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Dear House Republicans: This Will Be Unacceptable

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  January 6th, 2011 at 11:28 PM  | 

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I am receiving extremely credible information that Friday morning House Republicans may put Rep. Leonard Lance (R-NJ) on the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

Let me be clear here: this would be an affront to conservatives of all stripes.

It is bad enough the House GOP chose to ignore conservatives when it came time to choose chairmen of the Energy & Commerce Committee and of the Appropriations Committee.

It is a slap in the face to add Leonard Lance to the Energy & Commerce Committee.

Rep. Lance supports cap and trade.

As troubling, Rep. Lance is pro-abortion.

For those of you who are libertarian and could care less about Rep. Lance’s abortion position, consider this: Rep. Lance sided with the Pelosi led Democratic 111th Congress to fund Planned Parenthood. It is one thing to support killing kids. Quite another to go along with government funding for killing kids.

For those of you who may question why abortion has anything to do with the Energy & Commerce Committee, it is very simple. It is the Energy & Commerce Committee that will oversee defunding of Obamacare, Planned Parenthood, etc.

Conservatives already upset with the botched handling of House Republicans on the matter of just how much will be cut are going to be less than happy if House Republicans put Leonard Lance on the Energy & Commerce Committee.

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  • fpete13527

    Lance is part of this rat excrement group http://bit.ly/qnd7D.

    Tonight I was trying to put in a good word for strong start that the House Republicans seem to be taking

    The people that I spoke are still VERY skeptical. One of the things that came up was that there is a LOT of concern that the GOP is still not listening regarding Committee appointments and the RNC Chair.

    We talked about changing this through the REC and it gained some momentum.

    This kind of decision however puts things very backward if left as is.

    Lance is a disgrace.

    GOP House: you need to not blow it before you have even started. This is bad….correct it.

  • grandma

    that you are playing on us. Our guys can’t be that stupid. Can they?

    I just got all happy about Lamar Smith’s letter demanding answers from the DOJ on Panthers cover-up and the budget increase for 2010 for the civil rights division. Tried to send him an email to thank him. Will have to phone.

  • tennwriter

    Planned Parenthood had BETTER be defunded this year. And if GOP think you can keep on sliding with the lip service to pro-lifers you’d better get another think coming, real soon now.

    I strongly dislike Obama, but I’m well aware that him winning actually got the GOP to start pretending to be Conservative. If it requires another four years of Obama to get the GOP to be conservative, I’m willing to pay that price.

    The only way I see to get the GOP to do right is to be crazy. We put in Christine O’Donnell, that was supposed to be a warning for the RINOs. Yeah, we’re nuts. Get right or get run over.

    NO RINOS!

  • sundesy

    More disgust. This is the reason why we should continue to support O’Donnell, Angle and the likes in future elections.

    One true conservative is better than 100 RINO’s.

  • JSobieski

    (1) RINOs (Castle)
    (2) Conserative candidates who may not be the strongest of candidates (Angle, O’Donnell)
    (3) Conservative candidates with strong records and strong candidate skills (Rubio, West, Toomey))

    Why not try for category 3?

  • tennwriter

    Well, yeah, and while we’re ordering up the Perfect Candidate, why not make sure he’s blue-eyed and has a nice cleft in his chin?

    If we’ve got a better candidate, by all means, support him, but sometimes the bench is thin.

    At this point, you can move the debate forward by asking ‘why is the bench thin?’ and ‘What can we do to improve the bench?’

    And one benefit of supporting O’Donnell is that it lets the RINOs know….yeah, I really am crazier than you are. I’m willing to play chicken down the old country road at a hundred miles per hour, are you?

  • After Seven

    103 Points – GOP for Environmental Protection http://is.gd/kh7uH
    88 Points – Environment New Jersey http://is.gd/kh7Jt
    82 Points – Family Planning Advocates of N.J. http://is.gd/kh6hx
    80 Points – Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund http://is.gd/kh6xK
    77 Points – The Humane Society Legislative Fund http://is.gd/kh6Fc
    71 Points – League of Conservation Voters http://is.gd/kh7B0
    67 Points – Environment America http://is.gd/kh7ea

    Great Scores….for a Democrat

  • IJB

    NJ is losing a seat in 2012 due to Reapportionment. From what most pundits who know the issue seem to think, Leonard Lance is the NJ GOP’er most likely to lose his seat in Reapportionment and get put in a “fair fight” district (along with a Democrat, likely Rush Holt) – this being NJ, in a Presidential year, Lance is very likely to lose that ‘fair fight’.

    So why are they spending precious political capital on a squish who’s likely to be gone in just 2 years?!!…

    P.S. Where’s the repeal of the Light Bulb Ban, Energy and Commerce Committee guys?…

  • http://www.flaliberty.org scorpio0679

    Even in a state as small as Delaware, there is going to be a businessman, state legislator, judge, or other respected senior statesman who is just as conservative as O’Donnell but yet a far better emissary for the conservative cause.

    People need to find these types and support them early, while simultaneously encouraging the O’Donnell types to go out and build their resume before throwing in for U.S. Senate.

    I don’t know the inside story of Delaware, but I do know there easily could, and should have been a better alternative to Castle than O’Donnell.

  • http://www.flaliberty.org scorpio0679
  • joayn

    and one humongous step backward. Why would they do this? Do they really need or want us to call them EVERY DAY?!!!

    Crap, just when you thought it was safe to get back in the water …

  • sundesy

    Agreed.

    My larger point is why we should not settle on electability just for the sake of majority.

  • After Seven

    “Like many of my colleagues in Congress, I believe our nation must do more to promote clean domestic energy and fight climate change,” http://is.gd/khcw1

    ?New Jersey would be a big winner under Cap and Trade, because emission standards here already are very stringent, allowing state firms meeting them to sell carbon or ?pollution? credits to others out of state.? (Daily Record, July 8, 2009) http://is.gd/kh9nB

    ?One map shows that New Jersey ranks third behind only California and Washington state in a possible windfall from sale of allowances to other states — realizing $104 million.” http://is.gd/kh9nB

    “New Jersey serves as a national model for its investments in new, clean energy technologies that have reduced greenhouse gas emissions and created thousands of jobs. I heard from a number of New Jersey’s leading businesses that firmly believe today’s legislation would strengthen our state economy through innovative and sustainable job creation. ” http://is.gd/kheq2 (More Kool-Aid please)

    ?If we want to get serious about alternative energy we have got to rely more on clean, renewable energy sources like wind, solar and geothermal. In New Jersey, our state is leading the nation in supporting and investing in renewable energy programs. Establishing a federal renewable electricity standard will help other areas of the country to follow our lead.? http://is.gd/khbPu

    Who cares if Cap and Trade
    - Allows for Federal Carbon Regulation which is not an enumerated power;
    - Drives a dagger in the heart of the free market;
    - Creates a Carbon Tax scheme would benefit the DNC for generations to come through the CCX;
    - Raises Energy costs upwards putting a death grip on Fixed Incomes and further destabilizing an already wobbly middle class
    - Delegates law making authority to an unelected bureaucracy at the EPA thus usurping lawmaking authority from Congress and State Legislatures, further eroding all notions of accountability and simultaneously removing one of the most powerful Constitutional Checks on power – The vote;
    - Drives US sovereignty towards the UN…yet another unelected and subversive bureaucracy.

    ….as long as New Jersey gets $104 million Carbon Offsets annually, it must be a great idea! ….this is the definition of a Cheap Date. Just another Progressive in the Conservative hen house.

    “I am an Eisenhower Republican,” http://is.gd/khdRK

    Endorsed by the Gray Lady, ’nuff said. http://is.gd/khd8b

  • http://www.theprecinctproject.wordpress.com ColdWarrior

    In the next 30 days, fill up the 200,000 or so empty Republican precinct committeeman seats across the country with conservatives.

    If you’re a conservative Republican, and you’re not yet a PC, grab every conservative Republican you know and get to your January and February monthly local GOP committee meetings. Announce yourselves. Tell the Republican committeemen in charge that you, too, want to become “voting members of the Republican Party.”

    I was at a tea party meeting tonight in Scottsdale, AZ. To explain The Neighborhood Precinct Committeeman Strategy. After my talk, someone asked me why the Republican incumbents don’t FIGHT tooth and toenail for our liberties. Answer: because they don’t really see a change in the status quo that matters to them — the number of Republicans who are actually “inside” the Party as PCs. Because they know that PCs are instrumental in getting out the vote and that only PCs are eligible to vote in the Party leadership elections. And that as long as that status quo does not change, then they have about a 95+per cent chance of winning the primary and then the general election.

    If the status quo does not change, why should they risk sticking out their necks to create “controversy?”

    Want to change their behaviour? Change the Party back home. Fill up all the PC slots with conservatives. Then you can primary the “limp Richard” Republican incumbents. Fill up those PC slots as soon as possible.

    Actions speak louder than words.

    Thank you.

    For Liberty,

    ColdWarrior

  • jimmyneutron

    Michelle Bachman to let her know that I was not impressed by moves such as this and that, oh, by the way, please get to work on defunding planned parenthood, NPR, etc. Asked her to pass that along to the new speaker.

  • jimmyneutron

    Sorry Michele – mispelled her name – should be Michele Bachmann.

  • jimmyneutron

    Looking at that group – who would have guessed that the great Mark Kirk would be a member as well. Also, lots of NJ folks in that group – must have been some sort of big old Gov’t giveaway for NJ for supporting Cap n Tax.

  • gumbeaux

    It is getting so bad in Congress that you can’t tell the R’s from the D’s. They all do the same stupid things with OUR Government. I think we need to scrap the whole bunch, NO CONFIDENCE VOTE, and start over. You can’t trust either side of the aisle. This should be a rallying cry for the Tea Party. NO CONFIDENCE!!!!!!

  • mrgrgtaz

    Who else are key players, whom we need to contact?

    How does establishing committees work?

  • lmiller25

    Joe Barton, Marsha Blackburn, Mike Burgess and others reintroduced the BULB Act on Wednesday evening. However, it will take the chairman of the committee to hold a hearing or bring it up for a vote.

  • leeza77086

    unwanted babies on the doorsteps of all you stupid conservatives. Defunding planned parenthood will result in more children in poverty which you will then fight against when it comes to funding for their free lunches,healthcare,etc etc.
    So stupid. Wrap yourselves in the flag and hold the bible under your arm, and ruin the country.

  • http://barnettlaw.org Frozen_Man

    is just to kill all those “unwanted babies” (just using the quotes to emphasize you acknowledge they are babies)? Lots of parents end up leaving their kids (i.e. making them unwanted in the same way) should we kill all them too? I must admit at least you are honest about the fact that the point of most abortions is so that people can kill their babies rather than having an unwanted one.

  • lepelerin

    Many couples go out of the country to adopt because so few babies are up for adoption in this country, most are aborted. There’s a waiting list a mile long for new borns. Quit being so crass and disgusting!

  • oldmarine

    Don’t put this rino or any other on any committee .

  • edintexas

    You will note that the demand is for eliminating Federal Taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood (the #1 provider of abortion in the US). I find no hint of a demand to eliminate Planned Parenthood in the desire to remove Federal funding.

    You obviously prefer to force people to fund Planned Parenthood even though they personally oppose abortion. I guess you understand that if funding was left to “charitable contributions”, Planned Parenthood would be closing a lot of doors and cutting back operations (no pun intended). I don’t know why you apparently believe the various “charitable foundations” wouldn’t pick up the shortfall, but I agree with you that they would not. The most logical reason for that would be that the level of support would severely restrict their political efforts. Why, the Joyce Foundation might even have to give up their anti-gun funding if they had to fund Planned Parenthood.

    OK, I’ve wasted enough time feeding the troll. I’m goofing off today and have some time to waste (an advantage of retirement, she who must be obeyed has given me some free time).

  • cwilson

    You really ought to read these guidelines before posting.

    Substantively, pro-lifers already give millions of dollars and volunteer hours supporting Pregnancy Resources Centers and shelters, and many provide the most intimate of support by adopting unwanted children, so your accusations are not only wrong, but offensive. It’s sad that your view of whether a child’s life is “worth living” is, apparently, controlled by whether the parents can afford an XBox.

    This “stupid conservative” thinks that murdering over 50 million children in the name of convenience is what’s ruining our country — its character, its future, and its financial stability (who will be left to fund YOUR social security if our live birth rate drops like Europes?).

  • IJB
  • leeza77086

    you adopted?

  • barry915barry
  • leeza77086

    holding a hand in a unwed mother’s shelter does not put food on the table nor does it fund a college degree…the ultimate “way out” of poverty for those lucky enough to get it.
    you people promise a better life for these poor unfortunates, then , after the birth………go off in search of another life to “save”.
    work i an urban school system for 40 years and then tell me you don’t want to fund planned parenthood.

  • powertothepeople

    have you ate lead paint chips? That would be the more pertinent question.

  • jimc1969

    I believe Bachmann endirsed Lance in the Primary against a conservative. ( Its possible, I’m thinking of another NJ Rino, but I’m 95% sure it was Lance, please correct me if I’m wrong though…. )

    Its time for Bohener to go if this happens…………

  • jimc1969

    I believe Bachmann endirsed Lance in the Primary against a conservative. ( Its possible, I’m thinking of another NJ Rino, but I’m 95% sure it was Lance, please correct me if I’m wrong though…. )

    Its time for Bohener to go if this happens…………

  • powertothepeople

    you and your ilk worry more about self responsibility rather than trying to play the harp chords.

    Had college and a better life been a real focus in their minds, they would have been adult enough and motivated enough to take all necessary precautions prior to laying down. But hey, that would require the person to take some responsibility for their own actions wouldn’t it.

    You do not get to kill because you were too stupid or too lazy to protect yourself. And crying about a better life after the fact or holding your hands out as if you are owed something is low class and will be stopped in this country. The bums have taken all they will take as we can no longer afford to give.

    And are you a racist? What are you saying here?

    “work i an urban school system for 40 years and then tell me you don?t want to fund planned parenthood.”

    Are you saying we should support the killing of minority babies? Are you suggesting being a minority means you are too stupid to not get pregnant? Are you saying they are too stupid to use birth control and are doomed to get pregnant? Please clarify!

  • trpeacocke

    …is an oxymoron. Libertarianism is the view that a legitmate state can and must restrict the freedom of citizens to do a a limited number of things, one of which is to protect the innocent from harm. If you believe that it’s not the role of the state to protect the innocent, you’re an anarchist, not a libertarian.

  • Scope

    I’m not holding my breath.

  • miroco

    I mentioned a problem on another post. This relates almost the same, I am kind of Libertarian but I have a fabulous Rep (Sam Johnson) he and I have not disagreed in years. I do NOT want to get along with GOP leadership. I want to get along with guys who realize Gov’t IS the problem. I am not (though I have) campaigning for Sam, he is the one who wants to retire. I can’t decide if rino’s are more disgusting than liberals, libs are born stupid rino’s have to work on it.

  • Scope

    has signed onto the winmill farm off NJ coasts. He also took any decision making away from the Public Utilities Commission in NJ, and gave that power to the biggest Environmental group in the state. Christie is a star on some things, but, it was apparent from the beginning that he is a Cap and Trade kinda guy.

  • http://www.flaliberty.org scorpio0679
  • Scope
  • http://www.hakubi.us/ Neil Stevens
  • leeza77086

    conservatives are too stupid to see that planned parenthood is a necessary agency and should be funded as fully as you fund wars.

  • trpeacocke

    …have to do with biology? The fetus in the womb is a living individual of the species homo sapiens. Being a fetus is part of the life cycle of every individual human being. Killing a fetus is killing an innocent human being. Where does theism enter this equation? George Orwell was an atheist. He was opposed to abortion. There’s no logical connection between atheism and support for abortion.

    I admit that many libertarian atheists support abortion, but that just means they’re just not as committed to reason as they think they are.

  • http://www.hakubi.us/ Neil Stevens
  • leeza77086

    you should change the quote you chose in your closing.
    the GOP government is not for or by the people. it is government for the rich by the rich. time to take our government back from the billionaires and large corporations who are running the show.

  • earlgrey

    couples also pursue surrogacy. It can be a long and painful process and unlike surrogacy there is a tremendous amount of uncertainty involved.

    Why does no one ever ask about the impact on the mother who has aborted their baby. Which one would be more at peace, the mother of the dead baby or the mother of the adopted baby? Why do we care so little about the women once the procedure has been performed. How does this decision eat away at their soul and affect how they raise future children?

  • LibertarianHawk

    Legally speaking, the salient question is when independent rights are gained by the unborn child. But that’s nitpicking.

    I’ve come to think that point happens when vital signs (brainwaves, heartbeat, etc.) are present. After all, we all pretty much agree that life ends when these vital signs disappear. So it would make sense that life begins at the point they first appear.

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

    So human rights aren’t included with humanity, but they depend on having sufficient brain capacity?

  • E Pluribus Unum

    I’m not surprised that the comment section has turned into a food fight, but the fact remains that House leadership would be well served by having the common courtesy too dance with the ones that ‘brung’ them.

  • powertothepeople

    or do you get your talking points from a very rich guy named Olbermann?

  • barry915barry

    Was banned, but still shows here. Oh well. As long as she does not have any sharp objects to play with. Barry.

  • JSobieski
  • JSobieski
  • rightwingmom52

    Can I say that or am I being too disrespectful to the lesser enlightened? I’m asking sincerely…not trying to be snarky.

  • rightwingmom52

    and asked my congressman to use any influence he has to block Lance from the committee and to let his fellow congressman know he was getting calls and we’re watching. Staffer said he would be sure to pass on the message.

  • The_Gadfly
  • http://www.flaliberty.org scorpio0679

    Your question was, “what does atheism have to do with biology?” Well, it has nothing to do with biology per se, but it has everything to do with a person’s view on what constitutes a human being, and when a conceived zygote, embryo or fetus vests with human rights.

    The Christian worldview is one in which every human is an eternal being. We possess something above and beyond our mere bodies — we have a soul, and that soul survives death and lives beyond in either Heaven or Hell. Thus, a Christian’s view of humanity does not depend on “brainwaves” or “vital signs” as LibertarianHawk states below.

    Quoting from LibertarianHawk:

    I?ve come to think that point happens when vital signs (brainwaves, heartbeat, etc.) are present. After all, we all pretty much agree that life ends when these vital signs disappear. So it would make sense that life begins at the point they first appear.

    This is a typical atheistic position — animal or human life doesn’t exist until the telltale signs are physically manifested. And when they disappear, life ends. There is nothing beyond, you simply cease to exist and with you go any rights or interests you may have had (including the right to your property).

    If you believe in God, and in an afterlife and the human spirit or soul, then it is much easier to accept human life beginning with conception and that human rights vest at that moment as well.

    The biological perspective, without reference to the supernatural, does not adequately explain why “a clump of cells” is deserving of protection. This is why most atheists do not have a problem with early abortions.

    I hope I answered your question.

  • http://www.flaliberty.org scorpio0679

    Forgot to mention the most important thing. Once you eliminate conception as the starting point of human life it then becomes easy to move the goalposts down the field whenever you want.

    After all, doesn’t any mammal also have brainwaves and vital signs when they are in the womb? Why should they not deserve protection?

    Well then, you are talking about what make humans a unique species as being your justification. That means consciousness, or self-awareness.

    All studies show that human babies do not become “conscious” in the sense of being self-aware, until they are between 12 and 24 months old. Does that mean that we can abort a 6-month old baby?

    Unfortunately, that is a view held by many atheistic pro-abortionists who exclusively rely on “biology” and false assumptions, and as your gut instinct tells you, is a brutal and inhuman view.

  • powertothepeople
  • doubledok

    destructive third-party attack. Likely it will come form some outraged establishment person from the Tea Party or also-rans.

    Imagine Mike Huckabeee campaigning in the R-primary on Fair Tax, Constitutionalism, States Rights, Secure Borders, Deficit elimination, and fiscal responsibility. He would get my vote and, I suspect, enough others to shake-up the Neo-con morons too late to abate Progressive-Socialist destruction. 2012 can stil be lost by these clowns.

  • itrytobenice

    How many of them are going to have to be run out of town on a rail before they figure out that we’re tired of their bs?

  • JSobieski

    The idea that O’Donnell and Angle represent the pinnacle of strong candidates is what I was arguing against.

    There is a lot of room between O’Donnell and a perfect candidate.

    As an FYI, I don’t think blonde hair or blue eyes is any way a good way to portray perfection.

    The bench may end up being thin, but the bench for potential 2012 candidates is not yet thin since few have declared or ruled out a run at this point.

    I believe my comment was in fact gered towards moving the debate to “how can we improve the bench”.

    One way to improve the bench is not to be satisfied with last years team.

  • JSobieski

    I don’t want to settle for RINO’s or for relatively weak candidates.

    My larger point is not eclipsed by your larger point. Its 2011. We have some time to build the bench. Lets not arbitrarily limit ourselves at this point.

    Just as you don’t want to settle for RINO’s, I don’t want to settle for candidates with bad odds.

  • After Seven

    1 Part John McCain
    2 Parts John Denver
    3 Parts John Adams

    You could probably reverse the order and still be correct.

  • ihateliberals

    I doubt seriously of how serious he is. Putting Lance in charge of the Energy Commission would be like putting barney Frank in charge of an Anti-Gay rally. I mean what the Hades are they thinking. The real test of Boehner will come when the Senate turns the repeal down. If Boehner stops the fight then we will know that it was just for show and that he is not serious about being a conservative Republican. We the people really need to let him now that Lance is the absolute wrong choice.

  • republicanconscience

    Leonard Lance got daddy’s assembly seat and fluttered around like Tinkerbell for a couple of decades in his bullet-proof district. Then he got appointed to the House of Representatives without earning that that seat either and has been fluttering around like Tinkerbell there too. It is time the Republican Party realizes he is just a silver-spooned place holder and not a Republican, just a limp-wristed RINO. OMG what a waste of a Republican Seat.

    His seat should be the one to go. Take his bullet-proof district and spread in into the surrounding districts to take out a couple of Democrats.

  • http://www.thejoyofreason.com Greg Garrison

    He’s a leader who makes some decisions that are very sound, some that are less so.

    There is a difference.

  • IJB
  • IJB

    …And I doubt it’ll be Runyan’s, despite Lance’s (slight) seniority advantage, because:

    1) Runyan represents a good chunk Ocean County, which is probably the only GOP-leaning area in that part of NJ. And,

    2) Ocean County has been the site of the greatest(?) growth in NJ over the last decade.

    These two things tell me that Lance will probably get the ‘hook’ (unless Runyan bombs in Congress over the next 6 months…).

  • AceInTX

    That’s why we have rights….that’s why it’s wrong to destroy a child in the womb or out….That’s what distinguishes man from animals…

    when we destroy a child…we destroy the likeness of GOD himself…when we violate the rights of any man…we rob him of that which is his devine right…given to him by GOD himself…

    to believe otherwise is to believe in the Darwinian heresy of survival of the fittest…might makes right…there is no GOD so there are no rights to anything…I can conquer you…or destroy you in the womb which is good and right because the strong must demolish the weak in order to strengthen the species and advance the evolution of mankind to the next level.

  • AceInTX
  • njhighlands

    Leonard Lance sold out his constituents when, as a senator in the NJ democrat controlled Senate, he voted for then Governor Jim McGreevey?s Highlands Act, which mandates (among many other outrages against property rights) an incredible 88 acres per house (if forested) to 25 acres per house (if open farmland) even if water and sewer are available, over 88 municipalities in 7 counties of northern NJ (the most densely populated state in the nation). Is Lance an extreme environmentalist, or just an opportunist who was promised (as has been suggested) a NJ Supreme Court seat for his vote until McGreevey resigned in disgrace, or both? The Act has forced farmers into bankruptcy since they have lost most of the equity in their land, and the Act has decimated the economy of this most conservative and Republican area of NJ, which was the democrats? intent. In a suit against NJ brought by Warren County, their experts estimated $15 BILLION in land equity was confiscated by the state without any compensation!

  • bluemosque

    House Republicans Heed this: funding for abortion and Obamacare were two of our unsavory targets in the November 2010 election. Don’t make the unforgivable mistake of putting pro-abortion Rep. Lance in any position of power. We will work hard to defeat him and his ilk in the next election that comes around.

  • http://www.flaliberty.org scorpio0679
  • tennwriter

    I doubt anyone has the notion that O’Donnell was the peak of candidacy. I saw her as 1)An actual Republican 2)Playing chicken with the RINOs.

    I hear that Delaware’s bench is very thin.

    I heard also that some previous losses in other years had thinned our bench.

    I hear that the Delaware GOP has issues. So, we’ve got a problem of a state GOP not on the side of truth and light. I have no idea how to deal with that except to push some dark horse candidate, and hope they win, and then they can clean out the GOP of RINOs.

    To pull this back to Mr. Lance and the topic of the diary, COD is the equivalent of a bow shot to people like Mr. Lance. It is a warning. ‘You! Yeah, you, you RINO tax-loving, baby-killing, wannabee Democrat! We’re coming for you next unless you’re very, very good. And it doesn’t matter if our best candidate is Bozo the Clown, we’re still going to win.’

    As to ways to improve the bench, hmmm, the Brits have some sort of Shadow Gov’t for the Opposition. Maybe have the Senator in Waiting who pontificates on what they would be doing if they were in office.

    I think COD ought to be offered a job where she can learn some more, and that would improve the bench too.

    I’m not really sure how to go about improving the bench, especially in the face of a hostile establishment in Delaware.

  • tennwriter

    And I didn’t say ‘blonde hair’. I said cleft in the chin, and blue eyes. Blonde hair would probably be a negative given that so many movies have associated blonde haired people with villains.

    It may be, no it is shallow, but the Ideal Candidate would have as the cherry on the top, blue eyes, brown or black hair, and a cleft in the chin. One of Romney’s key attributes is that he looks like a movie actor of Heroic President or Superman: the Mature Years.

    I think he’s a moderate and too squishy, but by george, he looks good!