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By Wally Edge | February 14th, 2007 - 4:52pm
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State Senator Nicholas Asselta has endorsed Sonny McCullough for State Senate in the second district against Frank Blee because he wants someone to join him as a conservative vote in the upper house. That didn't sit well with one Republican elected official, who asked that his name be withheld in the interest of party unity:

"Let me get this straight: Asselta endorses a candidate on the grounds that he, Asselta, needs another conservative voice in the Senate? Does Asselta possess even so much as one conservative molecule in his body? I mean, Blee's certainly no conservative, and virtually any real Republican would be an improvement. But Asselta is every bit as bad. Is there a tax increase he hasn't supported, a boneheaded Democratic proposal against which he has led the charge? I guess, if you're running for office, you take such support, even out of district, as you can muster. But I can't imagine a single conservative who would give an Asselta endorsement the slightest credence."

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Beware of moderates in conservative clothing. For even a libera

Submitted by aldomanuzio (not verified) on February 14, 2007 - 8:16pm.

Beware of moderates in conservative clothing. For even a liberal will interpret strictly the Constitution if it serves his election year purposes.

<i>" . . . who asked that his name be withheld in the interest o

Submitted by Commentor on February 14, 2007 - 9:50pm.

" . . . who asked that his name be withheld in the interest of party unity."

Nor would they give the slightest credence to some pusilanimous brick thrower whose comments make him/her/it the poster child for party disunity.

Nick Asselta saying he is a conservative is like Steve Lonegan s

Submitted by AliBoomaye (not verified) on February 15, 2007 - 3:23am.

Nick Asselta saying he is a conservative is like Steve Lonegan saying he is a liberal.

The contest in D2 is not about conservative/liberal ideology. Th

Submitted by HapFarley (not verified) on February 15, 2007 - 1:24pm.

The contest in D2 is not about conservative/liberal ideology. The issue is whether the Republicans of Atlantic County can get out from under the thumb of Bill Gormley and get off the path to defeat and oblivion which he has set us on. Blee can not win and will sink the whole ticket. Gormley knows this, but he would rather see Democrats in those seats than Republicans he can not control. The GOP needs a new direction in Atlantic County. Otherwise, turn out the lights.

Yeah McCullough sounds like the real deal, conservative without

Submitted by PulaskiSkywayConservative (not verified) on February 15, 2007 - 2:23pm.

Yeah McCullough sounds like the real deal, conservative without being crazed.

Give me a break! As if there is any GOPer in Trenton that could

Submitted by YNOTRockefeller? (not verified) on February 15, 2007 - 3:01pm.

Give me a break! As if there is any GOPer in Trenton that could be featured in profiles in courage. Just look at how they all voted to confirm the current members of the supreme court!

Asselta may have his faults, but he is right about the direction of the party. We can never win with Gormley types selling us out on every tough vote.

To the anonymous Republican official I ask "why is it that you see the splinter in your neighbor's eye when you cannot see the plank lodged within your own."

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