Eric Cantor Beat in Primary

[Cujo0920]

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/eric-cantor-primary-election-results-virginia-107683.html

Great news: the Establishment Republicrat Eric Cantor, and by extension the corrupt, larcenous Establishment GOP, has been given the heave-ho by fed-up Virginia voters. Good riddance to see this crony-capitalist stooge and consummate elitist insider finally get his comeuppance after trying to ram through his illegal alien amnesty.

One hopes that Tom Tancredo, who threw Colorado taxpayers under the bus with his vote to bail out the Wall Street grifters with $700 billion in TARP free gambling money, is also turned out into well-deserved political oblivion for his fecklessness and general douchebaggery.

More on Cantor's loss to an upstart challenger who still espouses Republican principals over corporate payola:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-06-10/house-majority-leader-cantor-loses-virginia-primary-tea-partys-brat

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_VIRGINIA_PRIMARY_CANTOR?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-06-10-20-05-45

Now it's time to dump the orange-tan crybaby, McStain, and Miss Lindsey Gramnesty and wrest the GOP away from the plutocrats.

[TEAMRICO]

Good news.....hopefully this will scare the Republicans and kill Amnesty and any talk of it!
good riddance.

[Great-Kazoo]

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/eric-cantor-primary-election-results-virginia-107683.html

Great news: the Establishment Republicrat Eric Cantor, and by extension the corrupt, larcenous Establishment GOP, has been given the heave-ho by fed-up Virginia voters. Good riddance to see this crony-capitalist stooge and consummate elitist insider finally get his comeuppance after trying to ram through his illegal alien amnesty.

One hopes that Tom Tancredo, who threw Colorado taxpayers under the bus with his vote to bail out the Wall Street grifters with $700 billion in TARP free gambling money, is also turned out into well-deserved political oblivion for his fecklessness and general douchebaggery.

More on Cantor's loss to an upstart challenger who still espouses Republican principals over corporate payola:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-06-10/house-majority-leader-cantor-loses-virginia-primary-tea-partys-brat

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_VIRGINIA_PRIMARY_CANTOR?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-06-10-20-05-45

Now it's time to dump the orange-tan crybaby, McStain, and Miss Lindsey Gramnesty and wrest the GOP away from the plutocrats.

Once again more progressive buzz words .

[Cujo0920]

To the mindless tool Great-Kazoo who spews empty-headed drivel about "progressive buzz words," maybe, if the throbbing of your lobotomy scars isn't too distracting, you could see who bought and paid for your pseudo-"conservative" Rep. Cantor. No surprise that while small individual donations made up only 2% of his campaign contributions, Wall Street kleptocrats like Goldman Sachs and Blackstone owned his sorry RINO a$$ and wrote his script. He will be generously rewarded for his feckless service to the plutocrats at the expense of U.S. taxpayers and the vanishing middle class.

http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?type=C&cid=N00013131&newMem=N&cycle=2014

[merl]

So are we all sure this is a safe R district or does VA have open primaries and the D just put in someone that cannot win?

[Cujo0920]

When I lived in VA they did not have open primaries. This looks like a case of the Republican base rejecting a Wall Street-owned RINO who for all intents and purposes was indistinguishable from most Democrats.

Cantor will probably pull a Joe Lieberman and run as an Independent, backed by the same crony-capitalist grifters who have backed his previous campaigns. But for now I'm enjoying seeing his lose out to a political novice (Brat) who espouses Republican principals, after Cantor outspent Brat 5 to 1. This will send a definite message to the corrupt, sleazy Establishment GOP.

[Gman]

The GOP needs to wake up. I hope these losses will force them to reevaluate the road they've been taking.

[Bailey Guns]

Once again more progressive buzz words .

He's getting the story from Politico. Not a hotbed of conservative commentary.

[Bailey Guns]

Not that I'm disappointed that Cantor lost, but don't expect the "establishment" to be swayed. They haven't been swayed by any of the many Tea Party type conservatives that have come before so I don't expect this to do much to change the behavior of the old guard republicans. However, if enough Tea Party types are elected, they won't have any choice but to change...because they'll be out of a job. And the Tea Party gets a little stronger every year.

[Gman]

Lindsey Graham won his race.

[BPTactical]

In best Curly Bill Broceus: Bye!


Think the GOP will get it?

[Singlestack]

Not that I'm disappointed that Cantor lost, but don't expect the "establishment" to be swayed. They haven't been swayed by any of the many Tea Party type conservatives that have come before so I don't expect this to do much to change the behavior of the old guard republicans. However, if enough Tea Party types are elected, they won't have any choice but to change...because they'll be out of a job. And the Tea Party gets a little stronger every year.

Totally agree. Don't expect too much; this is only 1 seat. The change to the party will happen gradually, over many election cycles. The panel on Fox news thinks that Beeho will go crazy with his pen and his phone since he knows he won't get amnesty through congress. The Southern border is a real mess right now with massive illegal immigration.

[MarkCO]

Think the GOP will get it?

Nope. And by and large, most of the "tea party" winners end up looking just like the ones they ousted. It is a corrupt and slimy system that either converts or destroys the honorable.

[Great-Kazoo]

To the mindless tool Great-Kazoo who spews empty-headed drivel about "progressive buzz words," maybe, if the throbbing of your lobotomy scars isn't too distracting, you could see who bought and paid for your pseudo-"conservative" Rep. Cantor. No surprise that while small individual donations made up only 2% of his campaign contributions, Wall Street kleptocrats like Goldman Sachs and Blackstone owned his sorry RINO a$$ and wrote his script. He will be generously rewarded for his feckless service to the plutocrats at the expense of U.S. taxpayers and the vanishing middle class.

http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?type=C&cid=N00013131&newMem=N&cycle=2014

[panic] Finally your post count exceeds your buzz words.

[roberth]

I think this is a good example of fixing the GOP from the inside.

I'm glad Cantor is out. That article is typical liberal claptrap though.

He is a capitalist only by the idiotic liberal definition of a capitalist. Elitist, come on, Cantor is no more elitist than obama or reid or pelousy. Guess who finances these guys? Yes, the same bankers the article criticizes. Only a duplicitous, double-talking liberal could get away with writing that tripe.

[Bailey Guns]

...or repeating it here.

[KestrelBike]

Not that I'm disappointed that Cantor lost, but don't expect the "establishment" to be swayed. They haven't been swayed by any of the many Tea Party type conservatives that have come before so I don't expect this to do much to change the behavior of the old guard republicans. However, if enough Tea Party types are elected, they won't have any choice but to change...because they'll be out of a job. And the Tea Party gets a little stronger every year.

Don't forget that it's still difficult to wage war against the very well-financed [establishment GOP]; this Brat victory is so exciting because he raised a fraction of the money that Cantor did, it's proof that it's possible to get elected on principal and not glam. Very important to recognize the self-bolded part: The Tea Party are hopefully learning from their mistakes of the previous years, and putting forth viable candidates. Brat simply hasn't had the chance to put so many skeletons in his closet, and as an economics professor, he's got the [theoretical] legitimacy to fit the Tea Party's mandate of fiscal reform.



Totally agree. Don't expect too much; this is only 1 seat. The change to the party will happen gradually, over many election cycles. The panel on Fox news thinks that Beeho will go crazy with his pen and his phone since he knows he won't get amnesty through congress. The Southern border is a real mess right now with massive illegal immigration.

Definitely, this more than anything probably carried Brat. The nino-crusade of the past month has been an incredible issue to stick against Cantor's unapologetic Amnesty shenanigans, and this single-issue killed him.



Nope. And by and large, most of the "tea party" winners end up looking just like the ones they ousted. It is a corrupt and slimy system that either converts or destroys the honorable.

True, but it can't be fixed overnight. Cantor started out looking pretty good, too. After Romney's 2012 defeat, he and some of the other republicans seem to think that by kowtow'ing to the left, they'll get sympathy and have their way. The left has proven time and again that it's just take-take-take. Definitely agreed on the corrupt and slimy system. It is the great corrupter, but that doesn't mean voters and candidates should just quit. Wouldn't you love if leftists had a strictly pessimistic attitude? Don't give them the same.


I think this is a good example of fixing the GOP from the inside.

I'm glad Cantor is out. That article is typical liberal claptrap though.

He is a capitalist only by the idiotic liberal definition of a capitalist. Elitist, come on, Cantor is no more elitist than obama or reid or pelousy. Guess who finances these guys? Yes, the same bankers the article criticizes. Only a duplicitous, double-talking liberal could get away with writing that tripe.

Those guys seem to be one and the same. It's going to be a tough temptation for some to vote conscious v nose-holding pragmatism (tea-party/libertarian v republican). But, I think if it's done carefully, tea-party sympathizing candidates can and should be elected in primaries, and party-line voting should be stuck to in the general elections (obligatory Bailey loves write-ins lol)

[meatman]

Cantor will probably pull a Joe Lieberman and run as an Independent, backed by the same crony-capitalist grifters who have backed his previous campaigns.

I read somewhere where he can't run as an independent and the only way he can win his seat back is to win by write in ballot.

It's pretty exciting to see all this hype. David Brat was my tennis coach my senior year at Randolph-Macon College. The democratic candidate for the district is a professor at RMC as well. I hope Brat wins, and that write-ins for Cantor don't steal too many votes to allow the dems to win.

[Cujo0920]

Brat's victory is a major shot across the bow of the "same as it ever was" Establishment GOP. I don't expect them to change one iota - they are still hirelings of the K Street lobbyists and will continue to line their pockets by being Wall Street's political arm. But it will give new hope to candidates who aren't "on the make and on the take" like Cantor and his crony-capitalist GOP ilk.

http://news.msn.com/us/tea-party-rejoicing-at-cantors-defeat

Here's more about Eric Brat.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-06-11/cantor-slayer-meet-david-brat

[Dave]

When I lived in VA they did not have open primaries. This looks like a case of the Republican base rejecting a Wall Street-owned RINO who for all intents and purposes was indistinguishable from most Democrats.

Cantor will probably pull a Joe Lieberman and run as an Independent, backed by the same crony-capitalist grifters who have backed his previous campaigns. But for now I'm enjoying seeing his lose out to a political novice (Brat) who espouses Republican principals, after Cantor outspent Brat 5 to 1. This will send a definite message to the corrupt, sleazy Establishment GOP.

Nope, Virginia has open primaries. You can vote in either as long as you only vote in one primary for that office. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+24.2-530

[Bailey Guns]

That may partially explain Cantor's loss.

[Dave]

That may partially explain Cantor's loss.
I had to look it up because I saw this on HuffPo over the weekend. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/06/ben-cooter-jones_n_5463196.html

[meatman]

I had to look it up because I saw this on HuffPo over the weekend. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/06/ben-cooter-jones_n_5463196.html

That crazy Cooter.

[newracer]

The Dems are also claiming this as a victory.

[roberth]

The Dems are also claiming this as a victory.

Of course they are, typical liberal, taking credit for something they didn't do.

[merl]

Considering they could have voted in this race they probably contributed.

[vossman]

Cantor spent $168K on steak dinners for his constituents? WTF? I guess I really dont understand politics.
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/eric-cantor-blew-168k-steak-houses-brat-spent-122k-overall-n128126

[roberth]

Cantor spent $168K on steak dinners for his constituents? WTF? I guess I really dont understand politics.
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/eric-cantor-blew-168k-steak-houses-brat-spent-122k-overall-n128126

Sure you do, it is call buying votes, FedRes/FedGov do it every day.

[Great-Kazoo]

The Dems are also claiming this as a victory.


Of course they are, typical liberal, taking credit for something they didn't do.


Considering they could have voted in this race they probably contributed.

This is how McAuliffe was elected.

[Hound]

To the mindless tool Great-Kazoo who spews empty-headed drivel about "progressive buzz words," maybe, if the throbbing of your lobotomy scars isn't too distracting, you could see who bought and paid for your pseudo-"conservative" Rep. Cantor. No surprise that while small individual donations made up only 2% of his campaign contributions, Wall Street kleptocrats like Goldman Sachs and Blackstone owned his sorry RINO a$$ and wrote his script. He will be generously rewarded for his feckless service to the plutocrats at the expense of U.S. taxpayers and the vanishing middle class.

http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?type=C&cid=N00013131&newMem=N&cycle=2014

I don't always agree with Kazoo and have no problem with Cantor losing but there no need to attack here, especially since you seem to be trolling with your BS. He is a big boy and can defend himself but ya know.... WTH? You don't have to go so far right you sound like the left.

This is how Hick is gonna get re-elected.

[Great-Kazoo]

I don't always agree with Kazoo and have no problem with Cantor losing but there no need to attack here, especially since you seem to be trolling with your BS. He is a big boy and can defend himself but ya know.... WTH? You don't have to go so far right you sound like the left.

This is how Hick is gonna get re-elected.

I luv you Bro.

Appreciated but no need. His ramblings speak for them self.

[Cujo0920]

http://www.theburningplatform.com/2014/06/16/fourth-turning-accelerating/

The last word on Cantor and the significance of his defeat at the hands of an awakening electorate.

And more from David Stockman, Director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Ronald Reagan. After leaving the White House, Stockman had a 20-year career on Wall Street. Here he describes how Cantor's primary loss represents a growing rejection of crony capitalism and its political enablers.

http://davidstockmanscontracorner.com/dave-brats-swift-kick-to-the-crony-capitalist-ruling-class/

The defeat of Eric Cantor – GOP House majority leader and a leading light of the party’s neoconservative-corporatist wing – has the pundits in an uproar. They are flummoxed: what could have led to one of the biggest upsets in American political history? After all, a party majority leader hasn’t been defeated – let alone in a primary! – since 1877. And who is this guy, Dave Brat, anyway – who raised around $200,000 total, but only spent half of it, while Cantor – the Chamber of Commerce’s best friend – raised and spent millions?

[Great-Kazoo]

http://www.theburningplatform.com/2014/06/16/fourth-turning-accelerating/

The last word on Cantor and the significance of his defeat at the hands of an awakening electorate.

And more from David Stockman, Reagan's former Director of the Office of Management and Budget, on how Cantor's primary loss represents a growing rejection of crony capitalism and its political enablers.

http://davidstockmanscontracorner.com/dave-brats-swift-kick-to-the-crony-capitalist-ruling-class/

Cantor loss was 2 sided

1- rejection by his own party

2 - The ability of anyone to vote in the run off. It's clear (from numerous D & progressive web sites) Anyone who felt like it, slanted the vote in favor of his opponent. The D's and progressives hope this will give the D's a win, come november. Between the D's and other tea party opponents, they stand a good chance of pulling it off.
Just as McAullif took the governors house.

[Cujo0920]

Cantor wasn't "rejected by his own party" since he's a standard-bearer for the sleazy, corrupt, crony-capitalist establishment GOP. He was rejected by VOTERS who were fed up with a "representative" who threw them under the bus for the benefit of his oligarch masters. Brat, a political novice, ran a shoestring campaign that toppled this arrogant, out of touch Wall Street douchebag. A growing number of Democrats and "progressives" of my acquaintance are also fed and disillusioned with the corrupt DNC establishment, so one hopes the repudiation of the status quo will similarly reject their own "lesser of two evils" candidates and vote in alternatives more attuned to the concerns of the productive middle and working classes in this country.

Don't cry for Cantor. He will be well rewarded with a plum lobbyist job by the kleptocrats whose interests he worked tirelessly to advance.

Unsurprisingly, POLITICO magazine is bashing Thomas Jefferson and framing Brat's victory as part of a populist rejection of "Big Business" when nothing could be further from the truth - crony capitalism and the Fed's debasement of the currency to enrich Wall Street speculators and cover their gambling debts with taxpayer bailouts (f*** you Tancredo) are not to be confused with Big Business, which is not intrinsically evil or undesirable. Crony capitalism and the Fed's deranged money-printing, on the other hand, are eroding the foundations of our economy and currency, and burdening unborn generations with unpayable trillions in debts and liabilities. This is a grotesque caricature of the kind of free-market system and fiscal rectitude that helped make America a great nation and a great power.

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/06/why-big-business-fears-the-tea-party-107842.html#.U5-hMrBOXct

Meanwhile, another crony-capitalist whore, 22-term Democrat Charles Rangel, is being called out by an upstart challenger who hopefully will unseat this corrupt dinosaur (who not surprisingly is anti-Second Amendment).

http://libertyblitzkrieg.com/2014/06/13/is-charlie-rangel-the-next-to-go-22-term-new-york-democrat-faces-serious-primary-threat/

"In light of the stunning upset Dave Brat just pulled off against House Majority Leader Eric Cantor earlier this week, many are asking the question as to whether or not we are seeing a genuine political shift against the incredibly corrupt status quo. Personally, I think so. Even if I am incorrect on that front, one thing that is abundantly clear is that any candidate with strong ties to Wall Street will be attacked like a piñata. While the mainstream media likes to talk nonsense about how Brat won because of his opposition to immigration reform, it appears the opposite is true. His winning issue was actually crony capitalism and Wall Street theft. As was so fantastically reported on by The Republic Report:"

“'All of the investment banks, up in New York and D.C., they should have gone to jail.'"

"That isn’t a quote from an Occupy Wall Street protester or Senator Elizabeth Warren. That’s a common campaign slogan repeated by Dave Brat, the Virginia college professor who scored one of the biggest political upsets in over a century by defeating Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the Republican primary last night."

"The national media is buzzing about Brat’s victory, but for all of the wrong reasons."

More on how Brat called out establishment GOP corruption:

http://www.republicreport.org/2014/dave-brat-cantor/

Brat told Internet radio host Flint Engelman that the “number one plank” in his campaign is “free markets.” Brat went on to explain, “Eric Cantor and the Republican leadership do not know what a free market is at all, and the clearest evidence of that is the financial crisis … When I say free markets, I mean no favoritism to K Street lobbyists.” Banks like Goldman Sachs were not fined for their role in the financial crisis — rather, they were rewarded with bailouts, Brat has said.

Brat, who has identified with maverick GOP lawmakers like Representative Justin Amash of Michigan, spent much of the campaign slamming both parties for being in the pocket of “Wall Street crooks” and D.C. insiders. The folks who caused the financial crisis, Brat says, “went onto Obama’s rolodex, the Republican leadership, Eric’s rolodex.”

During several campaign appearances, Brat says what upset him the most about Cantor was his role in gutting the last attempt at congressional ethics reform. “If you want to find out the smoking gun in this campaign,” Brat told Engelman, “just go Google and type the STOCK Act and CNN and Eric Cantor.” (On Twitter, Brat has praised the conservative author Peter Schweizer, whose work on congressional corruption forced lawmakers into action on the STOCK Act.)