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Like the NJ GOP did for Bret Schundler, the conservative, when he won the GOP nomination for NJ Gov in ‘01?
Like that?
The GOP bigwigs outright endorsed the dim, calling Schundler ‘extreme’ and ‘fringe’.
Sound familiar?
Even the sitting GOP governor didn’t endorse him.
Yes, the GOPe would rather the dims win than a conservative. They have FAR more in common with the dims than they do with the conservatives.
Like the GOP did when ‘Murcow-ski’ lost the GOP primary in Alaska? Like that?
“Maybe I just don’t get out enough, but I don’t hear “establishment” Republicans say they are going to stay home or vote for the Democrat when a conservative wins a Republican primary.”
If you lived in my congressional district, the old AZ-8, you would have seen the GOP-E turn on the GOP primary winner with a vengeance and elect Gabby Giffords. They also worked hard to keep her in power, cutting all funding to the primary winner in several elections and making public statements about how Giffords would be preferable.
Meanwhile, I have 2 Republican senators - John McCain and Jeff McFlake. McFlake ran as a Tea Party conservative and immediately went hard left after the election. He now follows John “I love Democrats” McCain like a puppy dog. Those SOBs will never, ever vote to reign in government power. They haven’t lifted a finger to hep Tombstone get access to their water rights dating back to the 1880s because the USFS has installed a “Wilderness Area” and won’t allow the pipes to be fixed. What use are Republicans like McCain and McFlake?
McFlake’s one vote to genuinely cut spending was when he was one of 3 senators who voted against restoring benefits to military retirees - benefits that had been paid for in advance as part of previous budgets.
You obviously don't get out enough, FRiend...perhaps you might recall:
Christine O'Donnell, Richard Murdock, and Sharron Angle, to name 3. The support they received from "establishment" Republicans was abysmal.
“Maybe I just don’t get out enough, but I don’t hear “establishment” Republicans say they are going to stay home or vote for the Democrat when a conservative wins a Republican primary.”
You’re right. You don’t get out enough. The GOP-e commonly withdraws money and support from our candidates. Mike Castle is a famous example in Del. In my old congressional district they pulled the plug on GOP nominee Randy Graf a few years back to elect Gabby Giffords. The GOP-e uses over and under the table betrayals when our candidates win primaries.
Sure they do, they work hard against the candidate when they want to block a conservative, look at Joe Miller in Alaska, or the Scozzafava debacle, or Rove spending a week squelching O'Donnell's primary win momentum.
They will actually come out against the GOP nominee when they want to.
Then you don't get out enough. Tokyo Rove, did all he could to help Dingy Harry by attacking his opponent, and that is not the only one, he might have even practiced a little Witch Craft.