Cynical, but it has worked like a charm for the Democrats.

Republicans – no discipline, and the totally opposite behavior. They vote the party line on unimportant votes, they buck the party on crucial votes – and then everyone rationalizes as to why they “had” to do that… because of their district, to be bipartisan, to allow future cooperation…ad nauseum. And the party leadeship lets them go their way.

And then the pundits wonder why we are a shrinking minority in Congress.

1. “They’re all the same”
2. “The Republicans are as bad as the Democrats”

What do you tell them when they’re right? When the Party promotes Kirk, and Crist and fills up the leadership of the party with so many liberals that they can’t get anything done except forwarding the Democrat Agenda when they do get power!

http://www.redstate.com/jacquesusa/2009/06/25/rep-tim-bishop-protest/

Here’s another post at Redstate.com that explains how the protest came about.

http://www.redstate.com/ireneny/2009/06/25/town-hall-meeting-with-tim-bishop-new-york-rep/

If you click on the last embedded link in the article (the embedding of the videos didn’t work very well), you can watch Part 2 of the video.

Checklist for protests:

Signs.
Bullhorns.
Cell phones.
Cameras.
Digital video recorders (I use a Flip Video) for fast upload to YouTube.
Pens and notebooks.

Beware the mainstream media types. They will try to pull a “Roesgen” on you. (Remember CNN’s Susan Roesgen in Chicago at the April 15 Tea Party? Those Tea Partiers turned the tables on her by taping HER and then getting it onto YouTube pronto. Go here to watch more: http://www.foundingbloggers.com/wordpress/2009/04/video-chicago-tea-party-in-depth-report-cnn-saga-and-all/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6xWGvdRQ9Q )

Be ready with your digital video recorder. Record THEM recording you.

Thank you.

Okay, maybe I’m dreaming, but then everybody thought Dean was nuts with his every race matters mantra. Guess what? Were now looking at a filibuster proof majority in the Senate to ramrod through whatever The Big 0 wants. I’ll take Kirk over Franken any day of the week and twice on Sundays. Same thing would apply with Reid. Yeah, I’ll kvetch about afterward, but it would be a better spot to be in.

and this:

“What do you say to someone who speaks to you in conservative terms on issues but when you try to convince them to vote Republican, they look to these guys and shrug it all off because the see no difference between the parties?”

I’ve *had* those conversations with ‘politically lazy’ friends of mine. You try to talk to them about how disastrous Dem policies will be and they will inevitably cite something they read/heard in the MSM about the Republicans being no different (because the media *always* makes sure that the Republican apostates get plenty of air time). I’ve had this happen w/regards to TARP (it’s why I think Norm Coleman ended up losing to the douchebag), and the bailout of GM & Chrysler (“well…I thought that started under Bush?”)

I believe that the place where people like Kirk hurt us the most is in the states where we need to clearest message: purple states where there is, by definition, a mixed political perspective, especially on economic issues. IMHO, people like Kirk may help us in State A, but often hurt us in states B, C, D & E.

So, I am not retracting abything…nor am I advocating any thing…I stand by what I said and I’ll reiterate it here…I can’t see that there is anything to be gained by advancing a candidate from the House to the Senate who has a 40% voting record with the ACU, the CFG and a D rating with the NRA…Sure their vote will count toward giving the Senate control to the Republican Party…but what’s the point of gaining control if the people you put there to get it do everything the Democrats are doing anyway!

My reference to doing us more harm than good pertains to our credibility and brand identification.

I believe there are instances where the party promoting a Kirk or Crist can hurt other candidates in other states much like promoting an unpopular or liberal presidential candidate can hurt other candidates down ballot buy taking unpopular stances or diluting the Conservative message of fiscal restraint, smaller, less intrusive government, traditional family values and a strong national defense.

… BUT….

An Election (especially a Primary) does NOT exist in a vacuum … Factors:
1. The State shading in National Post Elections (which is NOT necessarily the shame shading as its State Legislature makeup/shading – District positions versus State-wide vote electability positions)
1b. State composition (BLUE-ism)
2. Trending (Voting Psychology (Bandwagon and other effects))
3. Local/National “Issues” concerns which can vary from Election to Election
4. Misc. concerns and/or outside forces
4b. like ACORN, Liberal Judges managing to keep Dem districts open later, corruption, etc…. (Early- (and the new Late-) Voting trends)
5. Whether we’ve properly built a solid foundation for a Candidate ahead of time versus whether he/she can build (or make up that ground) from Primary to General (using Primaries to build up future candidates)
etc…

It is NOT just well, this is the one we RATE better as a Conservative.

And the biggest rub (differences of opinion) on these races are the different way we handicap the points above — especially, it seems, in FL! (BLUE-ism)

It is only because Erick (part of this convo is bleed from Ericks other diary: De Cap at was talking about IL that he was willing to “accept” Kirk, not that he’s happy/estatic about him!!