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Posted on 09/19/2003 8:56:57 PM PDT by FairOpinion
In recent days, Tom McClintock, the "other Republican" in California's recall race, has accepted a million dollars spent on his behalf by a left-wing special interest group. He has claimed that a Democrat victory in the recall election would be desirable, as it would better his chances in 2006. And he has joined with Democrat Cruz Bustamante in a boycott against fellow Republican, Arnold Schwarzenegger. This is the man we're supposed to believe represents the conscience of conservatism? At the end of the day, Tom McClintock's Faustian Pact with the Left has made one thing clear - it's all about Tom McClintock.
The $1 million to be spent on McClintock's behalf is by Indian gambling interests, a staunch Democratic special interest. I wrote about the possibility of left-wing special interests backing McClintock in order to divide Republicans several weeks back. Now it is a reality. The Sacramento Bee has announced that the Morongo tribe is spending $1 million to boost McClintock's candidacy and it's not because they want him to win. The money spent on McClintock is meant to split the Republican vote so their loyal servant, Democrat Cruz Bustamante, can emerge the winner. With enough left- wing money, McClintock can steal enough votes from Arnold to make that happen. Tom's win-at-any-cost mindset has him collaborating with leftist groups who want nothing more than a divided Right to throw the election to Bustamante. Does McClintock see that the Left is using him? Maybe there's a reason it's called "blind" ambition.
McClintock's partnership with the liberal special interests raises serious questions about his loyalty to the GOP. McClintock has said he puts his personal "principles" before the party. But there's a deeper reason McClintock doesn't care that his spoiler candidacy will doom Republicans in the recall race.
In a conversation with US Congressman Dan Burton, Tom McClintock said the following: he (McClintock) didn't mind it if Democrats win the gubernatorial race because it could improve his own chances in 2006. According to the Los Angeles Times, "Burton, one of the more conservative members of Congress, also said McClintock had seemed to suggest that it would be acceptable for a Democrat to hold the governor's office, because he might create a clamor for a Republican in 2006.". So that's what this is really about. If McClintock can't win, he can at least prevent the Republicans from winning so he has a better shot in 2006. Aren't we glad he's playing for our team?
McClintock is now collaborating with Cruz Bustamante to boycott the California Broadcasters Association's debate on the 24th as a means of showing up Arnold Schwarzenegger. Bustamante led the boycott charge on October 17th with McClintock soon followed his lead. When you see a Republican siding with a Democrat against a fellow Republican, you know something is wrong with the picture. Don't adjust your set- this is Tom McClintock, the self-styled conscience of conservatism.
As if things couldn't get any worse, McClintock is justifying his candidacy on a poll strategically conducted by the left-wing Los Angeles Times, which wants nothing more than to keep him in the race. That Times' poll has been debunked by Field and even invalidated by the Times' own reporting. It added 6% more self-identified conservatives than other polls and naturally gave McClintock an artificial 5% bump. But McClintock is clinging to this cooked poll, another leftist ploy, because it serves his interests.
What kind of a conservative lets left-wing interests drive his candidacy like this? The answer is a candidate who is so blind with ambition that he does not see how the Left is using him to their own ends. Thus far, McClintock has claimed he stands for principle, but it is obvious that his hopeless candidacy is based on personal ambition. It's no longer appropriate to view McClintock as merely a misguided crusader. He is a bigger threat to Republican victory on Election Day than Cruz Bustamante. Up until now, McClintock has responded to arguments for stepping aside with denial, delusion, and arrogance. Given his collaboration with the Left, Republicans must get serious with him. McClintock's "stalking horse" candidacy must come to an end.
Okay, wasnt Issa in the race before McClintock? DOesnt that make McClintock the spoiler?
I have to wonder what you think you're accomplishing with this temper tantrum, amusing as it may be.
If you think its so damn bad, why dont you move.
Yes, I was comparing California's abject slide into leftism, with N.Y.'s. It's better, than imagining that there's any c omparisons with Eastern European nations or the USSR. Reagan had much to do with the fall of outright Communism there. Without his apptidue, Communism would still be entrenched and the satalite nations under the thumb of " Mother Russia ". You really do need some help with historical facts.
No one, least of all I, said that the " game " is over. It never shall be.
This nation did not, NOT come anywhere near close to a bloody Civil War during the Clinton reign of terror and infamy. Neither shall we, if the worst happens and Hitlery! is someday president. That discussion has been beaten to death, for years, newbie, here, and believe me, it shall NOT come to pass.
Democrats sometimes hang themselves, but haven't yet done so in California. It'll take far longer, for them to do so, than '06 !
No, but I do work, live and raise my family in Los Angeles.
"The liberals are just getting started. Wherever they hold absolute power, things will get invariably worse as time passes. Have they started a civil war? Not yet. Let's see what happens when after they use their judicial stranglehold to subvert a few more elections. We came close the last time. We'll come closer the next time. And the time after that... make sure you have plenty of canned goods.
Dumb liberal.
The following statement says it all.
"The tribe is supporting candidates who have been supportive in the past to tribal issues and tribal sovereignty, and Tom McClintock has been an ardent advocate on behalf of tribal sovereignty," said spokeswoman Waltona Manion.
What I'd like to know is, how come Arnold has collected $8,000,000 in political donations, yet he sits at 25% in the last poll. Tom McClintock has recieved roughly $900,000 in donations and sits at 18%.
It would appear, Tom McClintock is getting more bang for his buck then Arnold is. A lot more!
A Reagan Man quoting the LA Slimes... ya just gotta giggle ;-)
Yes, we all know, you are a little girl. Now go B.E.D and say your prayers for Arnold. ;^)
Much of Reagan's victory has been squandered, deliberately, by the Democratic Left. Communism is still slaughtering millions around the globe, still entrenched 90 miles from Key West, still actively subverting our government and judicial system, still thriving in our universities, public schools, unions and media. It is the political embodiment of evil, and will exist for as long as men with fatal flaws come into positions of power. The fight is ongoing. It didn't end with President Reagan.
I'm not sure why you take such exception to the comparison of California to the Soviet Union. When the conditions in California begin to resemble that of a third-world country -- as the Soviet Union did -- the people of California will have the option to stand up and change it. That's where the comparison ends, obviously. The Russians didn't have that option. Ronald Wilson Reagan gave it to them, bless his soul.
My point is that it's going to take an unmitigated disaster to open the majority of Californians' eyes. I believe that. You don't. Big deal, grown ups disagree all the time. This nation did not, NOT come anywhere near close to a bloody Civil War during the Clinton reign of terror and infamy.
I was referring to the 2000 election. It was often referred to a "political civil war". See what happens the next time the Democrats pull the same stunt (and they will. They most definitely will).
That discussion has been beaten to death, for years, newbie...
I'm not as new as you might think, but if you believe saying it gives you the upper hand, go for it.
Ain't we all. ;)
Is DC going to get stormed upon?
We, as a nation, came close to civil war (during the 2000 election). We, as a nation, will come closer to civil war the next time they try to use the courts to overturn an election.
It wasn't all that complicated. I'd wager good money that the majority of readers not blinded by seething rage understood exactly what I meant.
Not everybody with a new username is Jimmy Carville in drag, folks (I call him Jimmy because we're drinking buddies down at the DNC Saloon, of course). Enough with the "gotchas".
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