Sorry. I was there. I am engaged with the Republican Party central committee in a California County. When I saw the article come out, my first reaction was to state to the rest of our committee that Simon had better get a reaction out very quickly to refute that statement, or I was going to withdraw my support for him and work on other candidate's campaigns. Most of the activists in our County agreed with me.It's people like you that should be run out of the party. You are known by what you DO, not what you SAY.
And in a critical moment, you proceeded to backstab Simon.
You demand all manner of things, and then you split off when things do not go perfectly.
I saw how fast the usual suspects jumped on this down here in San Diego--hell, I hadn't seen the Drudge Report of the flap before I heard about their reaction. They had advanced notice--and they did nothing to help Simon prior to this coming out.
But to blame him... or the conservatives... while letting the actual evil-doer walk... that is ludicrous!
No, it's realistic. Can the guy who did it; don't trust the LCR--but be VERY CLEAR on the fact that the "pro-family" groups out there are about as friendly as a nest of vipers.
They may SAY "conservative," but I judge them by their fruits. No pun intended.
You are not making sense at all.
The evil-doer infiltrates a campaign, orders an artillary hit on headquarters itself... then YOU attack the people who helped Simon out of that mess???
Once the air cleared, those "pro-family" folks jumped back on and worked tirelessly to help Simon. We took his apology and worked with him. I met him and he is a really nice guy... not too smart politically... but a nice guy.
Once the liberals secured this state, they started working on the Republican Party to geld it much like the East Coasters have done. We have liberals INSIDE the Republican party and they were going to make sure that a conservative Republican NEVER gets elected... even to the point of sabotage.
You have a very skewed perspective on this to believe that the pro-family element within the Republican party is anything other than the bedrock of the party... it is. We are the foundation.
We worked hard on phone trees, walking precincts, and everything necessary to bring Simon into the governor's office. The "moderates" (many of whom are liberals on social issues and fiscal libertarians) not only failed to deliver, they undermined Simon whenever possible.
They just can't accept having a conservative in the governor's office. They would rather have Davis.