By Daniel Greenfield ——Bio and Archives--September 4, 2010
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I’ve noticed that Christine O’Donnell is under vicious assault today. You can’t go on the Internet without her being attacked for her finance, for her rent payments. For a lawsuit that she brought. And it’s not just the liberal nut-jobs. It’s some of the others over there at the Weekly Standard. There’s a link at Hot Air and so forth. I’m all for reporting the news, but obviously people with grudges and opposition research is being spread virally because it all seems to be happening today. Let me put this in some perspective for you, the same way I try put the J.D. Hayworth matter in perspective before National Review and others came out and endorsed McCain. I don’t give a damn about any of it. If she’s a moral, ethical person who follows the law, I don’t give a damn about any of it. We need people in the United States Senate who are going to repeal government-run health care. Mike Castle in Delaware says he is not going to vote for that. We need people in the United States Senate who are going to do everything possible to kill this phony Cap & Trade. Mike Castle voted for it in the House. ... You know, there are big issues in front of us. Big matters. A big election. And why we have some back-stabbing going on for a variety of motivations, much of it personal. I don’t really care. People feeding information to bloggers hoping it goes viral. Well congratulations, it went viral. The people of Delaware, this has no impact on your lives whatsoever. None! We’re going to have John McCain, likely, in the United States Senate. What do you think John McCain is going to do? He’s going to be rounding up the liberals and moderates, as he’s want to do in the Senate, to do what? To undermine us! Yeah, but that J.D. Hayworth was in an infomercial. Who cares? I mean, for crying out loud! We can do better than this. And, we’re going to do better than this. Mike Castle is a liberal. I even see him being written as a moderate. What the hell’s a moderate? The guy votes for 90% of Obama’s agenda. That’s a moderate? Well Mark, he didn’t vote for government-run health care…but he won’t vote to repeal it, so he might as well have voted for it. I mean, ladies and gentleman, we have a country to save. We have a Constitutional Republic to establish and I’m supposed to worry about Christine O’Donnell’s rent! Well, I’m NOT worried about her rent! I’m worried about our future. And it is time that these self-appointed commentators who think they represent somebody or some perspective understand that this isn’t 2004, 5, 6, 7. It’s 2010 and we’re in perilous times and these are crucial elections. Crucial.There's more at Red State and it's worth reading too...
What, you might ask, could induce a conservative who believes in The First Amendment to vote for a politician who co-sponsored the recently passed “Disclose Act,” an act designed to stifle free speech and gag opposition to establishment politicians? What would cause a Second Amendment supporter to vote for a politician who has earned an F- grade from The NRA? And how could an advocate for life pull the lever for a pro-abortion candidate? There must be a compelling reason for “free enterprise believing” Republicans to be asked to support a man who supported TARP, “Cash for Clunkers,” “Cap and Trade” and the auto industry and bank takeovers. Those who oppose socialized medicine would need to have a strong motivation to support a candidate opposed to the repeal of Obama-care. What is the case for Castle? It comes down to this. Castle campaign workers and old guard GOP operatives, supported by corporate money, are parroting a single talking point. It is that Mike Castle can supposedly win, giving the Republicans a senate pickup, and his opponent, Christine O’Donnell, supposedly cannot.Christine O'Donnell is being Hayworthed. There's no other word for it. You can see this in action at Hotair and some other sites. The same tactics are being used, paint the genuine conservative candidate as unstable, stupid and a bit shady. Point out that, yes, the RINO isn't perfect, but it's better than having a Democrat. With Mike Castle, "we win". But what exactly do we win? We win a chance to stand for nothing again. We win a chance to be the party that's sort of like the Democrats, but not as crazy. We win a chance to lose any meaningful reform identity at all. That's what we win. This is no different than Hoffman vs Scozzafava, the same principles are at stake, except O'Donnell is a much better candidate than Hoffman. If Hoffman vs Scozzafava was about principle, than those principles still apply in O'Donnell vs Castle. Unless to some Hoffman vs Scozzafava was not about principle, but a chance to flex some political muscle, and nothing else.
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Daniel Greenfield is a New York City writer and columnist. He is a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center and his articles appears at its Front Page Magazine site.