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Be Careful What You Wish For

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  September 8th, 2010 at 11:14 AM  | 

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Tom Daschle’s son says Rick Scott is the Democrats’ dream candidate in Florida.

“We couldn’t have asked for a better candidate to run against, simply because Rick scott I think represents all that is going on in the Republican party right now and has a very clear contrast with Alex Sink.”

He ought to be careful what he wishes for.

The Democrats said the same thing about Rand Paul in Kentucky who is now 15 points ahead of his Democratic rival.

The Democrats said the same thing about Ken Buck in Colorado who is now 10 points head of his Democratic rival.

The Democrats said the same thing about Marco Rubio in Florida, Sharron Angle in Utah, and the list goes on and on — all of whom are ahead or tied.

If the Democrats think Rick Scott is their dream candidate, well I like our odds. Their dreams keep turning to nightmares on them.

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  • http://www.hakubi.us/ Neil Stevens

    Now she leads in SUSA and Rasmussen.

  • dblagent007

    She is in Nevada.

  • Dave_in_Fla

    They have a marginal chance to win this race by driving Rick Scott’s negatives down at a point where he just got out of a tough primary.

    But no, let’s instead run against the Republican brand with our candidate running as a conversative. And do it in a year that the Republican brand is much more attractive than the Dems.

    Let me know how that works out for you. Prediction: If they actually attempt this strategy, Scott will win by 10.

  • http://theminorityreportblog.com Repair_Man_Jack

    Should go evade a few $100K in taxes like his old man.

  • fpete13527

    I believe Rick will empower and forward Florida across the board.

    The Dems are absolutely going to get their worst nightmare.

    As for Daschle Jr, he should stick to cleaning up his Dad’s tax cheating, partial abortion supporting, illegal Obamacare authoring, zero integrity.

  • Richard Mullins

    It’s certainly not what they expect and if they think they we gave them Dream candidates, they need to dream on. We are going to give them their worst nightmare.

  • mar1n3r

    from the RedState crowd about reducing the deficit without raising taxes. All of these candidates live in a la-la land where you have your cake and eat it too. What part of government are you going to cut to balance the budget? The FDA (hooray, more infected eggs)? Medicare (Sorry, it’s a popular and effective program)? “Obamacare”? (How is expecting free medical care, as uninsured people currently do, not a form of socialism?) The military?

    Treasury bond rates are low. That means we are not in danger of excessive deficits currently–unless we don’t raise taxes soon, particularly on those who benefited vastly during the Bush years. We already pay the lowest taxes of any Western democracy–and we have the falling-apart infrastructure, child poverty, and tattered safety net as a result. Why keep letting those who earn over a half-milliion a year make out like bandits on the backs of those who do the real work? Workers’ salaries have gone nowhere in 40 years, while management’s salaries have risen 10-fold. That’s what conservatives seem to like. Why? How is good for the country for 1% of us to own 90% of the U.S.?

    Mar1n3r

  • RedBeard

    …of the phrase “whistling past the graveyard,” but if he doesn’t, he should look it up.

  • RedBeard

    This is actually Redstate.com. The HuffPo is over that-a-way. Just follow the trail of entitlements, and make a hard left at Socialism Way, then follow your nose. Can’t miss it.

  • Achance

    but you can’t tell one much, so there really isn’t any reason to discuss anything with one.

  • http://www.hakubi.us/ Neil Stevens
  • catt

    You got one thing right: free medical care *is* something people have come to expect.

    But then you jump from there to writing about it as if an *expectation* creates an *obligation*.

    Come back when you can show how the former implies the latter.

  • jannicc30

    Rather than deride you, I’ll take you up on your “challenge”.

    First of all, I don’t care about what any other country does, what their tax rates are, or how they treat their people. That’s their problem.

    To address several of your points: the FDA doesn’t prevent egg “infection”. They don’t inoculate chickens. The FDA only responds in a crisis, and poorly at that. The FDA is focused on pre-market. So is the USDA, for that matter. Once it goes to market, it’s the consumer’s issue to deal with. Did the eggs kill anyone? No.

    What crumbling infrastucture? I’ve never in my life driven on a crumbling road. Where do you live?

    Uninsured people, or people who can’t pay their bill, shouldn’t get treatment. If I don’t pay my car payment, the bank comes and takes it back. Don’t have insurance? You can’t pay your hospital bill? You don’t get treatment. Personal responsiblity.

    By living in this country, the only things you should be entitled to are the rights granted by the Creator and protected by the Constitution.

    Equality of opportunity, not equality of outcome.

    I don’t care what they do in Europe, or Asia, or Africa. I care what happens here, and only here. Child poverty? Life’s not fair. Suck it up. Maybe when the child grows up, he’ll try like hell to stay out of poverty and better himself, you know, rise above, rather than succumb. Economic Darwinism.

    Enough about worker’s salaries. You don’t get educated, you get a crap job. That’s life. Deal with it. Everyone and their mother owns a big fat TV, cell phone. Quality of life in this country is higher than ever, even while consumers are deleveraging.

    On to your real question. What to cut… BUREAOCRATS.

    Flat 20% VAT.
    Kill the income tax, corporate tax, and payroll tax.. except for SS and Medicare.
    Department of Education. Return education to the States.
    Raise Medicare contribution for those under 40 years old.
    Raise SS Contribution for those under 40 years old.
    Eliminate public sector unions at local, state, and federal level.
    (This is where most RedStaters will disagree with me)
    Close all overseas military bases and bring all troops home. In 2 years, when Hitler II rises to take control of the world, mobilize for war and redeploy military as needed. Think that’ll jumpstart the economy?

    I think that’s a good start.

    And above all, STOP WRITING REGULATIONS. The CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) is 165,000 pages. You are likely right now to be in violation of at least 100 federal rules. You criminal.

  • Achance
  • jannicc30

    …we need to practice, hone, and refine our arguments. Replying to a liberal who won’t interrupt me is a good opportunity, for that opportunity is rare.

  • JSobieski

    Not on an all or nothing basis, but on a graduated basis and implement it gradually over time.
    (1) the fiscal crisis will be averted for the moment
    (2) the political use of those programs by the feudal lords . . er Democrat party will begin to unravel—making way for future reforms.

    Entitlements are lack crack cocain to Democrat politicians. Time to start withdrawal

  • RedBeard

    Besides, it’s fun to hammer a mindless leftie with the thing he hates and fears the most: Reason.

  • earlgrey

    Who knows who else is lurking. I also liike jannicc30′s tone in the reply. As a conservative, I have been afraid to counter liberals because it appears “unsympathetic.”

    NBC did a bit of a hit piece on Nike talking about how despite their efforts to improve conditions at factories. Pay is so low and so bad that the workers threatened to go on strike (if you are paid well enough that you can go on strike than how can you also argue that the pay is barely enough to live on?). compared to wages in US their salaries are very low. How does a conservative argue in the context of that?

    After the piece was over I researched some of the things they cited on the internet, and it was really slanted against Nike. Workers were already paid well over minimum wage, and received a 7% increase. They wanted 10% burned some cars in the parking lot and ended up getting paid time off while the plant cleaned up the damage.

    I brought this up to my liberal friend who than said — yeah but they only get paid a few dollars a day.

    The worst part of the piece for me was listening to the professor of labor and environmental studies from Berkley. How objective is this guy going to be?

    Back to the response above, I appreciate getting some guidance from people as to how to reject the typical liberal responses. Liberals are sympathetic, but hey use it as a tool to control people.

  • earlgrey
  • Achance
  • catt

    It’s complex and not transparent.

    FWIW, what I’d like to see is a flat tax, on income or sales (but not both). Across the board, no exceptions, no deductions.

    Eliminate *all* other taxes. No corporate tax, no gas tax, no FICA, etc. There should be one way, as flat and transparent as possible, for the gov’t to get its fingers into pockets.

    Then adjust that tax rate periodically to reflect actual spending.

    Then when congress wants to implement/keep/expand a gov’t program, we can talk about what it’s going to cost, not in terms of billions here and trillions there, but in terms of the actual direct impact on individuals. And not just the immediate impact, but the effect of the gov’t taking an extra 5% or whatever out of your pocket every year *compared to what you would have if you kept that 5% and were able to invest it yourself, compounding over the years*.

    I predict that taxpayers would start to think a lot differently about the federal budget. In response to earlgray, I think this also goes a long way toward addressing “sympathy” issue. Sympathy is easy when it’s free. And when people don’t realize what something is really costing them, it’s easy for them to think about it as if it were free.

  • jannicc30

    Really no matter to me if it’s a flat or VAT as long as it’s upfront, clear, and the same for everyone.

    What pisses off people more than anything is unequal treatment. I believe Blacks can tell you that. Why should I pay more than my neighbor for my defense? Do I get better defense for my money?

    All progressive taxes tilt the country toward Communism, ESPECIALLY the income tax.

    From each according to his ability…

    It dissuades people from making more, working harder. It incentivizes people to hide income to avoid the tax. Make the tax clear, and up front. On the receipt. Make people look at it and say “Holy Crap, why did that five dollar burger cost me six dollars?”

    Taxing all purchases will push the economy as a whole toward an export exonomy. This means more manufacturing, hence more jobs. Here.

    One more rant… blacks, native americans, japanese, and whoever else had or has a grudge against America…. I’ve never wronged you. I don’t owe you anything. If you want to be treated equally, stop trying to punish me for something I didn’t do. You got a problem with my great-grandparents, take it up with them. You’ll find them in a graveyard in Italy.

  • mboyle1988

    It’s going to be a very good year for Republicans in Florida. The Democrats aren’t going to get excited about Sink, and they’re already not excited about Meek. Republicans would walk through fire for Rubio, and they’re going to vote for Scott as well. Carrol was a great LG pick.

  • chihank

    After being “refudiated” by the Libertarians for the second time, Lisa Murky is seriously considering a write-in campaign. Since she couldn’t steal the seat during the recount and couldn’t buy the seat with the Libertarians, she is attempting a write-in campaign.

    The good news is that the NRSC is going spend resources on Joe Miller. If Lisa Murky accepted her defeat, she could have taken a lobbying job, then run for either Governor or Senator in 2014. By going the write-in campaign method, she would have severed ties with establishment GOPers in DC.

  • JSobieski

    Note that an article saying that somone is saying she will do it is worth about 2 lbs of used kitty litter

  • Achance

    The “stealing” crap has a lot of people, myself included, wondering how in the World we’ll ever get along with Millers paranoids. That only happened in their fantasy world. One DC jackass tried and failed to bully some Elections workers and even then he wasn’t doing what Miller’s paranoids were saying he did.

    Nobody in their right mind would try to run a write-in campaign in Alaska. This is why it is so hard for those of us who’ve actually been around poltics and government find it so difficult to deal with all you newly minted “true consevatives.” You believe and repeat every paranoid, ignorant speculation and are played like cheap fiddles.

  • chihank

    http://www.rollcall.com/news/49614-1.html?type=aggregate_friendly

  • JSobieski

    at least thats when I remember first observing it. I remember Huckabee supporters who just couldn’t face his record in a realistic way. Nobody would ever admit anything was a mistake. It was like arguing with a brick wall. If someone can’t at least intellectually acknowledge where the weak links are, they really can’t address them or advance a cause in a rational manner.

    People rely on these shorthand labels like RINO and twist their meanings so broadly that they don’t really mean anything anymore. The inabiity to address facts specifically (such as what actually happened in that one AK instance) becomes substituted with an overly broad template (GOP establishment trying to cheat) and the template is simply unmodifiable.

    Nobody who knows me would ever consider me to be part of any establishment. I have alienated friends and clients sticking up for the “true conservative” position which I am not shy about debating (although I am not an @$$ about it).

    This is just getting a bit much. Makes me wish I could a sabbatical on a boat for an extended period of time.

    It would be nice if people on this site had a gentleman’s agreement to place less emphasis on labels, more on actual facts, and agreed to address factual arguments in a calm rational way.

  • realskinny

    Their media auxiliaries talk it up because they sooooo want it to happen. Perot’s bid in 1992 worked so well they’ve been anxious to repeat the feat. It seems it’s working in MI’s UP district and they tried in Nevada.

  • Achance

    What a SMART Republican would be doing is keeping the threat open to try to influence the Democrats. It is one thing for the Democrats to put one of their name-brand candidates on the ballot to face Miller only. It is another for them to do it if they’re facing a well-financed Libertarian or write-in candidate. I don’t think a write-in has much of a hope, but Robin Taylor got a pretty good vote in ’98 after the Ds and the ADN assassinated the Republican nominee, John Lindauer, so it isn’t impossible. There is absolutely no doubt that if Murkowski takes herself off the board, the Ds throw a name-brand candidate in.

  • newriver400

    isn’t that they’re ignorant, it’s just that they know so much that isn’t so.” – Ronaldus Magnus

    Classical liberalism (called conservatism today) is timeless. Liberty is priceless. The threat of tyranny and its useful idiots is perpetual.

    Mike

  • blackdog911

    One word for the above

    AMEN!!!!!!!!!

    As a vet….Closing the bases makes no sense. In case you have not noticed, it takes a while to move 250,000 men and equipment. By the time you get that done…..some small country may already be over run. Remember it is easier to fight an enemy who is trying to take a piece of ground than take it away from one who in entrenched.