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McConnell loses Tea Party group's backing
The Hill ^ | October 9, 2013 | Alexandra Jaffe

Posted on 10/09/2013 12:14:59 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

A Tea Party group has dropped its endorsement of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), citing criticism he reportedly made of conservative groups that has put him in their crosshairs for 2014.

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"While endorsing Mitch McConnell seemed like the right thing to do at the time, Mitch McConnell has proven he is not worthy of conservative support. Glenn Beck is right. It is time to defund the GOP until the GOP pushes people like Mitch McConnell out of leadership," Phillips wrote in a post on the group's website.

McConnell has clashed with conservatives in recent weeks over the strategy, led by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and other Tea Party-backed senators, to defund ObamaCare that ultimately led to the government shutdown. McConnell initially criticized Cruz for a long speech Cruz gave to delay consideration of a bill that defunds the healthcare law, but has since largely laid low as the shutdown drags into its second week.

"While Ted Cruz was fighting, Mitch McConnell was stabbing him in the back," Phillips writes........


TOPICS: Government; Health/Medicine; Politics
KEYWORDS: conservatism; defundthernc; kentucky; lundergangrimes; mattbevin; mitchmcconnell; primarymcconnell; senate; teaparty
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1 posted on 10/09/2013 12:14:59 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

BULLSEYE!!! Woohoooo go after him and kick his little ass out.


2 posted on 10/09/2013 12:16:19 PM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I sent money to Matt Bevin, Mitch “Wuss” McConnell’s primary challenger.


3 posted on 10/09/2013 12:17:32 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Need health care? Dial 1-800-F1UCK-YO to reach Obama's hotline)
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To: Patriot Babe

Sounds like a good ass-kicking is just what †he doctor ordered!


4 posted on 10/09/2013 12:18:10 PM PDT by basil (2ASisters.org)
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To: basil; All

There is more than one Tea Party group mentioned in this article - the Tea Party group that dropped McConnell is still withholding their endorsement of McConnell’s primary opponent.


5 posted on 10/09/2013 12:21:50 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
There is more than one Tea Party group mentioned in this article - the Tea Party group that dropped McConnell is still withholding their endorsement of McConnell’s primary opponent.

That's the right way to play it.

6 posted on 10/09/2013 12:23:03 PM PDT by Steely Tom (If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Ha! A swift kick right to the scrotum.


7 posted on 10/09/2013 12:23:15 PM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: All
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8 posted on 10/09/2013 12:23:18 PM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: basil

I just received a fund raising letter from the Republican National Committee actually from “The Desk of John McCain” Using John McCain to fundraise? Are you freaking kidding me. JUST HOW DUMB ARE THEY???


9 posted on 10/09/2013 12:23:24 PM PDT by rocketmag
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

10 posted on 10/09/2013 12:25:18 PM PDT by JPG (Yes We Can morphs into Make It Hurt.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

The TEA Party was endorsing that RINO before? WTH?


11 posted on 10/09/2013 12:26:05 PM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: rocketmag

Send back the post paid envelope with nothing in it.........they will have to pay the postage on it—LOL!


12 posted on 10/09/2013 12:30:07 PM PDT by basil (2ASisters.org)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

One might say O’Connell took it on the chin... except he was born without one.


13 posted on 10/09/2013 12:32:26 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
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To: jeffc

The TEA Party was endorsing that RINO before? WTH?

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Apparently they are going to sit this one out and let others vote one of them in.
It appears to me that you’d at least try to work with one and get some conservative
points agreed to.

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The group looks unlikely to endorse McConnell’s primary opponent at this point,
however, as Phillips closes by declaring that “Regrettably there are no good
choices in Kentucky in this election.”

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/327539-mcconnell-loses-endorsement-of-tea-party-group#ixzz2hFsBroUA
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14 posted on 10/09/2013 12:35:30 PM PDT by deport
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Why are those mean Tea Party people picking on nice little old lady? /s


15 posted on 10/09/2013 12:44:22 PM PDT by forgotten man
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Great news! Very glad to hear it! Like McCain, McConnell is a parasite. He needs to be removed!


16 posted on 10/09/2013 12:49:20 PM PDT by cotton1706
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To: Cincinatus' Wife; All

Ask your Democrat or RINO Congressman or woman to answer the following set of questions:

* Does the refusal of Commander in Chief Obama to pay for the Funeral expenses of HIS four dead Warriors rise to the level of an Impeachable Offense?

“Generally, dereliction of duty refers to failure through negligence or obstinacy to perform one’s legal or moral duty to a reasonable expectation. In other words, it means willful or negligent failure to perform assigned duties or performing them in a culpably inefficient manner. Dereliction of duty is a specific offense in military law. “ (Quote from USLegal.com).

Dereliction of duty is an Impeachable Offense, as stipulated in the US Constitution. Dereliction of duty is also a US Military offense subject to a US Military Courts Martial.

* Will our sorry Congressional RINOs do their usual kid gloves, “boys will be boys” approach to Obama’s numerous violations of the US Constitution, or will they FINALLY draw up The Articles of Impeachment for B. Hussein Obama?

BTW, Congressman or woman, take your time, think it through as RINO Hunting Season begins 1-1-2014.

This RINO hunt has no bag limits, tents or caves - - - .

MAKE DC LISTEN: TELL YOUR SENATORS, ESPECIALLY THE DEMOCRATS !

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17 posted on 10/09/2013 12:51:33 PM PDT by Graewoulf (Traitor John Roberts' Marxist Obama'care' Insurance violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

This man is running against him

http://mattbevin.com/


18 posted on 10/09/2013 12:56:16 PM PDT by tsowellfan (www.cafenetamerica.com)
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To: basil
Send back the post paid envelope with nothing in it.........they will have to pay the postage on it—LOL!

Better yet, fill it with a Reciept of a Donation to Freedom Works or some other Tea Party Movement. Add a picture of a RHINO with a red circle and a thru it.

19 posted on 10/09/2013 1:00:03 PM PDT by VRWCarea51
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Matt Bevin to oust Mitch McConnell.

Joe Carr to oust Lamar Alexander

Lee Bright to oust Lindsey Graham



PLEASE, Louie Gohmert, let me add your name as opposing Cornyn

20 posted on 10/09/2013 1:03:21 PM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Is John's moustache long enough YET?)
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