I don't. He's horrible, agreed. He's also damn near irrelevant because he's one man. And every conservative we elect waters his vote down. But tell me where I'm wrong, is he worth sacrificing a majority in 2014, losing our chance to give our conservative senators a voice?
And again, I'm not advocating everyone run out and work for the McConnell campaign but I am saying not to work against Republicans. Don't vote for the man, great. But we should band together in 2014 and get a majority. Then our voices will also be stronger.
I’m all for giving conservative senators a voice—that’s why McC has to go, because all too often he is effectively a gag.
WRONG! He's the minority leader. He's the liberal republican leadership. He has lots more power than a standard issue senator.
/johnny
“But tell me where I’m wrong, is he worth sacrificing a majority in 2014, losing our chance to give our conservative senators a voice?”
Yes you are wrong and that’s what a lot of seasoned and wise Freepers on this forum have been trying to point out, not just to you but others lurking who are novices like you.
A GOP Senate does nothing for its conservative members if its leadership is in bed with the same power brokers that control the other party.
The power brokers are those that control lobbying law firms, unions and corporate interests that share in the DC gravy train. These lusters of power will get what they want whether they have to buy it, extort it, step on innocents or murder for it. It’s their arena of power.
Throwing out their attack dogs allows our conservative heros to get a fix on them, and to hunt them. McConnell is one of their attack dogs.
The election is not about ‘R’ and ‘D’. It’s about rulers and the ruled.
If and when that sinks in, then the first wakeup is we have lost KY to the rulers. We’ve lost this cycle in that state no matter what, no matter who wins.
The second wakeup is what do we do about it? The answer is unfortunately to get a democrat in there because that allows conservatives an attack target. With McConnell in there, the loss will endure beyond 2020. With Grimes in there, the loss will endure until 2020 where an opportunity emerges to change the seat to conservatives.
And McConnell will not allow Cruz, Lee, Sasse and Sheldon a voice. So stop thinking that way because it is politically immature.
I know, others know, that it is a hard pill to swallow. It’s an awful feeling to lose and not have help. But it is foolishness to have a hope based on fantasy. Oh if we all just pull the ‘R’ lever for McConnell and WIN!!! Barbara Streisand! It doesn’t work that way, by design. You are a pre-programmed loser. The deck has already been fixed, it’s stacked against you, against us. But you refuse to see it. That’s why you have all these Freepers chomping at your rear end here, because they know how it really works. It doesn’t feel good, it doesn’t taste good, it’s a sh*t sandwich. No one likes it but it is what it is. Looking at the facts and reality is the only hope, not looking at foolish fantasy.