Posted on 04/11/2014 10:01:47 AM PDT by lowbridge
The Tea Party zealots who haven’t learned from their mistakes in 2010 and 2012 are trying their best to screw up the GOP’s chances to win the Senate this fall.
Where does the Tea Party find these people to run in primaries? Most important, why do they offer them up as legitimate Republican candidates?
The Tea Party bosses have been listening to too much talk radio. They seem to think that what makes a good Republican candidate is someone who sounds like a talk radio host.
But talk radio is all about bombast and attracting callers, not about winning elections.
If Republicans are going to win general elections in 2014 and beyond, we’ve got to put up principled conservative candidates who sound like senators, congressmen, and governors — not kooks.
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I’ll stand with the Tea Party before I stand with a corrupt organization like the Established GOP.
They at least stand for something unlike the GOP-e seniors.They would sell their mothers into slavery if it would keep them in power.
Is that really what elections are about? Case in point, Obama: Great speeches. I guess he does support your point about implementation. I just thought elections were about putting people in government who support certain principles over others, and letting the implementation take care of itself. I never had any inkling of how Reagan would actually do what he campaigned on, I just knew that he would kick the Iranians' asses and get our hostages back, and not let the USA get pushed around.
Mr. Reagan, are you the pot or the kettle?
We start bombing the Russians in 5 minutes
Is that because MR failed at talk radio and/or is out of the biz now?
We either have principles or we don't. And if we don't, we are Democrats.
Just because the opposition - be they Ds or Rs - have a lead in the game of money and advertising doesn't mean we start throwing them the ball and laying down while they score unopposed. It's called 'keeping them honest.'
2009 & 2010, Dem's controlled all 3 branches of Government.
2011 to Date, Dem's control 2 0f 3 of the branches of Government.
2013 The Senate Majority Leader changed filibuster rules.
I agree with him. A lot of the Tea Party candidates were incompetent, stupid or politically tone deaf. Its no wpnder the GOP establishment abhors them. They screw up the GOP more than they hurt the Democrats.
Some conservatives are attracted to kooks. Think how that makes them look to people who aren’t conservatives. When you have your guys defending abortion as legitimate rape, explaining why you aren’t a witch, or handing out barf bags, none of that is funny! It turns people off.
Michael Reagan is right wondering if the Tea Party folks are actually secret Democratic operatives who plant the least politically attractive people in the GOP so they can lose to the Democrats. And none of that is endearing Republican officeholders to them.
Now they’re going to do their best to make sure the Democrats retain control of the Senate in the fall. Does that make sense? But some people don’t want to listen to the adults in the room. They should listen to Reagan.
You are sooo wrong on this. You sound just like the idiot Republican consultants I deal with from time to time. Your ideas and prescriptions are so worn out, so damned formulaic, so archaic, so full of failure. This cookie cutter consultant speak is just a focus group driven bit of drivel.
I doubt you can even articulate why focus groups are by definition DEATH to any conservative message, period…..
Remember Elian Gonzalez, the Cuban refugee boy that the Clinton administration sent back to Fidel Castro’s regime back in 2000? Mike Reagan argued with enthusiasm and passion for sending the boy back to Castro.
Mistakes in 2010? Really, Mr. Reagan?
Offer them up as legitimate republican candidates? Mr. Reagan, you’re an idiot. These candidates are “offered up” because they DON’T look like republican candidates. The elitists just keep on screaming.
I see a lot of dumb candidates: Richard Lugar, Thad Cochran, Lindsey Graham, John McCain - lots and lots of them. I see more dumb estabs than I do Tea Party types.
By far…..
With all due respect to family and supporters of the late President Reagan, Reagan was known to wrongly sign bills from Congress which Congress had no constitutional authority to make. So it’s not a surpise that Michaeal Reagan was probably not taught the federal government’s limited powers as the Founding States had intended for those powers to be understood.
Also, regarding GOP, Republicans, RINOs, Democrats, whomever, the next amendment to the Constitution needs to have a provision which outlaws political party support for elected federal government “leaders.” Just let the feds deliver the mail according to the original plan of the Founding States.
There is nothing wrong with the goal, but to deny that many of the candidates the Tea Party have put forth have been jokes is living in denial.
Not a fan of this guy, but he does offer a valid point.
You don’t send a neophyte with a colorful path and no experience up for a major election, unless of course you are a Democrat and the press are willing to be your propaganda arm.
The reality is, if you want to be elected as a small government advocate, other than in some local elections in safe republican districts you have to be able to walk into the lions den every day, because you will be attacked every single moment of every single day by the left and their propaganda arm.
If you just pick some guy or girl because they are a small government advocate, but have no experience dealing with the realities of the media and the left, they will be spun as irrelevant by late September.
Sadly the tea party has put its weight behind some legitimate crackpots that never should have seen the light of day. You are going to be attacked by the left, you are going to be undermined by the R establishment, so you can’t have folks who can’t pass basic vetting out there.
I will take someone who can win a general election.
McConnell, Boehner, Cantor, McCain, Jeb Bush...I could go on-and-on.
I’m just glad we (MI) have a passably conservative candidate for senate in Terri Land. She may come from the establishment but has a history of integrity and honesty. She’s a pro and isn’t going to be baited into making stupid comments.
even a liberal?
That is true, but have either of them authored legislation that the Senate GOP has supported? Also, they could have found a sponsor in the House to lead an identical bill in that chamber.
Again, I like Paul and Cruz, but I haven’t see any legislative leadership from them.
Michael, there are kooks in every party. Mainstream GOP ran crazy McCain. Dems ran Pelosi and creepy
Michael, every party has ran kooks. Mainstream GOP ran crazy McCain. Dems raun Pelosi, creepy Al Franken, Barney Frank, and Obama, to name just a few - and they won!
al Franken from Minnesota, and Obama to name just a few - and they won!
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