Posted on 08/08/2006 12:15:41 PM PDT by HHKrepublican_2
No, was pinging you to the tivo image pukin dog had captured. Moonbat at Lamont headquarters had a sign saying Hannity Sucks A**.
some other freepers saved it I believe, you might see it pop up later
Been there, done that.
Simply putting a black candidate (however qualified) on the GOP ticket isn't enough to deprogram the rank-and-file.
Are you old enough to remember "Lucas for Governor?"
I was born and raised in Michigan and worked for the MIGOP during that time. Color isn't what's important, it's what the perceived cost/benefits the consituency thinks they'll get.
Here in Maryland we have a Senate candidate, Michael Steele who is a good, well qualified Republican who was pelted with Oreo cookies at an event because the rank and file thought 'he was black on the outside but white on the inside'.
What will bring African Americans to the GOP is an expanding Middle Class. When you see that you work harder but pay more to those who don't work at all, that does wonders for your political ideology.
Damn PD, I am upset they took your pic down, I was going to show my co-workers. Great catch by you last night.
Please let me know if you have a pic repository like Photobucket on the web where I can find it.
Thanks
JD
That's a good idea, but I know of an even better choice. State Senator William Nickerson would bring the strength of brains and fundraising ability.
There is something you should know about Nickerson's electoral history. He was first elected to the state Senate in 1990, easily defeating a leftist Democrat in a race that was thought ot be competitive. The Democrat he defeated was a Greenwich Selectman named Ned Lamont- yes, THAT Ned Lamont.
Thanks for the explanation; I was wondering what happened and what picture I missed.
My "tirade" would be misplaced if you had not stated Freepers supporting Leiberman were easily fooled. As you just did once more. Consider the rebuke still active.
And, yeah, I've noticed politics can BECOME intermingled with life. But from that point forward people have a choice whether to let it rule their life, or do the right thing. Not always the same. In this instance supporting Leiberman is the right thing and I make that decision absent political calculation.
As to whether he will win, I think he certainly has the edge. But I know the group he and WE are fighting against and I take nothing they do with complanency. Neither should you.
In my last post, when I said he can fool many folks, I was referring to the general populace, alluding to the fact that the only way the Dems win most races is by outright lying and deceiving. As for FReepers, most know he's a lib, but often speak of him as a moderate, which he's not
I'm with you on the GE, I'd rather see him over Lamont, but I'm hoping Schlessinger, or whomever the GOP candidate ultimately is, can win in a 3 way race.... Stranger things HAVE happened.
If I have done my math correctly, that means only 11% voted yesterday.
So why do you say that "the percentage turnout among eligible voters was quite high for a primary?"
I explained that in my original post: "The totals were low because only registered Democrats could vote, and many Connecticut residents are registered as independents." Also, I said "for a primary" because primaries usually draw fewer voters than do general elections.
The registered independents couldn't vote yesterday. Therefore, the correct turnout percentage is the percentage of eligible voters (i.e., registered Democrats) who voted. The Hartford Courant reported: "Statewide turnout was estimated at more than 40 percent, 15 percentage points higher than the last major statewide Democratic primary, a gubernatorial contest in 1994." "Lieberman Defiant in Defeat"
Oh! Eligible voters = registered Democrats!
Thanks.
That's incorrect. Connecticut state law removes Senator Lieberman's Democratic Party voter registration and *BANS* him from registering as a Democrat for no fewer than 6 months after the November election.
Senator Lieberman has officially switch Parties away from Democrat to Independent. This means 2 Independent Senators and 43 Democratic Senators, the lowest total for the DNC in years, and a shrinking trend that they have difficulty explaining.
Free for them...expensive for me to pay for them...again.
More money from my pocket to ungrateful people who resent me and my family.
Exactly so!
bttt
Wait until the real news gets out about who they threw their support behind in the voting booth.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1680781/posts
OMG. I had no idea. Why didn't Lieberman use this information?
OMG. I had no idea. Why didn't Lieberman use this information?
Holy smokes is that the best the GOP could offer? Perhaps that explains Rove's call (rumor mind you) to Lieberman today. Maybe he was asking him to change ranks and run in place of Schlesinger.
That seems like a pretty thin basis for an attack. I'd hate to be called to account for what my grandfather's brother might have done. I don't even know whether either of my grandfathers had a brother, let alone what kind of trouble these hypothetical great-uncles might have gotten into.
Attacking a candidate on the basis of what his father did is less remote. Still, does it really carry much weight? Fathers and sons can disagree. Are you ready to endorse Ron Reagan, Jr. for elective office because you liked his father?
I think any "family tree" attack by Lieberman would've just made him look desperate.
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