If O'Donnell loses, she has run a gallant race in the face of the establishment GOP weasels who have done everything they can to undermine her. It is time to return the favor. The GOP is no longer the party of Planned Barrenhood as it was forty and more years ago. We ain't going back. Flexibility on fiscal issues would get us five socially conservative Democrat voters for every elitist that departs.
The message for this year is that 52% is not enough or anywhgere close to enough for a GOP Senate candidate. Castle and Kirk want babies killed, wars lost and ended, weapons systems unfunded, marriage undermined by perversions posing as "marriage, spineless diployak as a foreign policy of smooching the backsides of our enemies, guns to be grabbed, etc., etc., ad infinitum ad nauseam.
Either the GOP label means something or it does not. The GOP was blasted out of office by its refusal to enforce ideological discipline on the RINOs and DIABLOs. The Demonrats have been soooo baaaad that the GOP is getting a very quick second chance. Blow it this time by electing trash like Kirk and Castle or tolerating their social issue revolutionary voting records and the GOP is permanent toast and will go where the Whigs and Federalists went before them for similar reasons of money obsession.
It is time that social issue conservatives refuse to support "fiscal conservatives" who do not support the entire package of conservative issues. The era of good will toward money-obsession posing as conservatism or Republicanism must come to an end. Conservatives should support tax cutting but NOT in a vacuum and with no special favoritism for the upper marginal bracket folks. On taxes, the first order of business should be extending all Bush tax cuts EXCEPT those above $250,000. That increase would be about 4.5%. Kill the estate and gift taxes permanently and the wealthy will get a much bigger benefit than they would by extending their top bracket rate reductions.
If Karl Rove and Weekly Standard and other critics of Christine would concentrate their fire where it belongs on Coons' Marxist track record, on making clear to Delaware what a fool Coons is, and destroying Coons as a public figure, then we would have Senator O'Donnell more easily. If the spineless do not come around, then their behavior should be punished regularly for the future that is in sight. Illinois is one step further down the line and we have to elect Giannoulias to deal with the DIABLO menace and to end Nancyboy Kirk's career once and for all. When Giannoulias is indicted, convicted and imprisoned (an old Illinois tradition), the newly elected conservative Governor Bill Brady will appoint to the vacancy.
We are on defense for two more years. Then we can eject Comrade Obamao and another Demonrat class of senators. If we then get to a solid 60 in the Senate and keep or expand a solid majority in the House, we can deal with SCOTUS and the other federal courts and legislate largely at will.
Our ability to achieve such dreams is not enhanced by electing trash like Castle and Kirk to be "Republican" US senators.
You talk about discipline then you advocate raising taxes on the “rich”? I’ve got news for you, $250k a year, as a family of 4, doesn’t make you rich, it makes you a high earner. If you live in the NE it makes you middle class (I don’t live in the NE).
It also likely makes you a small business, which employs people. Take your class warfare somewhere else.
For the record, you are advocating RAISING TAXES on people you don’t like. Thanks for shopping.
“extending all Bush tax cuts EXCEPT those above $250,000.”
Barky, is that you?
That's easily the dumbest idea I've heard in a long time.
You are an impressive writer that I agree with on most things so far. The one exception would be raising taxes on those making over 250,00 my tagline should explain why I disagree with you there.
You are correct that one either supports all three legs of the conservative stool or one is NOT a conservative. Castle was a walking, talking unmittigated disaster waiting to happen and I for one am proud of Christine for taking his *ss out. If she accomplished nothing else this election, at least she ended the threat of Castle.
Next, we need Labno to take enough votes from Kirk so that he loses as well. And you are correct that from now on, “moderate” (liberal) Republicans will be looking over their shoulders, as well they should.