Could It Be True? A PAC You Can Trust??
June 18th, 2008 by 
Kevin
Many conservatives, myself included, have stopped giving to party organizations. They simply support far too many RINOs. Now you can arguments, some valid, about why they have to do this. But the reality is many conservatives simply don’t want to support, even indirectly, RINOs and the misguided legislation they bring to the table. Years back, it even motivated some conservatives bloggers, most notably Caption Ed, to take a Not. One. Dime. pledge. Instead, many (most?) have taken to donated to specific candidates only, ones that share their values….as rare as those may be.
So it was with great interest one I noted that one of the few true conservatives in the US Senate, Sen Jim DeMint, started a PAC with the intent to only support candidates that were true conservatives. The Senate Conservative Fund (SCF)….perhaps a PAC I could support?
But then I noticed under their Candidates tab a list of the 20 most competitive Senate races and requesting commentary. Problem is those races include RINOs like Ted Stevens, Susan Collins, Norm Coleman and Gordon Smith. It also included conservatives that while otherwise okay, have a huge trail of earmarks behind them, like Jeff Sessions and Elizabeth Dole ($180 million each on the Defense bill alone). It’s not exactly encouraging that a PAC purporting to support only true conservatives has such candidates being considered for support.
I sent off an email indicating as much, expecting no response I figured this was just another misguided attempt to convince conservatives to support RINOs.
However, the next day I got a response from the SCF, stating :
Good point. The list was not meant to indicate those candidates SCF is considering; just the top Senate races. We changed the wording to be more clear.
Wow, instead of a knee-jerk defensive reaction, they actually addressed the source of the misunderstanding.
So while it’s still a bit early for me to advocate everyone donating the the SCF, it appears encouraging. The true test is which candidates they choose to support.
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June 19th, 2008 at 9:38 am
Like you, I’m also sitting on my checkbook for the most part, but there is also one major problem with your formulation. A RINO is a poorly defined creature. Some days you get a big methane-laced kiss and other days you get the horn. RINOs can team with elephants to defeat jackasses, or they can team with jackasses. Ah, never mind the metaphors, they just get us confused and in trouble.
What I’m trying to say is that the time for choosing has past, and that even an Olympia Snowe is a better Republican than her Democrat opponent. If the only thing a RINO accomplishes is giving the numeric majority to Republicans it is worth making sure they win the election. At this point that is the only choice we have. Of course, if Sen. Snowe can win her own election, or with the support of the local party, no need to send her money from here, where we have our own races to win. As Vince Lombardi said, “Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.” At this point.