Monthly Archives: April 2010

Where to Begin With Charlie Crist?

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As of this post, I haven’t heard one way or the other if Charlie Crist is going to run as an independent in the Florida Senate race.  Some reporting and speculation say it’s a sure thing that he’ll go that route, and I’m inclined to agree.  More fool him, but good for us.

If he does go, be grateful.  Did you really want him to stay a Republican?  Try again in two years against another opponent?  We already know who he is and we don’t want him around.  What does it matter if he’s the RINO elected to replace a Democrat now or two years from now, when his voting record as a Democrat would be all but certain?  Be glad we flushed him out for what he truly was before he was put in a position to do real damage.

Crist donors are and will be demanding their money back if he does this.  I don’t have a lot of pity for them.  Anyone who donates to a RINO after Specter, Jeffords, or Scozzafava deserves to lose their cash as far as I’m concerned.  Not that I’m taking Crist’s side on this, but the evidence of what RINOs really are was already available prior to giving him money.  Just like any other bad investment, they were going to lose.

Finally, this all reflects badly on the NRSC.  Just in case you needed another reason not to donate to them, here’s the Maverick Pumpkin Charlie Crist.  He’s their latest SNAFU after Specter, and one of their staffers was so involved in the string of Senatorial failures he warranted his own posts on RedState.  In all fairness. however, people like Crist are bound to be present to some degree even if you watch for them, but there’s no excuse in seeking them out as the NRSC has done.

So long, Charlie, one way or the other.  Whether you go indie or just drop out, you’re done.

Update: It’s official.  He’s running as an indie.  So much for those RINOs playing fair and supporting the winners of primaries like they demand of us conservative rubes.

No matter.  He’ll be unemployed regardless, and good riddance to him.

San Francisco Bans Interstellar Travel to Arizona

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Arizona’s new immigration law has produced an unexpected side effect.  It has caused the planet of San Francisco to ban interstellar travel to the state.

While planet San Francisco has been part of the United States for some time, it has been whole worlds away from the rest of the country.  It’s not hard to realize, in fact, that San Francisco has been on another planet for years.  And its planetary ruler Gavin Newsome has chosen to ban travel by city employees to Arizona in protest of the new immigration law.

I’m sure Arizona will realize that aliens from San Francisco are no longer visiting their state, and respond by wishing they had passed this immigration law sooner.  Furthermore, there may be suggestions in Arizona’s state government that aliens of the illegal variety be transported by rocket to San Francisco, since the planet is known for its friendliness to them.  In fact, if you ask anyone that doesn’t come from San Francisco, they will swear the whole planet is full of space cadets.

Now, if they would just forget where the rest of the country is to be found, we would all be so much better off for it.

Not Inclined to Believe It

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There is no way on Earth McCain is this believable a waffler.

Oh, Ye Olde Maverick is taking a hard line on immigration right now.  But to fake sincerity enough that he’s ahead of Hayworth by 54-28?  Arizona knows who he is best, and they want him to “serve” again this badly?  I’m not inclined to believe it.

At least, that’s the family friendly version of my thoughts on this “poll.”  McCain is trying far too hard to get re-elected for this to make any sense.  He might not be rubbing his RINO inclinations in the faces of primary voters even if he was this far ahead, but he certainly wouldn’t be screaming his newfound conservative conversion from the rooftops if he had this sort of lead.

Short of a boatload of independent support data, this chalks up to be another “depress the Hayworth vote” poll.  Believe it and give up, and your reward is six more years of an entitled, sanctimonious RINO returned to form.  Think Lindsey Graham’s current behavior, and imagine it for six more years from McCain.  Choose to keep fighting, because we can still be rid of him.

The RINOs Still Have to Go

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In my travels across the blogosphere, I’ve read a new concern regarding the very necessary task of RINO disposal in the Republican ranks.  None of them have read like concern trolls, so it’s worthwhile to address.  The concern is the resulting behavior of a RINO incumbent if they lose a primary.  Once out of the reach of the voters, are they then going to support the worst of the worst legislation in their time remaining out of revenge?

Possibly, but no matter.  The RINOs still have to go regardless, and here’s why this point, while valid, is a necessary evil.

  1. If this sort of blackmail should begin, it will never end.  If one RINO successfully threatens their way through a primary, though I haven’t heard of any so much as attempting it yet, they all will.  If they all succeed in saving themselves this way, all change in the Republican party comes to a halt.
  2. What are they going to do, be themselves?  Better that they go RINO for a few months than the years they will do so anyway if they’re re-elected.  This applies doubly so to RINOs with seniority like McCain, who are in an excellent position to coerce or “mentor” conservative freshmen into seeing things their way.
  3. As Nebraska demonstrated on Ben Nelson, there are other ways to hold RINOs to account other than to vote them out of office.  A lifetime supply of pariah status may just persuade them to behave.

We want the RINOs gone.  This is a worthwhile and necessary goal, but it may result in some conflict in the process.  Even if it happens though, it’s a lesser evil, because they’ll just revert to form anyway regardless of your support.  Better a shorter time of it than the longer time to regret it should they return to office.  See Lindsey Graham as an example of this.