There has been much discussion about what the primary votes this Tuesday actually meant. As if primary votes could ever be applied to a larger indication of the public mood. When Ned Lamont won the Democrat primary in Connecticut in 2006, that was reported to mean that the voters at large hated President Bush. Bear in mind that only the Democrat voters of Connecticut were voting in that particular election. What it meant was that the Democrat voters, and only the Democrat voters of Connecticut wished to send a more liberal Senator to Washington D.C. in order to represent their State's business. During the general election of that year of course, Joe Lieberman destroyed Ned Lamont, and alas the good people of Connecticut sent their conservative Democrat Senator back to Washington to represent their wishes.
If I had a dollar for every time in my life, "conventional wisdom," turned out to be jaw droppingly wrong, I would be paying Warren Buffett's tax rate and promising not to pimp out my secretary in order to score political points for a liberal politician who seeks to argue through anecdotal stories. Yet, undaunted by the stench of failure at every conceivable turn, we see a plug and play narrative being substituted for actual thoughtful analysis during every election cycle. This decades narrative, they want liberals and conservatives to seek some middle ground in order to push forward an agenda that is made up entirely of the liberal talking points, no matter how many conservatives get elected by promising to put a complete stop to this lunacy. It does not even matter how many of those Democrats who do win elections do so by promising to be conservatives and govern as Republicans once elected. (The last sentence is somewhat of an early jape meant for the good people of Indiana. Representative Joe Donnelly is already running as a Democrat who will do whatever he can to sound like a Republican for the next 6 months. Please just take one moment to remember what happened the last time we elected a whole bunch of Democrats promising to be Blue Dogs. We got landed with Obamacare and Dodd Frank, and are now facing the prospect of ratifying the LOST Treaty.)
The Loss of Richard Lugar in Indiana means nothing more than the Republican voters in that State are tired of being represented by a law maker who more aptly represents the values held by the Democrats in his State. Its context and scope go no further than that. It means that the Tea Party, at least in terms of Indiana is no where near the demise so gleefully reported in the main stream media. There is one primary however that should send chills down the spine of every Democrat operative and kingmaker.
The Democrat voters in West Virginia, 41% of them anyhow, have sent a signal that even made the BBC news. What's remarkable to me about this are two things. I have known a few people from Britain over the years, and I had a hell of a time trying to explain to them exactly where and what West Virginia was. There are even people in our own country who believe it to still be a part of Virginia. So, when my native state makes the national news of a country where probably most of its inhabitants will have difficulty believing that it really does exist, that is something. The other thing is that what happened in West Virginia's primary hardly made our own news cycle. Richard Lugar's unremarkable loss, that made the news. North Carolina being the 32nd State out of 32 so far to state unequivocally that they do not want people of the same sex getting married, that made the news. West Virginia's Democrats opting to vote for prisoner 11593-051 rather than an incumbent President, well that's page 25 story material for sure.
There's more to this though. Prisoner 11593-051 is not even a West Virginia resident, definitely not a favorite son. He is from New Mexico, and is serving a lengthy prison sentence for extortion, and a more serious form of assault through intimidation. He has no campaign platform, and due to travel restrictions was not in fact able to do any campaigning.
When Lyndon Johnson ran for reelection in 1968, he dropped out of the race because he failed to win New Hampshire by a large enough margin. New Hampshire was not even the first state. It was simply felt by the apparatchiks at the time that it did not bode well for an incumbent to face that level of dissension from his own party. That the Democrats in West Virginia have stated very loudly, "we are not certain if we would rather have Barack Obama, the current President, or a convicted thug be our President," points to some real trouble in paradise. It is just another one of those small signs which run counter to the Obama shoo in narrative. Maybe by itself it is small potatoes, but coupled with Hillary Clinton's planned skipping of the convention in North Carolina, many of his former donors keeping their collective purses closed, Several former endorsers refusing to associate their names with his this time around, and dear leader may be facing a tougher time than conventional wisdom realizes.
There are some dynamics of note here. I am not certain of the actual demographics at play here, but just from having lived there, West Virginia may be the only State in the Union to have a majority of voters who belong to a union. It may be the only State in the country that is entirely dependent upon the coal industry for its economic basis. It may be the only State in the country that has had a President declare that he intended to bankrupt their entire economic viability, and then attempt to follow through on that promise. Other states produce coal, but West Virginia is tiny. Coal is pretty much all West Virginia has, and she is our nation's top producer of bituminous coal, and the nation's second leading producer of energy, with not one drop of oil or liter of gas to be found anywhere in the State.
West Virginia is that canary in the coal mine so to speak when discussing the ravages of the Green Fairy. The good citizens of that State are not bitter clingers to guns and Bibles, but really upset at a President who has told them that they must sacrifice having groceries on the table in order to promote his Marxist agenda. They have seen the devil in the details, and have declared that a convicted felon with zero moral fiber would be better suited to improve their lot in life than the Harvard educated supposed, "Constitutional Scholar," who has accused them of being selfish for wanting to work to support themselves. Go figure. Cross Posted at Musings of a Mad Conservative.
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Comment by Karen Sue Conner on May 19, 2012 at 2:17pm I liked the article but found one inaccuracy regarding the oil and gas. There is both oil and gas
in WV. I spent over 50 years there. We had an 80 acre farm and there were 4 oil and gas wells
drilled on this property while we lived there. I still get royalties from the oil and gas sales. There
were over 50 oil and gas wells drilled in our county from 1978 - 1990. There are now dozens of those
windmills on Laurel Mountain now.
Comment by Linny Redd on May 10, 2012 at 6:56pm W.Va. sounds like the woman who kept getting raped, but refused to lock her door--or use a gun that was in
her nite table! Then she would cry about how unsafe her neighborhood was!
Comment by richard anders on May 10, 2012 at 3:36pm I have a second home in Wv. and have come to know many of the locals who where born and raised there. I must say that politically Wv. is a genuine enigma. The people are God fearing church goers, not all, but a lot of them. They are mostly conservative in their beliefs and big on second amendment rights. One might think that Wv. would be a red state. It is not. Wv. is a Democrat strong hold and has been although some times during an election they will surprise you.Wv. is part of Appalacha and welfare is a way of life for many. They know which side of the bread the butter is onso to speak. But if the chips where down and the poop hit the fan Wv. would be a good place to be.
Comment by Doug Sheets on May 10, 2012 at 3:18pm WV is an awesome state. And Mr. Jones you are absolutely right. I just sent money to Mr Mourdock's campaign. We need more conservatives/Tea Party people to run for office that's for sure. We will only win the war with the House and the Senate.
Comment by Gerald V. Todd on May 10, 2012 at 3:16pm Barry must be so sure about his "re-election" that he'll say and do anything, knowing Academia, useful idiots, union thugs, abortionists and a Soros owned or backed bevy of groups and voter fraud entities will see him through.
Comment by Sue Carroll on May 10, 2012 at 3:03pm A couple of others thing I like about WV: driving through on my may to the Derby I saw a billboard with a map of WV and the sign read "Obama's NO JOB Zone" , I saw a Pro Life billboard, and 3 crosses placed on a number of hillsides. My kind of state!
Comment by Dr. Arthur W. Carpenter on May 10, 2012 at 2:58pm Mr. Ray Jones,
You are so VERY spot on with your "vote with your dollars" agenda! We need a clearing house for people to identify those who merit support. Judson and crew do a good job of keeping the leftist trouble makers off TPN so maybe on here, TPN, somehow there is a way to streamline the process so it could go viral and not end up funding libs and rinos. You know, make it easy for the average Joe with a computer, like me, to see where the fire needs put out "today" or where longer term support is required. Maybe some graphics along those lines and easy click buttons to take the "giver/voter" to the campaign site. Make it as easy as showing up to vote with your ID.
Comment by Kristin Fecteau on May 10, 2012 at 2:39pm 
Comment by Wordwaryor on May 10, 2012 at 1:52pm AND further more to my post below ...
Pass the Word Around about regular donations (Dollar Votes) to your friends, and their friend, to your neighbors and their neighbors ....... and get the word out to Tea Party Radio ..... and Tea Party Blogs etc, etc. etc.
This wave of Tea Party Dollar Votes ....... MUST go viral.
AND I might Add ...... Give Directly to the Candidate's campaign website .... NOT to the GOP or to any other group who will then decide HOW to spend your money , or to whom it is given.
DO THAT YOURSELF ..... Directly the the Candidate's website.
Comment by Wordwaryor on May 10, 2012 at 1:45pm Breaking News !!
In order to Keep this Republic ..... in 2012 and beyond, WE the People HAVE to do MORE than just wait around and go to our local polls and vote for Romney in November. !! Yes INDEED WE DO !
People . Listen up . YOU are in danger of LOSING YOUR NATION !! Gone Forever in the trash bin of history.
Consequently YOU (As do I ) MUST be firing on all cylinders, and in places where we have NEVER tread before.
WE simply MUST Also retake the Senate. To do that means winning quite a number of Very Close and Critical Senate Races in States where you may NEVER have even set foot !
Which means the following .......... YOU (And Me) and EVERY Red Blooded American Citizen who actually WANT to see a dramatic change in government in 2013 .......... MUST DO THE FOLLOWING WITH REGULARITY and Precision.
1. Vote for TEA PARTY and Conservatives where we live (given)
2. Help Get OUT the Vote in our Area.
3. Volunteer to call or support Tea Party Call efforts in States where We do not live and may never have visited.
And EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY .....
4. We need to IDENTIFY those close Senate Races where Tea Party or Conservative Candidates are running close races to Democrat or GOP RINO incumbents or candidates.
5. MOST CRITICAL OF ALL ....... On a Regular Basis ( Montly / Weekly ) CONTRIBUTE CASH $$ to one of the Conservative / Tea Party Candidates in a Race in a STATE where YOU don't live, and may never have even visited !!
These candidate campaign websites ARE NOT HIDDEN from view. You can find them on the WEB.
Identify the Critical Races for Senate. It's not hard to find out who the candidates are ......... AND ..... For God's SAKE people ...... Send them your hard earned money.
After all Each and EVERY dollar that YOU send to win one of these Senate Races is YOUR VOTE in that other state.... and YOUR VOTE against Obama, George Soros, and the Democrat Political Socialist Machine !!
DO THIS ..... and you may see Elaborate Crying , Moaning, Groaning and Whining from the Liberal Media on Election Day such as YOU Have NEVER even Imagined !! (If you want to see that ..... Do it)
And you may See Obama and Senator Reid Packing up to leave their current positions of Power , with Obama and Michele and family leaving the White House forever.
All it takes folks ....... is Votes AND MONEY !!
A FLOOD OF MONEY ...... A SEA OF MONEY from REAL AMERICANS who are totally P*SSED OFF at What has been going on in Washington for Decades. A flood of money votes that no amount of Democrat fundraising can match.
THIS IS WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN THE CULTURE WAR...... And Regain America. And Restore our Constitution and our Republic.
Question IS ......... WILL YOU ?
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