A number of right of center organizations have contacted me to ask if they should weigh in on your behalf.
I’ve told them yes, but only if you commit to dumping your Chief of Staff in favor of a Republican after the election. Otherwise, absolutely not.
{ 88 comments }
← Previous Comments
JB,
I too voted for Buckley. While I am not sure that I agree with you conclusion, I understand the thought process. I have read the crap that the Dems and Reps post here and elsewhere, and am convinced that neither side actually wants my vote, they just don’t want the other side to get it.
grift,
Maybe that is why they become prominent.
My family contributed two votes for Buckley and are proud of it. Now the choice is which socialist, according to their voting records, to vote for or whether to simply stay home on that day.
I can still be convinced but it’s going to take some doing.
Clint Austin
In all due respect please tell us why you support Saxby not why you against Martin? And how would you rank Saxby via job performance 10 being high and 1 being low.
Anyone voting for Saxby is neither a conservative nor a REPUBLICAN.
Not one of you can defend him with respect to stated party principles.
The choice is between two liberals and one of them has a history of lying to us and doing irreparable harm to us, our families, and friends.
Both of them are equally likely to produce a record that a conservative or Republican could be proud of.
Would you HYPOCRITES GET OUT OF MY PARTY?
We are about to have a war that will make the Dem-neocon Republican conflict look like a skirmish.
Seriously, I want the Saxby/Bush crowd the HELL out of MY party.
John,
With all due respect, you’re trying to change the subject – which was JB’s original post that he was “conservative” and “likely voting for Martin.”
Are you willing to tell me how any conservative can vote for Martin?
p.s. The other option is stay home, which is not good, but is better than voting FOR Jim Martin – who may actually be a touch more liberal than Obama, if that is possible.
How can any conservative vote for Martin?
Easy – to get rid of the liberal in GOP clothing who is WORSE than a liberal.
You guys are no longer making any sense.
We have shown you the STANDARDS of your party.
We have shown you how Saxby violates every one of them.
We have shown you how the GOP leadership squelches reform.
You are boxed in a trap of your own making.
We REAL CONSERVATIVES want you out of this party or to adopt standards – you won’t be able to – that define your behavior.
If Martin is such a “weak” candidate, then why has he forced an incumbent into a run off?
RD,
Because the incumbent is a weak candidate. Anyone who thinks Martin is a strong candidate has been smoking too much kool-aid.
My point is that an incumbent is generally difficult to beat, and we can only sit here and predict what sort of political strength or malaise Martin may pick up in six years. He could very well, at that point, be harder to remove than Saxby. Or he could easily be voted out.
It’s a risky bet, in my opinion.
RD,
I think what made him easy to beat was the vote for the inexplicably important $700 Billion giveaway. For something so completely crucial to the survival of the galaxy, you suddenly don’t hear much about it anymore.
Clint Austin
This post is about should Erick help get endorsements for Saxby. And Erick is for it if Saxby fires his Chief of Staff.
Why not answer my questions?
• In all due respect please tell us why you support Saxby not why you are against Martin? And how would you rank Saxby via job performance 10 being high and 1 being low.
BTW no one has seen me defend Martin or ask anyone to vote for him. You are the one asking for votes for Saxby.
DD,
Clearly that is why Saxby is having problems. But Martin won’t have a bailout right before his election necessarily. I’m not willing to give Democrats another seat and the chance to keep a liberal twerp like Martin. Just think of what sort of ruckus it would be to get him out of office.
You are correct Ronald though I don’t think that in on term Martin can build up a war chest to equal S.C.’s which means he should be easier to get rid of after his first term.
No Martin is horrible. Saxby is not as horrible on the surface but he’s proven to be such a RINO that he deserves to lose.
It seems really clear to me that the ONLY reason to vote for either of these slobs is the SCOTUS positions. If Martin is in then no matter how much the citizens of Ga might scream at him, he is unlikely to help oppose the placing of the wingnuts that BO is likely to want in the office(s). At least with S.C. we might have a shot at forcing him to stand up to those sorts of nominations. But then I think back to then I think to the way he listened to all the citizens about the bailout. Yeah that worked. But wait, it will probably be the Rebup PARTY that will want him to stand against SCOTUS nominations not those he is supposed to be representing. So maybe just maybe he will do what he should when it comes to that situation.
Can’t we just line em all up on the lawn in front of the White House, shoot them, put their heads on pikes & start over?
Really, that would be the ideal solution here.
Where is Guido Fawkes when you need him.*sigh*
Let me throw this out there for discussion: What idiot authored the change to GA law to raise the votes needed to win when there are 3 or more candidates in a statewide race? I’ll give you a hint, it was in the house within the last 6 years. Saxby needs to send that person a thank you note… maybe some flowers, too
I’d like to defend Saxby, he’s a great guy and all, but I just can’t bring myself to do it.
I am not defending Saxby…but, just like you don’t throw-out the entire banking system because of several bad apples, you don’t throw the whole country out due to several bad senators.
Unless, of course, you are in favor of “universal health care”?
as a conservative (whatever that means), i will not vote for either candidate. i will use the write-in option if available in a runoff or just stay home.
saxby cannot be trusted as a conservative. martin can be trusted as a liberal. neither helps the gop regain traction as the party of fiscal restraint, low taxes and self responsibility.
What DOES that mean, 3-Jack?
Are write-ins allowed in a run-off?
Chris, the only votes that count in a runoff are those for the top two choices in the first election, all other votes are not counted.
Rome,
I think the majority requirement is one of the best features of Georgia elections. It actually allows voices for third parties. Buckley can have his say without his presense hurting the side he is more closely aligned with.
If the requirement was reduced to say 45%, voting for a third party would be like doing so in the Presidential election. Harmful to your own side and helpful to the party that is united with a pluralty.
Look at it this way, if you go to the extreme of eliminating a runoff altogether, and three candidates are running, 2 reasonable moderates and one Hughie Long type populist. If the reasonable candidates split the reasonable vote 33%-33%, the dangerous candidate would only need 34% to win the election. Even if the runoff would be 66%-34%.
Every election for every position should require a majority, except at-large multiple candidate elections.
bill, it means that conservatives have no candidate in the race leaving only the fear factor as a motivation to vote against martin. that’s not enough for me to hold my nose again while voting for another rino.
imho, many conservatives are tired of simply voting against the liberal agenda. the gop needs to put forth candidates running for something instead of against the other party.
Chris
We have the write in Farris for Kids campaign going strong!
We have the write in Farris for Kids campaign going strong!
We are asking a one dollar donation on every drink during happy hour to finance the message. Please give until you puke.
John,
This is not a mere write-in campaign. Farris has personally guarenteed a landslide victory against Johnny, offering to buy everyone in the state a round of drinks if he is wrong.
Quite a bold statement, that I have been trying to talk him out of, but you know how confident and stubborn R.B. Farris can be.
offering to buy everyone in the state a round of drinks if he is wrong.
A drink of water.
Still, by 2010, that may be a pretty major feat.
3-Jack,
Is the prospect of avoiding having a Great Society II for the next 30 years a good enough reason to hold your nose and vote for Saxby?
Bill,
Great Society III,
GS2 was George W.
bill, if america’s last hope of avoiding decline into gsIII is saxby chambliss, it’s too late.
It seems quite a WAR is breaking out all over regarding who qualifies as a REPUBLICAN and a CONSERVATIVE.
How is it, Erick, that you have launched some sort of witch hunt against Republicans who won’t support Palin and NONE against a Republican that eviscerated every line of the Republican party platform?
What ARE YOU?
The standards of the Republican party clearly put you outside of the Republican party.
What are ANY of you?
You ain’t conservatives.
And you ain’t Republicans.
Give me your list of guiding principles that prove me wrong – one that your leaders Bush and Saxby have not violated and which has been promulgated by the party.
I am waiting.
Read Sullivan, Yglesias
Sullivan, Cole, Yglesias, Will, and Noonan all are taking y’all apart using the PRINCIPLES of the GOP.
Until you FIND SOME PRINCIPLES that folks can see you adhering to, what are you?
“Sullivan, Cole, Yglesias, Will, and Noonan”
I’m surprised you didn’t include Ann Coulter in yoru list.
Saxby was making bad decisions before he hired Charlie Harmon. That being said, Saxby’s worst bad decision is still a lot better than Martin’s best good decision.
That’s if you think raising taxes is a good decision, then Martin is your man.
Chris
As a fiscal conservative I hope you are buying the drinks during happy hour to save money.
John,
As a practitioner of Galtism, I’m not spending anymore or helping to do anything positive for the economy or the United States for the next four years. Right now, the best thing we can do is sit on our hands, stop creating wealth(*), and deny it to Obama to spread around.
(*) Yes, I know, only Keyesians thing buying drinks stimulate the economy. I’m not investing domestically either.
(Edited to add, Oh, I see you were referring to Doug’s comment. my bad).
Chris,
I am going to practice reverse Galtism. That is, I will buy the tanked investments that Galtists leave behind and profit greatly when they return.
Deal in ‘10.
For the Adults!
Icarus was the other candidate. Has he dropped out? What are his feelings on another candidate who is for the children?
I’m not sure I’m still elligible. I just lost 45 million points.
But it was all worth it.
Doug,
Lemme know how that works out once the US Treasury bankrupts the companies and buys them for pennies on the dollar.
← Previous Comments
Comments on this entry are closed.