Thursday, October 14, 2010

GOP and the O'Donnell Problem

As a Conservative Libertarian I tend to vote the GOP ticket but I am troubled by Christine O'Donnell and it has little to do with soft allegations about masterbation or witchcraft.  Honestly I do not care about such red herring issues and I focus like a laser on the issues that matter to me small efficient government, free markets and low taxes while still ensuring freedom and justice for all Americans.  The real problem with Christine O'Donnell she is not a very good candidate and she showed this lack of political chops in the first debate.  It would be much too easy to dismiss O'Donnell as stupid or as a right wing extremist I do not think this hyperbole properly captures O'Donnell the candidate.  What Chrisitine O'Donnell is an unremarkable and uninteresting bland average American of average intelligence neither good nor bad.  While the basic tenants of her CONSERVATIVE message sound really progressive and great for America in this time of economic despair and recession when held to the light of scrutiny the are exposed as airy false platitudes.  Candidates like O'Donnell have no idea how to win a fierce political election and they have no understanding or real game plan for getting America back on track.  Standing against Obama and the Liberal Democrats sounds great on paper but what does it really mean?  Also acting like statements about witchcraft, failing to maintain your personal finances and taking hardline stances on sexual issues will not matter in an election are simply naive.  O'Donnell almost seems oblivious that she could be attacked because she is after all the TEA party child of light and justice.  What is most telling about O'Donnell was her inability to name one single Supreme Court case in recent years that she objects to based on her political beliefs this from a chest beating fist pumping Social Conservative.  Republicans still have not gotten the message it is the economy stupid not masterbation or prayer in school that wins popular elections social conservatism wins GOP primaries but the wider public does not care about your values as much as they care about their families economic security.  America is made up of many different kinds of family a wide panorama of faiths, values and belief systems and this is lost on many social conservatives.  There are two family value that extends across all faith/ethnic groups and that is love and respect.  Christine O'Donnell may or may not be a nice person she maybe a conservative but she is not a great candidate and she looks clueless when held to the fire so how will she govern?

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