In today’s Morning Jolt Jim Geraghty observed, while implicitly dismissing former (involuntarily) Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper’s (D, PA) sudden getting religion over Obamacare for the cynical political move that it probably is, that the myth of the conservative Democratic Congressman was, well, a myth – and that he’s been saying that since 2010 . Well, I’ve been saying that, too – so I decided to look at all the examples of so-called conservative Democrats found in that article, and where they are now. The results were amazingly gratifying: Bart Gordon (forced to retire, 2010) Bobby Bright (removed, 2010) Dan Boren (cutting and running, 2012) Gene Taylor (removed, 2010) Heath Shuler (cutting and running, 2012) Joe Donnelly (switching out to lose Senate race, 2012) John Barrow (going out fighting [cruelly redistricted], 2012) S.H. Sandlin (removed, 2010) Walt Minnick (removed, 2010) In other words, it turns out that they really are a myth, now. It used to be that they were a myth because you couldn’t count on them to vote conservative when it counted; now they’re a myth because it’s getting harder and harder to find them in their supposed natural habitat. Which is a shame, but then nobody forced them to keep supporting a party leadership that pretty much hates everything that conservative Democrats supposedly stand for… Moe Lane ( crosspost )
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The self-correcting conservative Democratic liar problem.
Brought to you by: Missouri: David Limbaugh — Minnesota: Ed Morrissey — Colorado: Michelle Malkin Twitter is always fun on nights like this. I heard of Rick Santorum’s win in Colorado from Jim Pethokoukis. Here’s a sample. These are not all in chronological order, but in the order I thought told the best story. http://twitter.com/JimPethokoukis
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Rick’s Trifecta
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Could be, could be : The Racine County Sheriff’s Office is continuing to investigate possible fraudulent recall signatures collected by Mark Demet, a Racine man whose brother’s signature was found four times on petitions to recall Sen. Van Wanggaard, R-Racine. His mother’s signature was also found twice. But both say they didn’t sign, said Capt. Thomas Lamke of the Racine County Sheriff’s Office. This is, by the way, a felony: and if this guy is convicted of it then I recommend the full fine and jail time. If that sounds overly harsh, well, nobody is out there forcing people to fraudulently sign other people’s name to official election documents. For that matter, it’s long since past time that somebody got it through Wisconsin progressives’ heads that their petulant collective refusal to accept that they lost an election doesn’t actually give them an excuse to do whatever damage that they like to civic structures in their home state. It’s a heck of a thing to have to use felony convictions to drive that point home, but then, if you want to train a jackass the first thing you have to do is to get its attention… Moe Lane ( crosspost )
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First reports of Wisconsin recall petition fraud?
Could be, could be : The Racine County Sheriff’s Office is continuing to investigate possible fraudulent recall signatures collected by Mark Demet, a Racine man whose brother’s signature was found four times on petitions to recall Sen. Van Wanggaard, R-Racine. His mother’s signature was also found twice. But both say they didn’t sign, said Capt. Thomas Lamke of the Racine County Sheriff’s Office. This is, by the way, a felony: and if this guy is convicted of it then I recommend the full fine and jail time. If that sounds overly harsh, well, nobody is out there forcing people to fraudulently sign other people’s name to official election documents. For that matter, it’s long since past time that somebody got it through Wisconsin progressives’ heads that their petulant collective refusal to accept that they lost an election doesn’t actually give them an excuse to do whatever damage that they like to civic structures in their home state. It’s a heck of a thing to have to use felony convictions to drive that point home, but then, if you want to train a jackass the first thing you have to do is to get its attention… Moe Lane ( crosspost )
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First reports of Wisconsin recall petition fraud?
