Posted by
Greggpj on Tuesday, August 15, 2006 4:12:35 PM
Hey PA folks! As a former citizen of Bloomsburg, and now a citizen of Massachusetts, I have to tell you this story. It is a story of an election between an Republican Senator wanna be and a Democratic Senator incumbent. Now in this story, the Republican was much like our friend Arlan. Not much to hang your R on. There was a Conservative candidate running as an alternative - and I voted for her. Funny thing, the Republican lost by less than the amount than the Conservative candidate got. The Republican - William Weld. The Democrat - John Kerry. Had Weld won, who knows what the 2004 election would have produced. The moral of the story is this: when you sit out an election or vote for an alternative candidate because the Republican candidate doesn't fit your political mold or has done things in the past that make you want to pull your hair out, you are really helping the leftist liberal Dems. William Weld did more to destroy the Republican party in Massachusetts than any Democrat could hope for. He put a sign on the front lawn of the State House: "Conservatives Go Home!". He really was the most maddening governor we ever had (at least with the Duke you knew where you stood). But I totally regret not voting for him in his Senate race. The unintended consequences, in hindsight, are too grim.