I Almost Let Them Win
Sep 4th, 2010 by Frank Knotts
I almost allowed the gutter snipes that come to these sites to win. I almost allowed them to distract from the real issues in the up coming GOP primary on Sept. 14th.
I almost allowed the party boot lickers, who only care about currying favor with the GOP establishment, to drag me down to their level of mud-slinging, instead of staying on message. The message being, that Mike Castle has for far too long been a liberal thorn in the sides of Delaware’s conservative voters.
I almost allowed the lap dog media to have their way with setting the agenda for discussion.
Almost, but not quite. I have gone back and re-read some of my research on Mike Castle’s voting record and where he receives most of his donations from. Then it hit me, I remembered what is at stake in this GOP primary on Sept. 14 th, the future.
So the following four post are reprints of past post. I feel that they give a good overview of who Mike Castle is as a politician.
Now to all of the usual gutter snipes, lap dog media types, and especially you party boot lickers. Save your usual attempts at redirecting the conversation. Think issues and not you normal, juvenile name calling and insults. Grow the hell up!
Frank
The Republic is what’s at stake here; thank you for staying the coarse. Every race is important this election both locally and nationally.
“Think issues and not you normal, juvenile name calling and insult”
Frank, how can we take the above seriously, when in the previous sentence you called people “gutter snipes”, “lap dog media types”, and “party book lickers”.
Really, do you even read what the heck you write?
Glenn Urquhart might be on to something as far as Nazis in our midst. Did you see Evan Q. doing the SS Brownshirt routine for O’Donnell at the DC rally? Really quite disturbingly unbelievable! Says it all about these people. Tell me, have you ever seen anything like this before in Delaware:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dQKdFoFMa4&feature=player_embedded
It’s the way you act when you are deluded. Thinking you are a messenger of God and the Founding Fathers. Now Frank shows his true nature.
We are all gutter snipe boot licking party lappers for telling the truth. I am sure he thinks Evan Q. with the brown shirt persona is just doing what any good extremists has to do – push people around, bully, intimidate.
Fellow conservatives, once again we see the ugly face of extremism. From the KKK to this. Not a pretty sight.
Sorry I missed EvanQ’s brown shirt persona but I glad you party bootlickers are back. It wouldn’t be a fair and balanced blog with detractors.
The bad thing about bootlicking is: Doesn’t your tongue get dirty.
Ok, so I was also waivering after Gaffney’s interview and the initial rush of Castle ads. It is now several days later and I am starting to wonder: Will the absolute deluge of negative attack ads actually backfire on Mr. Castle? This week I have received no less than 5 big mail pieces letting me know how terrible a person this Christine is. I have heard attack radio ads every hour on several local radio stations. I am trying now to relax and watch a college football game and another attack ad plays ensuring that I realize that little Miss O’donnell is the devil incarnate. It seems that Castle and the DEGOP is in supreme panic mode. People don’t like these types of personal attacks and there always comes a point in time where you cross the line and get hurt by your own zeal. Personally that line has been crossed today as I open the mail and now receive a donation plea from Mr. Castle. I guess he is spending more money on poor Miss O’donnell than he thought. Maybe he’ll run out of money and get crushed by Coons in the general. I would actually find some sort of satisfaction in that.
Mark H, unlike those who come here and call me stupid and an idiot, I called no one specifically by name, a gutter snipe, party boot licker or lap dog media types. The only people who should be offended are the gutter snipes, party boot lickers and lap dog media types. They know who they are and will not be able to control themselves.
As for think 123, I have no idea what Evan does and will make no excuses for him.
And to Chris T, you have to ask yourself, why is Castle spending so much money on a primary, that all of the party bootlickers say is a done deal?
Great, another commercial, this time he’s talking to people in a coffee shop. He’s telling us what we already know, “uhhh there are no jobs, uhhhh this administration is bad, uhhh we need to encourage small business.” Then a message on the screen, “Mike Castle balanced the budget as Governor 8 straight years.” Isn’t in the Delaware constitution that the budget has to be balanced? Doesn’t the legislature make that happen and than he just signs off on it? Help me out here. Taking the cake was the last message, “Fiscally Conservative” ok now who is the liar in this campaign???
The folks at DL are having a field day at our expense. They love to see a house divided and hopefully pave the way for Chris Coons. I don’t think that there is any disagreement that Mike Castle is a RINO. At least on my part, I have tremendous reservations regarding COD’s fitness for office. There are far too many indiscretions and lack of forthrightness on her part. This administration, and quisling congress, has made us all eager for change. I can’t support change just for the sake of change. Castle may be the primo RINO but he will never pull a Specter and will give the GOP another vote for senate leadership. Is he much different than Scott Brown who everyone fawned over? Chris Coons is cut from the same liberal cloth as our current pair in the senate, and will continue the Obama led decline. We’ll just have to agree to disagree, but we can do so in a civil manner. We’re not liberals after all.
Anbupro: Let the idiots at DL have their fun. Just keep in mind the deep depression that awaits them after Election Day.
Frank, what do you mean you have no idea what Evan does. He’s authored blogs here, he’s you brother in the 9/12 Founders Values Tea Party Movement. Evan Q helps with the O’Donnell campaign. S0, what did you think of the way they were intimidating people?
Any Constitution loving Founding Christian values there? What do you think of that video?
Mouse Castle is in a panic. He figured on saving his dough for the general- now he’s spending like a Powerball winner with emphysema. Hence, his internal numbers are showing him something.
“Is she gone? Can I come out now? Squeak.”
Windjammer, what do you mean missed the brown shirt part. What did you think of the video?
Castle clearly saw what happened last week in Alaska and has simply determined he’s not going to take a chance on what happened to Lisa Murkowski, Bob Bennett, Sue Lowden and more than one other front runner happen to him.
The plan for some time has been to keep the name recognition high by getting on TV in the last two weeks. If he’s decided to do some negative mailings, that’s not really something that the O’Donnell folks can really be upset about. They’ve been dishing it out for months. Now its time to see if they can take it.
No one at DL should be too happy about any of this. Castle will simply come out of it with his campaign machine sharp and ready to go. If anything, it makes a good warmup for him for the fall.
Come September 15, no matter who should win, we’re all on the same side.
Right???
Hey, thanks for thinking of me! Though I’m not attached to the Lickers, I imagine a dirty tongue is better than sucking kool-aid.
“Come September 15, no matter who should win, we’re all on the same side.
Right???”
I am supporting whoever the Republican nominee is on September 15th. That is my take.
So far Christine O’Donnell is the only Republican who refuses to sign on to this very simple concept. She continues to waffle.
O’Donnell has already pursued a 3rd party option and refuses to rule out a write in candidacy.
Some will say she will run a write in candidacy to pay off her significant outstanding bills.
Regardless, such a candidacy in the end should get her to move back to New Jersey, California or wherever her real home is.
Breaking News:
‘Mike Castle balanced the budget as Governor 8 straight years.’
Scraping the barrel when you have to go back to 1984 through 1992 to find something to bolster your claim of being a Conservative, even though it was required, and this, after having been in Congress for the 18 years since then.
TW
I and every sane republican should agree that whoever should win the primary should be supported against Carney.
TW
The only place that I’ve heard the rumor that she would do a write in candidacy, is here on this blogsite. I’ve spoken to O’Donnell’s supporters and haven’t heard it mentioned.
It seems that they would talk about it, if it were a possibility.
When a rumor like this one starts, it will spread like a California wildfire, whether it’s true or not.
I’d have a hard time voting for Mouse Castle in the general. If I want to be represented by a a Dem, I’ll vote for a real one.
I agree with Rick, at least with Coons we won’t be dissappointed. We know how he will vote and expect him to vote that way. At least it’s an opportunity to put Castle out to pasture once and for all. Hopefully, at some point, the state Republican party will get some real leadership and some great candidate will feel more confident to run in 2012 and beyond.
First let me satify think 123. I saw the video. To compare blocking a camera and then taking pictures of people taking pictures, with Brown Shirt tactics, well only a desperate person would do this. And while we are at it think123, why don’t you identify the people taking the pictures? Couid they be Castle supporters? Or just some more of the Delaware GOP operatives?
And Michael P. Borgia says, “If he’s decided to do some negative mailings, that’s not really something that the O’Donnell folks can really be upset about. They’ve been dishing it out for months.” Really Michael? What negative ads have the O’Donnell people been doing for months ? Or mailings ? They just got money enough weeks ago to put out mailers. If you are talking about me in particular, well my friend I have tried to keep it about Mr. Castle’s voting record and contributors list. If these are negative in your eyes, then we agree, I also see his voting record and contributors list as a negative.
TW, I don’t think I will have any problem supporting the winner of the GOP primary on Sept. 14 th, I already support her.
“TW, I don’t think I will have any problem supporting the winner of the GOP primary on Sept. 14 th, I already support her.”
I didn’t know you became a Michelle Rollins supporter.
At any rate, considering Christine’s past history of running write in campaigns and her sneaky attempt to use the 3rd party Constitution Party to get on the ballot, and her refusal to rule out a write in campaign reasonable people have to wonder.
Christine can end any and all speculation by simply saying she will support the winner of the primary. For those who are so confident that Christine will win this should be an easy course to advocate for Christine.
Its as easy as ABC- Anybody but Castle.
TW, I don’t think it would be in any candidate’s interest to make such a statement. It gives the impression that they themself, do not believe they will win the primary. I believe it is customary for candidates to wait until after the primary to endorse the winner. I can’t wait to hear Mike Castle give his consession speech and endorse the GOP voter’s endorsed candidate, Chrisitine O’Donnell.
Frank, c’mon.
My objection to the bullying tactics used to stop people from photographing your candidate on public property is made worse by who was doing it. These are Founders Values Christians. They wear Christ and the Bill Of Rights on their sleeves. It’s the hypocrisy that sucks.
What the hell difference does it make who the photographers were? It was a public gathering on public property. The photographers were not in the candidates space or face.
It looked totally KKK to me. Mean hearted, angry, intimidating. All in the name of Christ and the Founders.
Mean hearted, angry, intimidating. All in the name of Christ and the Founders.
The Founders were ‘angry’ and ‘intimidating.’ Thank God.
If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention!
I find it comical that Mr. Castle and the DE GOP sends their so-called reps to every Tea Party organization meeting, but doesn’t have the courage to show up himself, maybe he needs to make a trip to Emerald City and see the Wizard for some!
Rick, the Founders risked it all to secure the Bill of Rights for us. The people on the mall, peaceably assembled, taking photos, were fellow American citizens assembled in a public place. Under our Constitutional system, no police, no army, no agency of Government would be permitted to block those citizens from taking photographs that day.
So what makes you think that a political candidate has the right to do what these goons did? That was not just over the top, it betrayed the sinister side of whatever this “movement” is.
The young woman who complained about Evan, could have reported him for “offensive touching”.
So you’re cheering on the anger and intimidation? It sounds like you’re not a big fan of what the Founders set up for us. We have elections to settle differences. Even real big differences. I honestly get the feeling you folks at Tea really don’t like the way elections work. More like maybe you’d just like to strong arm you way into power? It’s really that good what you got to offer? Ends justifies means? How KKK commie.
think123, you have every right to object. My problem with the way you object is that you seek to inflame the situation beyond what it was by using leftist catch phrases like “Brown Shirts”, “goons” and “KKK”.
So are you really attempting to tell us that you feel that blocking the cameras of some of Castle’s supporters is equal to the Nazis busting heads in 1930′s Germany? That it equates with the KKK burning crosses and balck families out of their homes and lynchings.
Are you also telling me that Mr. Castle has no security around him?
Rick, the Founders risked it all to secure the Bill of Rights for us.…Think123
Wrong. For example, Hamilton, from his Federalist #84:
” I go further, and affirm that bills of rights, in the sense and in the extent in which they are contended for, are not only unnecessary in the proposed constitution, but would even be dangerous. They would contain various exceptions to powers which are not granted; and on this very account, would afford a colourable pretext to claim more than were granted. For why declare that things shall not be done which there is no power to do? Why for instance, should it be said, that the liberty of the press shall not be restrained, when no power is given by which restrictions may be imposed? I will not contend that such a provision would confer a regulating power; but it is evident that it would furnish, to men disposed to usurp, a plausible pretence for claiming that power. They might urge with a semblance of reason, that the constitution ought not to be charged with the absurdity of providing against the abuse of an authority, which was not given, and that the provision against restraining the liberty of the press afforded a clear implication, that a power to prescribe proper regulations concerning it, was intended to be vested in the national government. This may serve as a specimen of the numerous handles which would be given to the doctrine of constructive powers, by the indulgence of an injudicious zeal for bills of rights….”
When we consider the modern ‘interpretation’ of Amendment II, for example, Hamiltons observations seem quite prescient.
Everyone should Google ‘Hamilton’s Federalist 84,’ and read it.
Under our Constitutional system, no police, no army, no agency of Government would be permitted to block those citizens from taking photographs that day.…Think123
But Black Panther thugs armed with nightsticks can block a polling place in Philadelphia, intimidate white voters, and not be prosecuted.