He had to have known the best candidate for the race was the former incumbent, and it was her honor to seek a rematch, and she was likely going to have the party’s full backing. His public meltdown, switching parties and endorsing the moonbat incumbent showed he was not the right person to be running for Congress. As one of the local Republican leaders said, “He’s the Democrat’s problem now.” They ain’t gonna want him, either.
When did Thieneman become a Republican? One would think that a former Democrat who saw the light and joined the GOP would be unwilling to go back the the Democrats and endorse the ultraliberal RAT Congressman Yarmuth just because Kentucky Republicans believed that a 5-term Congresswoman who barely lost reelection in 2006 would make a stronger candidate in 2008, but I guess that Thieneman’s “conversion” wasn’t exactly St. Paul on the road to Damascus.
Conservatives should pay no heed to the childish Thieneman and wholeheartedly support Congresswoman Northup in her quest to win back the only Southern congressional district north of South Florida to be won by a Republican in 2004 despite being carried by Kerry that year (President Bush got 48%). Congresswoman Northup may not be a perfect conservative (although a 96 ACU rating in 2005 put her prett close to one that year), but she’s as close to one as we can get that has proven she can win a House race in Louisville.
Thieneman is not a conservative. I can assure you of that.