Month: November 2008

Let’s be honest about who’s fault it really is we lost this election.  The Rove strategy has proven to be a total failure at this point.  New England now has no Republican representation left at all.  Pennsylvania is following close behind.  The South is still solid, well, except for Virginia, and maybe North Carolina.  George Bush destroyed the Republican Party, with a lot of help from a formerly Republican Congress.

Your name can be Barack Hussein Obama, and you can be black, and you can be President.  America is not a racist country.  There was no Bradley Effect.  If you think about America going from forcing African Americans to sit on the back of the bus, to electing one President within a generation, that’s really not an achievement that should be discounted.  I am worried for my country because of the political outcome of this election, but there is a silver lining in this outcome.

That is all.  Get ready folks, we are in for some dark, dark times.  It was hard getting people to vote on guns this election.  I couldn’t get gun owners here to lift a finger.  This is why we can never just win, and constantly struggle with victory and loss.

We made 800 calls to households between the two of us to get out the vote.  Our county had a goal of 20,000 phone calls.  We actually made 35,394 phone calls to households.  We stayed late, because two precincts had extended hours because of problems at the polling place.  I really feel like we did everything we could.  I hope to God it was enough.  Time will tell.  I’m blacking out news until there’s actual, real data.  For me, this election is over.  It’s just a matter of results… and the aftermath.

Politico has confirmed this.  I’m headed back to Victory Headquarters to get the vote out for his opponent.

We’re hearing turnout in GOP districts is phenomenal.  This is very good news.  It’s practically standing room only for get out the vote.  We’re overwhelmed with people wanting to make phone calls.

Yesterday, our Victory Office made 22500 calls, which accounts for 10% of the total volume in Pennsylvania.  So far today, Bitter and I have called 350 households.  We’re going to head back and make some more phone calls shortly.

I had submitted the following question to the person who contacted me claiming to represent McClintock’s campaign:

1. How do you think conservative values can be promoted in a heavily Democratic state like California? Do you think that conservatives will ever to be able to regain a significant role in California State Politics?
2. Do you think that Proposition 11 will help break the gridlock of partisan dominance enjoyed by the Democratic Party, or will it just replace the old system with another un-accountable, un-elected body of uber-officeholders like The Coastal Commission and the California Air Resources Board?
3. One issue that is important to my readers is the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.  If you’re elected to Congress, it will likely be alongside many new Democrats, who may not be as sympathetic to the right.  What steps would you take to ensure that, even under significant Democratic control, our rights under the Second Amendment suffer as little damage as possible.
4. Do you think there’s any hope for restoring lost Second Amendment rights to Californians? As someone who has been a leader in fighting for that, have you seen any developments that can give gun owners in California some hope that perhaps things will get better?
5. If elected to Congress, what kind of Supreme Court justices would you want to see nominated to the high court?  Are there any circumstances where you would vote ‘no’ on a nominee for the Supreme Court?

So far, no word back.  If you live in Tom’s district, please, make sure you get out and support him.  He’s a great supporter of the Second Amendemnt.  I wish I could have posted an interview, but in a busy campaign, sometimes things fall through the cracks.

The polls in Pennsylvania have opened.  Go vote.  Wear your NRA or other shooty clothing to the polls!  It always makes me feel better when I see other NRA members vote.  This one is for all the marbles!