Posted on 05/30/2011 12:02:25 PM PDT by MostlyAnti-Lib
An open message to the New York Tea Party:
Congratulations on your pitiful loss of the New York 26th district. Clumsily run; clumsily lost. Allowing Jack Davis to sell himself as a Tea Party candidate without exposing him as a liar leads one to assume that either the Tea Party leaders are incredibly stupid or they wanted Kathy Hochul to win. Allowing the Democrats to sell the outrageous lie that the Republicans’ Medicare reform plan is tantamount to an end of Medicare without exposing them as the liars they are was either incredibly stupid or you actually wanted Kathy Hochul to win. Wise up or continue to ensure Obama's reelection.
Why do our own guys drop the ball when they get a perfect opportunity to clarify the Republican policies? After watching that reprehensible video of Grandma being thrown off a cliff, Mitch McConnell on Fox News Sunday (5/22), neglected to mention that in the Paul Ryan plan for reforming Social Security and Medicare, for people 55 years of age and older, nothing will change. Grandma will not be thrown off a cliff, under the bus or down the stairs, whereas, under ObamaCare, there will be European-style rationing, which is the equivalent of (dare I say it?) Death Panels, and Grandma will be in deep trouble.
I pray that you are correct!
That being said, if our guys think that Obama is going to be a pushover, we are doomed.
Liberals are energized right now.
Our nominee needs to depress their enthusiasm by reminding them of the wasted opportunity Obama and the Dems had when they held a fillibuster-proof majority.
What happened in NY 26 wasn’t as much about the Tea Party as much as the strength of the GOP candidate. Davis was a fraud but that Davis was a fraud was not the entire reason Hochul won. One of the problems was that the GOP candidate resigned in disgrace. Another is that Corwin though attractive was not overly inspiring plus the local media which though in a GOP district I doubt were GOP stalwarts. I’ve seen how the left in the media conspire to elect Democrats when they smell GOP blood. They’ve done it here in VA and led to the reign of Mark Warner,Jim Webb, and Tim Kaine. However neither of those men would’ve ever gotten elected had it not been for a combination of media acrimony and in the case of Allen a campaign that seemed to thing it was such a sure thing that it could run out the clock to election day. Blaming the Tea Party for NY GOP problems is crazy. They have been in decline for sometime largely because of their failure to make clear distinctions between themselves and their Democrat opponents. You have to offer someone something that they can vote for not just something to vote against.
I’m not too worried about NY 26. The district is going to be gone anyway and if it does persist then the GOP has a very good chance of retaking it. The key thing to remember is that this isn’t a zero sum game. We lost some key midterm seats prior to 2010 and anyone who thinks NY 26 is a bellwether should have their heads examined. I’ve seen no polling that confirmed the reason Hochul won was because of medicare. I do know that Corwin had a spotty conservative record. However a key thing is that this midterm really captured the left’s attention where as it didn’t capture the conservative base or Tea Party as much. Winning has that effect. We have the house, that one seat wasn’t going to make the difference. We should’ve fought harder maybe but the truth is the money was poured in from both Tea Party and establishment sources. However it seemed to me that when a Republican has to argue that they are the “true conservative” then they’ve probably got more problems than their opponents.
One race does not a victory or apocalypse make. I am personally interested in making sure that the money is there to keep the Wisconsin state Senate GOP. That is a place where we can win and we need to win. A win in upstate NY means crap in comparison to letting the Dems win in Wisconsin and cut the legs off Judge Walker. We won the Supreme court race. Let’s keep our eye on the ball and not only protect the Wisconsin state GOP senators but also expand our majority. We have a whole country of conservatives. We should be primed for a battle where the battles matter.
obama thanks you for your vote.
(I agree we HAVE TO get rid of Romney — that isn’t the point)
Yup. RINOs ate getting desperate. Eff ‘em.
‘Mitch McConnel neglected to mention...’ That’s the trouble. The leaderes of the Repubs are dumb as rocks and have the same reaction time.
Running a pro-abortion, pro-homo, statist RINO will guarantee Obummer gets re-elected.
Rebellion is brewing!!
DONT TREAD ON ME!!
http://www.lifenews.com/2011/05/29/elderly-patients-dying-of-thirst-british-doctors-prescribe-water/
In Britain, “water” is now a prescription “drug” for patients dying of thirst ????????? ... how long before that’s true of US Citizens in US Hospitals and Nursing Homes because of OBAMA [un]Care?
WHILE we’re at it: Overpopulation is a Myth: Plenty of Food and Space Exists ~~ see: http://www.lifenews.com/2011/05/29/overpopulation-is-a-myth-plenty-of-food-and-space-exists/
WE ARE BEING ALINSKYED ... PLEASE SPREAD TRUTH, JUSTICE AND THE AMERICAN WAY!
"New York is not very conservative friendly, but nominate good candidates and keep everyone on the same page"
You mean like a RINO? A mushy middle man whom flows where the wind blows and tries to make EVERYONE happy? Screw that.
“Obama is on the way out and will be soon removed from office”
I hope you’re right but on what information are you basing this prediction? The birth-cert issue?
America has probably (I hope) survived the first Obama term.
If he is allowed to serve a second term, his team will consider that a mandate of his policies and, emboldened, they will “fundamentally transform” the United States (one of the only promises that he fully intends to keep) to the point that, when we tell our grandkids how great America was in the olden days, they’ll think, “Grandpa’s fantasizing again!”
Oh yeah, he's so NY that he lost a statewide election by nearly 30% to uber liberal Andrew Cuomo. Paladino didn't even keep the race close and finished with only 1/3 of the vote.
You mean like a RINO? A mushy middle man whom flows where the wind blows and tries to make EVERYONE happy? Screw that.
No, I mean the most conservative candidate that can actually win - NOT a clownish figure who will go down to certain defeat.
Please identify any legislation that Obama (or his pen, or his teleprompter) has signed that Romney or McCain wouldn't have. I'm coming up empty.
If the choice is simply between two liberals, why would you want to vote for the liberal with the (R)ino after their name? Why not choose the candidate which best fits your viewpoints, and get the party back, instead of simply giving it away to the liberals?
Even a RINO, if he (or she) is lucky enough to win, is infinitely better than Hussein getting a second term.
America has probably (I hope) survived the first Obama term.
If he is allowed to serve a second term, his team will consider that a mandate of his policies and, emboldened, they will “fundamentally transform” the United States (one of the only promises that he fully intends to keep) to the point that, when we tell our grandkids how great America was in the olden days, they’ll think, “Grandpa’s fantasizing again!”
I voted for McCain, too. He should never have been our candidate!!!
Ditto that. By Next Nov any Republican beats Barry in a landslide.
I am pretty sure McCain or Romney would not have done all that sturm und drang mit the buyout of GM, the choosing of winners and losers in the bailout, etc. Either would have killed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and neither would have flipped off our allies in England nor put American lives in harms way to make themselves feel good about being part of that damned and damnable “institution” the UN.
And, Romneycare notwithstanding (he at least makes an argument that it is a State Issue), we would not have seen the POS that is obamacare.
There are very real differences. Eating worms to ensure purity doesn’t accomplish anything except vomiting worm guts.
Obama has near overwhelming force behind him: the MSM, the Crony Capitalists, ACORN, the Unions, Soros and his minions, the parasite class, illegal aliens, their enablers and their slave masters, etc.
He’s got 40% of the vote without spending a cent or saying a word.
We’ve got a hell of an uphill fight ahead of us.
You’re right. McCain would have bailed out GM and Chrysler, turning them into a single company. Romney would have wanted stronger tax penalties for those who didn’t participate in Oba-RomneyCare. The was the Republican candidate who boldly declared that he likes govenment mandates, because they work. Both would have worked with liberals in congress to get their policies through.
Didn’t the Democrat win by more votes than the phony TEA Party candidate got?
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