McCain: Tea Party Zombie

The DNC congratulated the winner of the Arizona Senate primary thus:

“Today, the Republican party of Arizona nominated for Senate JD Hayworth in the shell of a politician that was once John McCain,” said DNC National Press Secretary Hari Sevugan. “The complete takeover of the Republican party by the Tea Party has included taking over the soul of a Senator who was once the face of comprehensive immigration reform and who now would just build the ‘danged fence;’ a man who once reveled in being a maverick and who now is a rubber stamp for the extreme rightwing; a man whose name was synonymous with campaign finance reform and who now barely registers a notice when the law that bears his name was gutted by the Supreme Court to favor corporate America. So, we congratulate JD Hayworth on his nomination tonight.”

Where did the McCain of 2000-2008 disappear?

Keep that mouth open, boy

Ken Buck, running for the U.S. Senate as a Republican in Colorado, has some mouth on him, and he opens it the right way too:

Will you tell those dumbasses at the Tea Party to stop asking questions about birth certificates while I’m on the camera?

And, in reference to the real dumbass Tom Tancredo’s comments that the biggest threat to the United States was President Obama (which actually might be true, on second thoughts):

[I] can’t believe that guy (Tancredo) opens his mouth.

In reference to his primary challenger, Jane Norton, saying that voters should pick Buck because:

…because I do not wear high heels … I have cowboy boots, they have real bullshit on them.

We need this guy in the Senate. Once Biden loses in 2012, we need someone to continue providing us with classic quotes.

In her own words, Representative Michele Bachmann, R-MN:

We are the receptacle

If so, certain receptacles need to be periodically dumped and cleaned. Dump Bachmann!

I like it!

Bennett: Another Tea Party Victim

Senator Bob Bennett of Utah has just been defeated in the UT primary election. A man who gets an 84 rating from the ACU has to be considered pretty darn conservative, but that’s just not enough for the radical Tea Party.

Will the Tea Party do for the GOP that the UKIP did for the Tories in England – cost the mainstream conservatives a good 10 seats in the parliament?

2008 presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee has come out partially critical of the Arizona immigration law, claiming:

…What does concerns me is that if it’s not carried out and applied carefully, you could end up in the situation where people are indiscriminately stopped who are absolute citizens. … America is a lot like Disney World in that once you get a ticket, you’re in. You don’t have to keep showing your ticket to keep riding the rides. That’s the whole point of liberty.

That’s not going to endear him with the Tea Party types especially if he wants to POTUS next time around. And, I still don’t like the tax-raising, big-government, pseudo-conservative.

With Charlie Crist imminently announcing his decision to run as an independent for Mel Martinez’s Senate Seat in November, Florida voters will be faced with a hot 3-way race:

• Republican Marco Rubio – a Catholic, conservative Cuban

• Independent Charlie Crist – Allegedly gay (and always flawlessly attired), single, moderate Greek-Cypriot-Irish

• Democrat Kendrick Meek – Moderate, black Baptist

Rasmussen’s polls show that the Greek might just pull it off, with double middle fingers to the Tea Party Nation.

While I like Rubio a lot and I appreciate that has enough guts to criticize Arizona’s racist anti-immigrant law, Crist is better qualified to be in the Senate. Plus, he’s just fabulous.

So, there are 2 ways to interpret every statistic. Rasmussen opted for the positive one…

Twenty-four percent (24%) of U.S. voters now say they consider themselves a part of the Tea Party movement, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. That’s an eight-point increase from 16% a month ago.

Another 10% say they are not a part of the movement but have close friends or family members who are.

And, then, there’s the other side:

Fifty-five percent (55%) of voters say they have no ties to the Tea Party movement. Eleven percent (11%) more are not sure.

That translates into a 55-24 majority of Americans who are against the Tea Party. At best, that would be 55-34.

If that’s the way the 2010 election turns out for Tea Partiers/GOP sympathizers, good luck with repealing Obamacare.

Forward Looking?

Scott Brown, the GOP’s savior, has crossed the aisle to join Democrats in passing another wasteful bill that is allegedly meant to create jobs  – wasn’t the $800 billion stimulus plan supposed to do the same? If 800 billion dollars couldn’t save the day, what will a mere $15 billion do?

The more important question in my mind is whether Brown will return to his conservative roots after this anomaly (much like justices Samuel Alito and John Roberts) or will he become another Snowe/Collins clone?

Or, perhaps, he’s just voting with an eye to 2012 when he’s going to be on the ballot again.

Any Republican or conservative who wants to dethrone the Democratic Party needs to be worried about the Tea Party Nation, a for profit company which isn’t going to do much more play the spoiler in critical elections across the country, or, worse yet, nominate unelectable conservatives to the GOP ticket.

A recent Rasmussen report shows just this:

Thus, in a 3-way tussle, the Democrat would win comfortably if we equally divide up the “Not sure” votes.

Let’s look at the first scenario: an independent/third party run by Tea Partiers.

On November 3, 2009, Doug Hoffman, who could be considered the Tea Party candidate, lost to Bill Owens 46-48 with the rest going to Dede Scozzafava, the original Republican nominee. With just one conservative on the ticket, ideally a Republican, we would have won with by a comfortable 54-46.

Even Ron Paul, the so-called Tea Party Father, is threatened by 3 Tea Partiers in the primary this year. He will most likely win the primary and go on to get re-elected, the primary challenge will force him to spend money that would otherwise go to defeat his Democratic challenger.

Third party candidates who come in from the right or the center generally tend to destroy Republican chances of victory. Had Ross Perot not run in 1992, we might not have had Monicagate. Had  Dean Berkley not run in 2008 in Minnesota, we would most likely not have Senator Al Franken sitting in Congress today.

As far as the second scenario is concerned, we have seen enough conservative candidates losing seats that would be safely in the red camp. One recent election that comes to mind is the 2008 contest for Maryland’s 1st CD. Moderate Wayne Gilchrist was ousted in the primary by conservative Andy Harris who went on to lose a seat Republicans had held for 18 years. When moderate Republican Jim Kolbe retired in 2006 and replaced by Randy Graff on the GOP ticket, Democrat Gabrielle Giffords won it handily.

Either way, the Tea Party Nation is not going to help unseat Obama’s party. The only thing it might end up doing up is giving an easy victory for the Democrats.

The RNC Chairman probably doesn’t write his own press releases, and I would suggest getting a few more creative writers on board to enliven his boring statements.

On Christie’s inauguration in NJ:

Today I join with the people of New Jersey in congratulating Governor Chris Christie on his official swearing-in as the 55th Governor of the state of New Jersey.  Governor Christie’s message of lower-taxes and less spending clearly resonated with voters in New Jersey who were looking for a solution to the failed economic leadership of the past.  It is clear that New Jerseyans are ready to move into the future under Governor Christie’s leadership.  A new day is dawning for the people of New Jersey and with this fresh start and conservative approach to governing, they have many reasons to be enthusiastic about the future.  I wish Governor Christie the best of luck and I look forward to working with him on this continued expansion of Republican leadership in coming elections this fall.

On Brown’s victory in MA:

“Tonight, Scott Brown made history by exceeding all expectations and defeating Martha Coakley in the heart of the Democrat Party’s political stronghold.  I extend my sincere congratulations to Scott, the Brown family, and his team on their tremendous come from behind victory to become the first Republican U.S. Senator from Massachusetts in more than 30 years.  His message of lower-taxes, smaller government, and fiscal responsibility clearly resonated with independent-minded voters in Massachusetts who were looking for a solution to decades of failed Democrat leadership. There is no doubt in my mind that Scott will provide the representation and leadership they have asked for and deserve.

“Now that the people of Massachusetts have made their choice clear, the Senate must move quickly to seat Senator-Elect Brown so that the people have their chosen representative in the Senate as soon as possible.  Over the past year, independent voters in Virginia, New Jersey and now Massachusetts have made their voices heard by sending a clear message that they’ve had enough of the binge spending and government-growing agenda coming from Washington – Democrats everywhere are officially on notice.”

Boring. No wonder, Steele isn’t really inspiring anyone at all.

Conservatives are clearly to blame for Bill Owens’ victory in upstate New York.

The fight between the official nominee, Dede Scozzafava, and the conservative Doug Hoffman has thrown another seat into the Pelosi camp. With Scozzafava, it should have been in the GOP column for at least another term. Hoffman doesn’t even live in the district for crying out loud.

The fact of the matter is that the Republicans who have won in the 23rd, in all its various incarnations, have traditionally been moderate: John M. McHugh from 2003 – 2009, Sherwood Boehlert from 1983 – 2003; Bruce Caputo and Peter Peyser in the ’70s.

McHugh is now Obama’s Secretary of the Army. Peyser switched sides to the DNC. Even the Dems in the district have been moderate. Good examples would be Mike McNulty and Samuel Stratton.

But, of course, conservatives just couldn’t tolerate winning another seat in the Congress. They’d rather have another vote for Pelosi than allow a moderate Republican, an already dying breed, to win a seat in the chamber.

Shame on conservatives for losing another seat because of their stupidity and short-sightedness.

I find it hard to believe that Democrats don’t have any such morality issues, aside from that playboy Edwards.

The latest is Sen. Ensign (R-Nev.) who helped find a job for his mistress’ husband. Quite a noble man, eh? Boink the wife, and enrich the husband too.

I say, her reasons for resigning are less than benign…

Others suspect something more sinister is afoot and suggest she’s about to become embroiled in a major Alaskan scandal, pointing to the abruptness of the announcement made on the eve of Independence Day that caught even Republicans by surprise.

Something’s fishy in Alaska.

Wife Not "Enough" for Mark

Members of the Scandalous Old Party are at it again. And I am forced to confirm the new name. It is becoming more and more appropriate as a new scandal is revealed every new day.

The latest is now that Mark Sanford, governor of one of the Carolinas, likes committing adultery with Argentinian babes. He also lies about his whereabouts. While he claimed he was hiking the Appalachians, he was really riding around in Buenos Aires. Read on »

The GOP, under the new Chairman Michael Steele, sent out the following e-mail earlier today:

President Obama has wasted little time using the current economic crisis to ram through the Democrat-controlled Congress his liberal, statist agenda.

And what are the Republicans doing about it? Apart from allowing pigs like Limbaugh and Coulter take over the PR department of the party? Read on »