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Senator Voinovich Attacks Southerners In The GOP
Republican Senator George Voinovich will be retiring soon and as a result he’s letting fly what he really thinks about his colleagues — from the South:
Too many conservative senators like Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) are to blame for the GOP’s downfall, one of their retiring Republican colleagues complained Monday.
"We got too many Jim DeMints and Tom Coburns," Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio) told the Columbus Dispatch. "It’s the southerners."
Voinovich, a native Clevelander who retires after the 2010 election, continued after the southern elements of the GOP.
"They get on TV and go ‘errrr, errrrr,’" he said. "People hear them and say, ‘These people, they’re southerners. The party’s being taken over by southerners. What they hell they got to do with Ohio?’"
It’s interesting that Voinovich singles out the two best republicans in the Senate as examples of how not to behave. Coburn and DeMint are the only two guys that actually stand for something.
The problem with the GOP is that we have too many fools like Voinovich running around trying to be popular with democrats instead looking out for the American people.
Instead of being a principled leader like Jim DeMint or Tom Coburn you should be blubbering, weeping, disgrace who tries to sabotage a great man like Ambassador John Bolton:
(hat tip Ace)
Mark Sanford Admits To Chasing Skirt In Argentina
I had a sick feeling that whatever the hell Gov. Mark Sanford was doing when he supposedly “disappeared” wasn’t good.
When I heard his phony story about disappearing to Argentina to “clear his head” I knew with absolute certainty this wasn’t going to end well.
Sure enough, Sanford held a rambling press conference (thank God without his wife present) and admitted to having an affair with some broad in Argentina. (I hope it was a broad)
“I have been unfaithful to my wife. I developed a relationship with what started out as a dear, dear friend from Argentina,” Sanford said in a rambling and often emotional news conference at the state capital in Columbia.
“I’m a bottom line kind of guy I’m just gonna lay it out. It’s gonna hurt and I’m going to let the chips fall where they may,” Sanford said.
He does say his wife was aware of the affair prior to his leaving for Argentina and that they’re pretty much separated.
He went on to apologize to his family, blah, blah, blah:
Sanford apologized to his wife, Jenny, and his children. “To Jenny, anybody who has observed her over the last 40 years of my life knows how closely she has stood by my side in campaign, after campaign, after campaign,” he said.
I’ve got no sympathy whatsoever for this charlatan. If he really cared about his family he wouldn’t be cheating on his wife and causing them public humiliation.
Thank God, we discovered Sanford’s true colors before he ran for president. I can’t believe this guy was dumb enough to pull a disappearing act and think no one would notice.
Secondly, if he and his wife really were separated then why not just say that publicly long ago? It wouldn’t have damaged his republican credentials to have a failed marriage — look at Newt Gingrich.
Our country’s economy is on life support, the republican party is in shambles, and Mark Sanford is chasing skirt in Argentina?
What a disgrace.
-Chris Jones
UPDATE: Here’s the uncomfortable press conference…
Video: Michael Steele’s RNC Speech
Here’s the entire 30-minute speech from RNC Chairman Michael Steele:
(hat tip Townhall)
Video: Michael Steele Delivers Solid Speech
Here’s a 10-minute snippet of Michael Steele’s speech today:
(hat tip Hot Air)
New GOP Attack Links Specter To Bush
The overwhelming support that former republican Arlen Specter received in 2004 from president Bush is coming back to haunt him — maybe.
The GOP has launched an attack campaign against Arlen Specter aimed at highlighting his conservative record.
The effort includes a Web page featuring YouTube clips of Specter’s positive comments about conservatives like Rush Limbaugh and Rick Santorum, and criticism of Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid. It also involves robocalls to Pennsylvania voters to "help you welcome your newest Democrat senator" that use audio from Specter’s old campaign ads — audio featuring what the NRSC describes as "glowing support" from former President George W. Bush.
"I’m here to say it as plainly as I can, Arlen Specter is the right man for the United States Senate," says Bush in comments included in the new call. "I can count on this man — see, that’s important. He’s a firm ally when it matters most. I’m proud to tell you I think he’s earned another term as the United States senator."
Here’s a video:
I don’t know how successful this tactic is going to be for the GOP. This looks a little desperate. Regardless of what Bush said about him, everybody knows how enraged Specter always made the conservative base, so I don’t know if this holds much water.
-Chris Jones
Video: ‘We Are Republican’
Take a look at this excellent clip put together by the ex-McCain/Palin video team:
Palin’s Campaign Clothes — They’re Back
Just when you thought you’d heard the last about Sarah Palin’s $180,000 wardrobe from the campaign that she had nothing to do with, but was blamed for buying — the story just comes roaring back:
Despite the Republican National Committee’s promise to donate Sarah Palin’s $180,000 campaign wardrobe to charity, word has it the Alaska governor’s clothes remain stuffed in trash bags at RNC headquarters, NewMajority has learned.
While Palin followed through on her promise to return her controversial wardrobe after the election, it seems the RNC has not followed through on its promise to give most of the clothes away.
First they let Palin take the fall for the clothes during the final weeks of the campaign, and now they have the clothes stuffed in trash bags? This is too much. What happened to the GOP? Why in the hell is it being run like a fly-by-night operation? Is there a competent person left at HQ? For the love of God man — get it together.
-Chris Jones
(hat tip Hot Air)
Breitbart: We Need Young, Hot Republicans
If you haven’t read Andrew Breitbart’s column this week in the Washington Times — you should. He offers a plan to get the GOP winning again. In short, he suggests what the GOP needs is more young, hot republicans.
A humorous column — but as usual there’s a lot of truth to it.
-Chris Jones
Rush Limbaugh Attacks McCain Again
Rush Limbaugh devoted a significant portion of his radio show today to bashing John McCain. He urged his listeners not to vote for McCain tomorrow.
For weeks, Limbaugh has been on the attack against McCain, branding the Arizona senator a “liberal” and suggesting he would destroy the Republican Party.
Normally, it’s the Democrats who allow extremists to speak for them. Unfortunately, right-wing extremists emboldened by their defeat of the Bush/McCain immigration plan have been out in force lately.
One would think with the prospect of a potential Hillary Clinton presidency looming, Republicans would vote for anyone with an “R” next to their name.
The Democrats have suffered in recent years, because they tend to make the mistake of nominating the most left-wing candidate they can.
Now it looks as though Republican hard liners wish to follow the Democrats down that road. The far-right can’t quit crying about John McCain not being “Conservative enough” which ironically is exactly why he’d be a good candidate.
With the popularity of the Republican party at a low-point right now, it’s critical that the GOP nominate a candidate that can appeal to a wider constituency than just hardcore right-wing Republicans.
McCain is someone who can appeal to moderate conservatives, independents, and moderate Democrats. Rush Limbaugh, Michelle Malkin, and others are doing the Republican party a disservice by continuing the shrill rhetoric against McCain.
Limbaugh in particular really sounds like an idiot when he says stuff like this:
“He’s going to reach out to Democrats in Congress,” Limbaugh said, citing “McCain -Kennedy” and “McCain -Feingold” as examples of McCain-sponsored bipartisan legislation.
If Republicans still controlled the House and Senate maybe one could make that argument, but they don’t. The only way to get anything done is to reach out. As long as he doesn’t negotiate a surrender in Iraq, everything else should be on the table.
The far-right wingers also need to quit howling about McCain’s immigration position. Tom Tancredo, Michelle Malkin, and Rush Limbaugh aren’t the voice of the Republican party. They may not admit it, but there’s quite a few Republicans who don’t share their hard line position on immigration.
The only thing that the constant drum beat about McCain’s so-called “amnesty bill” or as Michelle Malkin calls it, “shamnesty bill” has achieved is to successfully drive damn near every Latino voter out of the Republican party and into Obama’s waiting arms.
Everyone can agree that the borders need to be locked up as tight as possible with a wall, technology, and more Border Patrol. But this rigid insistence that every single illegal alien must return home is both unrealistic and over-the-top.
It’s just not gonna happen, and McCain’s bill which the President supported did need more assurances that it would secure the border first, but otherwise it was a good bill. The majority of Americans support a “path to citizenship” in addition to the fines, and all the rest.
The bottom line is that McCain at his worst is better than Hillary Clinton or any other Democrat. Whether it turns out to be McCain, Romney, or Huckabee, the important thing is for Republicans to stop whining and support the nominee.
-Chris Jones
Torture: The New Abortion
An Op-Ed by Rosa Brooks in today’s L.A. Times suggests that the litmus test for nominees used to be the abortion issue, but now is torture.
Why can’t we just call this a compromise? The Democrats can have their abortions as long as we get to torture terrorists. I think that’s a pretty fair trade.
Brooks sarcastically asserts that the reason Rudy Giuliani is the current GOP favorite is because of his endorsement of torture, in spite of his pro-choice/pro-gay marriage positions.
She’s exactly right about that. Republicans are willing to do whatever it takes to win the war on terror and Democrats are not.
I hope the new litmus test for nominees is torture, because I could never support any candidate that doesn’t have the guts to do what’s necessary to defeat our enemies.
You can’t fight a wolf if you’re gonna act like a sheep. The Democrats have shown that they’re a bunch of sheep and shouldn’t be trusted to defend this country under any circumstances.
Joe Lieberman was the only Democrat left with any balls and they kicked him out of the party.
Top Republicans defend conservative credentials
The top Republican White House contenders battled on Sunday over who was the better conservative, with Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney defending their records and views on social issues from strong attacks.
In a debate in the election swing state of Florida, former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson accused Giuliani of being out of step with the conservative values of the Republican Party and Arizona Sen. John McCain attacked Romney’s conservative credentials.
Thompson, a latecomer to the race who is chasing Giuliani in national opinion polls, said the former New York mayor’s support for abortion rights and gun control put him in a league with Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton, a New York senator.
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee likened the freewheeling exchange between the top contenders to “a demolition derby.”
The candidates didn’t just go after each other last night. Nearly all the candidates delivered blistering attacks on Democrat front runner Sen. Hillary Clinton to uproarious applause.
GOP Debate Tonight
The G.O.P. presidential contenders will be in Orlando, Fla. tonight to square off in a debate sponsored by Fox News, which will be broadcast on the network at 8 p.m. Eastern.
-Chris Jones
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