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| 2010-09-18 | |
| Having titled the article, let me say I would love to see O'Donnell win and surprise all the pundits. But I respect Krauthammer. Bill Buckley - no Mike Castle he - had a rule: Support the most conservative candidate who is electable. There's something to be said for that. Note the takeover by the left has spanned years and years, and when they over-reached, we got Obama. Gain a little at each election, rather than lose it all until next election. On the other hand, Krauthammer notes - This is no ordinary time. And this is no ordinary Democratic administration. It is highly ideological and ambitious. It is determined to use whatever historical window it is granted to change the country structurally, irreversibly. It has already done so with Obamacare and has equally lofty ambitions for energy, education, immigration, taxation, industrial policy and the composition of the Supreme Court.
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| Posted by:Bobby |
| #4 Hate to tell you Mr. Krauthammer, but losing your Primary means you aren't electable ipso facto. |
| Posted by: Oldcat 2010-09-18 20:22 |
| #3 Republican establishment find dirt on O'Donnell: |
| Posted by: badanov 2010-09-18 18:19 |
| #2 Unfortunately, a liberal Republican is more destructive to conservative goals than even a liberal Democrat. Imagine a football game where one side's players were loyal to the team, but the other side had one player on offense, and one player on defense, who without warning, would suddenly try to throw the game. The first response of the team with the treacherous players is to argue that without them, they cannot field a complete team, so will be at a disadvantage. But that is a poor argument, because the treacherous players are worse than useless. To make matters worse, while the treacherous player on defense might do his job most of the time, the treacherous player on offense vigorously refuses to permit his team to play offense. So instead, the team decides to concentrate on defense. A static defense. Which means that the best they can ever hope for is to just slow down the other team's victory. This is the state the Republican party finds itself. Until the treacherous RINOs are either eliminated, or benched, marginalized, there will be no turning back of the villainy of the Democrats, much less advancement of Republican goals. As such, it is better for the party that it be in the minority, but with party discipline, and a dedicated effort to not just stop the Democrats, but when the opportunity presents itself, to reverse their damage, and restore the nation to order. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-09-18 17:43 |
| #1 With regard to O'Donnell, I note in passing that she was not considered electable in the primary either. That said, the latest RINO nonsense with Murkowski in Alaska kind I'd drives home the point that the Republican Party has become it's own worth enemy. If we want to win again and keep winning then we need to clean house first. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2010-09-18 17:42 |