Subj : Re: fbi
To   : Aaron Thomas
From : Jeff Thiele
Date : Tue Sep 27 2022 07:44:13

On 26 Sep 2022, Aaron Thomas said the following...
 AT>  JT>  AT> While the NY GOP pats itself on the back, we've got 25+
 AT>  JT>  AT> upstate/conservative districts with Democrat state assembly & se
 AT>  JT>  AT> members running unopposed. The election chairs say dumb stuff li
 AT>  JT>  AT> recruit in quality, not in quantity."
 AT>  JT> That's a strategy.
 AT> It's a lie. Ask any conservative if they're concerned about the
 AT> "quality" of their Republican state officials. (So concerned that
 AT> they're willing to elect a Democrat instead, because the quality of the
 AT> Republican was just so low.)

I don't think they see "quality" in the same way that you do. I think they
equate "quality" with "electability." That you are disenchanted with the
quality is more of a function of Trump pushing the GOP to the far-right than
anything else, because that's what's driving these low-quality candidates.
The GOP is trying to do what they can with what they have to work with,
though. I mean, face it: Reagan would almose certainly be considered a "RINO"
in today's GOP, with the Bushes not far behind him.

 AT>  JT>  AT> The GOP strategy is: Help the Democrats retain power.
 AT>  JT> The GOP strategy is: Win where we can and don't waste resources
 AT>  JT> elsewhere.
 AT> That's exactly what the RINO committee chairs say. But they say that to
 AT> us because they think we're stupid. We're not. We know that upstate NY
 AT> is a conservative region. We know this because we have Republican
 AT> mayors, county executives, and US house members. You won't find many
 AT> Democrat yard signs throughout upstate.

Perhaps it's not as conservative as you think it is.

 AT> The committee chairs are abusing their power to keep the state government
 AT> Democrat. I complained to the NY GOP (at least twice) and they never
 AT> responded. (They hope that I'll just quiet down and go away.)

Any intention of the GOP to retaim Democrat control in areas they could
otherwise dominate is ludicrous. Those are Congressional seats, after all,
and they need as many as they can get. I think it much more likely that there
is a flaw somewhere in your theory.

Jeff.

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