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Title: Three reasons Christine O’Donnell might actually win
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URL Source: http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-bl ... ne-odonnell-might-actually-win
Published: Sep 19, 2010
Author: John Feehery
Post Date: 2010-09-19 11:04:07 by TooConservative
Keywords: O, Delaware
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I got caught up in the moment Tuesday night and expressed my disgust with the primary victory in Delaware of Christine O’Donnell. Poster Comment: The latest news coverage from Taiwan:Three reasons Christine O’Donnell might actually win
John Feehery - 09/16/10 11:33 AM ET
I didn’t (and don’t) think she is qualified to be a United States senator. I bought into the notion that Delaware is a traditionally blue state and that it required a moderate like Mike Castle to win. And I expressed, in fairly tough terms, how frustrated I was with conservative activists who seemingly would rather lose elections on purpose than have candidates they agree with 60 percent of the time win.
My principal frustration has to do, though, with Christine O’Donnell. I might agree with her position on all of the big issues (I am pro-life, anti-tax increase, pro-spending cuts), but I still don’t think she has exhibited the character necessary to occupy a Senate office. I think you have to pay your bills, pay your taxes, pay your tuition and generally be a good citizen who keeps your financial commitments to be qualified to be a United States senator. O’Donnell has a spotty track record on all counts, from what I hear.
I disagree with Mike Castle on many of his positions and votes, but I think he is a good person and a great public servant. I think he voted wrong on cap-and-trade, and his efforts on the Disclose Act were wrong-headed and anti-Republican. So I can see why conservatives wanted to vote against him. Believe me, I get it.
All that being said, the primary is over, and now we have to look at the election ahead of us. Here are four reasons O’Donnell, despite all her flaws, might very well win.
Her opponent: Chris Coons is terrible. He has been terrible when it comes to protecting the taxpayers and the fiscal integrity of the county he currently runs. According to a National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) analysis: “As New Castle County’s spending skyrocketed by 10 percent under Coons’s leadership, he shifted the burden for his irresponsibility to taxpayers with three massive property tax hikes of 5 percent, 17.5 percent and 25 percent respectively. In 2008, Fitch Ratings downgraded the county’s ‘rating outlook’ from stable to negative because the county’s cash balances were decreasing under Coons’s reckless stewardship.”
Her supporters: O’Donnell has become the newest media superstar, and that has helped her get the money necessary to run a decent campaign. The NRSC changed course and gave her the maximum donation allowed under law, and most Republican senators and presidential candidates will follow suit. In fact, she reportedly raised more than $500,000 the day after her primary win, with some reports saying she raised close to a million. That is a pretty impressive take for a woman who has no chance of winning.
Her state: Yes, Delaware has been a blue state, but it is not clear if that is because of the politicians or because of the voters themselves. Tom Carper, for example, is one of the most moderate Democrats out there. He is not from the Bernie Sanders school of Democrats, because he knows he can’t be. And while Mike Castle has been a very moderate Republican, his moderation came not because he had to vote that way, but because, as a former governor, he wanted to vote that way. Sure, Joe Biden had been unchallenged for a generation, but that doesn’t mean the state is deep-blue. It just means that Biden had been around for a long time. Delaware has one big city (Wilmington) and the rest is as rural as Alabama. The rural voters, given the choice, will vote like Alabamans. And as they showed in this election, they are motivated to vote, more so than the moderates.
The times: This is one of those elections where no incumbent is safe, and nobody with a record of raising taxes and raising spending is the favorite. This midterm election is a referendum on President Obama, and those who dislike him are much more likely to come out to vote. As Dick Morris points out in The Hill today, because fiscal issues are front and center in this election, conservatives are much more likely to do better, because people trust conservatives not to raise their taxes.
O’Donnell has a real shot at winning this thing. I don’t know if she will, given her flaws as a candidate, but I do know that my instant analysis that this seat was a goner was hasty and premature. This ain’t over till it’s over. And this year, who knows what will happen?
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2. Pro-Israel. 3. Pro-War AFAIK, the wars and Israel haven't been mentioned by either party in these primaries in DE.
thanks for explaining that to me.
Psalms 137:1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
I would bet you anything you wanted to bet that, if we had troops on the border with orders to shoot to kill any invader that it wouldn't take very many before the rest of them would hear mamacita calling from the casa and decide they better go back to see what up with mama. I guarantee you that if it was a more risky venture there wouldn't be nearly as many as there are now.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic. If she didn't have the stamp of approval of THE LOBBY she would not have been allowed to win. Now she will put on her knee pads to prove it.
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one.
THE LOBBY, as you call it, was backing Castle. William Kristol and Weekly Standard went all out, day after day, trying to wreck her. Rove and the rest were getting her former campaign manager to badmouth her on the radio in ads. Pull your head out. She is not backed by the entrenched neocon establishment and the slightly broader Republican establishment in the state hated her too. Maybe they just didn't want to lose a seat they could have for the asking. But they were definitely completely in it for Castle. That said, she probably is pro-Israel much like Palin is. But as a Catholic, she'd be far less likely to go in for the apocalyptic fundie angle on Israel.
Right.....see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil. Modern day campaign method of operations. I find O'Donnell's $6.9 million dollar lawsuit against the think tank that formerly employed her and and then fired her compelling. She dropped the suit, due to lack of money to pay the attorneys according to her.....but I think she didn't have much of a case and was chasing millions via lawsuit. She's a real politician at heart....She will fit right in in DC.
"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ... We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of." Edward Bernays, Father of Public Relations
Not at all. And as for supposedly unqualified candidates, why aren't we hearing all about Alvin Greene in SC? The black veteran living in his dad's basement, hides from the media, won't leave the house to campaign, was just indicted for sexual harassment for showing porn on his cellphone to some coed? Maybe he should be getting equal coverage. He's far worse than O'Donnell.
that is nice. and I don't use the bozo list.
Psalms 137:1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
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I'm not saying she's a great candidate. I'm saying Coons is really lousy too. And in an anti-Obongo election. I'd like to see some bumper stickers like: That would be a lovely political item.
you're probably right about that too. as for me, I think there's something wrong with a young woman that dabbles in witchcraft. should we raise such a person to be a US Senator? I say 'no'. people will say that the alternatives are worse. She's failed to differentiate herself from the alternatives is my response. People here have told me that a candidate should not be expected to differentiate themselves. But she should. We're still left with a situation where she has dabbled in satanic worship. Many believe the people who rule us are satanic.
Psalms 137:1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
You are a twofaced cretin whom attacks any possible solution to the problems facing this nation. The fact is that you are part of the problem.
He doesn't want his kinfolk shot while invading into the U.S.
lol......all I am saying is Give Third Parties a chance...... It's NOW or NEVER, this land can't wait. Screw Green and O'Donnell......no need for a comparative analysis of who is less qualified. Isn't there an Independent, a Constitutionalist, or, dare I say, a Libertarian in the state to stand up and expose the idiocy of the two party fraud? I can't stand ANY incumbents at this time, but the Dem/Rep offering is like picking between the last hard crouton and raisin at the end of the buffet line.
"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ... We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of." Edward Bernays, Father of Public Relations
Okay then. So what about Coons' background as a young man? "Can you guess which man is the Kenyan Marxist?" Communist, Democrat, What’s the Difference? Democrats came out drooling Wednesday morning, saying that Christine O’Donnell was just the candidate they wanted in the Delaware Senate race. Which got me thinking. If the Democrats are acting so giddy and excited… What are they trying to hide? Could it be Chris Coons’ past? An article Democrat Chris Coons wrote for his college newspaper may not go over so well in corporation-friendly Delaware, where he already faces an uphill battle for Vice President Joe Biden’s old Senate seat. The title? “Chris Coons: The Making of a Bearded Marxist.” In the article, Coons, then 21 years old and about to graduate from Amherst College, chronicled his transformation from a sheltered, conservative-minded college student who had worked for former GOP Delaware Sen. William Roth and had campaigned for Ronald Reagan in 1980 into a cynical young adult who was distrustful of American power and willing to question the American notion of free enterprise. “My friends now joke that something about Kenya, maybe the strange diet, or the tropical sun, changed my personality; Africa to them seems a catalytic converter that takes in clean-shaven, clear-thinking Americans and sends back bearded Marxists,” Coons wrote, noting that at one time he had been a “proud founding member of the Amherst College Republicans.” Hoffman said the trip to Kenya helped lead to Coons’ decision to become a Democrat. Hilarious! Our political system did not have a Communist party, so Coons joined the next best thing. The Democrat Party. Between Harry Reid’s oopsie and Chris Coon’s record, it seems that it’s Christine O’Donnell who got just what she wanted in the Delaware Senate race. Chris Coons!
I agree with Ron Paul. Trying to stay on the ballot and form organizations in fifty states is too hard. Much easier to take over an existing party, just as the Republicans took over the Whig party. This country has only ever had two real political parties. The system is self-reinforcing.
Christine O'Donnell Practiced Witchcraft Fast forward to 0:40 if you want to avoid Maher. "On one of my dates as a witch was on a satanic alter, and I didn't know it. And there was a little blood there and stuff like that . . ." I believe that you could make some decent part time change uploading laugh tracks for the upcoming November election shenanigans. In sooth, it is no longer possible to take the country we live in very seriously.
I would like to direct this to the distinguished members of the panel: You lousy cork-soakers. You have violated my farging rights. Dis somanumbatching country was founded so that the liberties of common patriotic citizens like me could not be taken away by a bunch of fargin iceholes... like yourselves. - Roman Moroni
Right, continue to do what is distructive and corrupt to the core simply because the corrupt and failing system has been in place and is self reinforcing. Hello!!! Where's the logic in that? Why take over a party you don't believe in, that has a proven track record of pissing on the people and NOT representing the people? Both Dems and Reps fall into THIS catagory. Who wants either one of them and if you do, why? You don't keep trying to modify a recipe when the ingredients are rotten and moldy, TC. If you do, you are destined to create more of what you find distasteful. Better to trash it.......the sooner the better.
"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ... We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of." Edward Bernays, Father of Public Relations
We shall see what we shall see. I'm not knocking her - just realistic. However, I think THE LOBBY is getting a little nervous, but not too much, as a lot of people are beginning to wake up to the inordinate distortion in our government as a result of Israeli sponsored bribery, extortion, blackmail, and murder. If the trend continues, and it will, then they risk losing everything by having been too maniacal and psychotic in their activities. However, the perverted fundies will mostly stay loyal, and we know the Jewish Zionists will, as they have been very thoroughly brainwashed. Look at A K A Rock, each and every atrocity and genocidal activity of the filthy perverts of the evil satanic zionazi government is justified because in his perverted and warped world the presumption that the Northern European Khazars were somehow given Israel by God, despite the Orthodox Rabbic ruling that they forfeited that by disregarding God's laws, overrules everything. They could flay children alive and Stone would be applauding (doing Beezlebub's work in God's name).
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
The view of a political neophyte. This is, of course, why George Washington and others disdained political parties entirely. But politics was and is a messy business. You have to recognize that or decide to ignore it and stop voting.
Not over O'Donnell. If anything, it demonstrates Palin Power. And Palin is now being tutored personally by William Kristol, a neocon's neocon. He was the one who got her the VP slot. Kristol opposed O'Donnell as a flake but he's holding on tight to Sarah of the Intertwined Lapel Flag Pins. O'Donnell will undoubtedly be a pro-Israel vote. Castle would have been a little less of a kneejerk supporter of Israel, the Dim Coons will be a pro-Israel vote. Even Biden was a total puppet of Israel. So you missed your chance already with Castle who would have been mildly pro-Israel (instead of rabidly pro-Israel). DE will elect a pro-Israel candidate. Of course, supporting worthless old RINOs like Castle as a way to help Israel slightly less isn't actually much fun.
No, I am simply a person who gages success realistically. We are in this piss poor state due to the two party fraud. The people are only destined for MORE failure and corruption on this path. To think that you can "fix" it by treading on the same path is to bury your head in the sand and completely discard all facts to the contrary. IMHO, THIS is the naive and neophyte perspective. Especially this silly argument that it's been this way for a long time, so we are "helpless" to do anything other than get behind the same worthless parties election in and election out. This mentality leads to a nation of American'ts not Americans. No, not voting
"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ... We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of." Edward Bernays, Father of Public Relations
Well, I'm not sure that O'Donnell means much either way in the big picture. She is driving those like Snowe/Collins to the right so she isn't all bad. The Dims are a little more scared too, those like Nelson. The rest of your remarks are simple anti-partisan complaints. Maybe you should come up with a better system. Good luck with that.
Sheesh, a good start would be to NOT continue to do the same damn thing and expect something different TC. What you will get is more failure and corruption, as I stated before. Why is this so difficult for you to grasp? Looking for "change" or "hope" in the two party fraud is as naive as voting for Obama. It's a case of an inability to see the forest for the two party fraud trees. O'Donnell isn't really going to make any difference at all......that's my point. But, getting her into office paves the way for more of the same, no difference candidates who take up space and suck of the taxpayers teat while driving another nail in the coffin of the USA--more war, more partisan bickery, more blame game and no real solutions to ANYTHING. Why cheer for that?
"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ... We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of." Edward Bernays, Father of Public Relations
The Israeli control of our government will not be cut without a lot more people becoming aware of the reality that through blackmail, murder, extortion, and bribery that Israel now controls the Feral Government of the United States. The best place to begin the counter-attack is at the State and local level as their control does not extend that far - yet.
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
It's a little GOP Tea Party sideshow. Her stealing the Castle crown and catching both parties so unprepared tickles me to no end. Women like that aren't supposed to be able to do that. The Dims ran a sacrifice candidate against an unstoppable old RINO, Castle. Except Christine grabbed the RINO crown and ran off with it, cackling at them. You just don't have a sense of political irony if you don't find that humorous. The fact that both she and Coons are such awful candidates just makes it all even funnier. However, her primary demonstrated just how vulnerable both GOP and Dims are in a lot of states considered to be quite Blue. Delaware is nothing like Alaska with Miller or Kentucky with Rand Paul.
Delaware politics: In debate, Chris Coons and Christine O'Donnell stress issues, not character . . . The candidates fielded several questions about the nation's role in peace talks in the Middle East and foreign aid to Israel. Both said they support America's role as a strong ally for Israel and favored continued peace talks between that nation and the Palestinian Authority. When asked about cutting assistance to Israel in the annual foreign-aid bill, Coons said America should continue to back its strongest ally in the Middle East. "Our relationship with Israel is one of the longest and most important we have in the world," Coons said. "I would fight to sustain our foreign aid to Israel." O'Donnell said the nation should remain a strong ally of Israel, deferring specifics about cuts to the foreign-aid bill. "It would be irresponsible for me to say yes or no because I've been a little busy the last couple of days," O'Donnell said. "I haven't had time to do laundry." . . . . I would like to direct this to the distinguished members of the panel: You lousy cork-soakers. You have violated my farging rights. Dis somanumbatching country was founded so that the liberties of common patriotic citizens like me could not be taken away by a bunch of fargin iceholes... like yourselves. - Roman Moroni
Well, you make the status quo ante argument well enough. However, there are a few things that a Senator O'Donnell won't do that a Senator Castle would do. He is a long-time antigun legislator. So you won't have the Feinstein-Castle "Ban Guns For The Children" Bill of 2011. GOA was right to totally oppose Castle just for his awful record on the Second.
O'Donnell said the nation should remain a strong ally of Israel, deferring specifics about cuts to the foreign-aid bill. "It would be irresponsible for me to say yes or no because I've been a little busy the last couple of days," O'Donnell said. "I haven't had time to do laundry." . . . . Well, there you have it. Coons is totally in the pay of Israel. O'Donnell has been too busy to do laundry, let alone plot how to steal money from Americans to send to Israel.
I think the real value in her getting in is that more people will demand a third party. Gallop is already reporting that this is what people want. This picking the lesser of two evils because they actually fall in some small area of agreement with voters is a tired and worn out outcome of our election process, resulting in a country riddled with failure and corruption. I support GOA myself. Castle had worn out his usefulness after his first term and I'm happy to see him gone. I'd simply like to see him replaced with a candidate who isn't placing more concern on masterbation than continual warring while crapping on the Constitution. This is another dog and pony show.
"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ... We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of." Edward Bernays, Father of Public Relations
The author is clueless if he really believes that.
"Society is, always has been and always will be a structure for the exploitation and oppression of the majority through systems of political force dictated by an élite, enforced by thugs, uniformed or not, and upheld by a willful ignorance and stupidity on the part of the very majority whom the system oppresses." -- Richard K. Morgan
Judging by the Dims, being a deadbeat like Turbotax Timmy Geithner or Rangell tax-dodging ways or Kerry hiding from $7M in yacht taxes is a qualification. But only for Democrats apparently. Let's look for a moment at what O'Donnell hasn't done. Now, those are the sterling qualifications of just three pols from Massachusetts. Just one state. And O'Donnell isn't "qualified"? What exactly is "qualified" then?
I didn't say she wasn't qualified. She appears to be a nut, which qualifies her to be President.
"Society is, always has been and always will be a structure for the exploitation and oppression of the majority through systems of political force dictated by an élite, enforced by thugs, uniformed or not, and upheld by a willful ignorance and stupidity on the part of the very majority whom the system oppresses." -- Richard K. Morgan
'Zactly. "Keep on doin' what you always done, keep on gettin' what you always got." The best definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing over and over and expecting that somehow the next time the result will be better/different.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic. 1. She hasn't left a young woman to die in a wrecked submerged car after driving drunk. 2. She hasn't allowed a male brothel to be operated out of her DC townhouse. 3. She hasn't taken an underage male page of Congress to Portugal and molested him while overseas. Now, those are the sterling qualifications of just three pols from Massachusetts. Just one state. I'm with ya here. I'm so sick of seeing a pack of degenerates fastening down on the public trough like a herd of hogs, handing out our dough to their servants, I can't tell you. I'm fine with O'Donnell and any other contender who comes from among the unwashed. Anything that sticks in both Pelosi's and Gingrich's craw is OK with me. Mebbe she'll turn out to be the Good Witch of the North.
I would like to direct this to the distinguished members of the panel: You lousy cork-soakers. You have violated my farging rights. Dis somanumbatching country was founded so that the liberties of common patriotic citizens like me could not be taken away by a bunch of fargin iceholes... like yourselves. - Roman Moroni
now you're engaging in fantasy. we're not going to do that. the only way to stop the illegals is to penalize the employers who hire them. and as I understand it both of you are opposed to that. You want to just let these illegals come in and take jobs???!??
Psalms 137:1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
well it seems that maybe the people of Delaware don't have any good choices. surprise surprise!! you know as well as I that we shouldn't really have to ask which candidate is least among bad. a few weeks ago there was a video here put up by ItIsTooLate fellow where a christian preacher with knowledge of satanic symbols was saying in the video that the US dollar and the seal of the US have satanic symbols on them. Does a satanic cult have control over our national government & major institutions? it is a serious question IMHO.
Psalms 137:1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
in truth? or in the south? I understand. We've seen prominent leaders who worship at Bohemian grove. the god named Molech at bohemian Grove, the owl idol they have, the druid type priests they have there, the words they speak, all of this indicates religion. and it is a non-christian religion. The owl is used by satanic type people as a symbol. the god Molech has been worshiped for thousands of years. When jewish people did it 2500 yeas ago the prophet Jeremiah spoke about how it was a rebellion against god and said that the Old Covenenant promises were broken over this type of thing and failure to follow 'the law'. The god Molech is mentioned 10-15 times in the bible. we are warned strongly not to worship it. Yet some of our leaders do or at least they attend a religious ceremony at bohemian grove where Molech is worshiped. The Skull & Bones cult has religious overtones and it is not christian. have you ever read the transcripts of their ceremony? When a priest dressed in druid robes requires you to lay in a coffin and tell him privately about your sex life until the prist is satisfied and thus lets you get up and continue the ceremony, after which you fondle human bones. sorry, that is religious and it is distinctly non-christian. Our people don't support this stuff. and yet our leaders engage in it. Now this person Christine O'Donnel is being raised up. and she says she's dabbled in satanic worship. a huge warning to us all. perhaps the satanic religious views are just being prepared for mainstream acceptance?
Psalms 137:1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
If your reward for winning is some lousy old RINO like Mike Castle, you've already lost. I can see why the Tea folk and conservatives in the state wanted anybody-but-Castle. You've no doubt noticed how reticent the NRSC is about O'Donnell. But if it had been their planned coronation of Mike Castle, they would be lecturing us all about rallying about the people's choice, respecting the people of Delaware, the usual lets-hug-the-RINO speech. When are these GOP elites finally going to rally round and hug-the-conservative? When it's a lib Republican, it's all party unity. When it's a commoner like O'Donnell who beat the RINO, they act like you dumped a turd on their doorstep.
It's like Palin. One of the best things you can say for them is that they drive all the right people absolutely insane.
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#14. To: TooConservative (#12)
#15. To: Red Jones (#10)
Putting an army on the border will not stop them.
Lord Acton
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#16. To: TooConservative (#13)
#17. To: Red Jones (#10)
#18. To: Original_Intent (#16)
If she didn't have the stamp of approval of THE LOBBY she would not have been allowed to win. Now she will put on her knee pads to prove it.
#19. To: TooConservative (#13)
the wars and Israel haven't been mentioned by either party in these primaries in DE.
#20. To: Red Jones (#14)
thanks for explaining that to me.
#21. To: Eric Stratton (#17)
#22. To: Red Jones (#21)
#23. To: abraxas (#19)
I find O'Donnell's $6.9 million dollar lawsuit against the think tank that formerly employed her and and then fired her compelling. She dropped the suit, due to lack of money to pay the attorneys according to her.....but I think she didn't have much of a case and was chasing millions via lawsuit.
No Marxist Coons In DC
#24. To: TooConservative (#20)
He's far worse than O'Donnell
#25. To: Red Jones (#10)
you're one of the dumbed down idiots that make it do-able for the people who rule our country to rule.
#26. To: James Deffenbach (#15)
I would bet you anything you wanted to bet that, if we had troops on the border with orders to shoot to kill any invader that it wouldn't take very many before the rest of them would hear mamacita calling from the casa and decide they better go back to see what up with mama. I guarantee you that if it was a more risky venture there wouldn't be nearly as many as there are now.
#27. To: TooConservative (#23)
#28. To: Red Jones (#24)
as for me, I think there's something wrong with a young woman that dabbles in witchcraft. should we raise such a person to be a US Senator? I say 'no'.
Just look at that leaping gnome! Kenyan Marxist: No, Not Obama, Chris Coons [O'Donnell's opponent]
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 by Brian O'Connor
If it's Christine The Good Witch And Masturbation-Scold versus The Kenyan Marxist for the championship belt, I'll bet on O'Donnell. Especially after the way Coons raised taxes and spent his county into the ground.
#29. To: abraxas (#27)
lol......all I am saying is Give Third Parties a chance......
#30. To: Red Jones (#24)
#31. To: TooConservative (#29)
This country has only ever had two real political parties. The system is self-reinforcing.
#32. To: TooConservative, A K A Stone (#18)
#33. To: abraxas (#31)
You don't keep trying to modify a recipe when the ingredients are rotten and moldy, TC.
#34. To: Original_Intent (#32)
However, I think THE LOBBY is getting a little nervous...
#35. To: TooConservative (#33)
The view of a political neophyte.
#36. To: abraxas (#35)
#37. To: TooConservative (#36)
The rest of your remarks are simple anti-partisan complaints. Maybe you should come up with a better system. Good luck with that.
#38. To: TooConservative (#34)
Of course, supporting worthless old RINOs like Castle as a way to help Israel slightly less isn't actually much fun.
#39. To: abraxas (#37)
#40. To: TooConservative (#36)
#41. To: abraxas (#37)
O'Donnell isn't really going to make any difference at all......that's my point. But, getting her into office paves the way for more of the same, no difference candidates who take up space and suck of the taxpayers teat while driving another nail in the coffin of the USA--more war, more partisan bickery, more blame game and no real solutions to ANYTHING. Why cheer for that?
#42. To: randge (#40)
"Our relationship with Israel is one of the longest and most important we have in the world," Coons said. "I would fight to sustain our foreign aid to Israel."
#43. To: TooConservative (#41)
#44. To: TooConservative (#0)
I think you have to pay your bills, pay your taxes, pay your tuition and generally be a good citizen who keeps your financial commitments to be qualified to be a United States senator
#45. To: Turtle (#44)
The author is clueless if he really believes that.
#46. To: TooConservative (#45)
And O'Donnell isn't "qualified"? What exactly is "qualified" then?
#47. To: abraxas (#35)
Especially this silly argument that it's been this way for a long time, so we are "helpless" to do anything other than get behind the same worthless parties election in and election out.
Lord Acton
OsamaBinGoldstein posted on 2010-05-25 9:39:59 ET (2 images) Reply Trace
#48. To: TooConservative (#45)
Let's look for a moment at what O'Donnell hasn't done.
#49. To: James Deffenbach, PaulCJ (#15)
if we had troops on the border with orders to shoot to kill
#50. To: TooConservative (#28)
#51. To: randge (#30)
In sooth, it is no longer possible to take the country we live in very seriously
#52. To: Red Jones (#50)
well it seems that maybe the people of Delaware don't have any good choices. surprise surprise!!
#53. To: randge (#48)
I'm fine with O'Donnell and any other contender who comes from among the unwashed. Anything that sticks in both Pelosi's and Gingrich's craw is OK with me.
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