Castle's Defeat Signals End Of Moderate GOP (Gigantic Barf Alert!!!)

IBD Editorials ^ | September 15, 2010 | Leftwing lunatic E. J. DIONNE JR

[Kaslin]

WILMINGTON, Del. — On the eve of the primary that would end his electoral career, Rep. Mike Castle was in a reflective mood. He seemed calm and confident, yet almost everything he said sounded valedictory as he offered a prescient analysis that explained in advance a defeat that echoes through the nation.

A genial and courtly man in the manner of the elder President Bush (who held a fundraiser for him in Kennebunkport), the nine-term congressman was mourning the decline of both the conciliatory style of politics that animated his career and the moderate Republican disposition that the Tea Party is determined to destroy.

"There are issues on which, as Republicans and Democrats, we should sit down and work out our differences," Castle said Monday as we sat at Kelly's Logan House, a watering hole where he has gathered his closest supporters the night before every election since his first victory, for the neighborhood's state legislative seat, in 1966.

Republicans who might be inclined toward the middle of the road, he said, are petrified of "quick attacks by columnists and the Sean Hannitys of the world. People are very afraid of crossing the line and being called Republicans In Name Only — or worse." As a result, "not too many members are willing to stand up."

"Part of it," he added, "is worry about primaries, and this election has shown the power of very conservative groups."

Castle's defeat at the hands of Christine O'Donnell, a perennial candidate who may be the least qualified Senate nominee anywhere in the country, does indeed mark the final collapse of the Republican Party not only of Nelson Rockefeller and Tom Dewey, but also of Bob Dole and Howard Baker.

[A_Former_Democrat]

Good Lord, these idiots and their hyperbole. How in the hell do they even get a paycheck?

Two years ago it was “the end of conservatism” “We’re all socialists now” Remember that one?

Why would IBD even give a forum to this jackass or that even dumber token Eugene Robinson?

[donozark]

Like Obi was. A highly qualified “community organizer.” Oh, and Al Franken. A “comedian.” Of sorts...

[Republican Wildcat]

That’s baloney. The people they are calling “moderates” are not moderates...maybe Murkowski but she was in a very Republican / conservative state. If Castle had been a center/right moderate, he probably would have not had the opposition he drew. Castle swung from center left to far left depending on the time. That’s not ‘moderate.’

Our tolerance for “moderates” could be judged if the people they keep calling “moderates” actually were moderates rather than liberals calling themselves moderates.

[Kaslin]

Why would IBD even give a forum to this jackass or that even dumber token Eugene Robinson?

So we can laugh at them and ridicule them

[Melchior]

Coons is a devotee of the Third Way, a poorly disguised neo-Marxist (and Democrat) organization that claims it seeks to find a middle ground between far right and far left. It is a bogus movement that has captured the attention of such small minds as Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush.

[Brilliant]

Keeping my fingers crossed that it ends the era of a moderate GOP. Of course, it seems somewhat inconsistent since the media always portrayed the GOP as extreme.

[Kaosinla]

Have been looking. What is the name of her opponent in November....Does he or does he not have a connection to CPUSA? Is he a Marxist? We need to know!

Chris Coons: The Making of a Bearded Marxist

Courtesy of Politico
By ALEX ISENSTADT | 5/3/10

Excerpt:

Coons, the New Castle County executive who is running against GOP Rep. Michael Castle for the state’s open Senate seat, wrote of his political evolution in the May 23, 1985, edition of the Amherst Student.

The source of his conversion, Coons wrote, was a trip to Kenya he took during the spring semester of his junior year—a time away from America, he wrote, that served as a “catalyst” in altering a conservative political outlook that he was growing increasingly uncomfortable with.

“My friends now joke that something about Kenya, maybe the strange diet, or the tropical sun, changed my personality; Africa to them seems a catalytic converter that takes in clean-shaven, clear-thinking Americans and sends back bearded Marxists,” Coons wrote, noting that at one time he had been a “proud founding member of the Amherst College Republicans.”

“[I]t is only too easy to return from Africa glad to be American and smugly thankful for our wealth and freedom,” added Coons. “Instead, Amherst had taught me to question, so in turn I questioned Amherst, and America.”

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0510/36726.html

[Kaslin]

And did Ned Lamont get elected? LOL

[FlingWingFlyer]

“Moderate” DemocRATS disappeared years ago. Now all you have in the ‘RAT party is Marxists, Commies, fascists, sexual deviants, mobsters and freaks. Which one are you, E.J.?

[Kaslin]

His name is Chris Coons

[hoosiermama]

Thanks Mel...Pen, start here and read a couple that follow.

[Mike Darancette]

Someone who would vote for Cap and Trade is too stupid to be a Republican.

[penelopesire]

Thanks hoosiermama!

[LibLieSlayer]

dionne is a turd that floats in that sewer.

LLS

[catnipman]

Whenever the old guard leftest media refers to a Republican as “moderate”, that’s code for “super-liberal”. An actual moderate Republican is referred to as a “conservative” by the leftest media. And an actual conservative Repulican is referred to as a “nutjob” by the leftest media.

[WOSG]

“Castle’s defeat at the hands of Christine O’Donnell, a perennial candidate who may be the least qualified Senate nominee anywhere in the country”

... Ruling Class BS.
O’Donnell is more qualified than Harry Reid, since he has destroyed jobs and our national security.

[WOSG]

“Watching Coons on Spitball now. The guy is sprinting to the right. He’s a scared!”

Every Marxist Runs Conservative.

Even Obama did it.