That would be my junior US Senator Kelly Ayotte and the junior US Senator from Kentucky (er, Texas), Ted Cruz. From Big Government:
What it should tell you is that McCarthy obviously is a Washington insider, and his fall from grace as future Speaker obviously is bad news to the insiders or the establishment in Washington, both parties. And the reason for that is it is perceived that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) (96%) and the House Conservative Caucus are behind this, these Tea Party yokels, and it is viewed as these upstart conservatives taking control of the House, and they’re outsiders.
So you see that the insider elites are bound together not by ideology, but by class. If they were bound together by ideology there wouldn’t be a Republican in the establishment in Washington, there wouldn’t be a Republican lead allowed in. But the establishment in Washington is made up of people of both parties. The people not in it are conservatives, but Republicans, moderate level Republicans, liberal Republicans, communist Republicans, and all Democrats are in the establishment. Conservative Republicans aren’t.
And remember, Kelly Ayotte has a Conservative Review/Liberty ranking of 40% (that would be an Old School “F” for all you Common Core fans that just had to change everything to keep everyone who pays your freight in the dark). So every time she hauls off, all I can envision is the equivalent of Thurston Howell the III and Lovey ranting from the hoi polloi seats. She campaigned as a conservative; as her score shows (and is reflected by others like Heritage – a 27% in favor of conservative values via her votes). And Ted chimes in:
“Washington despised Ronald Reagan,” he said. “By the way, if you see a candidate who Washington embraces—run and hide!”
“Washington is broken, and I’ve said many times that the biggest divide we have is not between Democrats and Republicans,” Cruz continued. “The biggest divide we have politically in Washington is between career politicians in Washington—in both parties—and the American people.”
There is a reason why the phrase “went DC” exists – we hear the meliflorous campaign words, soothing and calming….and then the stark reality of the 180 starts to sink in.
The essence of Conservatism? That individuals, not Government / The State, get to ake the major decisions. Ted Cruz is that kind of Conservative. Kelly, having fallen in as “sidecar McCain” has been a disappointment. She would have been better served (and we as well) for her to have joined with Cruz instead of a guy who has been in DC since, well, the Good Lord created the dirt that Congress sits on. Maybe, just maybe, if she had, more of the Live Free or Die spirit would have stayed with her; one that is more about us versus the power cliques and Class that is DC.
DC – more and more I do believe it is the real life example of the Hunger Games’ capital. Power all wrapped up in one place and where all the hoi polloi give we in “flyover” country lip service at best and look down upon the rest of us as a matter of course. It is a political illness, one that serves us ill.
