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'Repeal every word': Potential GOP 2016 rivals hammer ObamaCare, IRS at Iowa summit
Fox News ^ | 1-25-2015 | Barnini Chakraborty

Posted on 01/25/2015 2:40:21 AM PST by Citizen Zed

“The most important tax reform we can do is abolish the IRS,” Texas Sen. Ted Cruz told the fired-up audience.

The firebrand senator compared the EPA to a locust and got a huge reaction when he demanded to “repeal every word of ObamaCare.”

Sarah Palin, too, after telling reporters she’s thinking about a 2016 run, laced her speech with snappy one-liners as she lit into the current president.

Of Obama, she said: “America, he’s just not that into you.” The 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee also knocked the idea of a Hillary Clinton run.

“Hey Iowa, can anyone stop Hillary? To borrow a phrase, yes, we can!” she said.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry – who was interrupted by immigration protesters – helped closed out the daylong event. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum spoke earlier. 

Christie also was interrupted by a protester in the crowd. Unlike Perry, who kept talking through it, Christie couldn’t resist. “Don’t they know I am from New Jersey? This stuff doesn’t bother me one bit,” he said.

Carson, who has been flirting with the idea of a 2016 presidential run, told the crowd the next president should "make it their goal to seal the border within a year."

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Will any of them really run?
1 posted on 01/25/2015 2:40:21 AM PST by Citizen Zed
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To: Citizen Zed
A lot of rhetoric, but the reality is that Obamacare, the IRS and the EPA are all here to stay.
2 posted on 01/25/2015 2:52:15 AM PST by fatnotlazy
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To: fatnotlazy
True dat! Why the obamacare taxes alone are to delicious for any blue-blooded pol to turn down.

It will never be repealed.

3 posted on 01/25/2015 3:05:01 AM PST by urbanpovertylawcenter (the law and poverty collide in an urban setting and sparks fly)
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To: fatnotlazy
A lot of rhetoric, but the reality is that Obamacare, the IRS and the EPA are all here to stay.

So true. Almost every GOP Congressman and Senator ran and campaign speech after press release after TV commercial - "I will vote to repeal ObamaCare as my #1 initiative!"

Yeah, right.

4 posted on 01/25/2015 3:39:14 AM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: urbanpovertylawcenter
It will never be repealed.

Just as we predicted back in 2010, once ObamaCare passed and became yet another entitlement, the Democrats knew that you can never take away an entitlement.

We had lunch in our office last month, and everyone's health insurance premiums cost came up. When people talked about repealing ObamaCare, the liberals chimed in with: "What 'cha gonna do? Take away insurance for 5 million people and subsidies for millions of working families with children?"

We knew the strategy was to give away Trillions in candy to the Takers, and ruin the health insurance industry for everyone else.

Well, they succeeded. We are all socialists now.


5 posted on 01/25/2015 3:45:18 AM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: Citizen Zed
“Hey Iowa, can anyone stop Hillary? To borrow a phrase, yes, we can!” she said.

Even the person who knows Hillary best would choose an inexperienced stranger over her.

The democrat voters did too, back in 2008. Obviously, it would be easy to find a replacement for Hillary. The only question is whether the democrats will try.

6 posted on 01/25/2015 3:51:37 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: fatnotlazy

Put Ted Cruz in the White House and see how long the abominable, super hated by the American people, Obamacare lasts. Cruz already brought the government to a halt trying to stop Obamacare, even with King Zamanuda in the White House.


7 posted on 01/25/2015 4:36:56 AM PST by SmokingJoe ( "Ted)
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To: SkyPilot
The EXEMPT Senators --and their EXEMPT families and EXEMPT staff
demand to continue their special treatment above all others (except Moslems).


8 posted on 01/25/2015 4:43:35 AM PST by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: SmokingJoe
Much as I would like to see a Cruz White House dismantle Obamacare, I doubt it will happen. For one thing he will need a conservative congress, and while both houses are now under Republican control, the reality is that there are very few real conservatives in either house. Most of these fat cats in Congress derive certain benefits from government programs — even if it's just the votes from certain classes of people. Like it or not, both parties pander to the free stuff crowd.

My Dad used to say, there's no such thing as a temporary tax. President Reagan said the closest thing to immortality is a government program. Once a tax or program is implemented, it never goes away.

Perhaps the IRS and the EPA can be overhauled. Lord knows, both of them need reform. But I'm not going to hold my breath. There again, the politicians are beholden to a certain group of people — this time, it's government workers.

9 posted on 01/25/2015 5:11:00 AM PST by fatnotlazy
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To: Citizen Zed

I’d prefer ‘KILL IT WITH FIRE’!


10 posted on 01/25/2015 5:13:16 AM PST by uglybiker (nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-BATMAN!)
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To: SkyPilot

Pretty much. Whatever they do now from on will be a variation on the same theme.


11 posted on 01/25/2015 5:17:27 AM PST by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: fatnotlazy
You need to learn from History. The POTUS runs the party and for a party to
revolt against their own is unheard of. If a POTUS wants to repeal Obamacare and
uses the soapbox he can easily achieve this goal. The Majority of Americans
are also on the side of repeal, so dismissing this happening is nothing
more than wishful thinking and defeatism.

Defeatism, you know, like RINOs? Don't be offended, there are many here that think like you.
OTH, if being offended brings you around then by all means, please be offended.

12 posted on 01/25/2015 5:28:21 AM PST by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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To: fatnotlazy

He won’t need a conservative congress. All he needs (If he gets into the White House), is a Republican congress, which he will have. He will own the party by then, like every president before him has. I doubt if Bonehead will be Speaker with Ted Cruz in the White House. We will see.
What it boils down to: You want to repeal Obamacare, vote Ted Cruz. He is the only one that is fiercely determined a day will do whatever it takes to kill that abomination.


13 posted on 01/25/2015 5:29:06 AM PST by SmokingJoe ( "Ted)
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To: SkyPilot
If the states want to provide medical to people making so much, then let them. But end Obamacare since it will reduce the ability to save or buy homes.
The penalties also greatly work against marriage. One person may qualify for free health care yet the income of one spouse could cause fines everywhere.
14 posted on 01/25/2015 5:41:56 AM PST by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: fatnotlazy

I can recall only one federal agency being shut down in my lifetime. It was the US Department of Mines & Minerals...


15 posted on 01/25/2015 5:59:11 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Rip it out by the roots.)
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To: Citizen Zed

They could act now to accomplish those things.


16 posted on 01/25/2015 6:38:58 AM PST by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: fatnotlazy

“A lot of rhetoric, but the reality is that Obamacare, the IRS and the EPA are all here to stay”

Never say never, the full effects of Obamacare have yet to be felt. Suppose, just suppose Cruz wins the nomination, recall Reagan won after he was ridiculed and given no chance.


17 posted on 01/25/2015 7:21:51 AM PST by kenmcg
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To: fatnotlazy

“A lot of rhetoric, but the reality is that Obamacare, the IRS and the EPA are all here to stay.”

Yep. This is just a bit of posturing and throwing out some red meat right.

If any of these get the nomination then they’ll go back to the middle.
Bottom line is that it takes more than just conservatives to win the WH.


18 posted on 01/25/2015 7:36:05 AM PST by snarkybob
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To: MaxMax
Oh I know some history and it tells me that electing a conservative president these days will be tough. The party is dominated by liberals, who will make sure that a liberal candidate such as Jeb gets the nomination. Last time around, the anointed one was Romney. Herman Cain came along with some ideas. Maybe they weren't good ideas and maybe he wouldn't have been a good president. But the party hierarchy didn't like this usurper and set out to destroy his candidacy. They succeeded.

Our only hope is for a well organized grassroots endeavor. We can't do things willy-nilly like the opposition to Boehner and McConnell. The liberal Republicans are a well-oiled machine who will stop at nothing (including voter fraud) to get their boot licker nominated. We have to be stronger. If we can't get Ted Cruz the Republican nomination, we have to be prepared to mobilize a strong, well financed third party or write-in effort.

By the way, I'm not being defeatist. I'm being realistic. There is a strong number of conservatives who will vote for whoever the party anoint — just so he or she has an R after their name. We have to get others to stop throwing up their hands and surrendering because the party gave the nomination to its fair haired boy. Those are the defeatists.

19 posted on 01/25/2015 8:22:30 AM PST by fatnotlazy
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To: Citizen Zed
Carson, who has been flirting with the idea of a 2016 presidential run, told the crowd the next president should "make it their goal to seal the border within a year."

You know, if you're going to try to go do a Reader's Digest and provide Free Republic with little snippets of the actual article, the least you could do is give us the paragraph that tell us who "Carson" is:

"It included big names like Cruz and Christie, but also some rising stars, like Ben Carson, a neurosurgeon who has reinvented himself as an outspoken conservative and won an enthusiastic following in the process."

20 posted on 01/25/2015 8:29:03 AM PST by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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