame lover. ;)
Condescend much, editor-surveyor?
My "problem" is that I believe the nominee should be chosen by the constituents, and that celebrity outsiders who might have very limited knowledge of the local candidates would be wise to leave those Primary choices to better informed voters in their respective states or districts. Celebrity meddling in GOP primaries can be divisive at best, and potentially damaging at worst.
Case in point is Sarah Palin's endorsement of Karen Handel in Georgia's GOP gubernatorial primary... Palin opposed the choices of most conservative Georgians by endorsing the very least conservative of seven GOP candidates for governor. And in the process, Palin lent her name to Handel's use of the Soros-funded smear against Nathan Deal. Some star-struck Republican voters were misled by Palin's endorsement.
Now that Deal has narrowly won, we have the best case where Palin has perplexed over half of Georgia's most conservative Republican voters. That is not a wise move for a potential Presidential candidate -- which is why Reagan would never have interjected himself in a GOP primary outside his home state. But had Karen Handel defeated Nathan Deal, Sarah Palin's interference might have fractured the Georgia GOP badly enough to threaten the general election against "RoyBama" Barnes.
So, if you are correct about the candidate, then are you saying that Mrs. Palin is disqualified for supporting a Republican?
My point is simply that the anti-Palin camp cannot say that we must stick together and vote for any old “R” because they are an “R” and then dis Mrs. Palin for her choice of candidates.
Deal is under ethics investigation. If he is indicted by a Federal grand jury before the election, then Sarah will have shown she endorsed the correct candidate.
Federal Grand Jury Is Investigating Former Congressman Nathan Deal
That is the extent of my point.
You might want to consider the source of the allegations, CedarDave. As the article in your first link (RedState.com) states, "a Washington-based watchdog group asked the U.S. Justice Department to launch a criminal investigation. It is unclear if the request by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington led to the current inquiry."
The so-called "Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington" (CREW) is funded by George Soros, and is staffed by a rogues gallery of leftists with union, activist non-profit and Congressional staff (Democrat) backgrounds. This is the same group that smeared Curt Weldon in Pennsylvania. CREW exists solely to destroy conservatives -- and it needs to be defeated.
Maybe Sarah knew more than you did:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08/11/white-house-deal-trade-barbs-over-georgia-race/
From the above link:
At the White House briefing Wednesday, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was asked about the party nominating a candidate who had been linked to birther questions. Deal in January sent the White House a letter asking President Obama to answer more questions about this birthplace, after saying in an interview the documentation publicly available “leaves many things to be desired”.
Gibbs from the podium responded, “I think if you look at what Nathan Deal is probably going to have to explain over the course of this (election), that may soon be the least of his concerns, in terms of some ethics investigations currently ongoing.”
The Office of Congressional Ethics in a report in March said “Representative Deal’s conduct may have violated House Rules and House Standards of Conduct”. The report alleged Deal exceeded limits on outside income, and helped “preserve a purely state program..that had generated financial benefit for Representative Deal and his business partner”. Questions centered on a state vehicle inspection program .
Deal in a statement after the report called it “a politically motivated witch hunt. I have done nothing wrong and am not going to let this tarnish my 30-year record of public service.”
Thanks for the info.
:)
Just when I had abandoned hope...I don't live in GA, but if I rightly understand the situation, Mrs Palin endorsed the more moderate person of the group. Not because she was a woman, you understand. ;) ;)
So, why did Mrs Palin make that endorsement? Is Handel connected to McCain?
I agree.
That is garbage and you know. Sarah is best we have. She has been a voice for a lot of people who feel like they don’t have one.
What the hell happened to you ? You used to like Palin !
True, I suppose perspective depends on who your candidate is, and who is doing the endorsing. I do stand wholeheartedly against what the Senate Republican campaign committee did in Florida. Their idiotic endorsement of Crist in early 2009 is exactly what NOT to do. The party should not get their hands into these primaries.
Individuals are different, IMO. Your example of the ‘Young Guns’ is somewhere in between, as it is not an official party apparatus. In general when I see a bunch of ‘party first’ guys band together, I get suspicious.
You nailed it like a PK nail.
I use Mag nails now.
The heads don’t break off so easily as PKs do.
On the money BUMP.
Tatt
And about Jack.....well, Jack is on the money 99 and 9/10’s of the time, but good Lord. This was reallly out of line. Not because he is wrong, but because he, as a “representative”, should not have said it. Sheesh. It is not unlike Handel refusing to take the stage with McBerry in an attempt to drive him from the race - winnowing candidates is OUR job folks, thankyouverymuch. When you guys try to do it, it comes off as clearly self serving, (which btw, was exactly my problem with Sarah’s endorsement of Handel!!).
Sigh.
Will we EVER have another Statesman? I am beginning to have my doubts : /
Tatt
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