The little state I live in is making big news today due to a rare case of publicized fighting within the Democrat party.
President Obama is stopping in Woonsocket, Rhode Island today, but his agenda does NOT include endorsing Frank Caprio, a local Democrat and candidate for Governor.
Caprio responded by telling the President to "take his endorsement and shove it."
As a Rhode Islander, here's how I feel about the situation:
Caprio, as you can probably tell, is perhaps one of the worst orators I have ever seen run for political office in my state. He's running against Lincoln Chafee, who has far more experience and eloquence. Chafee was ousted during the last election when the idea was to purge all Republicansm, and now he's running as an Independent.
Chafee supported Obama in the last election, and now people are accusing the President of supporting his friends over his party.
Here's a radical idea: Maybe he's exercising his right as an American to support whatever political candidate he wants to.
Yes, it might not be party loyalty, but isn't it at least a little bit refreshing to see a politician make a move that isn't based on where the party line falls?
Some Democrats are saying that because of the potential hard losses they're facing in November, everybody in the party needs to batten down the hatches and blindly support Democratic candidates in all races.
Never have I heard my party sound more like the people they were criticizing a mere two years ago.
I understand party loyalty, but I admire the President for not towing the party line on this one.
If Caprio wins in Rhode Island, it will be because he's not threatening to the lowest common denominator.
His exaggerated Rhode Island accent and trashy vernacular are so awful, Obama's endorsement of him would be like Jonathan Franzen endorsing James Patterson for a National Book Award. His crude and tasteless respond regarding the President's absent endorsement only proves why he doesn't deserve an endorsement in the first place.
Personally, I like to vote for people that are smarter than I am.
I'm glad the President feels the same way.
President Obama is stopping in Woonsocket, Rhode Island today, but his agenda does NOT include endorsing Frank Caprio, a local Democrat and candidate for Governor.
Caprio responded by telling the President to "take his endorsement and shove it."
As a Rhode Islander, here's how I feel about the situation:
Caprio, as you can probably tell, is perhaps one of the worst orators I have ever seen run for political office in my state. He's running against Lincoln Chafee, who has far more experience and eloquence. Chafee was ousted during the last election when the idea was to purge all Republicansm, and now he's running as an Independent.
Chafee supported Obama in the last election, and now people are accusing the President of supporting his friends over his party.
Here's a radical idea: Maybe he's exercising his right as an American to support whatever political candidate he wants to.
Yes, it might not be party loyalty, but isn't it at least a little bit refreshing to see a politician make a move that isn't based on where the party line falls?
Some Democrats are saying that because of the potential hard losses they're facing in November, everybody in the party needs to batten down the hatches and blindly support Democratic candidates in all races.
Never have I heard my party sound more like the people they were criticizing a mere two years ago.
I understand party loyalty, but I admire the President for not towing the party line on this one.
If Caprio wins in Rhode Island, it will be because he's not threatening to the lowest common denominator.
His exaggerated Rhode Island accent and trashy vernacular are so awful, Obama's endorsement of him would be like Jonathan Franzen endorsing James Patterson for a National Book Award. His crude and tasteless respond regarding the President's absent endorsement only proves why he doesn't deserve an endorsement in the first place.
Personally, I like to vote for people that are smarter than I am.
I'm glad the President feels the same way.
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