Second, my original post was submitted in response to the context of the thread which was concentrating on the propriety, or the lack of it, in calling Whitman, "whore." It seems to me that conservatives should find it far more concerning that their champion might be doing back room deals with the very entities that have brought her state to the verge of bankruptcy.
The fiscal condition a California may or may not be worse than the fiscal condition of the United States but it is clearly more immediate and the reckoning will come there first. Therefore, California is likely once more to lead the nation-this time over the cliff. In this scenario, I do not want the Republican brand tarnished by a chief executive who is cutting backroom deals over pensions with public employee unions. Such a sorry pattern would tarnish the Republican image and make it more difficult to elect a Republican president in 2012. It would splinter the party. Better to deal with the matter now if, repeat if, Whitman is truly guilty of these trespasses.
I repeat, this issue is of far more import than whether the Brown campaign has a potty mouth.
It is often noted on this site that Gov Christie's CV is less than pure conservatism. The quest for purity is suicide.
I'm a lost to respond to this because it is obviously internally inconsistent. If Christie is not pure then there is no need to worry about committing suicide in the search for purity. Anyway, even Ronald Reagan himself was not "pure."
But there are more important considerations than word play. This election is turning on fiscal responsibility which Christie displays in spades despite his squishiness on some social issues. Incidentally, Meg Whitman is unsound as far as I am concerned on many social issues, especially abortion. Christie at least is pure on fiscal issues and without taint of sellout.
The battleground after the election will move to the states as they lurch towards insolvency and it is vital that we have Republicans who are actually Republicans standing watch. The issue about Meg Whitman is, what are her core values, is she truly a fiscal conservative, does she have the kind of character on fiscal issues the governor Christie has? The wrong Republican in this post would be worse than Jerry Brown because as she sells out to these unions she would preside over the bankruptcy of California and put the blame on conservatism. We've had enough of that with Gov. Schwarzenegger and even with George Bush.
