Posted by
Flyoverview on Saturday, March 14, 2009 7:07:58 PM
I suppose I should clarify that I titled this in honor of the late great William F. Buckley. One day long ago, in 1988 to be precise, Mr. Buckley founded a political action committee known as "BuckPac". The committee had one objective: the defeat of an utterly useless senator from Connecticut who called himself a Republican, Lowell Weicker. Buckley reasoned that it would be better for the Republican party to lose the seat altogether than to have it continue to be held by a Republican fraud. The committe prevailed. Politics being what they are, the victor still holds that seat today. Joe Lieberman lives on, and at least for awhile, he tormented his own party to some extent. Unfortunately, he appears to have done his penance and is now back in the good graces of the Democrats.
The theory of BuckPac needs to be revisited today. Starting with the elimination of the three Democrats from Pennsylvania and Maine, starting with former congressman Pat Toomey knocking off Arlen Specter in the Republican primary in 2010. This simply must happen.