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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 07:23 AM
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Charles Krauthammer: O'Donnell fails "Bill Buckley’s rule" about voting for ELECTABLE candidates


Charles Krauthammer Puts O'Donnell's Chances of Winning At "One In Ten"

The conservative Washington Post columnist and Fox News contributor was tactful in his bashing of Christine O’Donnell on The O’Reilly Factor Thursday night. Krauthammer said he would still vote Republican if he were a Delaware resident, but that he believes it was “a huge mistake to jeopardize a seat in Delaware which was absolutely in the pocket without almost any contention and to jeopardize it with a much weaker candidate who… I think is overwhelmingly likely to lose.” He cited “Bill Buckley’s rule” that the Republicans should “always support the... most conservative candidate who was electable.”

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2010/09/charles_krauthammer_puts_odonn.html
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 07:28 AM
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1. The GOP spawns these idiots, then just walks away.
How very conservative of them.
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Gman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 07:36 AM
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2. The converse of the Buckley Rule should always apply to the Democratic Party too
vote for the most liberal candidate that is electable in the General Election. "Electable" is always the operative word. Otherwise you're spinning your wheels.
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 07:44 AM
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3. In Your Face Krauthammer you fuckface
I'm not sure why this guys face irritates me so much that I want to smush something in it... but it does.
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The Wizard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 08:29 AM
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4. His face is a bit tight
One more face lift and he'll have a curly beard.
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