Primaries are fun. You have democrats going left to capture their median voter and Republicans going right to capture their median voter. Then come the general election campaign the nominees either compromise and move to the center or win or “stand strong” and lose miserably.

The 13th is D+15…obviously the median voter in the district is liberal…NOT conservative. The 10th is just the opposite.

Problems arise, however, when uneducated passive observers of the political process (like Frisbee) think that they are correct and everyone else is wrong. These are not candidacies…they are a waste of time.

You haven’t been successful enough in your private life to raise the money to run a campaign. And no, people aren’t tired of David Scott. The 10 conservatives you talk to regularly may not like him, but the 13th district is a progressive district.

I always ask the question about constitutionality and what it means because, in general, anybody that thinks they have an answer hasn’t a clue what they are talking about. Much like you. Stop pulling out your pocket constitution and pretending like you are some democratic theorist or constitutional expert. You are not. I would suggest that if you want to play that card you should actually study constitutional law and theory as well as history and political philosophy. You are just another angry person parading himself around as the “hero” of the people with no understanding of pluralism.

You offer no choice, Frisbee. You are simply a name on a ballot and Deborah Honeycutt already did that…twice.

Scott may be a party hack, but he is not a hardcore progressive. Regardless of his “hack-i-ness” he gets elected for it and will be reelected.

What is a real conservative? Hardly a week passes where a current office holder has his/her “conservative credentials” questioned. Politics is about compromise. The Constitution itself is merely a big political compromise.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axRpJtgecfA

Conservatives who didn’t like being in Rep. McKinney’s district decided that the best opportunity for different representation was mellower centrist Denise Majette; not the Republican that they wanted but closer. It’s like that Rolling Stones song “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” but you find sometimes, you get what you need. What the GOP needs is enough swing seats to get the House or Senate but that will require opening the tent on some level rather than purity tests. But, I admire groups that say “we are who we are” and to flex would be change they can’t believe in.

I’ve been talking with people all across the district, Democrats, Independents, and Republicans. They are ALL ready for a real conservative to be put into this office.

David Scott has proven himself to be nothing but a hardcore Progressive and a party hack.

Conservative and Moderate Democrats want him gone, but are unwilling to vote across party lines. They want a real choice – and I offer that. The only reason he hasn’t been taken down to date is due to no Conservative competition in the primary to date, and the 70% Democratic electorate in this District that helps him to win re-election by sheer numbers.

As for “Constitutional” – it means abiding by and applying the Constitution to every bill that Congress considers, and voting against the bill if it violates Article 1 Section 8.

It means working to repeal those things that have been put into play by corrupt Congressman to pander to special interests and lobbyists which VIOLATE the Constitution and the Enumerated Powers of Congress.

It means making the hard decisions to say NO when required.

Frisbee, you are in the wrong game. You got as many votes as you did because the conservatives on this site like having the opportunity to vote against democratic incumbents and you were the first name offered. Sorry, but that is tantamount to being given a medal for participation in the Special Olympics.

By the way, Frisbee. Define constitutional.

I’m sure he appreciates your support – however – for the rest of the District – he doesn’t have it anymore.

Also – just for your FYI – I didn’t find out about the poll here until yesterday – it had been up for about 2 days. I had 33 or 34 % of the vote then, ahead then too. So obviously someone likes where I stand on the issues.

Start having faith in science.

McKinney’s answers to the tough questions were what most of the 175 in the audience wanted to hear. One place where McKinney and Smith differed was on the question of the 17th Amendment. McKinney wants to get rid of it and have the State Legislatures appoint the Senators as the founders wanted in the Constitution. This would make the Senators beholding to the people and the legislature, not the thousands of lobbyists on K street.

Carl Smith said he like the Constitution just the way it is. He claimed that he did not want the Governors to appoint the Senators. This showed us he did not know the Constitution as well as McKinney. There were several other positions that McKinney holds that got him the majority of applause.