From the Las Vegas Sun:
“Angle: ‘I’m not sure I can win’ if Ashjian’s in, nat’l GOPers ‘have lost their principles,’ need to ‘leave me alone"
“That’s just some of what GOP Senate nominee Sharron Angle said during a meeting Wednesday evening with Tea Party of Nevada candidate Scott Ashjian and Tea Party of Nevada Chairman Sid James at the home of Richard Ziser, who lost to Harry Reid in 1994 and now is an adviser to the Angle campaign and also participated in the conversation.
“A tape of the 38-minute meeting that I have obtained provides a rare window into the kinds of discussions that take place during campaigns behind closed doors, redolent of the authenticity that disappears in public or in TV ads.”
Ah, yes, that would be a tape you (Jon Ralston, no friend of Sharron Angle), obtained from Scott Ashjian himself, who taped the whole conversation with Sharron Angle without her knowledge. In the interest of full disclosure, you might have revealed that in the article, Jon Ralston.
Continuing from the Las Vegas Sun:
“Angle expresses disdain for the national GOP, which she says she now has ‘in a box’ because she won the primary, which caused the DC types after her June 8 victory to still be ‘moaning and groaning and weeping and gnashing teeth over Sue Lowden.’ Later, she tries to persuade Ashjian to endorse her because she will have ‘juice’ he can tap into to get access to Sens. Jim DeMint, Tom Coburn and Mitch McConnell.
“I can just hear it now: The woman who calls the majority leader ‘Let’s Make a Deal Harry Reid’ becomes ‘Let’s Make a Deal Sharron Angle’”.
Excuse me? Access to meetings with political figures is not the same as the thuggery and bribery that Harry Reid employed to ram Obamacare through the Senate against the will of the American people, and you know it, Jon Ralston. She is promised Ashjian nothing.
And, she DID win IN SPITE OF the Republican establishment, the same Republican establishment who initially refused to endorse Christine O’Donnell. Umm, is this a shock to anyone?
Interestingly, the Tea Party Express had a message for Scott Ashjian back in March:
"We at the Tea Party Express have a message for Scott Ashjian, who has been trying to pretend that he's part of the Tea Party movement - get lost!" says Mark Williams, chairman of the Tea Party Express, in the video. "None of us have ever heard of you or seen you at a Tea Party rally. Nothing. We think you are a fraud who's trying to split the vote and help re-elect Harry Reid."
Gateway Pundit sums it up nicely:
“This fraud [Ashjian] sure seems to be helping out the Reid Campaign for some odd reason.
“Fake Nevada Tea Party candidate Scott Ashjian was sued by the Independent American Party in March. The suit challenged Ashjian’s membership in the Tea Party of Nevada. He was also charged with felony theft for passing a bad check in Las Vegas this spring.
“…This afternoon Ashjian lashed out at the “racist” Tea Party Express and the Republican Party saying he would not endorse Angle or Reid in the election.
“Unfortunately, this fake tea party candidate is trying to pull votes from Sharron Angle.
…How convenient for Harry Reid.”
For more commentary on Sharron Angle, please see http://www.moveonreid.com.
Mr. Ashjian’s actions are either specious or juvenile – regardless, his attempt to “punk” Sharron Angle is a billboard-sized red flag for voters. When Nevadan’s go to the polls, let’s hope they consider if they want to elect a Senator who surreptitiously tapes his opponent in order to torpedo her campaign.
ReplyDeleteRight now, Sharron Angle is in a dead heat with Harry Reid, House Majority Leader and part of the Obama Troika (with Speaker Pelosi) which has plunged America into multi-trillion dollar debt while forcing unwanted legislation through their majority-ruled House and Senate. Most conservatives believe that replacing Senator Reid is key to reversing the mess he helped create in Washington; therefore, his ouster is critical to the country.
According to CNN, Mr. Ashjian claimed:
“It was never my intention to release the tape. I didn't do it till three days later when my friends said have you heard reports saying you're an egotistical whack job. So I said no problem here's the truth knock yourself out." http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/04/candidates-secret-tape-recording-for-my-own-protection/
Is Scott Ashjian an egotistical whack job? Perhaps, but Ashjian’s own words and actions prove he lacks maturity, integrity and good sense – qualities that one expects in their elected officials.
I suspect he only hopes to be a spoiler (or Harry Reid hired him or both), which is very juvenile, ego-centric, and lacking in integrity. But these ridiculous tactics don't seem to be hurting Sharron.
ReplyDeleteCheck out: http://tinyurl.com/3yk64pm:
"In the latest Fox News battleground state poll of likely voters, Angle drew 49 percent to Reid’s 46 percent. As voters make up their mind with four weeks to go until Election Day, Angle seems to have the edge.
In the first Fox battleground poll in the Silver State four weeks ago, 10 percent of respondents were either unsure, in favor of a minor party candidate or, as state law allows in Nevada, planning to vote for 'none of these candidates.'"