What's wrong with Racicot

TownHall.com ^ | Wednesday, January 2, 2002 | by Robert Novak

[JohnHuang2]

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[Ragin1]

Wonder how long this one will last.

[Zack Nguyen]

This is bad thing. Being Chairman of a party and an active lobbyist at the same time is a clear conflict of interest.

[Cicero]

There are good Freepers who think Racicot is an excellent man. I simply don't know. But I do know that this job is crucially important. Clinton focused like a laser on getting himself and his people elected and accumulating power. The Dems never forget about winning, and certainly Terry McAuliffe cares about nothing else. We desperately need a head of the RNC who can rally the troops, win elections, hold onto the governorships, and produce a Republican majority in the Senate. We don't need a lot of distractions, bad publicity, and political infighting. We don't need another fight about getting abortion and perversion into the Big Tent. We don't need to nominate a bone-headed RINO for the California governorship. We need a real political expert who knows what he is doing.

[lewislynn]

The Bush administration is continuing the Clinton legacy of, as Rush used to say about the Clintons, "defining deviancy down".

Ever since Bush was elected he is compared to Clinton/Gore as, yes Bush sucks, just not as bad as Clinton/Gore.

In too many cases, the comparisons are becoming closer and closer to no difference. .

[Arthur McGowan]

Criticizing our Commander-in-Chief!!! Obviously, Novak wishes the Taliban had won!!!

[LenS]

Actually, Novak has consistently been negative towards Dubya for over two years. I don't know if it's resentment due to his family or if it's due to Dubya not giving all exclusives to Novak since he's one of two GOP insiders in the DC press corps (G. Will being the other). Novak's been ragging on Dubya non-stop with only back handed praise in his columns.

[cksharks]

You sound like digger and you are both full of it.

[Psalm 73]

"We don't need another fight about getting abortion and perversion into the Big Tent."

Well said, but unfortunately that is the so-called "bad rap" on Racicot.
He is pro-life and pro-traditional family - something a lot of RINOs (like Mary Maitalin) find distasteful.
Too bad for them, true conservatives will leave them in the dust. If the Republican party is too conservative for them now, just wait a couple of years - and watch all of the Jeffords, er, rats jump ship. Let them go and drown in the liberal cesspool of the Demoncratic party.

[Digger]

Gawd, I thought my thoughts were going unnoticed. We will see how it all plays out in the next few years. Then you can try to prove to us that we are becoming more conservative under GW. BTW I hope your operation has gone well. Good health & Happy New Year.

[Patrick]

Careful, you will have the " party over principle" crowd tripping over each other trying to be first to hit the abuse button. Your words could be misconstrued as giving aid and comfort to a free-thinker. Perish the thought.

[Patrick]

Careful, you will have the " party over principle" crowd tripping over each other trying to be first to hit the abuse button. Your words could be misconstrued as giving aid and comfort to a free-thinker. Perish the thought.

[bimmer]

My two cents worth: I was in Montana, recently, and spoke to a Republican activist. He said that Gov. Roscoe was a personable guy but didn't do enough combat with the enviros for the argriculture and ranching crowd.

[churchillbuff]

if the Dems retain control of the Senate by one vote - and Daschle stays as Senate leader - you can thank Racicot for refusing to run a sure-win race against Baucus in MT. What kind of stupid party rewards such lack of loyalty with its chairmanship?

[LurkerNoMore!]

The race to work on is in SD.... It can not only be won, but put a black mark on Daschle if his protege loses....

[bimmer]

You a westerner?

[Dog Gone]

I wish Novak could have given an example of how this is a bad thing. I'm not sure it's possible.

[churchillbuff]

I agree that we have to win SD - - - but that won't be enough to give the GOP control, because (Assuming Repubs don't lose any seats) we'd be back to 50-50 -- and in that event, Chafee has said he might follow the JEffords example and go independent. There's also McCain, who can't be trusted. Bottom line: for real control, the GOP needs to pick up at least TWO Senate seats. They could pick up one of those in MT - no sweat - if Racicot ran. But he WON'T. That tells me that he doesn't care as much as you and I about who runs the Senate; he's not as troubled as you and I about Daschle being in charge. OK, fine, Racicot has a right not to care enough to run. But if he doesn't care, WHY SHOULD HE BE CHAIRMAN OF THE GOP? It shows that the party is, indeed, the STOOPID party, whose top brass are careerists and lobbyists, not passionate about the issues you and I care about.

[churchillbuff]

IF Racicot's more interested in being a millionaire than in helping the GOP win back the Senate - if he's more passionate about making big money than he is passionate in wanting Daschle out, --- ie if he refuses to run for Senate because he wants big lobbyist bucks then HE SHOULDN'T BE GOP CHAIRMAN - - - in fact, HE'S A JERK!!!!!!