Don’t Crown the GOP Just Yet

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Willingness of the media to show favoritism, Democrats to swindle, or the ability of the Republicans to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory

Don’t Crown the GOP Just Yet

By Doug Patton Tuesday, October 5, 2010

It may be true that Barack Obama has done the Republican Party the
greatest favor since the inept Jimmy Carter handed the presidency to
Ronald Reagan, but at some point somebody has to say it: in the 2010
congressional races, the fat lady has not yet sung.

November’s elections may look like a rout for the party in power, and
there is no question that they deserve it after two years squandering our
treasure on a wish list of hare-brained, leftwing schemes my
four-year-old grandson could tell you won’t work. But the question we
have to ask ourselves is whether the left is pulling a classic
rope-a-dope on us.

For those unfamiliar with that term, it was a tactic employed in the ring
by the great Muhammad Ali. The champ would lean against the ropes and
allow his opponent to throw punches until the challenger was so tired the
champ could then knock him out. For the purposes of this lesson, liberal
Democrats and their friends in the media are in the Ali role, while we,
the people, could be the dopes on the ropes.

The classic rope-a-dope. That could very well be what we are seeing this
year. I base this on several things.

Elite media types are so heavily invested in Obama and his radical agenda

First, the elite media types are so heavily invested in Obama and his radical agenda that they have lost
all credibility. ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, CNN, PBS, NPR ­ the entire
alphabet soup of American media is now frantic to keep Obama from
experiencing the kind of off-year humiliation that befell Bill Clinton
when he lost control of Congress sixteen years ago.

Democrats’ fondness for stealing elections

Then there is the Democrats’ fondness for stealing elections. The practice is not new. In the 1960
Kennedy-Nixon race, the following question was asked in every ward in
Chicago: “And just why shouldn’t a good Democrat be allowed to vote just
because he’s dead?” Liberals believe it is their birthright to rule, so
they justify any and all means to accomplish their ends. In fact, it has
almost become an unwritten rule of American politics in recent years that
if an election is close, Democrats will do everything they can to steal
the seat. Witness Al Gore in 2000 and Al Franken in 2008 as two
contemporary examples.

John Boehner’s “Pledge to America,”

Finally, there is the GOP itself. John Boehner’s “Pledge to America,” with its promise to do nothing about
earmarks and to take us back to the ridiculous George Bush-Nancy Pelosi
2008 spending levels, is weak at best. (Isn’t it amazing how insane
spending can make ridiculous spending look reasonable?)

Add to that the fact that some in the Republican establishment are
fighting harder against its own candidates this year than against
Democrats and/or RINOs turned “independents.” Perfect examples are the
U.S. Senate races in Florida and Alaska.

In the Sunshine State’s GOP primary, squishy Florida Gov. Charlie Crist
was getting creamed in the polls by former Speaker of the Florida House
Marco Rubio, a true conservative. His massive ego fogging his ability to
reason, Crist stuck his tanned finger into the ocean breeze and
discovered that lo and behold, he was not a Republican after all! He was
an “Independent!” Of course, such Republican stalwarts as 87-year-old
RINO Bob Dole are still supporting Crist.

In Alaska, the state’s former first daughter, Lisa Murkowski, who had
been given her U.S. Senate seat by her daddy the governor a few years
back, got her political head handed to her in the Republican primary by
Tea Party favorite Joe Miller. Unable or unwilling to accept the will of
the voters, Lisa launched a write-in campaign to hold on to the seat. She
stands little or no chance of success, but that didn’t stop her
colleague, Lindsey Graham, from endorsing her effort.

When push comes to shove, never underestimate the willingness of the
media to show favoritism, the desire of the Democrats to swindle, or the
ability of the Republicans to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.




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