FIRING THE CANNON: Congressman Chris Cannon (R-Utah) is a huckster and a deadbeat. The only way to get money the guy owes you from his wallet is with a crowbar or a court order. And even then, good luck. I know this from personal experience.
Well, what goes around comes around. Yesterday the Provo Prevaricator finally got his comeuppance, getting stomped in his Republican primary against a relatively unknown and under-funded candidate by 60-40 percent. In politics, especially in a race featuring an incumbent, that is known as a veritable landslide. It was an old-fashioned butt-kicking, and it couldn’t have happened to a more deserving knave.
Adios, Chris. Don’t let the door hit you in the derriere on the way out.
HAUGHTY INCUMBENT BITES THE DUST
“Should Mr. Cannon finally lose his seat, it may well be because a sometimes haughty incumbent finally wore out his welcome. But you can bet foes of immigration will trumpet it as a sign that the illegal immigration issue is finally having some bite in Republican primaries.
- John Fund of Political Diary
COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN
“What a surprise. The Republican Study Committee, a caucus of conservative GOP House Members, and the House Republican leadership don’t quite see eye to eye on the study committee’s new ‘action plan.’
“Modeled on the 1994 ‘Contract with America,’ the plan was drawn up by Rep. Jeb Hensarling of Texas. One of its most contentious measures is its very first, an immediate and unilateral earmark moratorium. On May 20, House Republicans voted on the plan and agreed to accept every proposal except the earmark moratorium.
“Then, last Friday, unnamed GOP aides told Congressional Daily that Mr. Hensarling had included the anti-earmark measure merely in order to suck up to John McCain, an avowed foe of political pork. Mr. Hensarling’s office countered angrily by saying the congressman had spoken out against earmarks even when the McCain campaign seemed to be going nowhere and was hardly able to raise a cent. One GOP House Member, despairing over this internal sniping, asked: ‘Are these guys really our leadership?’
“Earmarks aside, the ‘action plan,’ intended as a platform on which all House Republicans could run this November, goes right to the heart of current concerns. It includes a proposal to allow ‘energy exploration in Alaska and the Outer Continental Shelf.’ It also calls for Republicans to champion a Constitutional amendment to ‘prohibit federal spending from growing faster than the economy.’
“Former Rep. Dick Armey, an architect of the ‘94 Contract, applauds Mr. Hensarling and the RSC for ‘fighting to restore the idea that good policy makes good politics, and that Republicans succeed when they stand for clear limited government principles.’ But it will be an uphill fight. Even Mr. McCain, who may be good on earmarks, has plans vastly to expand federal government through greenhouse regulation and alternative energy subsidies. GOP voters are still getting a confused message.”
- Nicholas Desai of Political Diary
THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS
“The fact remains that the prime motivator of conservatives is probably going to continue to be not John McCain but a fear of the consequences of a Barack Obama victory.”
- David Keene of the American Conservative Union, NewsMax, 6/25/08
Posted on June 25th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
Filed under: National
The race between OB and McPain is the same as the peanut farmer and the appointed President in 1976. If Ford was elected we never would have gotten Reagan in 1980. And the lesser of two evils is still evil. BTW, Adolph was the lesser of three evils, Joe and Mao killed more people.