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Phony GOP Conservatism Has Worn Out Its Welcome
Creators Syndicate ^ | July 28, 2015 | David Limbaugh

Posted on 07/27/2015 1:28:56 PM PDT by jazusamo

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To: Norm Lenhart

circulatory regeneration therapy......via stem cell tech?


21 posted on 07/27/2015 1:50:43 PM PDT by Therapsid
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To: Therapsid

Well CERTAINLY anything BUT destroying America I’m sure. It was such a SMALL amount after all. What could a mere 100K POSSIBLY do?


22 posted on 07/27/2015 1:52:44 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: Norm Lenhart

It’s way too early to get all exercised about an election 1.25 yr away. It’s like letting the politicos kick the can down the road to enjoy seeing you chase after it rather than stay in the present and kick their butts daily like they deserve.


23 posted on 07/27/2015 1:52:51 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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To: Paladin2

Not in the current environment. It’s a constant cycle.

Every election at this time, someone says ‘too soon’. Several months later they say ‘should have sorted this several months ago.

Can’t have it both ways.


24 posted on 07/27/2015 1:54:54 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: Da Coyote

McCain and the cowardly, do-nothing Republicans

Sen. John McCain is a war hero, despite many remaining questions about whether he “broke” and passed classified military to the North Vietnamese during his confinement in prison at the “Hanoi Hilton” during the Vietnam War. At the time, McCain’s father was the admiral in charge of the Navy’s Seventh Fleet in Asia, and he was a valued war prize for then Vietnamese leader Ho Chin Minh. McCain was beaten and left disabled during his captivity by his inhuman captors.
Years ago when I was chairman and general counsel of Judicial Watch, in the late ’90s, before I ran for the U.S. Senate in Florida and before I founded Freedom Watch, I met with McCain in his Senate office. I was flattered that of all the senators serving during the criminally minded Clinton administration, he was the only one who had reached out and seemed to take a personal interest in the work I was doing at Judicial Watch. Most importantly, we had just uncovered perhaps the biggest scandal in American history: the sale of government access, services and classified information to the Communist Chinese by Bill and Hillary Clinton, much akin to what the Bonnie and Clyde of American politics did with Iran in furtherance of their RICO criminal enterprise while “Hill” was secretary of state under the Obama administration.
After I waited for about 10 minutes in his Senate office lobby, McCain emerged with a smile and held out his crippled right hand to warmly greet me by saying, “I feel that I already know you, Larry, from television.” Following him into his office and sitting on his leather couch, I showed him a “menu” prepared and distributed by the Democratic National Committee on behalf of the Clintons, promising all kinds of “goodies” – including the sale of seats on Clinton Commerce Department trade missions, judgeships, commissionerships, overnight stays in the Lincoln Bedroom of the White House and other perks – all in exchange of an illegal $100,000 contribution to the DNC for upcoming Democratic election campaigns, including Slick Willy’s re-election campaign in 1996.
When I showed McCain the DNC’s menu, he replied quickly, “This is terrible, but you know, Larry, some of my fellow Republicans do similar things.” Hearing what seemed to be an honest response, I gained a lot of respect for the senator, particularly since he promised to use his office to help us investigate the Clintons’ criminal deeds. But following the meeting, and after many calls to him and his aides, McCain did nothing to follow through. I realized that my visit to his chambers was more intended to mollify me – particularly since I had been critical of Republican inaction toward the Clintons – than any real desire to rid the nation of these co-felons. After all, as McCain had admitted, his own party had less than clean hands.
And this proved to be the case during the ensuing campaign finance hearings that resulted from my work at Judicial Watch. Dubbed the “Chinagate Committee,” the Republican head of the joint committee investigating illegal Clinton and DNC misconduct, Sen. Fred Thompson, along with McCain, took a dive and shut the hearing down when it was revealed by the Democrats that the Republican National Committee (RNC) had also been dealing with the Communist Chinese, although hardly to the extent of the Clintons and their DNC. McCain and the rest of his Republican colleagues rushed to shut down the investigation and instead moved to pass the now infamous McCain-Feingold bill, which unconstitutionally claimed to solve the problem of illegal campaign contributions from foreign and domestic contributors. The legislation, which was later largely invalidated by the Supreme Court, was like saying to an unpunished O.J. Simpson that a new law prevented him from killing again.
Indeed, the GOP’s complicit cover-up of the Chinagate scandal has become the norm with Republicans ever since. Particularly during the “Hussein Obama regime” – one that favors Muslim and Arab interests over those of ordinary Americans of Judeo-Christian heritage – McCain and his blowhard establishment allies in the Republican Party have feasted off of their thousands of appearances furthering only their political aspirations on Fox News, but in practice have embarrassingly lost every battle with the “Mullah in Chief.” Frightened that they will be branded as racists against African-Americans and Muslims, they have rolled over to this evil emperor at nearly every turn. Only one Republican senator has called out his colleagues on their disgraceful and cowardly conduct: Sen. Ted Cruz, much to his credit.
Now, thanks to the likes of Sens. McCain, Bob Corker and their Republican colleagues, we face the imminent approval of Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran. Having again caved into King Hussein, they agreed, along with Democrats on the Hill, to perverting the constitutional requirement that a treaty be approved by two-thirds of the Senate. Instead, two-thirds of both houses of Congress are required to shoot down the treaty. Given the gravity of this “Neville Chamberlain style” appeasement with the mullahs, whereby they certainly will complete their march to atomic weapons with the ballistic missile means to deliver them, this McCain and company sellout of our Constitution is unforgivable.
McCain may have been a war hero in the ’70s, but ever since, he has been simply a hypocritical do-nothing blowhard. Donald Trump might have used flippant phraseology to criticize McCain for his lack of courage in not confronting illegal immigration and reacted to McCain’s comments of calling Trump supporters “crazies,” but McCain and his Republican establishment political colleagues have ill-served this nation and furthered Hussein Obama’s socialist-racist Muslim agenda at nearly every turn.
Help Larry Klayman with his class-action suit against Obama’s use of the NSA to violate Americans’ rights
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Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2015/07/mccain-and-the-cowardly-do-nothing-republicans/#KfdbX1T3YxtC5imI.99


25 posted on 07/27/2015 1:55:20 PM PDT by Dick Bachert (This entire "administration" has been a series of Reischstag Fires. We know how that turned out!)
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To: henkster

I would be happy with a Walker/Cruz ticket or a Cruz/Fiorina ticket or a Walker/Fiorina ticket.

There is a big part of me that strongly believes Cruz can do the most good for us in the Senate, so I would like to see him continue to work in that capacity for a while.


26 posted on 07/27/2015 1:56:17 PM PDT by VRWCmember
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To: Norm Lenhart

That money balanced out what Trump gave to republicans. Can’t you understand such simple things? What is your IQ?


27 posted on 07/27/2015 1:57:23 PM PDT by entropy12 (Make America Great Again!!! Go Trump/Cruz 2016....)
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To: henkster

I don’t get the Walker appeal. Florina is a great speaker and a nice contrast to Hillary but she is too liberal on some issues to ever get my vote. I can appreciate her candidacy but I could not in good conscience vote for her.

I thoroughly enjoy candidate Trump. He is too new mint on some social issues for my comfort. Also there are several things he has said and supported in the past that make me uneasy.

From your list, Cruz would be my pick.


28 posted on 07/27/2015 1:59:45 PM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: DoodleDawg

FWIW, if Trump were to come out and make a statement saying that he’s become more and more “conservative” as he’s become older - just like Reagan journeyed from the ‘RAT party to the GOP as he got older - and that one of the necessities of doing business in NYC is courting the patronage of certain ‘RAT politicians, he would immediately pose a much more troubling dilemma to the GOPe and libtards in the media. such a statement would give him cover on his history of political donations and many of the things he’s said over the years. NYC is essentially a libtard echo chamber and lots of people in red state America wouldn’t necessarily hold it against him if he admitted to falling into a sort of liberal groupthink mindset on abortion and gun control, so long as he clearly rejects those views now.

right now, he’s mostly a protest vote and not in any way a serious conservative. however, if he were to stop shooting from the hip so much, and make a calculated effort to become more serious with actual policy proposals, he could turn this “lightning in a bottle” into something more.

i don’t trust the guy, but lots of people seem to be putting a whole lot of hope in him. which reminds me of 2008. lots of libtard hopes in Obama even though he had ZERO paper trail. he was an empty vessel so people on his side projected all of their desires and wishes on him. seems to be a pretty good strategy if the MSM is running cover for you... you literally NEVER have to answer any tough questions about your past stances. The Bitch is dealing with that problem by refusing to talk to anyone in the media who isn’t a sycophant. Trump is just spouting off to anyone who’ll listen... that could be his undoing.

i’m still rooting for Cruz to be the nominee, but the race is wide open at this point.


29 posted on 07/27/2015 2:00:20 PM PDT by TangibleDisgust ("To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize." - Voltaire)
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To: henkster

Fiorina has already shown me that she is not aware of what is wrong with this country.

While she is good at answering questions, she is giving answers that don’t matter to questions that don’t matter.

The root of this country’s problems is the federal government, and the two corrupt parties that run it.

The government agenda is murdering this country, and it was designed to do exactly that.

If a candidate isn’t taking on that beast, then that candidate is utterly useless.


30 posted on 07/27/2015 2:00:22 PM PDT by chris37 (Heartless)
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To: VRWCmember

I would also be happy with those options. I like the pick of Fiorina as VP. I have questions about how she ran HP and whether that makes her “top of the ticket” material. But as VP candidate she would be a boon on the campaign trail.

Other than reservations about the “Trump Conundrum,” I would consider him, but he’s not my first choice.


31 posted on 07/27/2015 2:00:54 PM PDT by henkster (Where'd my tagline go?)
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To: entropy12

Whats yours?

Give 100K to Iran and 100K to Israel and tell me if you did good/bad or it balanced out. But since you cant seem to figure that out without it being stated, I guess yours isn’t much to brag about.


32 posted on 07/27/2015 2:01:27 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: henkster

Well Said


33 posted on 07/27/2015 2:05:24 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
For me, the Walker appeal is that he is the only candidate in the field with experience as an elected executive who has taken on liberal sacred cows and won, and in a state that hasn't voted for a republican for President in a generation. He's proven; the others, Cruz included, are so far all talk. I take Cruz at his word, and would vote for him because I believe he would rein in an out of control government.

I know Walker can.

I said I would consider Fiorina; as an outsider, she is not beholden to the political system as all of the others are. But she does not yet have my support. As I stated elsewhere, if she may be better as VP candidate.

Trump is a gamble; he represents change and an outside vision, but we don't know exactly for what. The gamble is that it couldn't be worse than what we have. I wouldn't want to be the loser in that bet.

34 posted on 07/27/2015 2:12:56 PM PDT by henkster (Where'd my tagline go?)
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To: Da Coyote

“The GOP will no longer get my vote...we may as let it hit the ground and die (die, die, die) and we can hopefully rebuild a useful party following civil war II.”

****

Who is John Galt?


35 posted on 07/27/2015 2:17:19 PM PDT by peyton randolph (I am not a number. I am a free man.)
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To: Dick Bachert

>>Having again caved into King Hussein, they agreed, along with Democrats on the Hill, to perverting the constitutional requirement that a treaty be approved by two-thirds of the Senate. Instead, two-thirds of both houses of Congress are required to shoot down the treaty. <<

The Senate has no right to change the Constitution. Any action taken under that rule is null and void. The SCROTUM will back the Senate rule and the half breed will cheer them on. Time for civil disobedience.


36 posted on 07/27/2015 2:19:43 PM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: henkster
Trump is a gamble; he represents change and an outside vision, but we don't know exactly for what.

He's a Hail Mary pass. But the way I see it, we're down a touchdown with only seconds left.

37 posted on 07/27/2015 2:20:47 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: jazusamo
"We haven't heard the end of this yet."

Whether or not Trump makes it to the finish line first, he has really started a movement.

Rebellion is chic, and it's sweeping across America.

It may end the Republican Party...perhaps even the Democrats.

38 posted on 07/27/2015 2:22:02 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
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To: henkster

Walker has been excellent at fighting unions. He comes up weak on many other issues, imo. I also think his lack of a college degree would be endlessly talked about in the media if he should win the nomination. The left already likes to call Republicans stupid. They even did that to Reagan (which was ridiculous).

I just checked the ontheissues website to see what it said about Carly. Her website is terrible. Anyway, she’s not as bad as I was thinking. But I won’t vote for anyone who has voiced support for civil unions but against homo marriage. I won’t because that is a fake choice. They are the same thing with different titles. Also she pushes diversity in the same way liberals do. That is distasteful to me. I think what should matter is ability and character. Diversity happens naturally or not at all. It is actually rarely relevant, imo. To Carly, it is supremely relevant.


39 posted on 07/27/2015 2:22:58 PM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: Pontiac
"He has too much history of kissing DemonRat A$$"

Maybe he too is mad as hell and not going to take it anymore.

40 posted on 07/27/2015 2:24:33 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
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