Republicans for McIntyre
The Wilmington Star News has an item about a coalition of Republicans from “all across Eastern North Carolina” supporting the reelection of Seventh District congressman Mike McIntyre (D).
Funny. NCGOP HQ tells those of us on the right, out here in the grassroots, to be quiet about Pat McCrory, Debra Goldman, et. al, and show some “unity.” Think more about winning in November than about those pesky ideological principles, we’re told.
But HERE we have a case of establishment Republicans hauling their carcasses out every two years to openly campaign FOR the reelection of an incumbent Democrat who HAS Republican opposition. Are these folks getting the unity lecture from Raleigh?
The leader of this alleged Republican coalition, a former mayor of Wilmington, says he likes McIntyre because he votes “independent.” Since going to DC in 1997, McIntyre has been a dependable vote for a Democrat speaker. His conservative reliability rating is regularly between 35 and 13 percent. THAT makes him the most conservative Democrat in the delegation, but HARDLY qualifies him as a conservative. (I am SURE the GOP nominee in McIntyre’s district would have had a much more conservative voting record in Congress. )
McIntyre has had TWO close races: his first in 1996 against New Hanover County commissioner Bill Caster (R) and 2010 against Ilario Pantano (R). The GOP had a real chance to win in both cases, but these Republicans for McIntyre DID ALL THEY COULD to publicly help their man.
Hmm, very curious. Something along similar lines is occurring in the 13th district but with distinct differences. I’ve seen a flyer in the mail by someone called “Conservative Alliance of the Triangle” urging their recipients to turn their backs on George Holding on the grounds that he’s an opportunistic pol masquerading as a conservative. They haven’t quite pushed the idea of voting for Charles Malone, but they ARE definitely promoting NOT voting for Holding in the general election. One wonders if these efforts aren’t connected to certain Coble supporters who are acting like the Primary isn’t over.
McIntyre is a lib. These endorsers are libs. Two of them are nobodies in the party who just happen to be registered Republicans. Undoubtedly Jones thinks he owes McIntyre some political favor. He is a political whore who has guaranteed that he will never be elected to anything ever again by his embrace of McIntyre.
The biggest concern is a different Jones, Walter to be precise. When he endorsed Awful Arthur Williams, it became apparent that there is no liberal turd out there that he would not endorse. Will McIntyre get his support, too?
I wonder why we never hear of groups called “Democrats for the GOP candidate?”