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Posted on 09/20/2013 2:18:08 AM PDT by don-o
A Republican who earlier this year threw his hat into the ring to oppose longtime U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., in the August 2014 primary visited Chattanooga on Thursday.
State Rep. Joe Carr, a Republican from Lascassas, Tenn., in Rutherford County, who was elected to the state Legislature in 2008, spoke to GOP and tea party voters at the Century Club Banquet Hall off Access Road. He is traveling with the "Beat Lamar" campaign.
Michael Patrick Leahy, co-founder of "Beat Lamar," told audience members that they were responsible for "vetting" Carr, in order to determine whether they want him to represent them in the race. He said a more conservative Republican candidate has a good shot to unseat Alexander, who is the target of the "Beat Lamar" movement.
"We have polls that show a generic Republican challenger will beat Lamar Alexander by five points," he said.
Leahy and Carr both said Alexander has compromised too much and voted too liberal in Congress to remain conservative Tennesseans' senator.
But the Alexander camp rebuts claims that the former governor of Tennessee has gone liberal. "Sen. Alexander will keep putting his conservative principles to work solving the problems facing our country," Alexander's Washington office said in an email Thursday.
"[Alexander] has a conservative voting record reflected by his 'A' rating from the NRA and his 100% rating from National Right to Life, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and National Federal of Independent Businesses," the statement said.
Carr said he understands Alexander is entrenched and the fight will be uphill.
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It’s hard to see Lamar getting beat by anyone. You’d have to talk some WWE wrestler or NFL retired quarterback into running....to pick up traction against Lamar.
“Where there is no vision, the people perish.”
I look forward to primarying Alexander. I’m sick of seeing his ads proclaiming he’s a Conservative. He must think Republican voters are too stupid to notice his voting record and him aligning himself with McCain.
God’s speed and voters’ wrath be with him.
"He also said he doesn't believe companies like Volkswagen should not be made to hire union employees"
Unbelievable what passes for "reporting" these days. OK, since double negatives cancel I interpret the above as.
"He also said he believes companies like Volkswagen should be made to hire union employees"
I do not like the sound of that, am I missing something?
No real conservative cheers an endorsement from the US Chamber of Commerce....who are one of the most treasonous Anti-American groups around. They are more like the Anti-American Collective of Communists
Primary-ing Alexander would be good for Conservatives and America. Hopefully PhonyCon Liberals will not Akin the opponent
That was poorly stated, or poorly quoted. I think that Carr does not believe in mandatory union membership, but believes that right is up to the individual. The UAW would love to create a closed-shop union at VW, though I don’t know how they can do that in a “right to work” state like Tennessee.
The UAW/VW discussion is going on right now in Chattanooga, which is why it entered the article.
I’ve already donated modestly to Carr’s campaign.
I figured as much, only a poorly schooled reporter would use a double negative. Sad to see how badly standards have fallen. Public education sucks.
Those congressional vote ratings are rigged, but the people of TN won’t mind. After all, they like Corker, they will love Lamar! again. People there prefer incumbents but made an odd exception in November 2000.
Republican primary voters in TN have been nominating the wrong man since at least Howard Henry Baker, Jr., in 1966.
What I am hearing is plans for a solid ground game, beginning now.
From the link above
We will create this new political infrastructure at a fraction of the cost of the stodgy, tired, expensive television advertising driven campaigns of establishment Republicans that are managed by the political consultant class.
We are not hiring Washington based consultants to drive our messaging and fundraising
We are not going to spend most of our money on wasteful television commercials
We are not going to focus on needless and ineffective rallies and petitions
We’re giving local control to local groups
We are respectful to local organizations and groups
We provide local groups needed resources, unlike these other Washington based groups, which take resources from them
We ADD value to local groups, Washington based organizations SUBTRACT value from local groups
You might recall that it was Tennessee rejecting its “favorite son” Al Gore, that kept him out of the White House.
Beat Lamar, Chattanooga TN, Joe Carr reviews Lamar Alexander's voting record
And before that they lost every election since Reconstruction. See how that works?
And before that they lost every election since Reconstruction. See how that works?
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