brett636
Well-Known Member
So in the Republican Primary for Joe Biden's old Senate seat we had an election between a RINO(Republican in Name only), and a Conservative tea party candidate. The tea party candidate won, and now the republican establishment is all boohooing over the fact that the tea party candidate is a long shot at winning in the General election. Karl Rove is going on TV constantly bashing Christie O'Donnell because in his mind she just cost the GOP a Senate Seat. Initially the National Republican Senatorial Committee refused to support O'Donnell, but has since changed their tune.
The Establishment mentality is really showing it's true colors among the Republican elite. They would rather have someone in office who has an R next to their name, but votes as if they had a D instead of someone who votes as a true conservative should. They are effectively saying "Unless our anointed candidate gets selected the voters can go piss off." Personally I want a democrat in a seat who acts as a democrat, than a republican who acts like a democrat even if that means allowing the dems another 2 years with a Senate majority. The only way the Republicans can define themselves as different from the democrats is to have candidates with strong conservative ideals, and Mike Castle was not a conservative by any stretch of the imagination.
We have gone down this RINO path many times before and lost. Its all because of RINO's that we are having this debate on renewing the Bush tax cuts. Its all because of RINOs that the republican party became the democrat lite party in the middle of last decade and lost control of congress. Its because of a particular RINO (John McCain) that Barack Obama is in office today. The RINO path is a losing path and history proves this yet established republican elitists think it is the future of the republican party, and if they are right the future of the republicans will be similar to that of the Whigs.
I applaud the Delaware voters for voting in a true conservative candidate. Should she lose at least we know what kind of politician is going to Washington. If she wins the same will hold true. I am not sure about the rest of you, but I am damned tired of politicans like John McCain, Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, and Mike Castle who will "reach across the aisle" only to support the other side. That is not how this country moves forward! To allow a RINO to be in office is akin to allowing a democrat in that same seat, and the people have said "NO MORE!" by voting out Mike Castle.
With any luck Christie will pull out another come from behind win and shutup the whiners like Karl Rove who only wants their hand picked candidates in office. Its time for the people to decide who runs this nation, not a handful of political party leaders.
The Establishment mentality is really showing it's true colors among the Republican elite. They would rather have someone in office who has an R next to their name, but votes as if they had a D instead of someone who votes as a true conservative should. They are effectively saying "Unless our anointed candidate gets selected the voters can go piss off." Personally I want a democrat in a seat who acts as a democrat, than a republican who acts like a democrat even if that means allowing the dems another 2 years with a Senate majority. The only way the Republicans can define themselves as different from the democrats is to have candidates with strong conservative ideals, and Mike Castle was not a conservative by any stretch of the imagination.
We have gone down this RINO path many times before and lost. Its all because of RINO's that we are having this debate on renewing the Bush tax cuts. Its all because of RINOs that the republican party became the democrat lite party in the middle of last decade and lost control of congress. Its because of a particular RINO (John McCain) that Barack Obama is in office today. The RINO path is a losing path and history proves this yet established republican elitists think it is the future of the republican party, and if they are right the future of the republicans will be similar to that of the Whigs.
I applaud the Delaware voters for voting in a true conservative candidate. Should she lose at least we know what kind of politician is going to Washington. If she wins the same will hold true. I am not sure about the rest of you, but I am damned tired of politicans like John McCain, Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, and Mike Castle who will "reach across the aisle" only to support the other side. That is not how this country moves forward! To allow a RINO to be in office is akin to allowing a democrat in that same seat, and the people have said "NO MORE!" by voting out Mike Castle.
With any luck Christie will pull out another come from behind win and shutup the whiners like Karl Rove who only wants their hand picked candidates in office. Its time for the people to decide who runs this nation, not a handful of political party leaders.