Meanwhile, Washington Democrats are trying desperately to paint anti-establishment candidates as a pack of crazies. They're hoping to distract the public from the more pressing issues that have their party's polls in the dumps.
Sure, many that comprise this new wave of politics are atypical. They aren't polished. They're not carefully scripted, and they lack TelePrompTers, pedigree and cozy friendships with Karl Rove. Because of it, political consultants and "insiders" insist they're wacky. However, the popularity of their message shows that they're anything but.
These anti-establishment, (mostly) Tea Party-supported candidates are winning because they've been able to articulate a platform of fiscal restraint: cutting taxes, curbing spending and returning to small government. It's why Christine O'Donnell (above) beat GOP Rep. Mike Castle in Delaware, Rand Paul was able to upset Trey Grayson in Kentucky, Sharron Angle trumped Sue Lowden in Nevada and Carl Paladino easily swayed New Yorkers against former Rep. Rick Lazio of Long Island.
Originally, the Tea Party was discounted as "manufactured anger" and mocked by Washington elites. Even some on the right refused to take it seriously.
After it was announced that O'Donnell had won, Karl Rove discredited her on Fox News, saying: "It does conservatives little good to support candidates who . . . do not evince the characteristics of rectitude and truthfulness and sincerity and character that the voters are looking for."
But Rove, George W. Bush and many incumbents, including President Obama, are the reason we even have the Tea Party movement. Bush ran up deficits. Obama quadrupled them. To many disgruntled conservatives, Rove was behind Bush in giving us open borders, tax cuts that expire, Medicare Part D and busted budgets.
The current alternative from the left is even more cuckoo to voters: higher taxes, a new health care regime, more rights for terrorists, disregard for immigration law and constant apologies to other countries. Now that's nuts.
So, with mud on their faces, both sides of the aisle are trying to shred the personal credibility of the outsiders. They've blasted O'Donnell for not liking porn and blasted Paladino for liking it too much. They call O'Donnell a liar in a year when the Democratic Senate candidate from Connecticut, Richard Blumenthal, lied about serving in Vietnam, and Charlie Rangel and Maxine Waters face serious ethics charges.
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I hope the Democrats do the same kind of house cleaning it's time the people get their country back!
Let them fume. They are almost as much of the problem as the democrats are. I quit giving to them a long time ago because they are nothing more than liberal lights. I now donate to people like O'Donnel and Sharon Angle instead of the republican establishment. The people who are carrying the load in this country have spoken, are now speaking with financial support and will speak again loudly and clearly in November.
i hope tears fly on both sides. there has to be some honest people around.
We need term limits.As soon as they get to Washington they figure out how to steal tax payer money. Funny how they all end up millionaires!
HA!! So, Rove, who I am losing respect for more and more each day, says she doesn't show "rectitude and truthfulness and sincerity and character", huh? Is it possible that the voters are rebelling in huge numbers because the CURRENT bunch of thieves, liars, and self-important representatives HAVEN'T demonstrated those traits??? Better watch out --- like life, politics turns on a dime and "nobodies" become "somebodies" real quick. No, she's not rich. Yes, she has some "history". Use it against her at your own peril --- many people can identify with her struggles as a REAL "average American" and many are tired of rich white guys (with their own "history", too) telling us how they will help the "average American", when, in fact, they have no idea what an "average American" is...certainly NOT someone who has a law degree from Harvard, lives in a gated community, sends their kids to Cornell and Princeton, drives a $70,000 SUV, while their wives do "volunteer" work for some society. Our wives WORK. For a PAYCHECK. We actually work for every dolar and sometimes struggle to pay the bills. We don't own "rental properties" and we don't take European vacations. Better learn some new terms...
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