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Posted on 11/17/2013 7:15:09 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Hours after political unknown Vance McAllister pulled off a startling upset Saturday night in the special election for Congress in Louisiana's 5th District, pundits and pols were scrambling to figure out how he did it — and whether a trend of "Mr. Outside" and "Miss Outside" defeating established politicians in Republican primaries has begun for 2014.
"The election of Vance McAllister to Congress in Louisiana's 5th District reflects the appeal of being an outsider in today's poisonous political environment," Mark Kennedy, former Republican congressman from Minnesota and director of the Graduate School of Political Management at George Washington University, told Newsmax Sunday. "And it demonstrates the power of pop culture to influence political campaigns and the attraction of a businesslike focus on seeking results."
Kennedy was referring to the much-discussed endorsement of businessman and first-time office-seeker McAllister by his friend Phil Robertson, partriach of the "Duck Dynasty" family on the popular A&E reality show.
"'Duck Dynasty' folks voted for McAllister," former Rep. Bob Livingston, R.-La., told Newsmax, pointing out that the television series about the duck-hunting family is very popular in the Pelican State....
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tsk tsk...10 seconds late! Gotta work on that ;-)
Doesn’t amount to a teaspoon o’spit ... unless these guys actually get some stupid law ripped up or aligns with an impeachment ... it’s just newsy news.
“the television series about the duck-hunting family is very popular in the Pelican State.”
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Not just in Louisiana, but all over the country.
I last read that it is number 3 in cable ratings.
From what I understand, the one who lost was for repealing Obama care, and the Duck Dynasty friend is in favor of fixing the law to make it work.
DUCK FAIL.
Least ways he ran to the left of the other guy. Was he honest about his position? Who knows. Perhaps he just wanted to pick up all the lefts votes.
From McCalister’s website: As our conservative voice, Vance will stand strong for the 2nd Amendment, the unborn, fight to repeal ObamaCare, and reduce the size of government. Vance will do what is right and stand up to the career politicians in both parties. - See more at: http://mcallisterforcongress.com/issues#sthash.Rb4KzmzS.dpuf
Has he been saying otherwise?
Down go the RINOs.
Yup. http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/11/5th_district_louisiana_debate.html
But there’s one thing they decidedly do not agree on: During a debate with his opponent state Sen. Neil Riser, R-Columbia, at Louisiana Public Broadcasting’s Baton Rouge studios on Friday, Monroe businessman Vance McAllister stated that he is in favor of Medicaid expansion in Louisiana.
The Duck Dynasty Doofus managed to elect a PRO-AMNESTY, PRO-OBAMACARE RINO douchebag to Congress. I am so done with that show. It was cute while it lasted, but now this is damn serious. Team Landrieu actually sent out celebratory Tweets last night. Robertson really screwed up big time on this.
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