Just to make it clear, Jamie Radtke is really unhappy that her campaign can’t raise 1/5th of what George Allen can raise, much less garner 15% of the GOP electorate to back her campaign.
So she wrote an e-mail about it. As a public service to Bearing Drift readers, I’m going to sketch out this thought process so that you too may understand why Radtke is so apoplectic.
From the e-mail:
The AP and VCCA ignore head-to-head Senate polls, such as the July 27 PPP poll showing:
Tim Kaine: 47%
Jamie Radtke: 31%This is well over the 15% threshold set by the AP and VCCA. This is a general election debate, so why wouldn’t they use general election poll numbers?
Okay… got that. Let me sketch that one out real quick:
There we go — now the other part of the argument…
The AP and VCCA ignore the fact that, by scheduling a general election debate six months before the primary, the Mainstream Media is circumventing the electoral process and telling Virginians that your voices and votes are irrelevant.
By their logic, an AP / VCCA presidential debate in Virginia would include only Rick Perry, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama. The AP and VCCA would exclude Ron Paul (9.8%), Michele Bachmann (6.8%), Newt Gingrich (6.2%), Herman Cain (5.4%), Rick Santorum (1.8%) and Jon Huntsman (1.4%).
All right — so let’s sketch out that part of the Venn diagram…
Now Radtke lowers the damn BOOM on these MSM clowns!
The AP and VCCA is using its Mainstream Media power to shut down conservative Virginians, saying: We will pick your Senate candidates.
I mean — BAM SUCKAS!!!! Take that Sorenson Institute! Take that Mr. Associated Press!!!
Ignore the fact that Radtke can’t muster more than single digits versus Allen. Or the fact that 30% of the GOP faithful — I dunno, wild guess here — like both Allen and Radtke. No no no… this is just a direct, establishment motivated attack on Baby Jesus, mom, and American values like toilet paper, Super Sized Fries, and 7-11’s everywhere.
The logic is just… shocking, I know.
