I was a bit slow to pick up on this – just coming back from vacation and all, but the times, they are a changin’
It was just 11 months ago when John Still was foaming at the mouth and renting his garments because Barbara Allopp had the gall to seek the endorsement of the Independent party and the Republican Party.
He stated quite emphatically that she should “withdraw from the primary race and that she should quit the Republican Party.”
Strong stuff.
Now, a mere 11 months later, all over GOP-land Independent party endorsements elicit high fives, as a profound form of political amnesia has taken hold.
He was “renting” his garments, as in allowing other people to wear his clothes for cash? 🙂
While running on multiple party tickets is common in a few places (think New York), it isn’t legal in most states. The Libertarian Party has frowned upon candidates trying to run as Republicans but seek the LP endorsement as well.
I don’t have a problem with candidates seeking more than one party endorsement and running on more than one party line in the General, if they haven’t already run in the primary.
I do have a problem with candidates who take advantage of a party “brand” in the primary, lose, and then run on another party’s line in the General. That’s self-serving and hypocritical. And a deliberate attempt to mislead the voters. If you are a holier-than-thou Independent then stay the heck out of the major party’s primaries.
And I have a problem with hypocritical shit-bags who change position everytime the wind blows, i.e., Still re Allsopp, then its OK-Do-Kay for Christian.
Gosh! A political position change based on convenience!
Interesting turn of events I would say. Let’s see where it goes.
Mike Protack seems closer to the I’s than Happy Al.
I’d love to see the GOP shot callers reaction to a cross endorsment in that race.
The more I think about this the more I wonder if this might not bite Dave in the ass down the road.
Does this gambit set the stage for a kind of quasi-parliamentary system that gives power to a handful of churlish flakes who think that Frank Infante would be a good Governor?
I’m just askin’
One more thing about primary losers. What kind of party takes the R’s and D’s cast-offs? That’s not principled or value oriented, that’s just being a spoiler for the sake of being a pain in the parties butts.
I see some in here have forgotten that a “minor” party has to cross-nominate a major party registrant BEFORE ANY MAJOR PARTY PRIMARY.
Are they supposed to be clairvoyant when they decide to nominate someone? Psychically-attuned to whether a candidate is going to win their major party primary?
And if that person loses the primary, they are also supposed to lose their chosen nominee?
I respect you, Rebecca, but your argument is based on the same BS that Daniello and his ilk were peddling : a lie, a distortion, and narrow ones at that.
er, that is wrenting of garments
just saying
damn that low-rent, sleep-a-bout Still!
We don’t have to start wearing hare shirts to go with renting our hair, do we? Then we’d be libertarians.
My NIV uses renting and gnashing.
I am fascinated by the fact that you all forgot that John Still lost his reelection to the Senate GOP Leadership. A lot changed in 11 months including the party having a more progressive leadership in this area.
Senator Still was wrong to insult a fine Republican and badger her to leave the party. I wish we saw the wisdom of this course back then. We may not have been facing this situation.
When are you guys changing?
WE totally concur w/#9 TPN’s comments:
….(sic)I see some in here have forgotten that a “minor” party has to cross-nominate a major party registrant BEFORE ANY MAJOR PARTY PRIMARY.
WE believe that everything Miss Becky knows about politics in general and Delaware in particular would fit nicely inside a thimble.
Further, WE are not amused by her take on what is ‘progressive’.
(Yes that is the Royal ‘We’ as in: The Queen is not amused. 😉
PS How kind of TPN to say ‘some have forgotten’…true, but some never knew…no homework, no history..no idea. Bad combo
Dave Anderson brings up a good point that Still has been pretty much shit-canned by the State GOP. Dave notes that such change is good. I agree.
The only thing gooderer would have been shit-canning the little self-absorbed panderer 18 years ago, or at least before he managed to run the State GOP into the ground by only attracting right-wing wingnuts of no intelligence. So while the cause of the State GOP problem has been marginalized, the problem of the morons is still there.
Here is a quote from an Independent party leader,
” if we had more Republicans like Protack and Nixon we wouldn’t need an Independent Party”