Posted on 05/03/2014 7:48:25 AM PDT by cotton1706
A long and revealing article in National Journal explains how the GOP establishment is focusing on its real enemy, tea partiers and other conservatives who have the temerity to offer primary voters and alternative to get-along-go-along candidates who will do the bidding of party elders and allow immigration amnesty, while not frightening big money donors from Wall Street.
Josh Kraushaar and James Oliphant mainly focus on the North Carolina primary, where incumbent Democrat Kay Hagan is vulnerable, and where the establishment has picked its man, State House Speaker Thom Tillis. They write:
…the emerging establishment strategy [is] to engage its own roster of outside groups, such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, in a coordinated effort to ensure that the most electable GOP candidates get nominated, especially in pivotal Senate contests.
Instead of merely handing out endorsements, these groups are spending big on expensive advertising campaigns on behalf of their favored candidates. They're quietly circulating opposition research raising questions about tea-party challengers' fitness to serve. And they're even airing positive testimonials—an approach once considered the domain of the candidates themselves, not outside groups. (The New York Times reported that more than a quarter of the ads from super PAC American Crossroads so far this cycle have had a positive spin; not a single one did in 2012.)
McConnell former Chief of Staff Billy Piper says that McConnell learned from two veteran Republican senators who managed to beat back conservative opposition with aggressive tactics. In 2010, John McCain won decisively by raising big money, moving to the right on immigration, and casting his opponent—former House member and talk-show host J.D. Hayworth—as out of the mainstream. Two years later, Orrin Hatch attacked outside conservative groups that attempted to paint him as a moderate, winning two-thirds of the GOP primary vote against an
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
nothing unites the godless left (no matter the party) like the prospect of crushing a conservative.
so yes, the republocrat party has shown it’s hand for all to see. and it’s done it for three election cycles now. conservatives should know exactly where they stand with the republican rank and file after this election.
They are not stupid, they are fascists just like their democrat friends, they support the VERY same agenda in every way....
So when you hear the conservative talking idiots on radio and TV use terms such as “weak kneed’, spineless”, “caving to their core beliefs”, don’t buy this GOP drivel, these talk show hosts are also in bed with the GOP elites....
They are fascist/socialists but I repeat myself
It will depend upon whether or not the next wave of amnesty for illegal immigrants does, officially, happen, before we know the full results on all future non-conservative politicians, including, but not limited to, all non-conservatives from each and every political level of the GOP. The entire GOP will become a non-factor, politically, if the next wave of amnesty for illegal immigrants does, officially, happen, and all of conservatism will become a political minority, for the long-term, too.
Good example.
Keep in mind the RINO was primaried. That’s all we can do - win the primary and then try to win the general. That’s very different than losing a primary, then not supporting or working against the Republican who won.
My comment about not acting like them is exemplified in the actions of the RINO in your example here. He lost and then supported the Dem.
I agree there may be times when the RINO candidate who wins a primary is not worth supporting over the Dem opponent.
Way back when, I felt I could not vote for the Republican candidate for senate from California, Michael Huffington. He was Ariana Huffington’s husband. She was ostensibly a conservative then He was running against Diane Feinstein, whom I obviously would not vote for.
I voted for a third party candidate.
I was right about Huffington. Later he came out as homosexual and we see how Ariana Huffington has “ progressed”.
Now, 22 years later, I think I ought to have voted for Huffington.
I think it would have been better to never have let Feinstein get that Senate seat.
I wish!
Are there enough of us to fight this? I just read that in KY Bevin is tanking. Is this true? Where are we?
“Are there enough of us to fight this? I just read that in KY Bevin is tanking. Is this true? Where are we?”
Frankly, I don’t know. Bevin will likely lose. The Establishment pulled all the stops and has pummeled him incessantly.
But Bevin has a good ad out with McConnell speaking from 1984.
Best case scenario, I hope McConnell is so thoroughly weakened that he will either lose in November or will be denied being Majority leader, should he win. He is an odious, scheming, backstabbing vile man who should be removed from a position of power and influence.
Matt Bevin has run a rather embarrassing campaign. I initially hoped he would be a good candidate for future races but not anymore given his conduct the last few weeks.
As far as McConnell “pulling out all of the stops” - that’s really difficult to argue - Bevin has defeated himself - unless you have evidence of McConnell engaging in hypnosis to cause Bevin to do things like attend cockfighting rallies then deny he was aware of it and then continue to deny even when video of it surfaces - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR3icBgkJCI with the excuse he wasn’t paying attention to the other speakers - LOL! He also has issues with making other claims that are not true on a seemingly routine basis throughout the campaign. Another candidate in the race points this out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe35jwEvXqs He has run a very disorganized, terrible campaign on top of that.
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