Teabagger Fallback Election Strategery: Blackmail the Winner
This is rich. Palin’s hand-picked henchrube Clint Didier got blown out of the recent Washington State All-Party Top-Two Primary for US Senate candidates. The winners were sitting Dem Senator Patty Murray and GOP suit mannequin and two-time gubernatorial loser Dino Rossi. Footballer-turned-farmer Didier came in a distant third with 13% of the vote.
In a genteel, We-the-People-Have-Spoken universe, Didier might have congratulated his fellow Republican and thrown his support behind Rossi’s uphill challenge to the Liberal incumbent. But, as Sarah herself has shown, defeat at the polls isn’t the end—it merely means you’re over the target and taking flack. Real winners know that crushing defeat is a back-handed compliment, and a smile is just a frown turned upside-down.
Instead, Didier called a press conference to announce that he would refuse to endorse Rossi unless Rossi capitulated to the following (insane) demands:
1) Introduce the “Sanctity of Life” Act that U.S. Rep. Ron Paul introduced in the House. The bill would allow local jurisdictions to pass anti-abortion laws without interference from federal courts.
2) Sign a pledge that he won’t support any additional taxes or increases in new taxes.
3) Pledge to vote no on any bill that increases federal spending.
Through a spokesperson, Rossi issued a polite FU to Didier:
“Dino will keep working to earn the support of anyone who will work to reduce spending, get the economy back on track, and put Washingtonians back to work. He knows Washingtonians are principled and independent and expect their public servants to run on what they believe. In that spirit, Dino will continue to campaign on the things he believes, and will not submit to a list of demands made by anyone even people with whom he agrees, in Washington State or Washington, DC.”
Didier’s spokesperson’s reply to the reply was rather more blunt.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer distilled the mirthless comedy of the situation into a single line:
It’s not that Rossi doesn’t want Didier’s voters. It’s that if he does what Didier wants to get them, he can’t beat Murray.
Now, there are rumblings that state GOP leaders are turning to The Master Meddler herself to unplug the God-Guns-and-Gays Golem she unleashed upon a confused and conflicted electorate.
Yeah, that’ll help. Giggity.
UPDATE: The Seattle Times isn’t nearly as amused by this as I am.
Posted by StrangeAppar8us on 08/23/10 at 09:40 PM • Permalink
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