Thursday, November 6, 2008

Oregon Senator Gordon Smith deserved to lose

From Time article For the Republicans, It Could Have Been Worse By Michael Grunwald Wednesday, Nov. 05, 2008:

Obama won double-digit victories in both states, and Coleman and Smith are both milquetoast pols who did much less than McCain ever did to distance themselves from the President until his low approval ratings began to threaten their re-elections. Smith was so desperate to distance himself from the GOP that he ran ads touting his cooperation with Obama.

To me this shows lack of conviction to your principles. As a conservative, not only would I find it hard to support him, I would oppose him. We need solid conservative political leaders in public service who stand by their laurels. He has proven not to be what we need. So, good riddance.

I'm reminded; when I was home visiting family in Oregon this past August, I saw a TV advertisement and was not impressed with Gordon Smith. I forgot what the substance or message of the ad. was, but I remember thinking that it wasn't somebody that I would support or vote for. This was before I even knew that he was a Republican. In fact, I believe that I assumed he was a democrat from what I heard and saw in the ad. It later surprised me to learn that he was a Republican; I exclaimed "must be a RHINO". You can imagine my further surprise when I learned even later that he was a member of my faith. But that shouldn't surprise me too much, as there are members of both political parties throughout The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In fact, you might want to sit down, because I can still hardly believe this is true, but it's been told to me and confirmed by several members of the church that Harry Reid himself is a member of the church. Now that is .... well, I have not the words to describe what I think about that, or him...

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