tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post6078248693229020351..comments2024-03-18T17:01:07.165-07:00Comments on The Provocateur: What's So Bad About a Political Civil Warmike volpehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-63542590980513681192010-09-15T13:30:15.938-07:002010-09-15T13:30:15.938-07:00I always gave the Dems credit for removing Dodd, t...I always gave the Dems credit for removing Dodd, though that was pretty obvious. <br /><br />Again, Bennet is an appointee, hardly a political veteran and he won. Lincoln also won.<br /><br />Again, that's not revolutionary the way we're seeing it in the Republican party.mike volpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-16307390386971606352010-09-15T13:25:35.143-07:002010-09-15T13:25:35.143-07:00I also mentioned Michael Bennet because he was an ...I also mentioned Michael Bennet because he was an appointee who, like Lincoln, supports repealing the Estate Tax. And up until Andrew Romanoff entered the race he opposed a health care Public Option.<br /><br />And if you're going to claim credit for purging Arlen Specter, the the Democrats gain credit for purging Chris Dodd. Neither lost at the hands of voters so much as they pre-emptively jumped because they knew they couldn't win. Specter was an opportunist, Dodd was a banking lobbyist masquerading as a Senator. I wonder how many extra zeroes his paycheck will have if he can kill Elizabeth Warren's nomination.AGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-58990404008457146432010-09-15T10:44:45.793-07:002010-09-15T10:44:45.793-07:00Or like purging Bob Bennet and Arlen Spector.
Ye...Or like purging Bob Bennet and Arlen Spector. <br /><br />Yes, the Tea Parties didn't win everywhere but they did win and that's because they challenged in a lot of places. The reason you are fixated on Lincoln is because that's the only place Democrats challenged.mike volpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-40231522083234913762010-09-15T10:42:12.015-07:002010-09-15T10:42:12.015-07:00The Democrats purging Barbra Boxer and Russ Feingo...The Democrats purging Barbra Boxer and Russ Feingold would be like the Republicans purging Jim Demint and Tom Coburn.<br /><br />As far as Specter, the Democratic leadership brokered a deal to get him to switch parties and then tried to clear the primary field for him. That the voters rejected him regardless is what I'd call a textbook example of a purge.<br /><br />As far as Lincoln, she still won but that didn't mean they didn't try to replace her. Not all the tea party candidates won, either. It doesn't look like Lamongtane won in New Hampshire.AGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-73843724730529011142010-09-15T10:26:31.738-07:002010-09-15T10:26:31.738-07:00Arlen Spector was a Republican and so if anything ...Arlen Spector was a Republican and so if anything the Reps purged him and the Dems didn't want him. <br /><br />Michael Bennet was recently appointed. I'm not sure that this is the example you'd want. Blanche Lincoln still won. <br /><br />Dodd was scandal ridden and didn't run, that's one. <br /><br />I don't think that's exactly a purge. When you take on the likes of Russ Feingold and Boxer, that's a purge.mike volpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-69444235103435826412010-09-15T10:21:59.800-07:002010-09-15T10:21:59.800-07:00I don't think you can say the Democrats did no...I don't think you can say the Democrats did nothing. They went all out to stop Blanche Lincoln and Michael Bennet. They knocked off Arlen Specter and Chris Dodd. The Republicans have done a better job of forcing turnover among their House candidates but its easy to do that when you're not trying to beat incumbents which the Democrats have a lot of.<br /><br />There's nothing wrong with purging your party leadership after what we've just been through and how complicit they all were.<br /><br />Ralph Nader probably said it best when he said "the problem with voting for the lesser of two evils is that what you get is still evil."AGnoreply@blogger.com