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Teabaggers
score another victory
But they beat GOPers, how is that a victory?
Teabaggers scored another victory
on Tuesday, helping to propel a Palin-endorsed nobody, Christine
O’Donnell,
to an upset win over popular Mike Castle in the race for the GOP Senate
nomination in Delaware.
Mr. Castle, a moderate, two-term governor who had been reliably winning
elections for the last four decades,
became the latest establishment Republican casualty. Republican
leaders, who had actively opposed Ms. O’Donnell,
said the outcome complicated the party’s chances of winning control of
the Senate.
Exactly.
I don't know Bush about
Delaware politics but they say O'Donnell has zero chance in November,
meaning they traded a certain GOP seat for a Democratic one - thanks,
Teabaggers.
Ms. O’Donnell, a former abstinence
counselor who's never held office, won the endorsement of Sarah Palin,
Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina and other leaders of the party’s
conservative wing.
So why are Palin and DeMint running against the GOP?
I like that, and I'm, not
supposed to like what insane right-wing handjobs do.
“People said we can’t win the
general election; yes we can!” Ms. O’Donnell said with a straight face.
“It will be hard work, but we can win if those same people who fought
against me work just as hard for me.”
The results on the last big night of primaries highlighted the extent
to which Teabaggers have upended
the Republican Party and underscored the volatility of the GOP
electorate seven weeks from Election Day.
O’Donnell’s victory touched off a
new round of recriminations among Republicans over the direction of
their party,
raising the question of whether there was still room for moderates and
whether the drive for ideological purity would
cost the party victories in November. The state and national Republican
Party had mounted an aggressive campaign
to defeat O’Donnell, with Castle unable to rely on independent voters
who have long formed his base of support.
Excellent.
The Independents won't vote for O'Donnell which means the Teabaggers
are
playing the Nader role to split the GOP vote so science-based Democrats
can win.