Bellavia tosses GOP under bus
TSO sends us this link from the Weekly Standard in regards to David Bellavia;
“I will endorse a candidate, but it will not be Jane [Corwin],” Bellavia told me during a phone interview this evening.
Bellavia indicated, without explicitly saying so, that the candidate he will endorse in the May 24 election is Jack Davis, a former Democrat now running as a “Tea Party” candidate. “Jack is a veteran. Jack is a self-made man,” Bellavia said. “He’s a guy who will leave his factory to his workers when he dies. He’s right on immigration. He’s right on jobs. The issues that I disagree with Jack, I disagree with all three [candidates]. There’s not one pro-life candidate in this race.”
In fact, David and I had an email exchange with one of the influential advocacy groups last night in regards to whether they should support Jane Corwin or not. David told his horror story of his experiences with the GOP and Corwin machine when he was trying to run a fourth party campaign. I know how important it is that we put a Republican in that seat, but the Monroe County GOP doesn’t deserve the seat because of their ham-handed behavior in this race.
Let this put all of the local GOP committees on notice when they pick their candidates next year.
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I hate to see this situation develop, but all things considered, I would trust David’s judgment on this issue. He’s there and knows the story first hand.
Well, they fooled him before and David came out and supported the GOP candidate anyway, because he was the bigger man. Now, as anyone would do in the same situation, he’s telling them to get bent. Good for him! They will learn the hard way that their establishment bullshit isn’t playing to the base, anymore.
Jack Davis is a spoiler candidate who’s been a Democrat for the last three elections. Now he’s suddenly a TEA Partier talking the talk, but no history of the walk. NY-26 is a case study in social Darwinism. Either folks know the candidates and the issues, or they don’t. If they don’t, and still pull the lever, they need to endure the consequences.
Jack Davis won’t have consequences regardless of the outcome.
If Mr. Bellavia wants to go to Congress, he needs to move a place that will elect him to Congress, just like John McCain and Barack Obama. Plenty of districts want someone they can look up to as their representative in Congress. That, or seize control of the party machinery in the district and remake it just as they have in Utah, Texas, and Oklahoma. He can even call this a “House to House” approach. Because it is, literally, putting his mark house to house, block by block.
Mr. Bellavia comes across as the perennial runner, and loser. Endorsing Jack Davis lends the charge credence.
Bellavia comes across as another Scozzafava, Murkowski, or Crist, here.
He doesn’t come across to me as a Murkowski, etc, but I don’t know all the details. Despite that, I trust David over some local GOP puke.
It’s plain the local GOP is full of that “it’s not your turn” crap.
There is a whole lot of that BS going on in America. IMO, it’s time for a third party. Let’s call it the Constitution Party.
If you’d like to see a video of Davis in action slapping a camera wielding citizen reporter (like you Jonn) then laughing about it and his kick taking a shot at him , git your tails over to Gateway Pundit’s. Actually OS54, what is needed is for people such as yourself to become involved in your local Republican Party precinct if your serious about making change.
As for Bellavia? Go ahead David. Cut your nose off to spite your face, dude. Unfracking believable.
OldSoldier54,
I don’t know Bellavia except by reputation, but this does not appear to be an endorsement based on identifying who would best represent the interests of voters by advancing a conservative agenda, this looks like he’s driven by spite.
Regardless, if Davis wins, Bellavia will have some responsibility for Davis’ voting record. I hope his assessment of Davis is correct.
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http://hotair.com/archives/2011/05/12/fake-tea-party-candidate-assaults-cameraman/