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Iraq veteran announces he'll seek GOP nomination for Patrick Murphy's seat (PA liberal blue dog)
Chicago Tribune ^ | November 11, 2009 | Robert H. Orenstein

Posted on 11/11/2009 11:21:15 AM PST by 2banana

A former assistant Bucks County prosecutor and Marine reservist who served in Iraq announced his candidacy Tuesday for the Republican nomination for the 8th Congressional District.

Dean Malik said it's time to return a Republican to the district and criticized the direction of the country since President Barack Obama was elected last year.

''They have taken it upon themselves to reinvent, modify and tamper with this American dream,'' he said outside the Bucks County Courthouse in Doylestown. ''The American dream, which always stood for opportunity and freedom, is now being turned into an American dream of entitlements and handouts.''

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: iraq; malik; murphy; oifveterans; pa2010
Two Iraq war veterans running for congress.

1. One Marine Corps JAG and one Army JAG

2. One uber liberal and one conservative (from a red district)

3. One backed by acorn and moveon.com

4. One a Philly lawyer and a former DA

GO MALIK!!!

1 posted on 11/11/2009 11:21:18 AM PST by 2banana
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To: 2banana

I am with you!!
GO MALIK>

I will work extra hard to get this guy lected.


2 posted on 11/11/2009 11:26:16 AM PST by Granny Rudd
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To: Owl_Eagle; brityank; Physicist; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; GOPJ; abner; baseballmom; Mo1; Ciexyz; ...

ping


3 posted on 11/11/2009 11:26:41 AM PST by Tribune7 (I am Joe Wilson!)
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To: 2banana

ping


4 posted on 11/11/2009 11:29:16 AM PST by Granny Rudd
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To: Tribune7

Bump.


5 posted on 11/11/2009 11:34:36 AM PST by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: 2banana

Another decorated marine running in So. Cal.Nick Popaditch

“Since returning home, I’ve seen our liberties under assault and our children’s future being sold away by an expanding government that limits individual freedom and responsibility,” Popaditch said in. his announcement.

Filner’s 51st District runs the length of the California-Mexico border and is 48 percent Democratic to 27 percent Republican. The Chula Vista Democrat was re-elected in 2008 with 73 percent of the vote.

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6 posted on 11/11/2009 12:19:33 PM PST by AuntB (If Al Qaeda grew drugs & burned our forests instead of armed Mexican Cartels would anyone notice?)
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To: 2banana

Malik??....is that a muslin name?


7 posted on 11/11/2009 12:21:09 PM PST by Lily4Jesus ( Jesus Saves)
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To: 2banana

Cool, this is close to me.


8 posted on 11/11/2009 12:23:17 PM PST by stevio (Crunchy Con - God, guns, guts, and organically grown crunchy nuts.)
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To: 2banana; Brad's Gramma; Just A Nobody; jazusamo; SandRat; jimrob

BUMP AND PING


9 posted on 11/11/2009 12:56:01 PM PST by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: 2banana

Dean Malik Bump!


10 posted on 11/11/2009 1:04:07 PM PST by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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To: Lily4Jesus

It’s Arabic but extremely common. Could be Lebanese, North African christian...who knows/cares.


11 posted on 11/11/2009 2:43:26 PM PST by Raymann
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