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1. Your attack on Trump, who has human flaws aplenty, helps us understand why evil Marxists have seized the levers of power in America.

2. First, phenomenal conference! Thanks Lowman et al. To Jesse and Jason, wow, I love you guys!! I’ll admit to being stunned to learn that fewer than 2/3 of attendees recognize social media bias. I was expecting to see 95-99% acceptance of this reality. Scary, actually, to realize that even within our wonderful group, some choose to remain blind to this evil.

3. Charlie Gerow is in the hunt to be nominated for Governor??? He reminds me of an old Monsignor I once knew who enjoyed confirming past opinions. Please nominate Charlie Gerow just for entertainments sake. His columns are an endless litany of Charlie agreeing with his own past opinions.

4. This straw poll is good news for Lou Barletta in that he did as well as his did with this crowd. Mastriano’s negatives are starting to weigh him down. The info that has come out on his phony book and his constant disrespect shown by using his uniform as a political tool are cutting into his support here. Even Breitbart.com came out and called him for his double-dealing. The truth about Mastriano is that he is awash with GOP leadership money and is totally ignorant of state issues. He doesn’t have one single accomplishment as state senator…not one.

5. PART IV

   Regarding the Senatorial race, it’s desirable for the “newby” to learn more about the individual whom I consider to be Sean’s major opposition, namely, Kathy Barnette; she delivered a potent invocation @ Chambersburg for Doug when Rudy spoke on his behalf last month, and she’s been a semi-regular Fox News Contributor for years.

   I once encouraged her to run, years ago, @ a rally @ the Buck Hotel; she has home-schooled a wonderful daughter [who was with her then and when I encountered her a year ago @ the Walmart @ Whitman Square], who had “0” problem establishing eye-contact with an adult.

   She “ain’t your typical politician” when participating in a small meeting in a home, for she’s an active-listener; she retains the capacity to command a hall [as she did @ Chambersburg] with a dignity that few adults [of any occupational persuasion] can exude.

   Again, it may come down to how The Donald perceives the statewide candidates [including $-raising capacities, of which I’m agnostic]; again, pending receipt of a “clarification” from Jeff, I’d have “0” problem with either of these two candidates [although I’ve only contributed to Kathy].

   These comments are intended both to convey the views of an independent conservative thinker [who has been profoundly dismayed by the GOPe] and to nudge any proponent of a particular candidate to adhere to how to recruit and then abide by the judgment of The Donald; critique is invited, albeit not from vile sources.

   1. “Kathy Barnette; she delivered a potent invocation @ Chambersburg for Doug when Rudy spoke on his behalf last month, and she’s been a semi-regular Fox News Contributor for years.“

      Honestly, I don’t consider a “potent invocation” for Ding Dong Doug and Rudy “hands down his pants” Giuliani at the start of a partisan SCAM hearing, combined with being a “semi-regular Fox News contributor” to be anywhere near qualifying Ms. Barnette to represent the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the US Senate. In fact, those 2 things along with your admiration that she is a home schooler advocate should actually disqualify her from even running.

      WE NEED ADVOCACY FOR BETTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS, not idiots who want to cut funding.

      Also, in your 4 part rambling posts, you genuflect much too much at the altar of the Orange Traitor.

      1. Daily, all The Donald’s assertions are being belatedly accepted by the corrupt media; he’s worthy of respect, particularly from those who falsely maligned him [as you’re continuing to do].

         Kathy’s book captures other facets of her personality and performance and should be consulted before she’s subject to your brand of Cancel Culture; there was no “SCAM hearing” in Chambersburg [and you’re probably recalling Gettysburg, so get your facts straight before you attack truthtellers].

6. PART III

   It’s also desirable to apply observations about the gubernatorial polling to the senatorial results, recognizing @ the onset that I have never heard of Ms. Sands; if the “field” has been set, a few points should be weighed by handicappers who have monitored this contest “from the outside.”

   Jeff Bartos thanked me for KO’ing Joe Gale from the Lt. Gov. ballot; per what I was told by Dept. of State personnel, no one would strike his name for being ineligible [wouldn’t have been 30-years-old on swearing-in day] absent a Commonwealth Court filing.

   That said, and appreciating the fact that we’re both Jewish, I am not yet hearing him deliver a full pro-Trump posture, including the need to seek a Forensic Audit; claiming when he announced that The Donald had pushed the Electoral Fraud issue “too far” was disconcerting.

   I know nothing about Sean other than having noted his strong performance and quality credentials; policies on his website are “white bread GOP” [ht tp s:/ /parn ellforsen ate.co m/issues/] and, thus, would not be anticipated to prove controversial to the primary voter.

   BTW, forgot to mention that Doug’s military career seems awesome; although lotsa vets are being recruited by both major parties, it seems that Sean’s accomplishments [ht tp s:/ /parn ellforsen ate.co m/about/] are also irrefutable.

7. PART II

   To “finish a thought,” it’s apt to note that a flyer on my windshield promoting Charlie Gerow was explained by someone as a harbinger of his interest in this race; I worked on a letter-to-the-editor with him, years ago, and learned that he claims he originally dubbed this annual event as the “PLC” in ’89.

   It’s “early,” but there’s one key-point that needs to be made when determining whether candidates have “legs” vs. whether they could self-inflict wounds [as did Scott Wagner]; although Doug is a bit flamboyant, he has a military bearing [and the boots to match] that will predictably serve to impose self-discipline.

   Both Doug/Lou are Trumpsters, and I wouldn’t be surprised if The Donald weighs-in, to preclude “internal bleeding”; I would think that the electorate [as amply sampled @ PLC, per the above piece] will rush to honor his endorsement [as would the candidates, probably].

   Regarding the rest of the polling, it is instructive to note that “Nearly half of PLC voters think that their children will grow up to be worse off than they are”; undoubtedly, the daily tragedies emanating from the Acting-POTUS have impacted such sentiments.

   Regarding my biases, it’s also necessary to reveal that I chatted with as many people as possible regarding the need to emulate Maricopa County ASAP; it appeared that the consensus view was supportive, although much more depth was revealed from those who share my goal but have opted to pursue different pathways.

8. PART I

   Because it’s best to ignore the prior snide comments, it’s desirable to place the straw-poll votes within a few contexts; inasmuch as any GOP nominee would be preferable to any Dem, my bias is revealed.

   First, I’m told [as per a prior PoliticsPA posting] that last-minute invites couldn’t be honored because the glossy-brochure had already gone to print; thus, those who didn’t speak early in the event [or at all] were at a disadvantage [along with whomever arrived belatedly to speak to a dwindling crowd after the Friday banquet].

   On the other hand, Doug had a number of advantages that were reflected in the vote, beyond the fact that he spoke early on Friday to a thunderous response; his championing of both the Forensic Audit and the Constitutional Amendment that undermined Wolf’s decrees yielded the polling-flip with Lou.

   I have adored Lou ever since he debated the Illegals issue [as Hazelton Mayor] @ Temple Law School [~15 years ago] against both the moderator and his opponent; he’s always well-prepared, soft-spoken, correct and able to flash that toothy-grin when hammering home a point.

   Thus, I’ve contributed to both candidates; I enjoyed chatting with McSwain about his having done battle against Krasner, I didn’t like Laughlin’s opposition to an audit, and I didn’t chat with Meuser because he was never @ his exhibit table.

   1. I laugh at your self titling as an independent thinking conservative. You regurgitate all the crap from the right wing nut jobs who have been holding the party hostage and steering them to bad candidates.

      Your defense of Donald Trump and stating the media is coming to recognize he was right misses the biggest liability of him. Everything he says or does is tainted by the fact he lies, cheats, and steals from everyday people.

      Also, Kathy Barnette isn’t raising money, doesn’t have any real infrastructure to create a statewide campaign, and doesn’t have a chance of appealing to moderate voters. She recites talking points of your ilk that was rejected last general election. This to say nothing of her arrogant attitude she presents when anyone with actual political experience talks to her- she looks down on them as the swamp.

      She’s selling her book.

      Go back to the drawing board and try again with electable candidates.

      1. Infamous Legal aphorism: When you have neither the law nor the case, you argue ad-hominem.

         1. That isn’t an ad hominem attack. I’ve stated reasons why.

            1. ad-hominem undocumented and incorrect claims permeate both content and word-choice

            2. So, we have to cite our sources now on this site? Is that the standard used to disqualify someone? Is that APA or MLA format, ya douche?

               Seriously, you are such a tool bag that you have discredited yourself and your future posts. No matter how well you structure your time consuming paragraphs on this site, everyone knows you are not an intellectual who is remaining objective. You are a smacked ass that has to include DR. into his title on a comment section where no one gives a crap who you are.

               If you want to defend Donald Trump and his moronic lemmings who are destroying the party and enabling Socialists/Communists to win by supporting unelectable candidates, I think there will be some hearings at Federal Courts of New York State. You can probably find some interested people there.

               Ill give you a source to cite – PA’s Senatorial and Gubernatorial elections in 2022 – Run Trump Republicans and we lose. Apologize to me then.

9. Dr Zama is going to easily win the Republican primary with at least 90% of the vote unless Barletta hires professional birthday party rental leprechaun and Harvey Fierstein impersonator Matt Deegan, then Barletta sweeps it with a huge win.

10. This straw poll is a joke and means nothing. Lowman Henry picks and chooses who can and can’t speak. I expect Barletta to get the GOP nod after the primary even though the fix will try to be in as usual with idiots like Andy Reily trying to bully people on who to support. Mastriano is a wing nut who is about as polished as sandpaper. Shapiro will destroy Mastriano if he gets selected.

    1. Please call him by his proper name…. Ding Dong Doug

11. You PLC fools need to stop watching Fox News and listening to conservative talk radio. You are so brainwashed, you no longer realize what is even important in the state or the nation. And keep riding the Trump Traitor Train with Ding Dong Doug as the engineer and Sgt Schultz Parnell as the conductor – yepper, that’s the team on track for about 42% of the vote in 2022.

    And as far as “election integrity” being an issue, I agree, we need to get to the bottom of that Trumper dude who got a mail in ballot for his dead mother so he could vote twice for the Great Orange Traitor.

    1. Huck ol’ boy, you have the mind of a child. Shake that rattle loud and proud!