Dem Senate candidate Bob Casey: Unserious
posted at 10:33 am on October 24, 2006 by Bryan
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K-Lo has a nice catch from an interview with Bob Casey, the Democrat who may unseat Sen. Rick Santorum. Casey comes off as a very typical Democrat, on the one hand lobbing criticisms at the Bush administration for aggressively monitoring the communications of suspected terrorists, while on the other hand trying to appear tough on terrorists by agreeing in abstract terms that terrorists should be watched and listened to. He dances and bobs and weaves in and out of the question, which to the credit of the interviewer he had a hard time getting away with. Hopefully enough voters can see through Casey’s stumbling ramba and recognize him for what he is: unserious. It’s hard to imagine that he would get more serious if he actually wins the election.
You don’t have to be thrilled with the GOP at the moment to realize that the Democrats just don’t deserve to hold power during wartime. They’re too busy pandering to the nutroots and various left-wing special interests to grasp both the stakes in the war and what it will take — at home and overseas — to win it.
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KelliD on October 24, 2006 at 10:44 AM
How refreshing to hear that! I am so sick and tired of hearing people on the right say they are not going to vote, or they are going to vote for a Democrat to teach the republicans a lesson…(banging head on desk)…all that person is doing is creating a bigger problem that will need to be dealt with..If that person took the time to look at what it is that we have tried to get accomplished within the past 6 years alone, it is actually a good record…military, security, immigration, education, taxes and economy. Rather than not vote, how about they join in the fight and write and call and blog to voice their concerns to our elected officials…I have seen a tremendous plus to blogging..every 2 years the stakes get higher and I have seen some positive results because of blogs like this one…
Pam on October 24, 2006 at 10:51 AM
I’m Bob Casey Jr. and my Dad was Bob Casey Sr. Did you know I served in Vietnam?
I didn’t? Oh. Do you know who my Dad is? He’s Bob Casey too! Just like me. Vote for Bob Casey. He’s Bob Casey!
Pablo on October 24, 2006 at 10:52 AM
This election is not about Casey. It’s about Santorum. Which is bad news for Santorum. His election was something of an aberration in Pa politics. We tend to vote for moderates and have a history of very popular and IMO praiseworthy R senators and governors in what is pretty much a blue state. See Ridge, Thornburg, Spector, Scott etc.
I agree Casey is a real lightweight. But as long as he can fog a mirror, he’s in. It could be worse. We could live in Virginia…..
honora on October 24, 2006 at 11:00 AM
Ditto. If Republicans refuse to vote because their candidates are not conservative enough, the lesson that the politicians and the media will take home from it is that those candidates lost because they were too conservative. This will guarantee that the next round of candidates will be even more liberal. The stakes are way too high to play games like that.
Coyote D. on October 24, 2006 at 11:06 AM
I’ve talked to many Democrats; they’re not voting for Casey, but rather against Santorum; and by extension against Bush. This whole race has turned into a referendum against the Iraqi war. Casey has no business getting elected; unfortunately if he *does* get elected, he comes across as so shady and sneaky that I fear he’ll be next to impossible to get rid of.
dalewalt on October 24, 2006 at 11:16 AM
The election is also about Casey, because he’s the empty suit who would put Harry Reid in a leadership role.
Bryan on October 24, 2006 at 11:16 AM
I agree Casey is a real lightweight. But as long as he can fog a mirror, he’s in. It could be worse. We could live in Virginia…..
honora on October 24, 2006 at 11:00 AM
And Virginia is so bad because……?????
bernzright777 on October 24, 2006 at 11:23 AM
Coyote D-I agree 100%
Pam on October 24, 2006 at 11:30 AM
Which is why I’m excercising the early voting option and heading over to the courthouse at lunchtime to cast my GOP ballot today.
thirteen28 on October 24, 2006 at 11:30 AM
If you’ll pardon me…
“Growing a set” afresh after being “Rep. and Senate castrotti” for so long, takes time. If the voters can’t appreciate this, we must call it to their attention. Losing after so much preparitory lifting has been done just isn’t right. Redouble your efforts, the time is now.
tormod on October 24, 2006 at 11:34 AM
Rather than not vote, how about they join in the fight
Because Desperate Housewives, Lost, Nanny-911, and Jerry Springer are on tonight!
Trying to get my co-workers to write their opinion on an issue to their representative would be like trying to get them NOT to stand in front of the time clock 5 mins before quitting time. Sad but true. All who blog care. Think of all those who don’t.
Limerick on October 24, 2006 at 11:38 AM
Casey is a complete idiot! Running on his father’s name! I really hope he doesn’t win here in PA! He will be worthless!
slapnuts on October 24, 2006 at 11:59 AM
You know, I don’t agree with some of Santorum’s personal beliefs, but he is a tough, solid and a real conservative in PA…not a luke warm moderate like Sen Specter. Plus, there are PLENTY of politicians to his left to balance in the senate.
The politics in this race centered around Santorum’s misuse of PA’s cyber home school program, and the fact that he owns a house (though he pays property taxes) in PA - but doesn’t live there (uh, he works in DC). You should hear some of the vitriol on the forums of the Philadelphia Inquirer! You’d think the locals are putting together a posse.
Philadelphia is traditionally a blue city, and I can imagine how frustrating that is to people in other parts of the state b/c the city decides elections. Still a mystery to me b/c people and businesses have been fleeing the city for years, yet the number of registered voters continues to climb…
The ISSUES didn’t become part of the local dialogue until after the first debate on Meet the Press. Since then, Casey has been pulling a Houdini in public, and playing the matador in interviews.
No straight answers! Ole!
budorob on October 24, 2006 at 12:27 PM
Limerick I am one of 2 in a wide circle of friends and family that blog, but everyone I know is voting as they know what the stakes are for their respective parties..I was not clear in what I said..I should have said those that blog (especially those with a large audience) are not doing anyone a favor or teaching anyone a lesson by not voting or voting for the other party because they are frustrated…I equate that to a 3 year old throwing a tantrum.
Pam on October 24, 2006 at 12:29 PM
All we have to do is vote for real Conservative Republicans and these problems will be solved. No more “Compassionate Conservatives.” No more apologies for being Conservative. No more pro-affirmative action, no more pro-outrageous spending, no more pro-open border, no more anti-racial profiling “Republicans.” If Republicans want to sit this election out because they feel betrayed then why don’t we just not betray them? Why do we want to become more like the party of dispicability? Why do we need to compromise? I’d love to see Mitt Romney take the place of this Compassionate Conservative. I’m encouraged by the things I’m hearing from Mitt.
Zetterson on October 24, 2006 at 12:49 PM
I don’t understand what all the hub-bub is about. Casey was clearly stating that he was for the NSA program before he was against it.
Pants Wearer on October 24, 2006 at 12:54 PM
Because you want to keep control of the Congress?
honora on October 24, 2006 at 12:55 PM
…yo, thirteen…been there, done that…all over until the next parade of empty suits.
It’s queer that today, I’d bet that a LOT of folks, even folks here, are voting more against than for anything or anyone. Some raised that point vis a vis Santorum. Myself, I was voting against the Party of Treason….
Puritan1648 on October 24, 2006 at 1:16 PM
Same here now, my vote’s in the system. Wish I could go vote in PA too in order to help Santorum … I can’t believe he’s losing to such a moron.
thirteen28 on October 24, 2006 at 3:11 PM
Honora, I appreciate the reply but perhaps I was a bit unclear. It seems to me that the majority of voters want to vote for a true conservative so why not give that to them? All the polls show that the voters are looking for someone who is going to be willing to crack down on illegal immigration. They are looking for someone to stand up against racial preferences and affirmative action. They are looking to vote for someone who won’t spend our money like a drunken sailor. The majority of voters are against giving more money to the government just so they can waste it. The majority of voters do not support the Democrats leftist/UN/Pacifist/French worldview. In that sense I meant why should we be moving to the middle on those issues? We know what the voters want and we know what is the right thing to do. So why not do it?
Zetterson on October 24, 2006 at 4:06 PM
I mailed in my absentee ballot for Santorum.
budorob, in regards to the questions as to why the voter registration is going up but businesses are leaving PA, I live in the Lehigh Valley which is one of the fastest growing areas in the state. Lots of people are moving there and working in NY.
bookwurm322 on October 24, 2006 at 8:57 PM
Well it seems to me :”true conservative” means different things to different people. Easiest example is that to many evangelical conservatives, the idea of less government inference in our lives is not acceptible–they want the government regulating abortion, gay marriage, prayer in schools etc. Many traditional conservatives reject this as they are libertarian–keep the government out of people’s lives, period. Another is that many conservatives are very hawkish (hate to use such a perogative term but you know what I mean); many others question the wisdom of the Iraqi policy.
I think it’s naive to look at the whole spectrum of ideas and thing that on each there is one, and only one, “true conservative” POV. You many be able to find people who hold all the same opinions on the key issues, IMO these people will not constitute a majority or anything like it.
honora on October 25, 2006 at 1:25 PM