Posted on 09/15/2010 6:01:28 PM PDT by Kaslin
Election 2010: Another Tea Party candidate has dispatched another incumbent, riding a tidal wave of voter anger. The "angry mobs" that thronged town hall meetings were laughed at. No one's laughing anymore.
When the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill passed the House with the help of eight Republicans, Rep. Mike Castle, one of the eight and Delaware's at-large congressman, offered an explanation right off of President Obama's teleprompter.
He cited Spain, which studies show has lost 2.2 jobs for every "green" job created with huge subsidies, and John Podesta's liberal Center for American Progress as approving the mandate-heavy Waxman-Markey bill as a "market-driven solution."
This is just one of the reasons Castle's opponent, marketing consultant Christine O'Donnell, labeled him an "Obama Republican."
Legislative atrocities such as Waxman-Markey and later Obama-Care are examples of what many voters see as out-of-touch politicians trying to micromanage every aspect of their lives when all they want are jobs, the right to keep what they earn, and a future that doesn't bankrupt their children.
Americans don't want Castle's and Obama's cap-and-trade, and now Delaware voters have rejected Castle himself in a year when being a former governor and nine-term congressman isn't an advantage but an albatross.
As last year's town hall meetings showed, Americans want to be listened to, not lectured at. The "angry mobs" that were laughed at are now voting in unprecedented numbers, a very ironic form of community organizing that has become the Tea Party movement.
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Christine’s at 97% of $750,000 now . . . in one day . . .
I love “Obama Republicans”
CAN YOU RULING CLASSERS HEAR US NOW?
(Sorry for the all caps, but I hate being laughed at by these people.)
And now the Tea Party Movement has become a power to be reckoned with. But, we didn't exist. How could that be?
The idiots inside of the 'ruling class' and inside of the DC beltway don't realize that this is NOT a Republican movement. It is the People!
Meanwhile Organizing for America is toast.
Fools.
You are KIDDING!!! That is fabulous!!! GO CHRISTINE!
Goodbye, and good riddance, to Mike Castle and any who follow in his footsteps.
Now she’s at 99%. In one day! Magnificent.
Oops I posted too fast. Now she’s a 100%.
Ping
Passed 750,000 and going for a million now. I’ve never seen anything like it. One day.
Remember when the Dems said the Tea Party was "astro-turfed"? Only in their dreams, either Dems or Republicans, could they purposely ignite such energy.
In listening to Fox News tonight, Bill O’Reilly seems to think there are not enough “tea partiers” to get anyone elected. I believe that he, and others, think that only those people who have signed up with a specific party are supporters. IMO, this is a vast misjudgment. I have been a “tea partier” for the past 16 months, but joined a specific tea party only last week...... It isn’t the “joining” that makes the difference, it is the belief system and the outcome of “voting” at the booth.
As far as raising money, I personally believe there are a lot of very wealthy people who do not want to see America destroyed by this muslim obamination!
I really believe we are being grossly under-estimated.... and that is what will bring in our candidates in Nov.
Yep. Nancy Pelosi said we were ‘high end astro-turf paid by special interests’ because we were too well dressed, IIRC. Also said we’re mobsters. LOL!
(I’m the Sammy da Shark) :)
I think you are correct in that thought. BOR is a pompus fool that we don't watch anymore.
On to November!
“Waxman-Markey”
Is Markey the same Colorado Democrat who fails to mention her Party affiliation in her current campaign ads?
They don't get it. It isn't a party. It is a state of mind - the same mind that fought the Revolution and ratified the Constitution, the American belief in individual effort, initiative and autonomy; the sovereignty of the individual.
No, it’s Edward Markey of the 7th District in Mass.
Don't know about you but I love my 1.6 litre per flush Government mandated toilet.
4 flushes and all is well!
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