Joe works in Washington and gives his views on what’s going and what he’d like to see.
When it comes down to it, guys like Joe are going to make the difference one way or the other and we are not doing our job if we ignore what he has to say.
Author Archive
Voices of the voters: Joe in Washtington
Posted: September 14, 2010 by datechguy in blogs, employment, internet/free speech, short films/interviews, special eventsTags: have fedora will travel, short interviews, voices of the voters
DaTechGuy’s Field Guide to (Blogcon) Bloggers: Mark Robinson from the Giant Wakes
Posted: September 14, 2010 by datechguy in blogs, short films/interviews, special eventsTags: blogcon, blogs, datechguy's field guide to (cpac) bloggers, have fedora will travel, mark robinson, short interviews, the giant wakes
Mark of The giant wakes joins the field guide via the current land of Doctor Who:
His point about people who come here by choice vs native-born Americans is well made.
I take exception to this post by Allah Pundit at HotAir on the Del Senate race
Posted: September 14, 2010 by datechguy in blogs, congress, elections, internet/free speech, politics, tea partiesTags: allahpundit, christine O'donnell, freedomworks, mike castle
Not because he supports Castle over O’Donnell, that’s just us disagreeing. And the headline is a whole lot better than the Huff Po version (kudos to Allah there). I take exception to this:
When the press comes to them the day after the election demanding to know why “the tea party” would hand a rubber-stamp Senate seat to Barack Obama,…
and later
She’ll probably get a bump and be within single digits after winning the primary, but once the Democrats’ negative ads roll out and the local press really goes to work, it may settle at an eight to 10 point lead.
Now make sure you read the context, he provides plenty and some of his analysis is pretty good but I have two issues with this stuff.
#1. The idea that an O’Donnell can’t win or is causing the GOP to forfeit the seat is not only foolish but harmful. O’Donnell couldn’t win the Del primary until she suddenly could. You win elections by…trying to win elections. You advance the conservative narrative by supporting candidates that support the conservative narrative, some guy on the radio named Limbaugh keeps saying that but we all know that he is just a flash in pan.
#2. If the liberal challenger on the democratic side was so impressive why did he not have a prayer against Castle? Why aren’t we hitting this guy instead of going on about how invincible he is? That is a self fulfilling prophecy.
This is the type of thing that loses races. If the race is lost in Delaware is won’t be because of O’Donnell’s it will be due to the GOP elevating her opponent while tearing her down. This will cost the GOP votes and cash from conservatives.
I do want to back him however on this statement, and those of us who support O’Donnell’s candidacy need to take this next section to heart:
(I know, I know: Chris Christie, Jim Geraghty, John McCormack, Patterico, Jay Cost, Guy Benson, Dan McLaughlin, the Powerline guys, Ace and his co-bloggers, me, and every other righty who’s grudgingly supporting Castle were only pretending to be sympathetic to the tea party before.)
These guys just happen to be wrong this time, they are not foes of the republican party, or the tea party and don’t spent their free time in clandestine puppy kicking clubs hidden under subway stations (Although Ace does bar-tend there on the side).
I will be very happy to have each one of them as an ally on the other 94% of the issues that we agree on and you should too.
Primary Election day in Massachusetts
Posted: September 14, 2010 by datechguy in elections, opinion/news, politicsTags: 2010 elections, attorney general, auditor, election 2010, election day, guy carbone, jim mckenna, kamal jain, mary connaughton, massachusetts state elections, primary day, republican primaries, worcester county sheriff
Lots of interesting races but for me there are three that stand out for me.
Kamal Jain at the Twin City Tea Party March 2010
Mary Connaughton in Framingham August 2010
For Attorney General Guy Carbone and James McKenna are both running Sticker campaigns. Again both are more than acceptable. Carbone is paisan, his story is the story of my family, his patron saint is the patron of my church (St. Anthony di Padua) and his positions sync with mine, James McKenna is not paisan, I have no idea of his family background, but our positions also sync, I have some familiarity with his work as a prosecutor and his work with ethics and he will get my vote today.
Jim McKenna (right) at the Reading Tea party 9/2010
There are also contested primaries in the congressional races for the 5th, 3rd and 10th districts, most of the action is on the GOP side.
The other race that interests me in on the Democratic side and is local. For Worcester County Sheriff you have Tom Foley vs Scott Bove. Massachusetts is one of the few states where the Sheriff’s office is not very powerful. Foley has a long experience in law enforcement but Bove has 20 years at the prison itself as a Co. Since the primary duty is to run the prison Foley has to have my nod.
Scott Bove (D) for Sheriff
These races won’t get the press that Christine O’Donnell vs Mike Castle is getting in Delaware but the names in these small races often are where future reps, governors, and congressmen come from. The Mass GOP is building up its farm system and will be ready to play hardball in 2012.
