The GOP Can Keep Their California Puppets

finance.townhall.com ^ | 5/18/14 | Ann-Marie Murell

[cotton1706]

“He was the political figure all politicians fear:the moralist who cannot bear to let any wrong deed go undenounced.As a politician he had the fatal defect of the totally honest man:He insisted on the truth even when the truth was most inconvenient.”Introduction to George Orwell’s Animal Farm by Russell Baker

In 2010 billionaire Meg Whitman ran for governor of California. Whitman had everything going for her; she was a former successful businesswoman, and despite being a little “squishy” on immigration and other issues she had the backing of the establishment GOP.Naturally I wanted to do my civic duties and help in every way possible.

While walking precincts and having doors slammed in my face multiple times (usually preceded by a few choice cuss words), I learned firsthand something that is even more prevalent today: Voters are fed up with having to hold their nose and vote for candidates they don’t believe in.

After the tenth or so door slamming I decided to only go to households that had voted “Republican” in the last 4 elections.I even moved to my own neighborhood, thinking people would be a little friendlier.I was wrong.Not only did the cussing and slamming continue but I also became the pariah of my block...

Despite her multi-millions of dollars and the backing of every establishment GOP-type in America, Meg Whitman lost the election to someone who most people ridiculed prior to the elections:former governor (and former hippie) Jerry “Moonbeam” Brown.The election was Whitman’s to lose—and lose it she did.

[cotton1706]

“Conservative” Neel Kashkari also voted for Barack Obama in 2008."

Do any of us need to know any more?? And do any of us wonder why the GOP Establishment is pushing this guy?

[Stosh]

The GOP establishment must have a lab where they clone these guys. This year in Illinois the governorship is ours to have, and they give us Bruce Rauner, funder of Rahm and husband of Diana, contributor to Emily’s list and BO himself.

[Excellence]

Both Republicans are polling in single digits, but Donnelly will win the nomination.

[p. henry]

It matters little in California today. Statewide elections are decided by the margins for Democrats in three counties: Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Alameda. Neither Reagan nor Wilson would be elected today. The Democrat coalition of Blacks, Hispanics, public employees, environmentalists, and indoctrinated youth is just too strong. I can think of no stronger argument to oppos3 amnesty and support election integrity.

[freekitty]

Good article about the truth. People need to stop complaining and vote for the person that wants to help America the best.

[Hostage]

Yes, it was the Hispanic vote that locked California up for the dems.

The illegals also vote there.

And they vote more than once.

What do laws mean to them?

[Fiji Hill]

Hugh Hewitt has been bashing Donnelly and singing the praises of Kashkari.

[Liz]

.....the Hispanic vote locked-up California for the dems.....illegals also vote......more than once using multiple identities.....

Obama has done everything in his power to suck-up to illegals except fellate a latino on the steps of the Capitol.

We need to make it plain that Dems are in collusion w/ corrupt, greedy Third Worlders. The T/W has designs on the US----and all that we possess. The calculated T/W plans include manipulating vote-crazed politicians---making backroom deals to exchange US tax dollars for votes.

Calculated T/W connivers figured out that organizing hyphenates into pressure groups and exchanging votes for giveaways is the way the Democrat party operates.

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Amnesty is a Third World ticket to the endless gravy train---US taxpayers are forced to finance Third World pressure groups---all of them, lined up w/ their hands out for zillions in "foreign aid."

LYING IN WAIT FOR OUR TAX DOLLARS---THESE IMPOVERISHED COUNTRIES CURRENTLY HAVE ORGANIZED PRESSURE GROUPS INSIDE THE US (here illegally): Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico (stateside)l Salvador, Spain, Uruguay, Venezuela.

[onedoug]

Voted by mail in this Primary for Robert Newman, no party preference, who wrote in his Voter Information Guide statement that his platform “...restores constitutional rights - including gun rights - and makes government smaller, effiecient and less costly. I am pro-God, pro-life, pro-family.”

Not having found anything disparaging in a reasonably thorough internet search, that’s for me.

[originalbuckeye]

Truer words were never spoken. When I went to vote in my neighborhood in SoCal in 2004, I offered my driver's license for ID. The poll worker didn't even look at it. She said I didn't need an ID to vote. Then in 2008, I went to vote and the polling place had changed. With that change, the poll workers had changed from older, retired white men and women, to four young Blacks. I was a bit shocked as the poll workers had been the same ones for a decade. One young Black woman was ‘helping’ an elderly woman to vote. Yep, the fix was in and California may never recover from it's total Leftward turn. So sad, we loved California.....but left 4 years ago.

[Night Hides Not]

Hugh Hewitt has been bashing Donnelly and singing the praises of Kashkari.

Hugh has been a Romneybot from Day One. He's true blue GOPe.

[kabar]

The Democrat coalition of Blacks, Hispanics, public employees, environmentalists, and indoctrinated youth is just too strong. I can think of no stronger argument to oppos3 amnesty and support election integrity.

We bring in 1.1 million legal permanent immigrants annually. Immigrants vote more than two to one Democrat. Every year we bring in hundreds of thousands of future Dem voters. The Dems don't need amnesty to become the permanent majority party. It is not voter fraud that has turned CA into one of the bluest states in the nation. By 2050 the demography of the US will be similar to that of CA today.

[Logical me]

Good article about the truth. People need to stop complaining and vote for the person that wants to help America the best.

Excellent. What we have lost is the intelligence to elect the lesser of the two evils. It is sad that we have to be put in a place to have to do that but we have no choice. Meg would have been better for California than second time around Moonbeam. Same goes for the Country.

[I am Richard Brandon]

People who read history know that ‘conquest by immigration’ is a very potent force.

[SoConPubbie]

Not having found anything disparaging in a reasonably thorough internet search, that’s for me.

Thank you for the research.

He will get my families vote as well.

[Luke21]

“Hugh Hewitt has been bashing Donnelly and singing the praises of Kashkari.”

Hugh Hewitt is a screaming Rino.

[SoConPubbie]

Excellent. What we have lost is the intelligence to elect the lesser of the two evils. It is sad that we have to be put in a place to have to do that but we have no choice. Meg would have been better for California than second time around Moonbeam. Same goes for the Country.

As conservatives, we stand on our principles.

As squishes, you, and people like you, really don't have any principles, just a fidelity to the GOP.

Meg Whitman was strongly in the Pro-Abortion camp, she tried to hide it, but she led it slip during the campaign.

Couple that with your open-borders support and she was someone that conservatives could not vote for.

It is not intelligence to vote for the "Lesser of two evils". It is however, a lack of principle, a lack of honor.

"If we must have an enemy at the head of Government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures." - Alexander Hamilton

[Luke21]

“What we have lost is the intelligence to elect the lesser of the two evils.”

Come over to Arizona. We have John McCain, Jeff Flake, Jan Brewer, Matt Salmon, and a whole legislature full of lessers for ya, and the vapid results that go along with doing that. They always share the cake with the Democrats.

[freekitty]

Right on.

[freekitty]

A person the people choose; not the people politicians; etc. choose is the right person. Our own candidates are choice and our right.