Posted on 07/18/2014 6:03:32 AM PDT by cotton1706
Wow. There was a disbelieving sigh in some Republican corners in North Carolina with the news that Phil Berger Jr., chief prosecutor in Rockingham County and son of the powerful state Senate president pro tem, Sen. Phil Berger of Eden, had lost a Republican primary runoff for Congress.
It was not supposed to happen. Berger Jr. not only raised more money than Baptist preacher Mark Walker, he also had the backing of Republican powers-that-be and, thanks to his father, name recognition in the 6th District. The district runs along the North Carolina-Virginia border from Mount Airy to near Henderson and includes parts of Greensboro and pieces of Orange and Durham counties.
Few candidates could claim more conservative credentials.
In addition, he had the backing of retiring Rep. Howard Coble, who for 30 years has been a wildly popular congressman famed for good constituent services and for bucking the GOP establishment from time to time.
But it appears Berger the Younger got whipped by a familiar foe, Republicans backed by anti-government, anti-everything tea partyers. Although there are some signs – with mainstream Republicans hoping there will be more – that the tea party’s influence may be fading, this race proves that may be wishful thinking from the GOP for now.
Walker is a minister who said some downright bizarre things during the campaign as reported by the Greensboro News & Record. He criticized Berger for being cited for an ethics violation by the U.S. Supreme Court. It turned out the ruling was in another case from 1935, before Berger was born. Walker also referred to a federal background check for gun ownership as an e-Verify system, which happens to be all about immigration rules.
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We took 700 legislative seats in 2010 (losing some in 2012) and 19 legislative chambers. I hope we do the same this November. Then we can replace the aging Gerald Ford admirers.
People need to understand that the Tea Party is not trying to remove regular Republicans. They are removing RINOs; people who say they are Republican then vote Democrat or leftist. The Tea Party recognized early on that there was a new tactic being used by politicians since 2008; people who wear name tags that say one thing while they act like another’.
And we did it with only that backwoods ditz Sarah Palin doing the talking and no-name Michael Steele managing the paperwork. Just look how much better we did in 2012 when we had the incomparable Karl “Turd Blossom” Rove doing the yapping and the ever lovely Prince Rebus shuffling papers.
Why, this year we should take control of every seat, everywhere, and make everyone love us, and get lots of those foreign workers to do everything so we can spend all out time hating everyone.
Yay, GOPe!
Primary these elitists, con men, deceivers, socialists, criminals, plunderers, monied marxists. HOORAY Mark Walker!
When radio ads pointed this out, Walker started crying and saying it was dirty campaigning.
Phil Berger was and always has been against all forms of amnesty. Walker is a liar.
And the TEA party took another scalp in Alabama as well. The TP candidate lost to the GOPe candidate by 13 points in the first round but whipped his ash by 2 to 1 in the runoff. Of course we haven’t heard much about that race either.
“And the TEA party took another scalp in Alabama as well. The TP candidate lost to the GOPe candidate by 13 points in the first round but whipped his ash by 2 to 1 in the runoff. Of course we haven’t heard much about that race either.”
No, I didn’t hear about that. Thanks for telling me.
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