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• 1 Life Long Conservative // Nov 8, 2006 at 9:48 pm

  Maybe I’m dense or it’s getting late, but please explain you comment a little more:
  He (McCain) said the Republican Party did not cater to its base. “Right wing nut jobs” have been told to “shut up” on this blog before and we just witnessed what happens when they do.
  Thanks.

• 2 someone at the fair // Nov 9, 2006 at 1:14 am

  Well written and worth a hearty AMEN. I am sure that Reagan is turning over in his crypt there in California, the Republican party has surely turned from what it once meant, especially under the Golden Reagan years. And now, they ( and we ) are paying the price for it! Time to get back to the basics. I long for a Teddy Roosevelt or Ron Reagan in office again, for I feel it will take a man of that caliber to turn the party around.

  Are there any men in this country with that strength of character? Let us hope so.

• 3 District A // Nov 9, 2006 at 10:03 am

  I just don’t think the Republican party can recover in time before the next presidental election. I think our next president will be a democrat. The republican party has simply turned on itself. I hope I am wrong.

• 4 Reagan Conservative // Nov 9, 2006 at 10:44 am

  “Ehrlich and Steele got caught up in the anti-Republican wave that struck the entire country. If it were not for George Bush and Iraq we would have a Republican governor and a Republican senator. ”

  You still don’t get it. The election was a mandate to stop this partisan bickering and get back to governing. The same thing occured in 1994. The party in power bacame entrenched, corrupt, and arrogant. Politicans became obssesed with getting re-elected instead of working for the people. Bob Ehrlich is guilty of this. Do not forget what he did to Robert Smith. Do not blame Bush and Iraq. Case in point, Lieberman got re-elected because he is percieved to be an upfront. The extreme wings of both parties do not represent the electorate.

  As the years go by the greatness of Ronald Reagan becomes more evident.

• 5 hmmmm // Nov 9, 2006 at 10:55 am

  I think it is striking that people view the Republican party as the party of big government. People vote based upon their wallets as well. Taxes, jobs, and efficiency is the root of conservative government.

• 6 PolJunk // Nov 9, 2006 at 12:51 pm

  Agree with most of your points with the exception that conservatives didn’t support Republicans. I think the swing vote went squarely to the Dems. It’s been reported that Indies broke 2 to 1 for Dems.

  While it is true that 7 states passed the ban on *** Marriage, don’t forget that the *** Marriage ban failed in AZ, Stems Cells passed in Mizzou, and outlawing abortion was soundly defeated in SD (one of the seven that passed a ban on *** marriage).

  None of those States are havens for liberals. I really don’t think the idea of kotowing to the “right wing nut jobs” will help anytime soon.

• 7 Reagan Conservative // Nov 9, 2006 at 5:16 pm

  The GOP Congress abandoned the base. Where’s the Defense of Marriage amendment? Corruption was as big or bigger factor than Iraq. As for telling “right wing nut jobs” to “shut up” -Ehrlich fired a guy for stating his personal belief. Who is the true Conservative there?

• 8 someone at the fair // Nov 9, 2006 at 6:11 pm

  A day late and a few dollars short, WBAL got ahold of O’Scary’s DWI arrest report. I could care less if he was found not guilty in court, read the report and you clearly see someone who was intoxicated.

  http://wbal.com/stories/articlefiles/50794-PoliceReport.pdf

  Was this one of the bombshells to allegedly knock him out of the race? If so, it wasn’t much of one, after all, there is a democrat that has served the US Senate for years who is guilty of vehicular homicide while drunk. I doubt this would have phased even one MD Democrat voter.

• 9 independent educator // Nov 9, 2006 at 7:31 pm

  I too am a bit confused by your analysis, Goperative. All the exit polls I have read show that the far right basically voted exclusively R. The
  “thumpin” looks like a result of cross overs by moderates, independents and economic conservatives.

• 10 BullElephant // Nov 9, 2006 at 10:23 pm

  I myself don’t consider the issues of *** marriage, stem cells, abortion, etc as big of an issue with this election as the mess we are in currently with Iraq. Ask around and thats what you will hear from most everyone. At least thats my experience. The people made their voice heard about it, which the Republican leadership failed to listen to prior.

  What if Rumsfeld had resigned prior to the election? Would that have made a difference with the voters or was this just a post election placading of the Democrats? I think we just left the door wide open for Hillary and her bag of merry clowns. November 4th, 2008 is right around the corner and the party looks totally blown to pieces.

  Reagan Conservative both parties are arrogant and corrupt. They always have been and they always will be. Its just went you get caught does anyone care about it.

• 11 GOPerative // Nov 10, 2006 at 7:13 am

  independent educator and PolJunk,
  Maybe that last sentence should not be there. I think my point is that real conservative did not run to the polls drooling to vote for Republicans. I think real conservatives see intervention in foreign affairs (i.e. Iraq) as that wrong thing to do. The Foley scandal probably kept some “nut jobs” home. Hannity and Rush keep saying that many of the democrats were moderates and I think only their votes will tell. If they were in fact moderates then real conservatives had no problem voting for them. I have said this before that I identify with the conservative cause more than the Republican cause. I am a Republican because they are traditionally the more conservative party. In my opinion they have abandoned many conservative principles (limited government, limited government spending, etc…). It is for this reason (and of course Iraq) that Republicans got the broom.

• 12 Hester Mofet // Nov 10, 2006 at 4:04 pm

  There are too many snakes in our Party. That’s the problem. And it starts at the top, with Ken Mehlman. We need to put Michael Steele in charge of running the GOP, and he needs to make a concerted effort to inform the African-American community that it is okay to leave the plantation and embrace opportunity. After all, it is Democrats who continue to take the black vote for granted. Affirmative Action is based on the racist premise that blacks cannot fend for themselves, and that they need some government mandate to help them up in life. That’s why we had liberals lobbing Oreo cookies at Michael Steele– he defies that age-old lie. Take heart, conservatives. And enjoy the show, because the Democrats ARE going to shoot themselves in the foot about a million times over the next two years.

• 13 Reagan Conservative // Nov 11, 2006 at 11:57 am

  Hester Mofet – do you know what Steele as involved with in PG County? The RNC will be making a HUGE mistake bringing this phony in.

• 14 independent educator // Nov 11, 2006 at 5:29 pm

  I gotta agree- that PG county escapade was really shady. So was the Steele push poll call I got. Somebodies need to restore some integrity to the political process- on both sides. It has gotten sickening.

• 15 FOR THE LOVE OF HARFORD COUNTY // Nov 11, 2006 at 11:22 pm

  I thought I might share something I found recently. I find it all interesting to read. I just hope that the people of Harford realize what they have done. Some of the things posted I have heard in conversation with others as well.

  http://www.donnastifler.net

• 16 NorthernGOPer // Nov 12, 2006 at 8:32 pm

  Here is an interesting site linked to the one above:

  http://www.donnastiflerlies.com/

  I guess my big question is, unless you are a leftie or someone that loves incompetent public servants- WHO CARES???

  So Steffen helped destroy Wagner and Parrott. I do not hear too many people complaining. They were 2 of the most worthless politicians we have seen in these neck of the woods in ages- and that is saying a lot.

  As regards Stifflers experience, someone right out of high school would do a better job than Parrott.

  As regards Stiffler and the child molester issue- what a load of ****. I hear like 500 people testified for the guy. Let’s dig up all of their names, mail them to everyone, and watch them chase DeRan out of the county with torches- or his wife. I hear she has been pretty much been telling him what to do anyway. Why didn’t she just run herself? Oh yeah- she’s not a lawyer. Just what we need another lawyer in the general assembly.

• 17 Joe Amic // Nov 13, 2006 at 4:43 am

  I just love all the distorted, negative commercials. People have no shame when they smear their opponents. Both sides do it, and it’s disgraceful.

  Sunday’s Sun had an article about the flier Roni Chenowith mailed out right before the election, which contained all sorts of distorted statements about Val Twanmoh. When the reporter pointed out to Chenowith that her flier contained a number of distorted and untrue statements, she told him “All’s fair in love and war.”

  Great, just great! Makes me real proud of our party. What a great answer! Hey, Roni, since all’s fair, and anybody can say anything about anybody whether it’s true or not, I think all your power has gone to your head, and made you forget what Republicans are supposed to stand for. Or maybe all those years of kissing Harkins’ feet caused you to absorb his personality too…either way, you ought to be ashamed of yourself.

• 18 Republocrat // Nov 13, 2006 at 9:54 am

  I must admit I was never terribly impressed with Ms. Chenowith but voted for her based upon party. Ms. Twanmoh was a fresh voice but a member of the wrong party. If Ms. Chenowth’s quote and mention of her message had made it to the paper prior to election day I would never have voted for her. Let it be known I never will again. What arrogance that seems to flow upward. No wonder good people of both parties avoid public office. Shame on you Ms. Chenowith, it escapes me the necessity to handle youself in such a manner. Respect is difficult to earn and easy to loose, class and intergrity can’t be taught.

• 19 BullElephant // Nov 13, 2006 at 3:37 pm

  I agree with Joe on his comments and I too read the Sun story and found it disgusting and disappointing. I wonder how many people did that mailer truly influence? I don’t pay half as much attention to the flyers as others do. I do my own research and try and get out there and talk to these people when the chance is there.
  She basically admitted she was wrong. I wonder what would happen if someone were to actually win a race on their own merit instead of beating down the other person?

• 20 GOPerative // Nov 13, 2006 at 5:50 pm

  I know at least one person who did not vote for Twanmoh because of that mailer. I’m sure there were hundreds more. A friend of mine showed it to me and I was pretty surprised. I was not shocked that Chenowith said the “All’s fair” comment. I was surprised that she said it to a reporter. I have found Mrs. Chenowith’s voting to be suspect in the past and it now appears that we should view her character in the same light.

• 21 Joe Amic // Nov 14, 2006 at 3:55 am

  In my original post, I tried to make a point –all’s fair, remember — by leveling a personal insult at Chenowith, but it got edited to read “your power” instead of what I originally wrote. Let’s see if I can be civil and say what I really think of the illustrious council member: Roni Chenowith is a fair-weather friend who looks out for herself first and foremost. She and some other Harford Republicans who come to mind are perfect examples of why we got our brains beat out last Tuesday. Roni, I hope you are reading this. You are an absolute disgrace to our party, not only with your voting record, but with the slimy, underhanded way you conducted your campaign. You and your ilk are the reason for our party’s defeat last week. A wise man once told me that no matter what others think of you, the person you see in the mirror is the one whose opinion means the most. Tell me, Roni, what does the woman in the mirror see when she looks at you? Is she proud of you and what you have done? If we are unfortunate enough to have you run for re-election in 2010, I promise I will do all I can to help your opponent win, no matter who that person is…no Democrat could possibly be worse than you! “All’s fair” indeed! Tell us, Roni, how will it feel to go out in public and know that everyone around you — especially members of your own party — thinks you are just another slimy politician? I hope you are proud of yourself.

• 22 waltersfordistrictb // Nov 16, 2006 at 7:49 pm

  I am worried as a republican candidate as shot myself in the foot by suporting Val Tawanmoh in the general election. But I believe that I did the right thing. Roni Chenowith is motivatived by Roni. She achieves an amount of self-fulfillness by serving as the council rep from District B. Its all about her!
  She is an ineffectual legislator. It is time to representi District B and not the developer and builder that have Chenowith in their back pocket. Roni is as dirty as they come.

• 23 Joe Amic // Nov 17, 2006 at 12:12 am

  I couldn’t believe the nerve Chenowith had criticizing Twanmoh for signing off, as required, as a zoning official on a development project that Chenowith had voted for! Amazing! And that crack about “all’s fair” was over the top. What an insult to the voters and taxpayers, to say that it’s okay to lie to them about her opponent. How can you look yourself in the mirror when you do something as slimy and dishonest as that? How can anybody in Harford County trust her ever again? Here’s something else to consider: Not only is Chenowith’s word as an elected official meaningless, but if she thinks it’s okay to lie in a campaign, why should she be trusted to tell the truth in a business deal? Would you buy a home from someone who distorts the truth, misleads thousands of Harford Countians, then defends what she did by saying that “all’s fair in love and war”? No way!

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