tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post870834725010562465..comments2023-12-14T21:13:46.857-06:00Comments on Tom Roeser's Blog: Judy Baah Topinka: What Can She Do for the GOP?Jake Parrillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11195261008177966339noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-85958552162791219632005-11-28T16:26:49.000-06:002005-11-28T16:26:49.000-06:00"Moderate" is another name for wishy-was..."Moderate" is another name for wishy-washy (read liberal) and a vote for Judy Barr Topinka is a vote to continue business as usual. Let us not forget her lack of support for Peter Fitzgerald. The support of Jim Kjellander and her previous relationship with George Ryan makes her the true "combine" candidate (to borrow a term from John Kass).<br><br>The fact that the national party thinks they need someone to run to the left to capture this state shows how little they know our needs. A return to fiscal sanity and conservative ideals of less governmental interference and limited taxation could staunch the flow of jobs leaving our state. We need a candidate with integrity and an independent streak, I believe that candiate is Steve Rauschenburger.Scott Mesicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-4467784984116088702005-11-28T06:51:30.000-06:002005-11-28T06:51:30.000-06:00Tom, you're repeating and not thinking here. ...Tom, you're repeating and not thinking here. Your fallacy is thinking that just because Topinka is not conservative, she is a "liberal". This is what the "Milk Dud" and other primary competitors are putting out. A simple-minded argument, but wrong.<br><br>The truth is that Topinka is against gay marriage; is for a partial-birth abortion ban, and for parental consent (not merely notification); and Rich Pearson of ISRA says that we'll have concealed carry under a Governor Topinka.<br><br>These positions may not be conservative, but they are certainly not liberal. They are in fact moderate. To call her otherwise is to shill for her primary opponents.Dissenting Viewnoreply@blogger.com