If she sucessfully torpedoes Miller in a pique of spite.

I haven’t been able to read you for a while and relish it when I get the chance… because you have a way of saying things I’m thinking that I just can’t articulate….

but this is a Diamond among Rubies….it flashes white light and rainbows in a see of brilliant red…

We do indeed owe Christine O’Donnell a debt of gratitude for smoking these vermin from the hay stack….and win or lose…she’s done her party and the nation a service in the endeavor!

I believe they are being manipulated to CREATE a news cycle. It was the Rasmussen one while Crist was “deciding” that put him ahead by 1 of Rubio in a three way that finally opened my eyes to this reality. It was that poll that gave Crist that factor in his mind to run and since that poll he has not lead again.

With regards to the all in, it is indeed put up or shut up time. The “progressive” Republicans as I have always suggested are just Rockefeller Republicans which is to say they are Republicans who like a tax cut and regulation free business environment but are as socially liberal as Obama. They are JFK Democrats, PERIOD!

I want the 42% of this Country who are self-proclaimed Conservatives to get the Country they want for a couple of election cycles so that the rest of America, those 38% who self identify as Independents will see that indeed they WANT TO LEAN RIGHT! The liberals will always want some panacea, can’t we all get along, co-exist Country that is really a faith in man that cannot and NEVER WILL exist and in such will always hate the Country that is center right which just mean they will continue to be miserable.

thanks for the heads up, pardner

A few days before the O’Donnell primary, someone here posted a terrific point (wish I could remember who it was, maybe beaglescout?). He was responding to someone who was of the opinion that if O’Donnell wins, it was an automatic win for the DE Democrats in November. He said, that so many are missing the fact that these mid-terms are like no others, and, that there are a lot of very angry people, who are very much against what the O, and his Progressive administration has shoved down our throats, as we were screaming and begging them not to. Yes, in other words, there are a lot of pissed off people out there, who would probably prefer the real three Stooges, Moe, Larry and Curly instead of Obama, Pelosi and Reid running Washington right now.

I would also like to add that so many are also very mistrusting of the current administration. No only the President, but most of the current crop of Progressives, have lied and lied, and then lied about their lying. Look at the back room deals, in order to get their sick sorry bills through. Look at the EPA passing crap with no Senate or Congressional input, like the endangerment finding. Unfortunately there are going to be many actions, taken by Obama, and his admin., and his czars, that we don’t even know about, that we will find out about maybe when it’s too late. Not everything makes the Friday afternoon news dump. How many know that the O signed off on Interpol, with no government questions or oversight allowed. How many follow the O’s gifts of billions to the international IMF, to try to influence the worlds bankers, that has now pissed off the Europeans. The Europeans are laughing at us, and, they are no longer doing it behind closed doors, or behind their hands.

With the level of pissedoffitness, and the level of mistrust, there is no earthly way that the O can be above 50% in the polls. There is no way that in some polls his approvals are higher than his dissapprovals. I haven’t believed the polls for a long time. The ones cited, to have come the closest to accurate in any particular election, keep changing from one organization to another. It’s like playing musical chairs with Hail Hail the Gangs All Here, playing in the background. Shoot, if the D’s can get away with stealing elections, stealing polling results is a piece of cake. It’s a heck of a lot easier to see if Mary Lou’s address is at St. Peter’s graveyard, than it is to track down those that were polled. Heck, it’s easier to find the number assigned to the park bench where Mary lives, than to find the polled.

I lost any like or respect for Rove, the Boy Genius, or Architect, when he either couldn’t or wouldn’t read the pulse of the people before the Republicans took a beating in the 06 elections. It only got worse by 08. Yet “Compassionate Conservatism” lived on, deluding themselves into thinking that the more they gave into the demands of the Democrats, with government freebies, and big government legislation, the more they would be liked, and the more elections they would win. I have a 10 year supply of incandescent light bulbs, thanks Pres. Bush. Karl Rove is hooked on politics, just as much as any of us political junkies. Karl, as you said, the third most hated man in politics back around 06, should have removed himself from the limelight when Bush left the WH. With his latest sanctimonius rants against a Republican, who had already won a primary, hopefully will send him out to those green pastures of retirement, and we can get down to electing those that will respect the Country Class, and their wishes.

O’Donnell can win in November. She is running against a one time self described Marxist, and, one who promised not to raise taxes in DE, and did it 3 times. I’ve read that property taxes have gone up in DE by 25% since he made that promise. She is electable, and, Coons is beatable.

Full disclosure: If I lived in Delaware, I would not vote for Christine O’Donnell. Her political beliefs – however vacuous – are beside the point. My primary objection has to do with character.
Ideological purity is an insidious imprudence for reasons far more consequential than the conventional objection of political appeal. Strictly speaking, there are things more important than just having mass appeal (e.g., integrity, competence, etc). As such, a contested primary between a Toomey vs Specter or a Rubio vs Crist boils down to a choice between a (seemingly) principled challenger versus an opportunistic incumbent. Electoral considerations are of a secondary concern.
But getting back to O’Donnell. It’s interesting, if Tom Coburn were to have been a Republican candidate in Delaware I would have voted for him without reservation… and I’m referring to the primary. So it begs the question of why can’t I bring myself to vote for O’Donnell in the general, even over a “bearded Marxist”? The Ralph Reeds’ of the world inevitably come by post-election to sell their electoral indulgences – usually compensated by an earmark to an Indian casino or its equivalence – and while I may be fairly confident in Coburn’s reluctance to oblige, I doubt deep down anyone honest with themselves can say the same about O’Donnell.
So let us move beyond the drivel talk of “ruling-class elites” and “marxist ideology” and talk of consequential things. The conservative movement is more threatened by the hypocrisy of some of its loudest proponents (Tom DeLay, Newt Gingrich, etc) than any platitudinized external menace. But I fear the “purge the party” zeal cannot be tamed, so let me offer a way to use it for good: The moderate and liberal Republicans should agree to join with you and expel unprincipled RINO’s like Crist, while the “true” conservatives can throw us a bone and help us with the “Family Values” conservatives like Vitter.

what you are saying is you do not belong here. Forget some of O’donnell’s strange ideas, they can’t go anywhere in the Senate anyway. You think there will be a law against masturbation that the president will sign?

You say you can’t vote for O’donnell, but can you vote for a marxist? Can you vote for someone who wants to take life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness away from the masses? Let me let you in on something, we are not going to give that up, even if there is a vote on that. You find O’donnell anathema, but she is saying she supports our Constitution. You imply you will sit this out at least and help a marxist gain control and help Obama warp our nation.

I say to you, explain yourself of begone. Conservatives of all stripes agree on supporting the Constitution. The Democrat left is trying to destroy a nation that has taken well over 200 years to build. I don’t want to hear you are above supporting O’donnell because you are a “moderate”. You better find a few things you are not moderate on and explain them to us, if not we will assume you are a troll trying to dampen our spirits. The primary is over, the gun grabbing statist Castle lost fair and square. Either you side with the Marxists or you side with us, which one is it?

I”m just hoping she doesn’t destroy Pat Toomey and the 5 Republican house pick-ups in the same Phila/NJ media market. He’s up by 7, but I bet he drops to 2-3 soon and wins by less than 3.

At the very least, she drives strong turn-out by the opposition in PA. Worst case, you refocus multiple races discussion on fringe issues guaranteed to only lose votes. This message which is long on social conservatism and short on personal and economic freedom plays very poorly in the formerly Republican Philly suburbs that will decide the PA Senate race. It plays poorly in a lot of places outside of Red State.

I really don’t get the obsession here- though I understand the happieness of dispatching Castle. I don’t judge her for what she idd in her 20′s- i certainly did worse. But do we really want O’donnell on national news talking about masturbation and witchcraft (as she will be forced to by any anchor looking for sensationalist ratings)?

There are better spokesmen for conservatism. It’s almost like we are trying to turn victory into a loss.

I hope I’m wrong and i’ll eat crow when she is Senator O’Donnell.

shown by these RINO’s when they lose pretty much tells me all that I need to know about them. In 2012, they should all be made to sign pledges not to pull one of these stunts if they lose in the primary, not that that really helped with Murkowski.

So English is my second language and all, but please explain to me what you mean by “Marxist”? I grew up in Eastern Europe, under actual communism no less, and what’s left of the communist party today doesn’t even consider itself Marxist anymore. They view it as an anachronism. Heck, you have a socialist government in Greece privatizing the health care system, raising the retirement age, and cutting public-sector pay.
Therefore, I almost – almost – get the sense that calling someone a “Marxist” is the equivalent of the left during the Bush administration calling everyone on the right “Nazi”. To paraphrase Jonah Goldberg, the term simply meant anything undesirable, shorn of any real meaning. But I digress.
So before I get kicked off the site, allow me the opportunity to present my conservative credentials:
Big fan of Adam Smith, but especially of the book “Theory of Moral Sentiments”. Never actually read “Wealth of Nations” but P.J. O’Rourke swears by it. Friedrich Hayek is also a favorite, although he did not like referring to himself as a “conservative”. Love reading historians Will Durant and Paul Johnson. Let’s see what else… ah, my ideal candidates for the 2012 Republican nomination are Mitch Daniels or (darkhorse) Jon Huntsman.
Economically, I am of the Austrian-school and share in the movement’s skepticism of the long-term benefits of short-term Keynesian stimulus (tax cuts, government spending) to achieve full employment. This is especially true if the government has a high debt-to-GDP ratio… like Japan. So, naturally, I find Paul Krugman’s views anathema.
The reason I call myself a “moderate” is that I don’t believe Obama is a Marxist. I’ll go even so for as to say that I don’t believe he’s even a socialist. I could list the very many reasons why I believe this way, but I doubt anyone cares. And, furthermore, per Edmund Burke, I am also skeptical of ideology and, especially, of utopianism and transformative government… some might even call it “compassionate conservatism”.
But if I must get kicked off the site, I might as well go out with a bang. So, no, I still would not vote for O’Donnell. But, let me leave you with this: Angela Merkel, chancellor of Germany, is an accomplished physicist who is an intelligent and well informed woman. An elitist, yes. But, during the financial crisis when everyone else was high on bailouts, she was the only world leader to stand her ground and refrain from expansive fiscal policy. Why? Character and intelligence. We can also talk about Margaret Thatcher, another scientist and elitist, who nevertheless so thoroughly changed the trajectory of her country – again character, intelligence, etc – that even Christopher Hitchens admires her accomplishments. Not only that, but she held meetings with Friederich Hayek to discuss economic policy.
So, is it too much to ask for higher standards from our own candidates? This is America… the greatest country on earth. We have 300 million people. We can find numerous candidates on an intellectual par with a Merkel or a Thatcher. Who cares if they are elitists? What, you think George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, etc were “common folk”? More than anything, I’m just tired of having to do facepalms every time my Lib friends send me YouTube clips of something some of our rather brainless candidates – who shall remain nameless – said on some interview.

But I lament that my attempt at being facetious regarding the YouTube clips was interpreted as some kind of existential crisis on my part. And as far as trolling, and please forgive my ignorance, but I’m assuming that it refers to me being some kind of fake conservative. I’m new to political blogs so I’m not caught up on the terminology.
We used to call those people “counter-revolutionaries” back where I’m from. The irony, of course, is that it was typically other die-hard Marxists that were oftentimes accused and convicted of this charge.

Now apologize for calling me thin skinned.

I know I learned a lot more than the polls indicated about Rubio from visting Florida, and of course have had something of a chance to experience Alaskan races from inside rather than the lower 48. In addition to polls, it would be helpful for people close to the races to check in as often as practical, and let us know the good and the bad. At least for this year, we seem to have a better idea of how things are going to turn out than the pollster do.

Your last comment was mystifyingly incoherent, so much so that I am now wondering about whether you are, in fact, a conservative. Therefore, please provide a brief synopsis of your conservative bona-fides. For starters, please address the Laffer Curve and the tax rate at which you think revenue is maximized.

the old reply to this iq test

His writing speaks (reads?) for itself.

You have nothing to prove. I can accept your description of your values as long as you remain true to them in your writing.

You can be a true conservative without believing That Obama is a Marxist. But if you believe his policies are good for America, the conservative label is false.

Most of us have a hard time understanding how a Coburn supporter can find enough flaws with Ms. O’Donnell to prefer Coons in the Senate.

As it happens, I find no character flaws worth mentioning. I was an enthusiastic supporter of her before the Primary. But if she had lost I would have swallowed hard and supported Mr. Castle over Mr. Coons. I understand that many here believe it would be worse to have a Senator Castle than a Senator Coons for a complex variety of reasons. I do not share that view, but it is a fair tactical disagreement among conservatives. Senator O’Donnell will be a valuable asset to our cause; Senator Coons would be an enemy to everything we believe in.

Do not misinterpret the anti elitism you see here as anti intellectualism. But self-proclaimed intellectuals who try to intimidate their “inferiors” and seek to rule and control all of us are anathema to RedState and to all true Americans.

The Founding Fathers were true intellectuals who respected the intelligence of a free people and understood that the difference between winning arguments by force of reason and force of arms is the difference between freedom and tyranny.

Chris Coons Led New Castle County to Verge Of Bankruptcy Democrat’s Claims Of “Restored Financial Health” Ring Hollow In Face Of Disastrous Record As New Castle County Executive

http://www.nrsc.org/fact-check-chris-coons-led-new-castle-county-to-verge-of-bankruptcy-democrat’s-claims-of-“restored-financial-health”-ring-hollow-in-face-of-disastrous-record-as-new-castle-county-executive

Chris Coons is desperately attempting to rewrite history and distract voters from his record of out-of-control spending and massive tax hikes as he drove New Castle County to the brink of bankruptcy,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Chris Bond. “Delaware voters deserve more than the same reckless, failed economic agenda that Coons has promised to rubberstamp in Washington, and that’s why we’re confident they will elect a fiscally responsible Republican leader to the U.S. Senate this November.”

The big difference between the new breed of conservatives and old the relics is that the new breed are not afraid to talk about the so called “social conservative” issues. More importantly they are framing the issue so that most Americans see the hypocrisy in the liberal position.

Abortion : Call it for what it is. It is noting but killing of innocent human life. Since 5 judges decided it is legal to kill innocent human lives, more than 50 millions have been killed. One of the tenet of liberal arguments is that why should the victim of rape and incest have to be punished. Common sense tells that significant majority of the elective abortion is performed as a way out from dealing with the consequences of feminist advocated free sex life style. Now whose side you want to be innocent life or irresponsible person. Intuitively Americans will not be sympathetic to the irresponsible behavior.

Religion: For liberals Christianity is piñata. It is a free for all and they can go any length to insult the sentiments of the majority of Americans and decent people. When it comes to Muslims they seem to have infinite elasticity to bend over backwards. Not only they demonstrate hypocrisy they cowards who can be easily scared.

Gay Marriage: The selective hysteria by MSM when the position of Palin and Obama is essentially the same. Most Americans are sympathetic to the personal choice aspect on this matter. But time and again the notion that gay marriage is the same as heterosexual marriage is not acceptable to Americans.

By having the courage to speak on the ills that liberals have caused to blacks and women, the current generations of conservatives are making the difference. Maybe the first hand experiences that they have had, the emerging conservative blacks and women leaders seem to articulate the virtues of conservatism better.

Conservatives do not have to shy away from confronting all issues. When it is spoken properly with conviction and framed correctly for what it is; not using the MSM lingo, it will resonate with the Americans.

After all Americans are not nihilistic enough to destroy themselves by blindly following liberal philosophy.

I really think O’Donnell will win and when she does, it’s going to freak DC out. There will finally be people in the Senate that will speak for Middle America and not a handful of special interest groups. Watching MSNBC is going to be hilarious on election night.!

and on the rest of this site are just scary. If this is a representation of the modern GOP, its no wonder the party’s approval rating is lower than the Dems and that they continue to have trouble acheiving and maintaining majorities in Congress.

Chris Coons: Volunteer for Liberation Theology

http://spectator.org/archives/2010/09/20/chris-coons-volunteer-for-libe/

The Republican Establishment and the Left having now made O’Donnell’s actions in her twenties an issue, the question comes round.

What was Chris Coons doing in his twenties?

Answer?

He was in Africa volunteering for the South African Council of Churches, a group that holds to the self-same Black Liberation Theology philosophy preached by James Cone and Jeremiah Wright. The philosophy that has at its core the principles of “Marxism dressed up as Christianity.” The philosophy that is at the very heart of the Obama administration and its actions since taking office two years ago.

The philosophy that Coons will undoubtedly all-too-eagerly represent if he is elected as an Obama Democrat to the seat once held by Obama Vice President Joe Biden of Delaware.

The American people are on to this game now. They get it to the max. Chris Coons wants to be the newest addition to the liberation theology zealotry in Washington — and the people of Delaware are supposed to be the passive yokels who agree to put him there. Even as they are losing their jobs, their homes and their entire hard won way of life because of the very philosophy Coons traveled thousands of miles to Africa to support.

Which is why Delaware Republicans, in a stunning doubling of turnout that no one predicted, just nominated Christine O’Donnell.
In a landslide.

Hello? Karl Rove? Republican Ruling Class?

Earth to Mars….