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Tell me, which of Tom MacArthur's positions are "big government RINO liberal phony Republican" policies to you? They sure sound pretty solidly conservative to me.

From his campaign web-site:

Marriage

While all people should be treated equally under the law, Tom believes marriage is between one man and one woman. Moreover, Tom believes that decisions on how to govern marriage belong with individual states and their voters, not activist courts or the federal government.

Hiding behind States Rights is not a conservative position where Gay Marriage is concerned. That is a Libertarian position.

If you had been paying attention, you would have seen how that position is such a failure given Federal Judges overthrowing State-Level Amendments to their constitutions voted on by their citizens to outlaw Gay Marriage.

Whenever a candidate is pushing this as the only solution to Gay Marriage, it is a canard meant to deceive because they know, that as the US Constitution is written today, with the Equal Protection clause of the 14th amendment, there is no protection for Anti-Gay Marriage laws at the state level.

>> Hiding behind States Rights is not a conservative position where Gay Marriage is concerned. That is a Libertarian position. <<

I certainly agree. The "send everything on the planet back to the states" is not a conservative position, as some freepers claim it is. I'm not a fan of the Rand Paul wing of the GOP, or his fan club on here that thinks he's the Tea Party savior and that "states rights" is the answer to everything.

Unfortunately for you, a Libertarian position on one issue being handled at the state level is not the same thing as a "big government liberal RINO" position, so again, you failed to provide any evidence that Tom MacArthur is a "big government liberal RINO" besides the fact that you think Steve Lonegan is such a heroic tea Party savior that no other Republican should be allowed to run against him (which again, proves my point that the Lonegan crowd defines "RINO" as "anyone who dares to run for an office that Steve Lonegan wants")

>> Whenever a candidate is pushing this as the only solution to Gay Marriage <<

I see no evidence that MacArthur claimed sending it back to the states was the "ONLY" solution. It's his preferred one according to his website, certainly, but did he say he would vote AGAINST a federal law to protect traditional marriage? If you have any evidence, please let me know. And again, take it up with the Rand Paul crowd because Libertarian Republicans who DO make that argument are embraced by the Tea Party rather than bashed as "big government liberal RINOs"

>> That he decided to challenge a Consetvative makes his positions void. <<

Ah, I see. No conservative is allowed to run for an open seat when another conservative wants it, or their positions are void. I guess that makes Fred Thompson a "big government liberal RINO" for running for President when Duncan Hunter wanted the nomination. And wouldn't Steve Lonegan himself be "invalid" for running for Governor of New Jersey in 2005 when far better known and qualified conservative Bret Schundler was already running? All Lonegan accomplished in that race was polling single digits and sucking enough votes from Schundler to throw the race to a RINO.

More likely, this rule ONLY applies when His Holiness Steve Lonegan wants to run for an office. In that scenario (and only that one), all other Republicans MUST get out of his way and immediately endorse his candidacy because he's the might tea party savior who is entitled to a coronation as the GOP nominee.

>> Macarthur is backed by big govt Republicans and was involved in TARP. <<

Lonegan is backed by numerous big govt Republicans (Cap n' traitor RINO Congressman Leonard Lance was one of his strongest supporters) and was involved in increasing property tax increases by 70%.