DJ, you’re overthinking this. Do you really place so much credence on ACU ratings that you are willing to declare that Congressman Tom Massie is more conservative than State Rep Pat Moser because his ACU rating *in the U.S. House* is four measly points higher than her ACU rating *in the KY state house*? Different legislative bodies, different votes being rated ... you really can’t say that Moser’s 88% means that she voted less conservative than Massie and his 92%.
But, yes, of course Moser will be more “Establishment” than Massie, because Moser will want to pass President Trump’s agenda and other conservative legislation while Massie is a Ron Paul acolyte who has no loyalty whatsoever to conservative principles or, quite frankly, to our nation. Massie is Justin Amash without the Palestinian and Syrian ancestry, and will continue to vote like a Paultard if he stays in Congress. I know next to nothing about Moser, but I do know that she’s not a Paulbot, and I would support her even if the ACU rating for NY Congresswoman Stefanik (who is recruiting her because she’s trying to elect more Republican women to Congress, irrespective of whether they are more or less conservative than she is) was even lower than 32%.
Bottom line, Paulistinians like Tom Massie has no business representing conservative districts in Congress, and Moser would be a huge improvement over him. If you want to defeat Stafanik, then find someone more conservative than her that can win in her Upstate NY district and back him in the primary, but there is no reason to ascribe Stefanik’s voting record to Pat Moser. Massie is a Paulbot; Moser is not a Stefanikbot.
has no business = have no business
The problem is, by having outsiders and a liberal NY RINO Congresswoman strongly supporting Moser, it won’t be helping the cause to defeat Massie. It will indeed make him look like a stalwart fighting Conservative against an Establishment type who draws her support from out of the district and state, and that won’t play well in that area.
As an aside, I’m indifferent to Massie. He doesn’t behave like Amash, even if he is a Paulbot. If he did, I’d be more in a hurry to get rid of him.