Representative Chris Cannon, 6-term congressman, rated as one of the most conservative members of Congress, lost the Republican primaries in Utah (yep, where else…) to a guy who was selling himself as a bigger conservative, a former football player for the BYU (where else…) Jason Chaffetz. The campaign was apparently fascinating with Chaffetz accusing Cannon of not being conservative enough! Wow!!! In 2007 Chris Cannon scored 96 (out of 100) on the “issues” scale of The American Conservative Union. Considering that you have to be ideologically positively medieval to score over 50% (for comparison, Tom Tancredo of Colorado scored 99, Newt Gingrich 90, John McCain 83, Barack Obama 7, Ted Kennedy 2…) it was a true battle of “ultra vs. extreme.”
Do yourself a favor and have a laugh by visiting the web site of The American Conservative Union ( http://www.conservative.org/ ) It is a very interesting read, and especially enlightening are the ACU ratings sections “The Best and Brightest” (which includes such luminaries of thought as James Inhofe and Jon Kyl) and the “The Worst of the Worst” – with the usual suspects: Hillary C., Barbara Mikulski, etc.
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