Next Year We're Gonna Party Like It's March 2003
David Weigel | May 22, 2007, 4:09pm
It's an anti-war Republican trifecta! Ron Paul has
Eric Dondero, Wayne Gilchrest has
Andy Harris, and
Walter Jones - whose tombstone will probably bear the words "freedom fries" - is
drawing a pro-war challenger.The Iraq issue is central to a challenge Jones has drawn for next year’s Republican primary from Joseph R. McLaughlin, an Onslow County commissioner. McLaughlin is not that well-known to voters, especially outside his home county, but is seeking to spur a party backlash against Jones in a district that is home to three military bases, including the Marine Corps’ massive Camp Lejune.
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McLaughlin, who spent 18 years as an active-duty Army officer, contends that Jones’ stances on the war and on homeland security issues are out of sync with those of the 3rd District’s constituents.
“A number of us have become very concerned about his drift to the left, espousing ideas that we don’t think reflect the views of the conservative base back in the district,” McLaughlin said. “Virtually every major vote on the war on terror, he has lined up with the liberals.”
I'd like to hear a longer indictment than that. Jones' ACU rating is 76 - not great for a Southern Republican, but the number's pulled down by his anti-war votes. (Ron Paul has the same rating and Wayne Gilchrest scores a meager 48 thanks to his environmental votes.) Dig a little deeper and he gets a 100 from the Family Research Council and an A from the NRA. But he's bracing for a possible Lamonting because he wants to get out of Iraq.
John | May 23, 2007, 10:36am | #
It's indicitative of the truth the man tells that so many Bush-bots seethe for Ron Paul's head on a plate.
I voted for Chimpy. TWICE. (Actually, the second time I only voted for Chimpy to vote against the other idiot, because he was an even bigger idiot.) I supported both the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. I
still think both were the right things to do. However, BushCo has emerged as the most corrupt administration, possibly EVER. Nixon looks positively pristine next to BushCo, which—surprise!—is heavily populated with Nixonites.
The Democrats, on the other hand, are simply clueless.
Never had it, never will. I mean, what does it say about them when Obama—who is woefully inexperienced—is the only candidate they've got who stands any chance of not totally screwing up the country?!
The bottom line is that BushCo f*cked up what should have been an easy victory in Iraq. At this point, I don't care what anyone thinks about this statement:
THEY DID IT ON PURPOSE. Those folks are far too smart to have been so stupid. The goal was fat oil profits and unlimited executive authority, and both were accomplished by this
perpetual war into which we've been plunged. Pandering Rudy—the Iron Fist of Discipline, expedient Romney—the Flip-flopping Mormon Miracle, self-serving McCain—the Self-aggrandizing Face-time Hound? A pox on all of them. Any of them will only be more of the same, and the electorate knows this. We'll probably wind up with President Hillary if any of those clowns get the nod.
*shudder*
Like it or not, our decades of screwing with and screwing over the MidEast played no small role in fomenting the religious extremism that's led to this present-day mess. Most of this activity was done to line the pockets of the same bunch that make up BushCo's little billionare clique. Now, under BushCo supervision, Bernanke is printing money like mad with Goldman Sachs man Paulson as his partner-in-crime; they're working with the Japanese to blow a worldwide
everything bubble (Google "Jeremy Grantham," please) that's going to end in a global economic collapse; they fight in the MidEast, not to win, but merely to piss them off enough to justify BushCo stripping us of one civil liberty after another, and they let brimstone-beltching assclowns like Dobson have an active hand in domestic policy.
If you don't think Ron Paul looks pretty damn good right now, you're living in a dream world.
