Well obviously I don't remember. The brain can only hold so much nonsense, so that discussion must lost out to retaining the names of the Kardassian sisters. ;d
Auh2 chimes in with irrefutable logic in post #44. If Castle wanted Biden Jr. in the Senate why the hell would he have even run? He was desperate to be add "Senator" to resume for a couple years before quitting? That's preposterous.
Seems to me when some people oppose the election of RINOS they go out of their way to make up ridiculous hyperbolic reasons why, perhaps to justify their acquiescence of the resulting democrat victory to themselves. If you want to oppose the election of liberal Republicans on principle, fine, own it, there's no need for silly hyperbole. Whomever made up this "rumor" about Castle was a crackpot or perhaps seeking to aide O'Donnell in the primary. With so much legimate ammo against Castle that was patently unnecessary.
It’s not nearly as preposterous a claim as you might think. The lengths to which Establishment RINOs will go to stop Conservative outsiders, colluding with Democrats, is already well-established. I absolutely believe the agreement took place. Castle gets a ringer for the election, serves for a short period, then “graciously” resigns to allow Plugs Junior to slip into the seat.
It was simply “too much” to have Junior jump in to the race for daddy’s seat at that particular point. It was gross nepotism. By allowing Castle to win, and then allowing the Governor to appoint Junior at a later date allowing him to run as an incumbent, it was more advantageous. Of course, O’Donnell destroyed the plan and both the Dems and the GOP Establishment had to scramble to anoint the “ringer” Coons, lest this outsider woman actually win. That couldn’t be allowed.
That similarly happened in IL in 1996, when the Combine selected Lt. Gov. Bob Kustra to be their designated Senator with Dick Durbin as the Democrat ringer (to be rewarded for his service at a later date). Al Salvi upended that arrangement, and the Combine anointed Durbin. Ditto again in 1998 when Lolita Didrickson was the pre-selected Combiner challenger and designated loser to Moseley-Braun and Fitzgerald upended that arrangement... only that Fitz had enough $$ resources to overcome the Combine.
So, yes, this corruption DOES go on. Even in tiny Delaware.