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In reply to the discussion: "Tehran Tom"doesn't know that Tehran is the capital of Iran (Face the Nation) [View all]Hulk
(6,699 posts)...to run against them.
I got slapped down for saying this earlier, but I'll say it again; when you run an opponent against these teabagger, empty-headed clowns, they have to be a clearly better choice. The opposition for this fool was NOT. He was someone running as a "repuKKKe lite", and he should have won easily if he had any type of quality campaign.
I still strongly feel the same is true for how we got stuck with rand paul, mr. Turtlehead, and at least a half dozen other Senators. Representatives may be another story, somewhat, because of the gerrymandering; but the same can be said for many districts across the country. If we can't find and support strong, quality candidates to oppose these clowns, they will continue to win with Koch dollars.
Please don't confuse a respectable resume' of political offices with being a "quality candidate". Rand paul's opponent spent his time and energy attacking paul's character because he was in some silly cult in college instead of the issues that show him as a tea party quack that he was known to be.
In my home district we keep electing Jamie Herrera-Beutler because her opponents are totally unexposed and resemble no campaign at all. If good character, intelligent and possibly political experience candidates could be drafted from state legislatures or from other sources around our states, we could get these walking droids out of our federal government.