You can call it "crankiness" if it pleases you, but most of us who actually follow politics closely and have been voting conservative and getting a defective product from the Republican party for a long time call what Viguerie says THE TRUTH.
If you are unhappy with a given GOP incumbent, you can certainly do what i’ve done and that is support a more conservative opponent. I gave money to Toomey to take on Specter even though I’m in Texas.
As for Rep Tim Murphy, saying he is as bad a Murtha is absurd:
Murphy
ACU rating was 67%, NARAL 0%, Eagle Forum 95% in 2007, NRA an A-, English First 100%, Family Research council 100%< Chamber of Commerce 93% in 2006, and National Taxpayers Union various from 50-75%.
Murtha
“In 2007 National Taxpayers Union gave Representative Murtha a grade of F.” earlier years 23%. Americans for tax reform 10-20%, they gave Murphy 90%. American Conservative Union 28 percent in 2006, only 8% in 2007.
he AFL-CIO 100 percent in 2007, English First 0% in 2006
NARAL 0-50%.
It’s fairly obvious - MURTHA IS A LOT MORE LIBERAL THAN MURPHY. Their votes DONT mirror each other, Murphy is more conservative.
And the claim that far-left Obama-supporting liberal Casey is to the right of Spectre are mindboggling too. Spectre ACU rating is only in the 40% range but that is far above Casey.
CASEY IS HORRIBLE:
http://www.votesmart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=2541
- American Conservative Union 8 percent in 2007.
- Senator Casey supported the interests of the Americans for Prosperity 8 percent in 2007.
More on Tim Murphy:
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=22974
“Congressman Tim Murphy (R-Pa.) has been a long-time champion of transforming health and healthcare in America. He has been a strong advocate of modernizing healthcare through information technology, and he has been a true leader on improving patient safety. And the recent scare of drug-resistant staph infection in hundreds of communities across the country shows that Congressman Murphy is a leader that more members of Congress should listen to.”
Newt says he deserve congratulations for a good idea bill on healthy hospitals. Sounds good to me, too.
Progressives and leftists hate him:
http://democracyforamerica.com/blog_posts/19850
http://progressivepatriots.com/house/MurphyPA18.html
“A score of 67 means that Representative Murphy has acted to support 67% of a slate of conservative, wrongheaded policies in the 110th Congress.”
The other awful thing Muphy did according to the progressives was that he didnt support abortion: “A bedrock principle of American progressivism is the right of the individual to self-determination. ... H.R. 1964 defends individual autonomy with the declaration that “It is the policy of the United States that every woman has the fundamental right to choose to bear a child, to terminate a pregnancy prior to fetal viability, or to terminate a pregnancy after fetal viability when necessary to protect the life or health of the woman,” ... Tim Murphy has to date failed to support this bill through cosponsorship.”
What do you do about this?
First, calibrate yourself to reality. Claiming or thinking that far-left democrats like Casey and earmark pork-barrel partisan Dems like Murtha are no different than moderate Republicans is not ‘The Truth’.
Second, and I have said this repeatedly, SUPPORT CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATES. Yes, there are several in your state of Pennsylvania.
The other Murphy, Patrick Murphy, won a close race in 2006 in Buck Co PA. He is a Liberal Democrat in a swing district. In 2007 National Taxpayers Union gave Representative Murphy a grade of F.n 2007 NARAL Pro-Choice America 100%, American Conservative Union 4 percent in 2007, Americans for Prosperity 0 percent in 2007. VERY LIBERAL!
Tom Manion is a good man who is a genuine conservative Republican you can get behind.
Instead of pissing and moaning about the defective Republicans, work to defeat the far more dangerous and far more defective leftwing Democrats - read more on this Murphy character, a tool of Pelosi and Obama supporter ...
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/111-04242008-1524024.html
Replace this clowns with good Republican candidates: Tom Manion for Congress!
http://votemanion.stream-data.com/splash.php
http://www.americanconservativedaily.com/2008/03/tom-manion/
You can look at all these key races and find a conservative candidate you want to ge tbehind and help him or her:
PA-3 English (R) Likely R Limited Risk Leans R
PA-4 Altmire (D) Leans D Leans D Leans D
PA-6 Gerlach (R) Likely R R Favored Leans R
PA-7 Sestak (D) Likely D Limited Risk Safe D
PA-8 Murphy (D) Likely D D Favored D Favored
PA-10 Carney (D) Leans D Pure Tossup Leans D
PA-11 Kanjorski (D) Likely D D Favored Safe D
PA-15 Dent (R) Safe R Limited Risk R Favored
PA-18 Murphy (R) Likely R R Favored R Favored
OR HELP A CONSERVAITVE IN COLORADO:
“# Colorado’s 4th congressional district: Conservative Marilyn Musgrave (R), known for her staunch opposition to gay marriage, won only after winning a plurality (46%) of the vote against Angie Paccione (D) and a strong Reform Party challenge from Eric Eidsness, who got 11% of the vote. That, along with her 51% showing in 2004 despite George W. Bush winning 58% of the vote in this eastern Colorado district that includes the Fort Collins area (CPVI=R+9), could make her vulnerable in 2008.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_elections,_2008