No "Lesser of Two Evils" Involved in THIS Race

http://frankcreel.org/archive/whyimportant.html ^ | 8/9/2002 | Frank Creel

[ltlflwr]

Why This Campaign Is Important

This race is important primarily because no Democrat filed to run against the Republican incumbent, Tom Davis. The only candidates on the ballot are Davis, a four-term incumbent, chairman of the Republican National Congressional Campaign, and independent Frank Creel, a political newcomer.

Davis is usually described as a "moderate" Republican, a term used repeatedly by the media to describe Republicans who are not strongly against abortion. Creel, by contrast, is strongly pro-life, a staunch defender of the Second Amendment and advocate of limited government. He favors the elimination of the federal personal income tax.

Nobody will be surprised if Davis defeats Creel in November. In addition to incumbency and broad name recognition, Davis will probably outspend Creel ten to one. Life will go on, Democrats and Republicans will continue to scratch each other on the back and contentedly share power while the status quo goes its accustomed way—"slouching towards Gomorrah," as Robert Bork so quaintly put it a few years ago.

If Davis is upset, however, millions of people and thousands of surprised political analysts will be asking, "How did this happen?" The real pros will ask, "How did the chairman of the Republican National Congressional Campaign, whose main job is to get Republicans elected, himself get bushwhacked by a no-name opponent?"

Indeed, if Creel wins the election, how will it happen?

It will happen for the following reasons:

1. Voters, when they step into the booth, will NOT be faced with the old dilemma of having to choose between the lesser of two evils. Pro-life and pro-gun Republicans, in particular, will not have to ask themselves whether, if they vote their conscience, they will help install in office one of those horrible Democrats.
   
   
2. A broad-based coalition of constituencies—pro-lifers, Second Amendment defenders, anti-taxers, slow-growth advocates, right-to-workers, school choice proponents and Jeffersonians committed to the ideal of limited government—will be energized by the opportunity this race presents them: to leverage their issues dramatically upon the national stage.

A Creel victory in November, in short, will shock the political establishment and result in a great windfall of publicity for the organized constituencies that supported his candidacy and made his victory possible.

A Creel victory also means:

• The Republicans will have to find a new chair for their National Congressional Campaign
  
  
• The Republican Party will have to decide whether or not its professions of being the pro-life party can be taken seriously in the future
  
  
• If the Republicans decide against a firm return to pro-life and Second Amendment principle, they will find themselves battling with the Democrats for the same political turf, and they both will leave their flanks open to the emergence of a new independent coalition committed to the constituencies that elected Creel
  
  
• If the preceding occurs, either the Democrats or the Republicans will go the way of the Whigs within a decade.

Pray and work for a Creel victory on November 5th!

It could jumpstart a long-overdue process in which America could recover its political and constitutional bearings and become what divine providence has always intended it to be: The world’s model for political freedom and stability, economic dynamism and justice, and cultural sanity and sensibility.

[ltlflwr]

With no democRAT fielded in Virginia’s 11th District Congressional race, Tom Davis’s only opponent is my father, Frank Creel, a true constitutional conservative! Please, if anyone is interested in helping my father’s campaign, visit his campaign website at: http://frankcreel.org.

Right now, we have a handful of dedicated volunteers and we’re trying to raise enough money to purchase yard signs and bumper stickers. Thanks to all the FReepers who have already contributed to this campaign!

"The swamp is vast and deep and will not be drained in my lifetime. But I will make a start." – Frank Creel

[ltlflwr]

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[WyldKard]

Man, I wish I had those sorts of choices here in Massachusetts...I hope Mr. Creel makes a good showing, at the very least.

Too many sheep will probably just willingingly be lead to the slaughter, however.

[stainlessbanner]

bttt

[EBUCK]

Man, I wish I had those sorts of choices here in Massachusetts

Same here in Oregon. What we have is a Democrat (turned RINO in '96) and a full on socialist Rat to choose between.

ltlflwr,
Give your father my best. Unfortunately all my doantion type funds are tied up in fighting the damn Western eco-nazis at the moment.

Again, Good LUCK!!!!

EBUCK

[ltlflwr]

Give your father my best. Unfortunately all my doantion type funds are tied up in fighting the damn Western eco-nazis at the moment. Again, Good LUCK!!!!

Oh, those pesky eco-nazis! Good luck to you as well!! :)

[ltlflwr]

Also, here are a couple of related threads I posted:

Frank Creel's Second Amendment Position and
Frank Creel vs. Tom Davis - VA 11th District

[stevio]

I wish your father all the best. This could be a great opportunity. Strictly at a political level, you might want to attract some democrats. They might like the idea of ousting a Republican. And we like the idea of ousting a RINO.

[Protagoras]

You mean he is not a Republican? Then how can he be good? No Way!
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[Salgak]

The entire 11th is majority Rat and Rino. . . only in the southern and western ends of the 11th do you start to see real conservatives. Of course, the 10th isn't much better with Frank Wolf, Congressman-for-Life of the 10th. . .

[ltlflwr]

... Congressman-for-Life ...

As my father says, "This is America. In America, we hold elections not coronations."

[taxcontrol]

While I support the idea of an upset, do not allow the opportunity to slip by if your father gathers a considerable percentage. Often this can be the lever to move a victor into more of a conservative camp.

Plan today for both a victory party and a concession party. Plan how to carry your message to the press. Show good faith but be prepaired. Even if defeated, your efforts could very well show fruit. A post election plan is just as important as a election fight itself.

Just a thought

[ltlflwr]

Very good advice. Thank you.

[dcwusmc]

Good luck to your father and I hope he can pull it off. It surely would send a strong message to the Pubbie branch of the Incumbent Party.

[The_Reader_David]

Best of luck to the Republican in the race. Reading the title, I couldn't help but smile, though. It reminded me of the gag bumper-sticker for use during our quadrennial presidential elections:

Why settle for the lesser evil? CTHULHU FOR PRESIDENT

[EODGUY]

Very best of luck to you and your cohorts.

As an aside, can any freeper from a big college city (our university has a population of 40,000)tell me if out-of-state students are allowed to vote in local/state elections?

Our students can and this is a major reason we have the likes of Kohl, Feingold and Baldwin in office in Wisconsin.

Personally, I feel students should vote absentee in their home state.

[FourtySeven]

What a wonderful time to live there!

God bless and good luck!

[ELS]

Personally, I feel students should vote absentee in their home state.

Some of them probably do that, too.