[MadeMan]

Wow, I thought we had wised up but then I see an article like this. The choice was clear: run a RINO and win, run a conservative and lose. People chose the latter. Now, that’s fine, and I will not second guess their choices, so long as they don’t second guess the results. Mike Castle would have won. Christine lost. End of story. Was it worth it to run a candidate more in line with conservatism and lose? Or would it have been better to run a RINO who may or may not be in your corner? Not sure, but it is what it is. This internecine finger-pointing is stupid beyond measure.

[sport]

And you know for a fact that Castle would have won?

[paul51]

that’s not quite what the article says. it’s more like run our chosen candidate and win or run your candidate and we will not help you win.

[Jim Robinson]

Dishonorable retread troll zot!

To: Jim Robinson

AGREE WITH ME OR GO AWAY! JAWOHL, MEIN FUHRER!
Piss off, redneck. Go drink another Hamm’s, it’s only two o’clock, you want to finish that twenty-four pack by the time your wife gets home so you can get to the beatings by five.

77 posted on Mon Nov 15 2010 10:46:21 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time) by domenad (In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)

[Digger]

It proves again that RINOs @/or dems don’t care what is written on paper. That’s for people of character to go by rules & never do these liberals suffer any consequences.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Castle is a rampant RINO. Will you be telling us how great Mikey Bloomberg is next? Maybe if we had treated him better he wouldn’t have left the party. Are you going to invite him back for another shot at us?

[gusopol3]

Not necessarily so, according to this analysis of voter registration: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2631149/posts

What did you want us to do, ratify Castle’s cap and trade vote? Time to let them know they’ll be held accountable.

[RightGuy]

I saw no finger-pointing in this post; only a well-documented, well-reasoned expose’ of the establishment GOP in Delaware undercutting their own nominee along with Rove-led beltway gurus.

How have your first thirteen days on FR been?

[50mm]

Mademan, AKA ZOTted troll domenad, has been reZOTted. See post 8 for details.

To be added or removed from the VK list, FReepmail Darkwing104.

[butterdezillion]

You totally ignored the whole substance of this article.

Does the rule of law matter, or not? Did the repug establishment break the rules, or not?

If you’re gonna play dirty against your own team members then pardon me if I have the audacity to say that maybe you’re not on my team after all.

[Wuli]

“Mike Castle would have won.”

Facts are not in evidence. A race that is never run is not a race with an assured outcome.

My bet is that the predominately liberal Delaware voters would have said - between Coons and Castle - why have a RINO when Coons is the real deal?

That guess is no more wrong than yours. Like yours, it’s only a guess.

[SoConPubbie]

Wow, I thought we had wised up but then I see an article like this. The choice was clear: run a RINO and win, run a conservative and lose. People chose the latter. Now, that’s fine, and I will not second guess their choices, so long as they don’t second guess the results. Mike Castle would have won. Christine lost. End of story. Was it worth it to run a candidate more in line with conservatism and lose? Or would it have been better to run a RINO who may or may not be in your corner? Not sure, but it is what it is. This internecine finger-pointing is stupid beyond measure.

You've made some erroneous suppositions.

1. That a left-wing extreme RINO like Mike Castle could win given the ascendency of the Tea-Party in national politics and in Delaware itself.
2. That the airing of evidence showing the culpability of the members of the Elite in the GOP in Delaware with regards to Christine's evidence is internecine finger-pointing and is stupid.

You're wrong on both issues and sound more like Karl Rove than a conservative.

You're on the wrong side buddy!

[Darksheare]

Hi Domenad.
You have far more expert knowledge of drinking Hamm’s than anyone else.
Have another mein freund.

[TBP]

“Mike Castle would have won.”

No, according to polls taken on and near Electrion Day, he would NOT have. You libRINOs know thais, but you insist on trying to MAKE it true to shut down any effort to run a conservative again. We’re on to your phony game.

[TBP]

Even iof a RINO wins, you win nothing. You might as well have elected a Dimmycrap.

[TBP]

Even if a RINO wins, you win nothing. You might as well have elected a Dimmycrap.

[Grizzled Bear]

Mike Castle would have won. Christine lost. End of story. Was it worth it to run a candidate more in line with conservatism and lose? Or would it have been better to run a RINO who may or may not be in your corner?

Your philosophy leads to more Arlen Specters and John McCains.

[J Edgar]

” .... would it have been better to run a RINO ... “

There is absolutely no circumstance where it is better to support a RINO, say I.

Why, you might ask? The answer is that RINOs work tirelessly to undermine and destroy Conservatives and Conservatism, and they do this deed from within the ranks, cause unrepairable damage. Better to have your enemy in a different uniform, so that he maybe engaged and defeated in an open field. IMHO

[glock rocks]

[Paleo Conservative]

Or would it have been better to run a RINO who may or may not be in your corner? Not sure, but it is what it is. This internecine finger-pointing is stupid beyond measure.

Given that a RINO would have picked up a seat in a state that hardly ever elects Republcans to statewide office, I'd go with the RINO to improve that odds of taking over the Senate. What's unforgivable is to elect RINOs like Lindsey Graham from a solid red state!

[Allegra]

Hey, domenad...

I think those little tablets you put in the dishwasher are teh awesome!

But then, I've been away for a while...