Dem-Turned-GOPer Parker Griffith Loses Republican Primary

Aw, let's send Griffith a basket of fruit --couldn't have happened to a more deserving turncoat.

Welcome to the GOP, Mr Griffith. Now fuck off.

Gee, that's a real shame. Nice to see that the Phil Gramm playbook ain't working anymore. And that's a good thing :-)

Was there anyone who DIDN'T see this coming? Hope griffith enjoys his new found place in history.

He should have read his Machiavelli. You can quit the game, but you can't switch sides. Do that, and no one ever trusts you again.

One of Reagan's best lines was, "I didn't leave my party; my party left me." Neat, huh? Shifted the betrayal off of himself and on to the Democrats. That's like a figure skater throwing a quadruple-axle with a couple of somersaults thrown in.

Sorry to see the ex-stealth DINO go . . . NOT!

May he find ample employment in the fastfood service industry.

this was all about Griffith the person. he was a selfish power-grubbing ass. everything else (buying his way into the Dem Party, being convinced by DC GOP operators to switch, & etc) flowed from that. the electorate finally revolted against a revolting individual, that's all.

given Brooks power-base is highly localized, he's a life-long politican, is intellectually inflexable, a Mormon (thus not well-accepted among SBC power-brokers) & the nature of the 5th District... don't be suprised if a Southern-populist style Dem beats him.

While it's tempting to look for tea party implications and try to nationalize this race, the overwhelming reason Griffith lost is because, as another commenter pointed out, he's just sort of smarmy and untrustworthy and power hungry. I do believe that a reasonable person can make a thoughtful, rationale decision to switch or leave parties - but it was just so clear that Griffith didn't do this. Rather, he made a kneejerk, politically motivated decision to flee what he thought was a sinking ship. The attitude of most Republicans I know in his district was "once a cheater, always a cheater" - and I think they were absolutely right.

As an Alabamian, to say that it is no surprise they went for the teabagger is really quite silly of you. It also shows that you really don't get the district. We don't have open primaries in Alabama, and Parker Griffith was never a true Democrat to begin with. Oh, he skated by posing as one in the state legislature briefly before making his run to take Bud's House seat, but his feet were never held to the fire. When he feared that the backlash against health care reform was going to make him being a Democrat and holding onto that seat untenable, he bolted since being in DC was more important than anything else. This was truly about Parker Griffith personally and him showing, by his own actions, that he doesn't really stand for anything other than getting re-elected.

Democratic candidate Steve Raby may have the connections to the past to catapult his way into Congress as he was Howell Heflin's- or as we still lovingly refer to him as Howell the Jowl- chief of staff for 13 years. He certainly has more political experience than a county commissioner, but that doesn't usually mean much in Red States. There are some really cooky fools in the rest of the district that spend too much time listening to talk radio and Fox News.

Dear Parker,

By the way, we're still awaiting your check for return of Democratic campaign funds. Hope you're having a wonderful week!

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