I just hope that all of those who voted for this bill have a back up plan for a career come November. I also hope that all of you citizens out there who supported this bill can live with yourselves as you watch the nation’s deficit spiral upward, as you watch health care quality spiral downward and as you watch the nation that has been the beacon of freedom for the world for over two hundred years, become just another third world country. Those who support this bill are the most selfish, self-centered people in the world, if they think that it is justice to take that which belongs to one citizen and give it to another who had nothing to do with earning it. That is not justice that is a crime.

  I must say that my faith in the system has been shaken. How can we call ourselves a representative republic, when the nation’s people were screaming no ! And the so-called leaders went right ahead and passed the bill .

  This truly could be then beginning of the end of democracy and freedom in this once proud nation. How can we ever walk this back ? How can we look our children in the face and tell them that they and their children, and their children’s children will be paying for this mistake ?

  May God forgive us, may God help us and may God bless this nation of United States.

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Our current ruling regime seems bent on winning the battle regardless of the outcome of the war.  I call for a revolution.  Not one of  violence, but a revolution of thought, lifestyle, and votes.  The problem with America is not the ruling elite.  It is the people who tolerate statists at the ballot box.  We elected these people and now to borrow the sage of Chicago’s word’s, America’s chicken’s have come home to roost. 

The proof of the pudding is term limits in places like California.  Governing only got worse.  Why?  Static socialists just got replaced with revolving door socialists.    The problem is that we were electing a certain type of people.  We liked people who told us that  government was our partner.   We at first ignored then refused to be educated about the nature of our Constitution.    Now we see the wisdom of  Reagan when he said that a government powerful to give you any you want is powerful enough to take everything that you have. 

The people are awakening.  Now that the government has decided to become the managing partner and make us limited partners, the bloom is off the rose.  The suiter has become a control freak.  The people are thinking of breaking off the relationship. 

I call on every Democrat to apologize to the people for their duplicity.

 Delaware Liberal accidentally provided the answer to question that I had. What happened to Christine’s ‘08 website? Since the man who bought the web site commented and that comment was made a post. I will just link to it. Letting it lapse more than a few days was bad enough. Not paying what it took to get it back was puzzling. Not taking the deal to have the site preserved and a link to the new site was a big mistake. Like the Castle campaigns lack of message, this is an unforced error. The number one google hit on you should not be one making fun of you especially if it is your old site which you spent resources to develop. Controlling the message is what makes a campaign.  At least this mistake won’t be repeated.  The campaign assures me that they learned the lesson and took a 5 year lease on the name this time.

Another mistake was not using the guest opinion offer by Delaware Politics to address the allegations of mismanagement of the campaign finances or using the opportunity of a friendly interview then allowing that to go to Jud and the opinion makers. She brought up that the law allows a salary to be paid her even though she never paid a salary nor is there any indication that she will. The message pounded by critics has no basis in reality, but she handed them the ammunition. The PR expert didn’t control her message.  Now the issues are out in the larger media. 

Another unforced error was paying to attend Vic Mead honoring Mike Castle with a credit card that was turned down then not making it good as soon as the money came into the campaign. Taking months to make it good is bad form. Why waste time and money with your opponent’s supporters in the first place? If you do in order to meet people and press the flesh, you had better make sure the money shows up. One time I went to a breakfast fundraiser and grabbed the wrong checkbook (I had just changed accounts and the checks looked the same.) It bounced. I was annoyed because the fundraiser cost me 3 times as much as it should have, but I made sure to pay it because it was a debt of honor. It was an honest error. They happen. If someone faults you for making a mistake, they look bad because everyone can relate to being human. If you don’t correct the mistake, you look bad because you look as if you don’t care. It also highlighted slow fundraising.

Now fundraising is suffering. The distortions may not matter to voters, but they do matter to donors.   The financial issues brought up in the News Journal add to a narrative put out that she is running to provide money for herself not  to win a victory for the people.  This is poison for any campaign.  Without donors, there will not be sufficient resources to reach voters. Out of state donors are waiting for local donors. Local donors are waiting for assurance. If the campaign is to survive as a viable one and not a protest, it needs to bring on an accountant or top flight professional to oversee the finances from here on out.  O’Donnell has to put a fire wall between herself and the finances of the campaign.  It is not about legality, it is about practicality.

There are a couple of other issues that I will keep private because they involve personal conversations, but none of them rise to any level of disqualification. They are just tactical. It is about smart people not being utilized and falling off the bandwagon to other campaigns.

You can run up on the curb a few times and recover. If you keep doing it, you will do serious damage and cut the journey short.

What is the solution? I think the team around Ms. O’Donnell is smart, loyal, and capable. No one needs replacing.  It needs to be expanded. I would recommend a top flight commissioned fundraiser coupled with a top flight treasurer. I would recommend a solid community advisory committee that will meet monthly. It would bring sage advice and people who can bring clout and volunteers. I would recommend posting the mission statement of the campaign. Let the volunteers know where you have been so they can see you working and we don’t get a Bill Culley statement (which I heard from others) that you aren’t out enough and need to work harder this campaign. When you work 16 hours a day, you should get credit for it. People will not put more into a campaign than they believe the candidate does. If they believe the candidate won’t spend money, they won’t give. If they believe the candidate won’t spend time, they won’t. Ms. O’Donnell has made enormous sacrifices to bring a message of liberty and fiscal sanity to this state. She is trying to save the future of this nation. That seems to be her main motivation. Somehow she needs to bring that out. If she does, the gossip mongers will quiet out of shame. If she does not, they will eat her alive.  You can’t beat an institution like Mr. Castle without all cylinders firing.  Right now there is serious need for a tune up.

I appeal to my friend Christine publicly to be the leader that the conservative movement in Delaware needs.   

That leadership begins by showing that you can lead your own organization.

  I have faith in you. My instinct tells me there is something special about you.  I have yet to be wrong.  Don’t let me down.  Don’t be trapped by those who say that you would be giving ground to your critics.  Sometimes your critics can turn out to be your best friends if you take the right message.  You are welcome here anytime.  I hope that a big announcement is coming.

I oppose this bill because I believe it is poor policy. The other side believes that more Americans benefit than are harmed. I believe it is possible to pass a bill without the harm to gain the benefit. Those debates are part of our system. Argument over policy does not make one evil or good.

Undermining our uneasy consensus on abortion is another issue. I believe that this version is evil because it attacks human life. By 3 to 1, Americans oppose funding abortion in the healthcare reform bill. More importantly GOD opposes it 1 to 1. We will not be a nation with GOD’s blessing if we turn our backs again on the little ones. We cannot expect mercy when we deny to the innocent. It is not popular to say that. Preachers often get criticized when they say it, but it has to be said. I have never particularly cared what people think when it comes to intrinsic issues, but rather I care that I get them to think. I am not changing now.  I appeal to anyone who happens to see this post.  Please do not saddle America with this shame.

I leave you with three simple thoughts. Abortion is not health care. Abortion kills not heals. Abortion needs to stay out of any real health care bills.

  After all of the false starts and stops, the maneuvering, the bribery, the Slaughter rule, the deem and pass, after all of this , we will finally have a vote.

  Depending on who is talking, the House Democrats have or don’t have the needed votes to pass this bill into reconciliation. Then the question becomes , does the Senate even have to send the reconciliation bill back to the House, because after the vote and after the President signs the Senate version, it is law.

  It should not be lost on anyone that the President that ran as a uniter, is on the verge of cleaving this nation in two. If this bill is passed, this nation will be divided in a way it has not been since the Civil War. It will become divided with the working , productive tax payers on one side and the non-productive , non-tax paying people on the other. This legislation will pit neighbor against neighbor. It will force one citizen to pay for another citizen’s health care insurance, this will breed contempt.

  I hope that every person will pray to God in their own fashion,( the atheist can just stand in the corner with their arms folded across their chest with that oh so superior look on their faces),that this bill is defeated. And if it is passed, then may God help us.

The questions were addressed to her as Christine so the reply comes back to me likewise, but I thought it would be valuable to see her unedited. The second paragraph is sort of personal regarding communications that we had regarding a death in her family and is the only one edited. These issues were an apology for being a couple days longer than she intended I did not get any negative feedback from her regarding the use of it verbatim. I will also have some specific answers posted to some specific questions Sunday or Monday.

Dear David:  Thanks for writing to me rather than going public first with your questions and comments.   I want you to know how much I value your past support — and would appreciate your support in this year’s election and beyond.

It’s been a very emotional and hectic week for my family and me a death in the family <redacted> , meetings at Sen. Santorum’s fundraiser last evening and a private brunch that was held for me with President Musharraf today.  My new team, married with dedicated Delawareans like you, give me the confidence to know that we can not only soundly beat Mike Castle in the primary, but also win in November. 

I thought of going through point-by-point on the issues you raised, but decided not to.   The gossip about my supposed failings on this matter or that are not real charges about serious subjects.  Instead, they represent “the Lords of the Backroom” trying to spread malicious stories about me, stories based not on reality but on political hostility.

David, polls, including the one by Rassmussen (note below snapshot), show that I have strong appeal to Republicans and Independents.  My opponents, especially Castle, want to undermine me with gossip because I challenge their false sense of entitlement and threaten political careers they have regarded as “safe.”

In essence, David, what’s happening is that Castle and his minions are throwing a thousand “spitballs” at me . . . and desperately hoping that one sticks.  The new charge that I am somehow not a resident of Delaware, where I have been a legal resident for most of the past decade, achieves a new level of absurdity. 

I imagine the trivial charges will continue and get more and more bizarre.  Of course, this is exactly the kind of politics that has disgusted Americans nationwide . . . and is meant to demoralize people to the point where the “Lords of the Back Room” run everything without opposition.

To those self-appointed “Lords,” I say this:  you cannot distract me; you cannot intimidate me; you cannot make me “just go away.”  I’m in this race to win it, and nothing can deter me from achieving that goal.

David, I assure you this campaign will have the high-powered talent — and the funds — necessary not only to compete but also to win.  In the coming days, I’ll be meeting with some of the top political figures in the nation and in the world, as well as with people who will provide significant financial aid to my campaign.

I expect some major endorsements, ones that will bring national attention to our campaign, in the near future.  We have the people and the total commitment needed to win, and that strikes fear in the hearts of people dedicated to the status quo.

Yes, I am riding a statewide and national wave consisting of political activists who will no longer accept business as usual; will no longer allow entrenched career politicians to ignore the voices of the people; will no longer accept corruption as the norm; and will no longer settle for second-best.

The people of Delaware and the nation deserve much better than what they have been getting.   They deserve to have politicians like my opponent admit they have no real solutions to the nation’s problems . . . and retire to the sidelines.

Please stick with me, believe in my basic honesty and ability, and help me win this race!  I will always value your input and friendship.  What you want for our state and nation is also what I want.

Christine O’Donnell - www.Christine2010.com

Christine O’Donnell has more name recognition and has run a state-wide grassroots campaign whereas Democrat Coons has not.  As a proven vote getter with a solid foundation of voter identification and name recognition, her potential candidacy tested extremely well in a Rasmussen Report poll last fall garnering 40%, with 71% support amongst Republicans and a 2-1 edge among Independents.  Delaware voters also trend higher in dissatisfaction with the federal deficit, the state of the national economy, and the current health care proposals.
RASMUSSEN Reports - Delaware Survey of 500 Likely Voters: September 30, 2009
2010 Delaware Senate Race
Christine O’Donnell(R)40%
Beau Biden (D)49%
Some Other Candidate3%
Not Sure8%
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections2/election_2010/election_2010_senate_elections/delaware/2010_delaware_senate_castle_47_biden_42

  That’s right, health care reform stinks and the Democrats know it. Let’s just think about this like logical people for a moment. If you are a Democrat or a Republican who is in favor of this current ten-day old fish that the Obama administration is calling reform, let me ask you some questions , and then you can answer them honestly.

  We are being told by the axis of evil, (that would be Pres. Obama, Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid), that this reform will lower health care cost. We are told that it will cut waste and fraud. We are being told that it will insure millions of people who currently have no health care(by the way that is a lie, to be settled another time). We are told that this health care reform is so wonderful that it will be able to lower the deficit while doing all of these other miraculous feats, and that it will not raise taxes , “not a single dime”.

  So I guess that people who feel that they are paying too much for health care are in favor of this reform. I suppose that people who are against waste and fraud, ( and that would be just about everyone , except those wasting and defrauding I suppose), are backing this reform bill. It should go without saying that those who will receive coverage, that currently have none, are all for this bill. And how could anyone be against lowering the deficit without raising taxes ? “Not a single dime.”

  So if there are all of these people in favor of health care reform and if this current bill is so well written. If as the axis of evil is telling us, that this reform is like ice cream with chocolate syrup and nuts and whipped cream. If this reform is going to solve so many of the nation’s troubles, but even more, if it is going to be such a benefit to so many citizens. Then can one , just one of you liberal-minded folks or anyone who supports this idea, can you tell me why participation must be mandated ?

  You would think that if this reform bill was going to do all that the President and the Democrats are saying it will, that people would be lining up around the nation , just to get on the waiting list. But that’s not the case. People are lining up around the nation to protest against it. People are outraged that the Federal government in general and the Democrats in particular would dare to assume that they can make life and death decisions for individuals.

  No my friends , health care reform stinks and the Democrats know it, and they show that they know it stinks by requiring that people join or be fined. Can you imagine someone having to be threatened with a fine to force them to eat a bowl of ice cream? Get real my liberal friends.

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For those who would dismiss that possibility , district by district polls say differently.