RINO BITES THE DUST: Liberal Republican Rep. Wayne Gilchrest of Maryland was sent packing by GOP voters yesterday as state Sen. Andy Harris knocked him off in the hotly contested primary race for Gilchrest’s 1st congressional district seat. Adios, muchacho. Don’t let the door hit ya.
“I made no secret about wanting to change the place. At the end of the last Congress, I did everything I could to try to get my colleagues to change their conduct. And yet, Congress didn’t do those things. Republicans in control decided that earmarking was fine and they decided that corrupt members like Bob Ney and others should be defended.”
- Rep. John Shadegg (R-Ariz.) on his decision this week not to seek re-election
A TRUE CONSERVATIVE, A TRUE LEADER
“There are just a few guys that you look up there to see how they voted, to see if you’re voting right. And John was always one of those.”
- Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) on Rep. John Shadegg (R-Ariz.)
MUTH FOR PRESIDENT…KRISTEN MUTH!
“As president for a day, I will turn all the (dog) pounds into animal shelters that don’t kill them. I will make more aquariums. For my family, I will make a giant doghouse for my dogs, Vixen and Rio. Next I will give my mom a lifetime supply of ‘binkies’ so she doesn’t have to spend so much money. I will cut taxes 1 million times for my dad.”
- Kristen Muth, 7-year-old home-schooled apple of her daddy’s eye, in yesterday’s writing assignment
HOLDING ON BY A THREAD
“Hillary Rodham Clinton has found a lot of ways to explain her string of losses to Barack Obama. The list of excuses is long, but the justifications are wearing thin…”
- Associated Press, 2/13/08
WATCH YOUR BACK, B.O.
“Here’s something we know: A Clinton cornered is a very, very dangerous political animal. Obama’s supporters would be wise not to start celebrating too early.”
- Rich Galen of Mullings.com, 2/13/08
RETREAT & DEFEAT VS. JUST WIN BABY
“Senator Clinton and Senator Obama will withdraw our forces from Iraq based on an arbitrary timetable designed for the sake of political expediency and which recklessly ignores the profound human calamity and dire threats to our security that would ensue. They will not recognize and seriously address the threat posed by an Iran with nuclear ambitions against our ally, Israel, and the entire region. . . . I intend to win the war.”
- GOP presidential nominee-in-waiting John McCain in an interview with the German magazine Der Spiegel
WHISTLIN’ IN THE WIND
“If you think (Mike) Huckabee is making a run at (John) McCain consider this: Mitt Romney exited the race a week ago. Romney STILL has 69 more delegates than Huckabee, meaning Huckabee remains in third place behind a guy who isn’t in the race anymore.”
- Rich Galen of Mullings.com, 2/13/08
HANG IT UP, HUCK
“As for John McCain, his victories in Maryland and Virginia should persuade Mike Huckabee to give up his campaign, lest it seem a vanity project. The Virginia GOP electorate was even more conservative this year than in 2000, yet Mr. McCain still won.”
- Wall Street Journal editorial, 2/13/08
PAUL OUT, BUT WON’T SUPPORT MAC
“Ron Paul is scaling back his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination and has ruled out running as a third-party candidate, but he’s making it clear that he’s not about to endorse GOP front-runner John McCain. ‘I cannot support anybody with the foreign policy he advocates - perpetual war,’ Paul said on Monday in comments reported by Andrew Malcolm of the Los Angeles Times.”
- Associated Press, 2/12/08
TRASH TALK AGAINST RIGHT TALK
“The most anti-conservative rhetoric against conservative talk radio these days is coming from supposedly free-market conservatives. It’s disgusting.”
- Columnist Michelle Malkin
THE UNION LABEL
We’re all supposed to believe the teachers union is just an organization of concerned professionals and not a collective of classless labor agitators. Well, take a look at this picture of Pat Crowley, the Assistant Executive Director of the Rhode Island teachers union flipping people the bird at a recent protest. It’s a classic.
Oh, and The Union Label reports that Crowley is also the Chairman of the Lincoln County Democrat Party. Why are we not surprised?
Posted on February 13th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
Filed under: National
WRT to Malkin’s quote, I read her piece here:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NGFhYTYzMGE1NDBiMGIwNjVlZDBlOWRkZjgyOThjMjk=
It reminded me of one of Reagan’s quotes:
This is the issue of this election: Whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the American Revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far-distant capital can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves.
Do we honestly believe that the party poo bahs in Washington know better who we should support than we ourselves do? I’m not talking about the general uneducated voter, I’m sure they might end up liking McCain. I’m talking about people like us, people that read political blogs and keep up with current events. It’s like the elephant in the room is freaking deaf; the elephant being the Republican party of course.
BTW, what is Shadegg going to do, now? I think he should stayin Congress and bee a voice and a vote….2011 will be a Republican Congress! Hold on John, hold on!
Sounds like John Shadegg should have been a presidential candidate instead of John McPain!
I think there are a LOT of people who would have been better candidates than McPain will ever be, even if he wins.