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When Martha McSally ran against Mark Kelly for the Arizona US Senate seat, she gave him the election. I don’t know who her political advisors were, but they had all of the political instincts of an entire coma ward. Many conservative Republicans reluctantly voted for her as the lesser of two evils. If she had generated some enthusiastic ads, she might have won.
She was appointed to fill the Senate seat of Jon Kyl by Governor Doug Ducey. The impression was that she was the choice of the Arizona establishment, John McCain Republicans. When she ran against Mark Kelly, she failed to point out his many flaws. Instead, her campaign ads featured McSally in Air Force uniform by military jets. In a state that is ardently pro Second Amendment, McSally’s Campaign never mentioned, to my memory, any ads pointing out Mark Kelly’s passionate anti-gun history and rhetoric. Let’s hope Blake Masters does better.
This should be a banner year for the Republican party. We are experiencing the worst economy in half a century. We have a President who is unpopular, even in his own party. Almost 3/4 of those polled believe the country is heading in the wrong direction. Even with all of this, Republicans seem to be fading.
Senator Mitch McConnell, leader of the Republicans in the Senate, is now questioning whether his party can net one seat in the Senate to take a majority. When his establishment Republican candidates lose to Trump endorsed candidates in the primary, McConnell whines that Republican primary voters didn’t give him “quality candidates” that can win in the general elections. That sure inspires voters and instills confidence. It also echoes what the Democrats are saying.
In Pennsylvania, the Republican candidate who has high name recognition, Dr. Oz, is behind in the polls to a far left wing Democrat Lieutenant Governor, John Fetterman, who favors open borders, is anti-police, anti-bail requirements and wants to let crooks out of incarceration. This, at a time when crime is escalating at a record pace in the state.
What does Dr. Oz’s campaign do? They create a TV ad showing Dr. Oz going through a supermarket explaining how much inflation has raised the price of produce. While inflation is an important issue and shouldn’t be ignored, voters are more worried about getting robbed or carjacked going to the store. Dr. Oz should instruct his campaign officials to film ads showing how the policies his opponent espouses, have put the lives of Pennsylvanians and their families in jeopardy. Oz needs to show how open borders have increased the deaths of Americans by illegal immigrant criminals and fentanyl overdoses.
While no one with common sense would advocate using negative ads in a primary election, in a general election they can be most effective. In this November election, they should be especially potent considering how the Democrat policies present such a target rich environment. Regardless of what Republican is running against any Democrat, their campaign and their ads need to focus on the issues.
Every speech and ad should contrast the two political parties and candidates. For instance: If you like Critical Race Theory taught in our public Schools, vote Democrat. If you like the idea of “Drag Queen Story Hour” for young children, vote Democrat. If you think public schools should teach and encourage transgenderism, vote Democrat. If you think students should be asked to tell the class their “preferred pronoun” at the start of each class, vote Democrat.
If you like the idea of 87,000 new IRS agents, vote Democrat. If you think our borders should be open to the whole world, vote Democrat. If you think illegal immigrants should be provided with free transportation, free room and board, free medical and free cell phones, vote Democrat. If you think the United States and its criminal justice system is racist, vote Democrat. If you think that because of racism, we need to release more criminals from prisons and jails, vote Democrat.
If you think that all, or most of us, will die in eight or so years if we don’t drastically reduce our “carbon footprint”, vote Democrat. If you want to greatly reduce or eliminate fossil fuels, but will not allow more nuclear power plants, vote Democrat. If you like being energy dependent on other countries and you like paying double or triple for gas than we paid in 2020, vote Democrat.
If you think that the government should prohibit “hate speech”, dog whistles and/or micro aggressions, vote Democrat. If you think that freedom of expression allows for “mostly peaceful protests”, where property is destroyed and people with opposing views are injured or killed, vote Democrat. If you believe that words like “patriot” and “patriotism” are code words for White supremacy, vote Democrat.
If, on the other hand, you know that all of the above is idiotic, antisocial, anti-American, and attacks the foundation of our country and its success, vote Republican.
2 thoughts on “Opinion: Do Republicans Really Want To Win In November? – Buz Williams”
Sorry Buz; I have to disagree. As a precinct captain and multi year PC, I see a different problem this year. Republicans who are ardent conservatives are resisting voting for less than pure Republicans. Not coming together to elect Republicans who won the primary could easily move the needle to Democrats winning in November. Add into the mix that Democrats are savvy to key races and pore millions into swing state elections and I see enough disasters to keep the U S Senate in Democrats hands. And it will be pure Republicans fault.
Tom, I’m not sure exactly what you disagree with in my column. Basically, all I’m telling all voters, not just conservative Republicans, that if you like inflation, open borders, Green New Deal legislation, high gas prices, CRT, pronoun and transexual indoctrination in schools and other “woke” policies, vote Democrat. Otherwise, vote Republican.
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