Posted on 02/05/2010 2:57:58 PM PST by AuH2ORepublican
You seem to be a bit disingenuous about your real reasons for supporting a RINO and I don't know why you want conservatives to support this one. Pro-life groups seem to be rallying around Tarkanian yet you prefer to rally around pro-choice Lowden. Reid has not withdrawn and there's no inkling that he will. My support goes to Tarkanian until it can be shown to me why that's a mistake.
Now you’ve gone from suggesting she’s a Mormon to calling her a Kay Bailey Hutchinson and you don’t even vote in Nevada. Lowden has the experience whereas Tarkanian has a great family name and the voters in Nevada will decide. Either one will beat Reid and that’s what is important.
It serves NO useful purpose for you to try to smear Lowden.
A few months ago, when I was under the impression that Lowden was pro-abortion, I said that if it was a choice between Tarkanian and Lowden I’d support Tarkanian (you can check my posts) even though Lowden would have a higher probability of being elected. However, I’ve read some more about Lowden and am now convinced that she is pro-life, and given her other issue positions and attributes I prefer her to Tarkanian as our nominee. That’s not to say that I wouldn’t support Tarkanian if he won the nomination (and I would be rooting for him to prove me wrong about his ability to win the general), or that if someone that is both more conservative and more electable than Lowden ran I wouldn’t support that other candidate. But life is about making the best decision given your options, and in the case of the NV Senate election, unless there’s a change in the primary field, we will have to agree to disagree.
There are many RINOS who have the experience to run for higher office, so what? If the choice is a closet RINO with experience vs a conservative with just a little experience, give me the conservative every time.
She’s not a RINO and Danny Tarkanian has not yet held elected office, so please get off the RINO horse. It doesn’t play well. It’s a tired, worn-out term from over use that doesn’t apply to Lowden.
They’re both good candidates and the Nevada voters will decide. Sue has a record and Danny does not. The voters will have to decide if they like her record or if they want to vote on hope and a fresh new face.
Again, either one will beat Reid and they both hold conservative values. That is what is important!!!
Well that's fine but your thread was about getting conservatives to rally around Lowden, and I have yet to see the reasons why her and not Tark. The polls show Tark and Lowden have just about an equal chance of beating Reid and considering some of Lowden's past actions she comes across as just another opportunistic moderate.
We cannot afford to put a person with questionable conservative credentials in this Senate seat. We have been burned too many times already. But there's time to vet her more and hopefully the truth will win out.
Not to mention that she is much easier on the eyes that Danny!
Miss New Jersey ‘75?
YES! Means alot to me.
Lowden insisted her evolution is personal and not political, providing me with a lengthy statement and declining to speak on the record beyond it. “I am pro-life and I will defend life as a U.S. senator,” the statement began. (Las Vegas Sun/Dec. 16, 2009)
Reality: LAS VEGAS SUN/May 18, 1996 Joining Ernaut in opposing an abortion ban: Las Vegas Assemblywoman Deanna Braunlin, state Sens. Kathy Augustine and Sue Lowden of Las Vegas, Lowden and Hettrick said the national party ought to follow Nevada's lead and take abortion out of the platform.
LAS VEGAS SUN/Dec. 16, 2009 In 1993, a GOP state senator named Sue Lowden expressed to a reporter support for Roe v. Wade on the 20th anniversary of the decision. If circumstantial evidence is to be believed, Lowden is easily convicted of not one, but perhaps two acts of political convenience, tacking left when it was advantageous and then shifting right when the race called for it. But her comment about not standing on the Senate floor to salute Roe v. Wade is disingenuous because other senators in favor of abortion rights were caught off-guard by then-Minority Leader Dina Titus’ call for everyone to stand.
RECORD COURIER/Jan. 15, 2010 “I voted for choice in 1990.”
1992 Candidate Questionnaire /Nevada Roll Call/ Christian Coalition When asked the question if she would “Prohibit abortion except when the mother’s life is endangered” her response was “OPPOSED”.
In 2009, a Republican U.S. Senate candidate named Sue Lowden told a conservative publication, Human Events, that Roe v. Wade was a “bad decision.” (Las Vegas Sun/Dec. 16, 2009)
Lowden insisted her evolution is personal and not political, providing me with a lengthy statement and declining to speak on the record beyond it. “I am pro-life and I will defend life as a U.S. senator,” the statement began. (Las Vegas Sun/Dec. 16, 2009)
Reality: LAS VEGAS SUN/May 18, 1996 Joining Ernaut in opposing an abortion ban: Las Vegas Assemblywoman Deanna Braunlin, state Sens. Kathy Augustine and Sue Lowden of Las Vegas, Lowden and Hettrick said the national party ought to follow Nevada's lead and take abortion out of the platform.
LAS VEGAS SUN/Dec. 16, 2009 In 1993, a GOP state senator named Sue Lowden expressed to a reporter support for Roe v. Wade on the 20th anniversary of the decision. If circumstantial evidence is to be believed, Lowden is easily convicted of not one, but perhaps two acts of political convenience, tacking left when it was advantageous and then shifting right when the race called for it. But her comment about not standing on the Senate floor to salute Roe v. Wade is disingenuous because other senators in favor of abortion rights were caught off-guard by then-Minority Leader Dina Titus’ call for everyone to stand.
RECORD COURIER/Jan. 15, 2010 “I voted for choice in 1990.”
1992 Candidate Questionnaire /Nevada Roll Call/ Christian Coalition When asked the question if she would “Prohibit abortion except when the mother’s life is endangered” her response was “OPPOSED”.
I agree. Saw and met him about a month ago. Not very impressive. Hell there are only 18 or so Reps in the race!!!
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