Oh, I agree 100%. This is a battle. I for one am glad that the Tea Party candidates are sweeping the board.
Had this race gone the other way, I would have wanted everyone on this board to swallow hard and say, OK, I’m on board for RINO Castle. I’ll hold my nose and go vote for him.
I am pretty sure that wouldn’t have happened. And of course that’s the prerogative of everyone here. I just don’t see the point in righteous indignation that Rove is doing to the conservative candidate in DE exactly what Freepers would have done to Castle had the tables been turned.
I’m all in favor of a primary battle for the soul of the GOP. I’m all in favor of losing some general election battles in the short term in the pursuit of long term gains. What bothers me is POINTLESS losses. As members of the same party, RINOs and conservatives should feel free to pummel one another in the primaries, so long as they come together and support one another in the general.
I’m happy that Castle is out even though that likely means the loss in the general. I think O’Donnell has a shot and to me it’s worth taking the risk; and moreover, if there is a loss then next time around this clears the decks. Castle is just plain done and gone.
But Rove is a donkey’s hind end for the way he behaved last night. He is merely helping to seal the very outcome (a loss in DE) that he laments happening.
And yet ... his nonsense is no worse than a fair bit of what I read here.
Let’s have a battle royale for the soul of the party. I’m happy for that. I’ll sign up, with some reservations, for the Freeper side. But let’s never forget that the real adversary is the left.
“I just don’t see the point in righteous indignation that Rove is doing to the conservative candidate in DE exactly what Freepers would have done to Castle had the tables been turned.”
Perhaps people had hoped that Rove was closer to our side, than the other side. Perhaps we hope to pull Rove closer, who knows. But in any case, disappointment with people’s hypocrisy when they say they’re conservative, is a normal human emotion - for both Conservatives and moderates - I imagine.
I would also add, for years people have blasted on Conservatives as wackos and extremists...it’s about time we gave back some of that ‘love.’ ;)
“As members of the same party, RINOs and conservatives should feel free to pummel one another in the primaries, so long as they come together and support one another in the general.”
Yes, we’ll see just how much RINOs feel they are ‘members of the same party’ once we wrest control of the party from their white knuckled hands. Will they hold their noses and vote for our Conservative candidates? We’ll see just how much they believe in the ‘big tent’ coming all the way over to where we, and much of America is! I think it was DeMint that actually suggested a better metaphor -
The Big Magnet...come on over folks, and come on in - the water’s fine!