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Warlord
05-08-2013, 02:02 PM
Mike Flynn's reporting for Breitbart and various articles in the weeks leading up to the SC-1 election were outstanding.

He completely exposed Colbert-Busch as a phony who isn't a "businesswoman" despite her repeated claims. He revealed that she worked for a public university since 2009 and was involved in applying for Obama's stimulus funds which she claimed in a local newspaper would create 20,000 jobs in South Carolina but which in fact created 134 at a cost of $350k per taxpayer. He exposed her as nothing but a crony corporatist shill propped up by Pelosi and the unions who were basically running her campaign.

He was doing the job NONE of the local or national press were doing and properly vetted this woman who wanted to be a congressman.

She even managed to secure the endorsement of the alleged local conservative Post and Courier newspaper who called her a "leader" (of what?).

She was nothing but platitudes and a complete fraud and we must thank Mike Flynn and Breitbart News for exposing her weeks before election day because the other media outlets like AP, POLITICO, etc. were just not doing their job and repeating her rhetoric and false claims and viciously trashing Sanford.

Thank God there are some real, actual journalists determined to properly vet these candidates as the rest of the media gave her a complete free pass in the Democrats attempts to steal this seat.

This is final report I think from the district:

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Sanford Victory a Rejection of DC Establishment

Mike Flynn

Mark Sanford's commanding win on Tuesday is a reminder that campaigns matter. A gifted retail politician, Sanford secured his victory by direct voter contact. Holding more than a dozen events a day, he easily eclipsed his opponent, Elizabeth Colbert Busch, who rarely left the confines of her campaign bus. His victory is also a reminder, though, that the DC establishment of both parties is horribly out of touch with the public.

Assessing that Sanford was a fatally flawed candidate, national Democrats poured $1 million into the special election. A victory here would help their mythical narrative that regaining the House was in reach next year. Labor unions and other progressive organizations opened their checkbooks, allowing Colbert Busch to outspend Sanford by at least a 3-1 margin. In the end, Sanford won by almost 10 points, a massive setback to national Democrats.

Colbert Busch's campaign rested on platitudes. The Democrat called herself a businesswoman, even though her public sector job was underwritten by stimulus funds. She avoided all hot-button issues, stating simply that she would address these after the election. She merely promised to "work with" people. It turns out, however, that voters want a candidate to stand for something.

The national GOP also miscalculated the race. Sanford received no support from GOP Leadership, nor the party's campaign arm, the NRCC. Except for the conservative Independent Women's Voice, no outside Republican-affiliated groups aided Sanford. The establishment of both parties failed to see that Sanford and his message of fiscal discipline resonated with voters. The believed the cocktail chatter in DC and assumed that Sanford was a lost cause.

Sanford's recent personal drama obscured the fact that he is a highly-skilled politician. His desire to speak and connect with voters is legendary. His conviction to core principles is genuine and immediately recognizable to voters. On policies important to the public, he stands for something.

The mandarins in both parties need to reflect deeply on Sanford's comfortable win. Every metric DC uses to assess campaigns went against Sanford. He had a troublesome personal scandal, was abandoned by his party and was out-raised and out-spent. The media mocked and derided his campaign. The only group to embrace his campaign were voters.

Sanford based his campaign on principle. For that, he was richly rewarded.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/05/08/sanford-victory-a-rejection-of-dc-establishment

Aratus
05-08-2013, 02:05 PM
a few gop pac monies shall hurriedly now be about to be sent up here to our lil taxachusetts
so as to slow down ed markey's bandwagon on the hope that as BHO's narrative vannishes
our total wannabe & youthful d.c critter is about to take on an older familiar & wise d.c critter?

Working Poor
05-08-2013, 02:31 PM
yea for SC voters good going!

ThePenguinLibertarian
05-08-2013, 09:51 PM
I just literally experience happiness for 5 minutes. Politics over principle.

Aratus
05-09-2013, 07:23 AM
mark sanford's appeal was that he has gone way past the game D.C likes to play...

he does often act like an IKE era Republican. he might manifest more principle upon

gettin' back to D.C because he already torpedoed any future potus run resplendent

with fawning & demanding fatcats. admittedly he is not a total libertarian, despite

his personal life, he is rather socially conservative and GOP most of the tyme, actually.