Posted on 05/24/2022 10:48:03 PM PDT by RandFan
Alabama’s Senate race is serving up as a proxy battle between Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul’s divergent visions of the Republican Party.
While Paul has campaigned on behalf of Mo Brooks, the Alabama congressman who on Jan. 6 urged the crowd of Donald Trump’s supporters to start “taking down names and kicking ass” before the storming of the U.S. Capitol, McConnell’s allies favor Katie Britt, a telegenic 40-year-old who ran the state’s Business Council.
“The people who I trust that I know really well from my state, Thomas Massie and others, tell me he has a great voting record ... It takes somebody who’s willing to stir the pot, who is willing and unafraid,” Paul said during a Monday evening tele-townhall for Brooks. “We need hard-hitters who are unafraid to tell the truth and I think Mo Brooks is one of those.”
In the last month, Brooks has aired three television ads that have included slights and images of McConnell. In one, McConnell flashes onto the screen when Brooks highlights his fight against an amnesty bill. A second labels McConnell a “debt junkie.” A third spot flashes the word “weak” over McConnell’s likeness.
Paul did not mention McConnell in his remarks advocating for Brooks, but he did lament the amount of Republicans who run for office and then swiftly become part of the establishment in Congress, refusing to fight for a balanced budget or for defunding Planned Parenthood or former President Barack Obama’s health care law.
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What is going on in Alabama? Do they want another RINO for 6 years in the Senate? NO!
“Can’t believe she is leading this race against Brooks.”
Nor, I. Her strong point is her looks and her deep financial backing from the establishment. But, then again, I was surprised at the margin of victory by Kemp and his SOS.
In this race, it’s basically a ‘over-the-hill’ guy (68 years old) and a 14-year-old looking gal with a 7-line resume. Durant? Always appeared more of a west-coast theatrical creation.
I think one out of three Alabamians just grin about the choices in this election.
McTurdle cares not about the party, last time
around he gave $30 million to elect Doug Jones
a Dem win just not to have an anti Turdle conservative
win so he could remain minority leader.
Georgia is a state where Dems can vote in Repub primaries. Do the math.
Until states eliminate open primaries, Dems will continue to elect the person they have the best chance to beat.
I will say that Perdue was a terrible candidate.
Don’t know about Alabama’s primary rules.
Georgia is a Open primary state so Dems Voted for Kemp .
He will lose this time to the Black lesbo from Wisconsin .
Just like Linda Grahnesty wins in SC thanks to Dems .
Britt will be owned lock, stock and barrel by McConnell.
Yes
His puppet .
Allow your enemies to be part of the process of choosing your party's nominee!
“and a 14-year-old looking gal with a 7-line resume.”
Katie Brooks?
Alabama Business Council + China Mitch, what could possibly go wrong???
Now the twist is calling herself “ new blood”. Durant would have been new blood. She is old Shelby blood.
Those and the stinking “Top Two” primary we have in Washington suck. Due to faux-conservatives led by “Three Right Turns” author Michael Medved, (in truth his book is called “Right Turns” chronicling his path to “being a conservative”, but he’s NO CONSERVATIVE, and as you know making 3 right turns you are going left again.)
We get the top two primary vote getters as choices for the November elections regardless if both are from the same party. Fun stuff, no? And to think this fool spent hours promoting the change several years ago on his former nationally syndicated radio show. We routinely get 2 dems as general election choices.
He still has a radio show in Seattle from 12-3 in between Dan Bongino and a local talent called Jason Rantz (seen often on Fox News outlets), but Medved has totally ostracized himself with his leftist ways that his radio station does not cross promote his show when singing the praises of the conservative lineup on KTTH. I wish they would pull his ticket, but I believe he’s an original investor in the station.
I voted for Mo. I’ll do so again.
Yesterday I was asked if I was voting Republican or democrap.
I chose Republican.
They made a note of that in the checking in software and then I was given a paper Republican ballot.
When the runoff happens, I will only be allowed to vote if I voted Republican in yesterday’s vote.
Big money behind her in McConnell and his gang. She was able to carpet-bomb the airwaves. Unfortunately, folks here in AL don’t seem to grasp that big money support means the candidate is compromised AWAY from the interests of Alabama.
Britt comes off to me as an annoying motor-mouth. Please, God, don’t make me have to listen to that for the next 6 years.
I voted Mo, also
If Britt wins the runoff I will not be voting for her in the general.
Thanks to the 17th Amendment, Senate races have become national campaigns, with national party sponsorship and intense interest from big lobbyists. 50 mini-Presidential elections, in other words. The surprise comes when a Senator is elected who has any particular connection at all to the interests of a state.
*telegenic*
That means looker. Those things count. If Trump supports her I say go for it. Same as Oz. The rats are out to win, are we? Too many Ray Moore’s out there that may just have to be carried past the finish line once an October surprise comes out.
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