Operation Lockdown, the GOP effort to keep Angle and Paul away from the Media

Where are the defenders of Angle and Rand? Surely Weslinder would find that Angle is a "reformer", which is why he was so hot for Palin initially.

Angle has talked about citizens using their "2nd Amendment Rights" to end Harry Reid's career. Angle was a member of a wacko party that wanted Nevada to succeed from the Union. She is into the whole wacky UN helicopter thing.

Poor Rand what more can you say.

It is sort of cool to see the not quite ready for prime time conservatives before they polish up their act a bit.

 

You'll have some people here stand up for Rand Paul (even after he embarrassed himself), but ain't nobody gonna carry the water for Angle. She is unsalvageable. The fact people are tired of Harry Reid is her only chance to win.

 

Then there is Angle (R-NV), who campaigned on wanting to "phase Medicare and Social Security out," far from a mainstream Republican message.

You have to wonder with something like 60% of all Seniors living off of nothing but SS, (not to mention the millions who use Medicaid to supplement their Medicare), why do they continue to vote in favor of those that hate those systems and would take them away in a blink?

Part of me is morbidly curious to see this scenario play out and then as millions of seniors literally die of starvation and lack of medical treatment maybe that would be enough to stop this rediculous talk?

But then I recall we just had a similar scenario with deregulation and the economic crisis. No matter how blatantly obvious a bad idea is you can always count on the woefully ignorant to continue to support it even to their own detriment.

 

Great point. America has an uncanny ability to avoid looking at the obvious truth and instead focus on the obscure lie.

 

No, Americans have the uncanny ability to willfully disavow the reality of their situation (class).

 

Too true. Simply add it to the list.

 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/16/AR2010061605323.html

Senate candidate Sharron Angle of Nevada left GOP in Reagan years, records show

 

Game/Set/Match

 

Angle ssends cease and desist to Reid campaign for copyright violations...

Rather amusing idiocy aside, the commenter in the article is right: Reid should have refused to take it down and invited a lawsuit. That would have made for some backfiring headlines for the angle wingnut campaign.

 

I would rather have grassroots candidates like Paul than establishment candidates anyday of the week even if we dont agree with some of his stances

 

He'll welcome your vote...

 

So political affilition is more important to you than actual political views? Unfortunately, about half the country agrees with you.

 

If Reid can't beat Angle, he doesn't deserve to keep his seat.

 

WTF! A monkey!

 

Amen to that. Having this Froot Loop as an opponent is a gift-horse to Reid.

 

Better yet, how does the GOP ever get a single vote from a minority, or the poor, including most senior citizens?

Fear mongering I guess. It's just such a shame the GOP can't articulate their natural philosophical positions instead of race and class baiting.

 

They still have philosophical positions? What are they?

 

To be fair, a non-party establishment candidate is pretty much by definition a grassroots candidate. The GOP machine isn't sponsoring him. For too long the left has latched onto the idea of 'grassroots' as if it always meant something desirable. It doesn't. It just means support of people not already in control or without the access of the traditional powers.

E.g. George Washington: not grassroots. David Duke: grassroots. Dubya: not grassroots. Being outside the establishment is neither inherently good or bad. It depends on the candidate.