Posted on 07/15/2010 7:02:30 AM PDT by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
The political class in Washington, the inside-the-beltway media types, and the cultural “elite” – these all view the kooks and wackos like you and me to be a “dangerous” force in American politics. We threaten to overturn the apple cart. We’d do horrible things like lower taxes, stop spending so much money we don’t have, and close the borders. To the Beltway types who have been insulated from what real people think for so long, it makes perfect sense to assume that the narrative pushed by the mainstream media is true, that most people who count for anything really do want socialized medicine and an illegal immigrant in every landscaping crew. RINOs like Bennett, in turn, accept this paradigm and lend their support to the further socialization of the country by playing rearguard for the Democrats. They truly believe that resurgent Reagan conservatism is bad for the GOP - that it scares people away since what most people really want is liberalism - because they spend too much time listening to the other insiders over martinis, and not enough time paying attention to what their actual constituents back home are saying.
It is not surprising, then, that Bennett was among those purged in the great RINO hunt of 2010. He came in third at his own Party’s nominating convention, a stinging rebuke to the sitting Senator, and of the two top vote getters, the one he endorsed (Tim Bridgewater) proceeded to fall before the Tea Party-backed insurgent Mike Lee in the ensuing primary. After such an embarrassing loss, no wonder Bennett is griping about Tea Party “mischief.” I mean, hey, those dratted Tea Partiers cost him his job! Mischief-mongers!
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Okay, but his writing is picked up in Canada. Down in North Carolina he should be “Krispy.”
Along with the word “conservative” it would be awfully nice to hear the word “Constitution” now and again from these new candidates. I keep hearing the same campaign ads and phrases from years past and it’s a little annoying.
I loved the phrase “Great RINO Hunt of 2010.” That fits nicely!
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