Quotes of the day
posted at 10:30 pm on November 3, 2010 by Allahpundit
“Any Republican who you felt got a much-deserved licking?
“David Brooks: Oh yeah. I’m delighted that the country will not be plagued by Senators Sharron Angle and Christine O’Donnell, and probably Joe Miller in Alaska. In a wave election a candidate has to beat the voters over the head with incompetence to lose, but these folks managed.”
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“But privately, Republicans pointed specifically to DeMint’s decision to back unseasoned tea party conservatives, such as Ken Buck in Colorado and Christine O’Donnell in Delaware, over primary candidates with broader mainstream appeal as the reason the GOP missed a clean sweep of Congress.
“‘That part you absolutely cannot argue with,’ a veteran GOP operative said, adding that the weakness of these candidates forced the NRSC into spending precious resources in states where it should not have. ‘The Colorado [election] is an awfully, awfully big deal. If you nominate [Buck’s primary opponent] Jane Norton, it’s over in September and you don’t spend a dime,’ the operative said. But after DeMint and tea party activists helped Buck win the nomination, the NRSC and other outside groups were forced to ‘dump millions of dollars in the race and lose. That’s very significant.’
“DeMint dismissed the complaints. ‘I’m really not sure what they’re talking about. They said a conservative couldn’t win in Pennsylvania, and Pat Toomey won,’ he said, also pointing to Sens.-elect Marco Rubio in Florida and Mike Lee in Utah as candidates who were initially opposed by establishment Republicans but went on to win.’”
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“Movement conservatives pointed the finger right back at the establishment, accusing the National Republican Senatorial Committee of squandering millions on a California race that wasn’t close at the expense of offering additional aid in places like Colorado, Nevada and Washington state, where Democratic Sen. Patty Murray holds a narrow lead as the votes continue to be counted.”…
“‘If you think what happened in Delaware is ‘a win’ for the Republican Party then we don’t have a snowball’s chance to win the White House,’ [Lindsey Graham] said. ‘If you think Delaware was a wake-up call for Republicans than we have shot at doing well for a long time.’…
“‘If the establishment is doing finger-pointing this morning it’s because their $8 million gamble in California didn’t pay off,’ jabbed a source close to DeMint. ‘That money could have been used in Colorado, Nevada, Washington and Alaska where the races were much looser and much more winnable. That was a huge fumble.’…
“DeMint’s actions have enraged many Republican senators, aides and consultants, many of whom were exchanging cutting emails about him late Tuesday and early Wednesday as it became clear the party would fall short in the Senate.”
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“Asked if Tea Party voters should be more pragmatic in nominating more electable candidates during future elections, Jenny Beth Martin, a national coordinator for the Tea Party Patriots, took a swipe at the rival Tea Party Express.
“‘One thing that we’ve seen across the country is that in places where the Tea Party people were allowed to nominate their own nominees and were not influenced by top-down political organizations, such as Tea Party Express, the Republicans did win,’ Martin said at a Wednesday morning news conference in Washington, D.C.
“Mark Meckler, another national coordinator for the Tea Party Patriots, claimed ‘the grassroots were not allowed to speak’ in races where the Tea Party Express made endorsements. ‘An outside, top-down organization came in and chose a candidate for them,’ he said…
“‘We’re smiling tonight,’ [Tea Party Express spokesman Levi] Russell said by phone. He did, however, admit that ‘losing Nevada is disappointing because it is such an important race…but when we take a step back and look at what actually happened, there’s no question we completely changed the course of Washington politics.’”
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“The Tea Party radicals had previously defeated better and more electable candidates: Mike Castle in Delaware, Sue Lowden in Nevada, Jane Norton in Colorado. Somehow the notion took hold that it was unprincipled and contemptible to support smarter candidates over stupid candidates, inclusive candidates over divisive candidates, experienced candidates over inexperienced, goverance-minded candidates over protest-vote candidates.
“That notion may have cost Republicans the Senate Tuesday night. It may cost much more in future, if Sarah Palin makes the run for the presidential nomination.
“So it needs to be pounded home: The radicals must not be allowed to claim the title of the real Republicans. They must not be allowed to dismiss the true electable, governing core of the party as ‘Republicans in Name Only.’ If anything, it’s the Tea Party radicals with their incessant threats to bolt and form a third party who deserve that name.”
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Add to that, No vetting of Obama by the LSM…ever.
kirkill on May 22, 2013 at 2:37 PM
Corruption? Provable corruption?!? Now can I get a check too?
I’m tired of being the check writer.
Squiggy on May 22, 2013 at 2:39 PM
Why are you trying to politicize this thing? It merely took a year to properly select and vet the person who would ask the question at the ABA meeting – which is the proper venue for such revelations.
Also, the IRS leadership was actively searching for the culprit at root cause of all this – Mr./Ms I Don’t Know. We have heard in testimony from a wide variety of Administration employees that this person – I Don’t Know – is at fault. Perhaps a BOLO should be issued for I Don’t Know and have their azz hauled before one of the Congressional committees to explain their behavior.
in_awe on May 22, 2013 at 2:41 PM
Guys, you over-estimate HAL.
He’d be up against the wall, screaming “But I’m one of you! Not them! I don’t belong here!”
The fate of most useful idiots.
The_Livewire on May 22, 2013 at 2:46 PM
The funny thing is, you think you’re a member of the protected class. Judging by your lack of sophistication, you’re definitely not one of the special people, just another fellow traveler. And they are always the first sacrificed by the ‘elite’.
Squiggy on May 22, 2013 at 2:50 PM
Great point, can all of us conservatives who paid taxes while this abuse was going on get our taxes back? That would be a heck of a class action lawsuit.
theCork on May 22, 2013 at 2:52 PM
Releasing the report in September might have got in the way of stealing the presidential election of 2012!
Priorities people, priorities!
slickwillie2001 on May 22, 2013 at 2:55 PM
Nixon won also with a much bigger mandate (49 states) than Obama ever dreamed of. That didn’t stop your side from going after him did it.
chemman on May 22, 2013 at 3:09 PM
You don’t see arming Mexican Drug Cartels and the 300+ citizens (and counting) to include 1 U.S. BPA, killed with those weapons & the follow-on cover up as a case of “high crimes and misdemeanors”?
You don’t see asking Al Qaeda, the perpetrators of 9/11, to protect our US Ambassador, refusing to provide security, ordering a rescue team to stand down thereby abandoning Americans fighting for their lives to die, then lying & covering up to hide their ‘incompetence’ a case of “high crimes and misdemeanors”?
You don’t call a complete lack of control resulting in Constitutional Violations and broken laws through an abuse of power & mis-use of govt agencies (IRS & DOJ) to target Americans & the medai a case of “high crimes and misdemeanors”?
There comes a point where even ‘stupidity’ reaches the level of ‘CRIMINAL’ and a ‘THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY’.
That being said, this is NOT a case of igorance or stupidity – this is an arrogant, narcissistic man tutored by Communists, mentored by racists hate-spewing Anti-Americans, spoiled by the media his 1st term that has flaunted his lack of concern for both the Rule of Law and the Constitution, giving them both a back seat to his agenda. He, like every other Liberal and certainly every politician in Washington, believes he is above both the very laws they pass for us as well as the Constitutional they (Liberals/Socialists) call ‘outdated’!
easyt65 on May 22, 2013 at 3:16 PM
easyt65 on May 22, 2013 at 3:16 PM
(The reason I listed all those issues is because according to the WH these were all cases of ‘I don’t know / Wasn’t me’ incompetence.)
easyt65 on May 22, 2013 at 3:17 PM
Follow the UNIONS!!!!
All these agency’s staff are exchanging target information through their Union shop stewards.
barnone on May 22, 2013 at 3:23 PM
THERE IS NO ‘THERE’ THERE, PEOPLE!
(Poor b@stard!)
easyt65 on May 22, 2013 at 3:50 PM
Seriously. I don’t think I could get that drunk.
CurtZHP on May 22, 2013 at 3:51 PM
Miller:
“I personally conducted an investigation into the IRS issue. Who did the teargeting’? I object to the term ‘targeting’. Schulman said to you that none of this was going on…did he lie? While what he said was wrong, he did not lie. Does Congress deserve to know what was going on? I anwered the questions that you asked truthfully, do not feel obligated to tell you about problems going on, and I thought you would find out the same way Obama finds out everything – through the news. What am I going to do to ensure this doesn’t happen again and what will I do to those who carried this out? Nothing – I leave at the end of June…not my problem.
The IG donated to the Obama campaign.
The man behind the IRS probe (No, not Miller) dated Michelle in college…
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Now WHY in the world would anyone an Independent Investigatice Counsel to step in and investigate these scandals when the DOJ & Obama administration can easily do an INTERNAL investigation themselves?!
(Ummm, part of the administration’s/Holder’s/IRS/DOJ argument is that these scandals happened becasue they were/are so incompetent/disorganized/ignorant….but then try to convince us that no Independent Counsel is needed to come in and investigate because they are competent enough to do that themselves?! What the …)
easyt65 on May 22, 2013 at 3:58 PM
(Meanwhile, quietly being reported in the back pages of newspapers:
‘Fed chairman warns ending stimulus would carry substantial risks…’
‘Bernanke Has Now Injected Foreign Banks With Over $1 Trillion In Cash… ‘
– ‘Ending STIMULUS’? I thought we HAD ended ‘stimuls’ spending?!
– That would be $1 Trillion in BORROWED tax payer dollars going OUT of the United States
easyt65 on May 22, 2013 at 4:04 PM
Drudge has a link to a story that The IG used to date Michelle Obama??
huh?
workingclass artist on May 22, 2013 at 4:30 PM
I’m thinking Obama is starting to regret that. He could be retired in Hawaii, playing golf, raking in millions in speaking fees from his adoring minions.
Instead, he’s probably sitting in the oval office, sulking, feeling like a combination of Tony Montana and Richard Nixon.
MichaelGabriel on May 22, 2013 at 4:57 PM
Prediction:
Boehner will cry, Issa will develop laryngitis, Cheney will tsk, tsk, Sarah Palin for daring to defend America, and the Alinsky-ites? They too will skate free.It’s the Chicago way.
Don L on May 22, 2013 at 4:59 PM
To be fair, it was only one time…some sort of frat Star Wars theme party or something…
coldwarrior on May 22, 2013 at 5:19 PM
So he had the sense to dump her. Point to him.
slickwillie2001 on May 22, 2013 at 6:04 PM
Did you know that the babe pleading the Fifth now was harassing conservative groups via the SEC back in the ’90′s? The partisan corruption is very deep among the Dem lackeys.
onlineanalyst on May 22, 2013 at 8:02 PM
This all is political jungle: unless the rules have teeth, statutory obligations have real punishments for violations, expect to be crapped on. America has been crapped on by this administration with arrogant gusto. IMO Congress has been very negligent about teeth.
Chessplayer on May 22, 2013 at 8:53 PM
B-I-N-G-O.
This is why it is more important than ever to impeach him. Actions must have consequences.
Step 1: Impeach Obama.
Step 2: Repeal Obamacare.
Step 3: Abolish the IRS.
Also, as to this:
Do you have a link? I would love to see this.
Theophile on May 22, 2013 at 9:51 PM
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