Posted on 02/22/2012 9:59:41 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Casey Sr.'s tragic death was still fresh on the minds of many voters in 2006. Sort of like Robert F. Kennedy getting elected U.S. Senator from New York in 1964, another horrible year for the GOP.
Eyewitness report from Ground Zero:
- Bob Casey did everything he could to delude and mislead our massive legions of elderly voters into thinking he was actually his late father, a very popular Governor. You always heard about him but rarely ever saw him. I suspect a large number of our older voters thought they were voting for the late Governor.
- He reassured the huge number of Catholic voters that, like his father, he was pro-life, and he would never ever ever ever EVER EVER vote to pass a health care plan which would force us to pay for that. (suckers!)
- He ran around telling all our Seasoned Citizens that the reason they did not have even more free goodies from their Government was that the Eeeeeeevil Warmonger George W. Bush was taking all the money that should have been used to buy their prescriptions and free bus passes, and was flushing it all down a rathole in Iraq.
- The teachers union camped out on the lawn of Rick’s home and documented that he was rarely there. Then they, with massive amounts of help from the mainstream media, built up this big, ridiculous Potemkin Village issue that he no longer really lived in Pennsylvania, and, as a result, was ripping off the taxpayers in his school district for the online schooling of his kids.
- A lot of white, working class Pennsylvanians are just genetically pre-programmed to pull the lever for the Democrat, cause “they’re for the Workin’ Man!”
I realize little of that makes sense if you’re not from around here. Keep in mind this region kept sending a treasonous criminal back to the US Congress for 3 decades, simply because he brought home the pork. For the Workin’ Man!
I should also add that Casey was in some ways atypical of their Senate candidates, in that he was not an uber-Lib from Philadelphia. For years the Dems kept making the mistake of nominating guys like that (Harris Wofford, Joe Sestak, Bob Edgar, et. al.) who were so culturally offensive to white working class voters in other parts of the state, it sent them kicking and screaming into the GOP column.
Casey on the other hand was a Good O’ Boy from Scranton.
Like Slow Joe Biden, they were comfortable with him.
That’s hilariious “virulently anti-gay”? And also “racist”? And people would be “surprised” that he hired a minority?
I guess they would be, if they actually believed the lies told about Santorum.
Had Toomey been nominated and lost we'd have had neither Roberts nor Alito, we'd have had two recordless RINO wimps. Had Toomey been nominated and won - a less sure win than Specter - he wouldn't have chaired the Judiciary committee, one of the other RINO squishes would have and probably wouldn't have gotten, at least, Alito through. It may be the only thing he was good for, but Arlen was capable, when motivated, of getting tough picks through the committee and he paid Rick's price. Specter's pro-abort friends should disown him.
Life goes on, the current year is 2012.
Specter claims the conversation never happened and that he made no deal, and if that is true the end result would have been the same. Regardless, making deals with the devil against Toomey, a true conservative who would have very likely won without this betrayal, is morally bankrupt.
York also misses that young Casey was the son of an endangered species: a pro-life, Democrat Catholic politician, former Governor Casey. A nationally known governor who had been ditched by the DNC as Convention speaker. Catholic dems, who had been uncomfortable with other (spell that pro-choice) democrats felt completely comfortable voting for Casey the Younger. They owed that to his father.
Keep in mind, also, that Carville and Begala were running Casey’s campaign. They gave him the same advice as Obama got: just stand there and look presidential. Fool the people. Santorum used to beat the heck out of Casey in the debates, but Casey just kept quiet.
Santorum was the hardest working senator PA has ever had. He visited all 67 counties every year, was always available. One of the radio stations here in Pgh. plays “Where’s Casey?” He’s just plain lazy.
Also, remember we have one of the highest senior populuations in PA, and they vote. They thought Jr. was a clone of Sr.
Keep in mind, also, that Carville and Begala were running Casey’s campaign. They gave him the same advice as Obama got: just stand there and look presidential. Fool the people. Santorum used to beat the heck out of Casey in the debates, but Casey just kept quiet.
Santorum was the hardest working senator PA has ever had. He visited all 67 counties every year, was always available. One of the radio stations here in Pgh. plays “Where’s Casey?” He’s just plain lazy.
Also, remember we have one of the highest senior populuations in PA, and they vote. They thought Jr. was a clone of Sr.
I agree with most of what you say; I don’t believe a word the lying snake known as Specter says. I do not believe, however that the end justifies the means; Specter has been a blight on this state for so long, I would have loved to seem him go down in flames to a real conservative... it could have triggered a real change in mindsets about conservatism among the young and uninformed here in PA, who in principal are open to these ideas. Also, like many PA Pubbies, Santorum loves big government as long as it is for his pet causes. I do appreciate his taking a stand on moral issues, but he is not a conservative, and will not stop government from growing. I like him better than Romney or Newt, but he is no conservative... Paul actually is conservative, I have supported him for decades, but due to the hate here, I won’t say any more about that...
Make that $72,000, a nice bit of change. Regardless of the technical legality, this representative of the People ripped his local Pennsylvania taxpayers off. But, of course, Santorum's a lawyer-politician is well skilled in abusing the spirit of the office while hewing to its legal bounds.
Add this "me first" behavior to the enrichment of aides and lobbyists, rather than actually doling out grants via his "Good Neighbor" charity (only 38%), the appalling lack of "leadership PAC" funds that ever made it to candidates (18%). He has considerable baggage and the Pennsylavia press know it well.
He helped give us Obama's first Supreme Court nominee, Sotomayor, by voting to confirm her Circuit Court appointment from Bill Clinton. What about his insanity of personally introducing and voting for a half-billion over-and-above the $900 million Amtrak budget.
There's a host of other very questionable things that helped Pennsylvania voters decide to fire him by a huge margin.
A real conservative must look at Santorum and ask, what's so great about this guy? Looking deeper than his religious rhetoric, what's he really all about? How would he truly govern?
Reference:Santorum amendment to Transportation funding bill; Bill S.Amdt.3015 to S.Con.Res.83 ;vote number 2006-052 on Mar 15, 2006
The loss was personal. He was toxic. Any fair reading of his record shows why he still is.
Did he say after losing, “You won’t have Rick Santorum to kick around anymore”? :) just askin’
RE: Did he say after losing, “You won’t have Rick Santorum to kick around anymore”? :) just askin’
Speaking of Richard Nixon ( who said the above ), he LOST to Kennedy in 1960 and then went on to lose the next election in 1962 running for governor of California ( this inspite of HUGE name recognition ).
Those who point to Santorum’s 2006 defeat as the end of his political career would probably have written Nixon off as a has been as well. You know what happened next.
It was Ben Nelson and the “Cornhusker Kickback” that gave us Obamacare. His was the last vote. His was the capitulation.
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