May 09, 2008

RedState's Erick Erickson : "To Hell With You All"

Posted at RedState:

If [the GOP] won't clean their house up now, I'm prepared to sit back and let the voters do it for them in November. Remember: I'm all for being on the team, but not when the team is solely interested in me filling out the roster, but not letting me on the field.

So, pay attention House Republicans: if you are not willing to publicly turn your back on people like Don Young and Jerry Lewis, to hell with you all. I'll support individual candidates, but I will continue to withhold support from the NRCC.

I've been withholding support from the Party slush funds for a while now, and I've been recommending the same to other conservatives. I ceased some time ago to trust the "Party insiders" to make decisions on my behalf and build backroom power structures at my expense. You think the Party insiders care whether a candidate is liberal or conservative? Think again. The Party insiders care about whether a candidate can win. That's pretty much the sum total of what they care about. These days, I'm more than happy to give to candidates I can believe in. I don't need a gatekeeper to make my decisions for me, and neither do you. Please give, but give smart. If you are a conservative, giving to the Party slush funds is not smart.


By Ragnar Danneskjold, Typical Bitter Gun-Clinger at May 9, 2008 11:28 AM | | l digg this