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“Just to do nothing is not a conservative position.”

I beg to differ! From The Conscience of a Conservative:

"The turn will come when we entrust the conduct of our affairs to men who understand that their first duty as public officials is to divest themselves of the power they have been given. It will come when Americans, in hundreds of communities throughout the nation, decide to put the man in office who is pledged to enforce the Constitution and restore the Republic. Who will proclaim in a campaign speech: "I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them. It is not to inaugurate new programs, but to cancel old ones that do violence to the Constitution, or that have failed in their purpose or that impose on the people an unwanted financial burden. I will not attempt to discover whether legislation is 'needed' before I have first determined whether it is constitutionally permissable. And if I should later be attacked for neglecting my constituents' 'interests,' I shall reply that I was informed their main interest is liberty and that in that cause I am doing the very best I can."

1 posted on 12/08/2014 6:08:55 AM PST by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

Trent Lott couldn’t slam his d*ick in a car door.
He’s a lobbying punk playing for the gop-e team, enough said.


2 posted on 12/08/2014 6:13:55 AM PST by Ghost of SVR4 (So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
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To: cotton1706

Judd Gregg checked in for the GOPe’s yesterday or this morning.

They’re rolling out the “B” Team.

Losers then.

Losers now.

Losers forever.


3 posted on 12/08/2014 6:16:25 AM PST by Peter W. Kessler
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To: cotton1706

No, Trent Lott is the troublemaker.


4 posted on 12/08/2014 6:16:53 AM PST by mulligan (I)
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To: cotton1706

Trent needs to sit down and SHUT UP.


5 posted on 12/08/2014 6:18:27 AM PST by Qiviut ( One of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation it provides. ~W.E. Johns)
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Trouble maker.

Yep. So were most of the founding fathers of this country.


6 posted on 12/08/2014 6:18:31 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
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If the choice is get along with President and his Dem party allies or be a troublemaker .... I’m thinking we need a LOT more troublemakers.


8 posted on 12/08/2014 6:26:24 AM PST by taxcontrol
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Trent.

There is a REASON you are not a lawmaker any more.

BECAUSE EVERYONE HATES YOU.

9 posted on 12/08/2014 6:27:29 AM PST by Lazamataz (It's insanity to support those who hate us, no matter they call themselves Democrats or Republicans.)
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Shove it, Trent.


10 posted on 12/08/2014 6:30:34 AM PST by onedoug
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Hmm... Troublemaker vs. milquetoast..... I’ll take troublemaker.


11 posted on 12/08/2014 6:30:40 AM PST by AFreeBird
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Stand with Ted and the men, or cower with Trent and the castrated.

14 posted on 12/08/2014 6:34:33 AM PST by tomkat
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To: cotton1706

“Lott was joined at the breakfast by former Democratic Sen. Tom Daschle of South Dakota, also a former Senate majority leader. “

The Uniparty in a nutshell.


16 posted on 12/08/2014 6:36:43 AM PST by headstamp 2
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One by one, we’ll get rid of all of these “OLD BAGGAGE” that has done their best to destroy the REPUBLICAN PARTY and turned it into a “DEMOCRAT LITE” party. There isn’t a bit of difference between the “OLD GUARD” in the republican party and the democrats. They are all for “BIG GOVERNMENT”, not less government. There is a new wind blowing, and that wind is saying, “A SMALLER GOVERNMENT, IS A BETTER GOVERNMENT”. And little by little, we’ll rid ourselves of these “OLD GUARD” and replace them with the “YOUNG TURKS”


17 posted on 12/08/2014 6:36:45 AM PST by gingerbread
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Trent Lott Slams Ted Cruz As A Troublemaker

I'd consider that a complement coming from that traitor. Go Ted!

18 posted on 12/08/2014 6:37:55 AM PST by McGruff (I'm thinkin)
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I am offended by Trent Lott’s statements and his haircut.


20 posted on 12/08/2014 6:42:30 AM PST by School of Rational Thought
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“Trent Lott Slams Ted Cruz As A Troublemaker”

Good. Let’s all get behind Ted, and double the trouble.


22 posted on 12/08/2014 6:45:17 AM PST by rockinqsranch ((Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.))
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Ted is over the target . . . bombs away!!!!!!!


24 posted on 12/08/2014 6:47:16 AM PST by RatRipper (No need to rob others; democRATS will steal and share a tiny bit with you.)
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Get off your butts and take a few minutes to go to a local Tea Party meeting in your area. Don’t listen to Trent Lott and the others who want to “Palinize” the Tea Party. The Tea Party in our area supports the best conservative candidates and issues regardless of party.

Decide for yourselves, not what Trent Lott and others want you to think. Get the truth and then get involved at the grass roots and make something happen. You’ll feel better.

Yes, I support Senator Cruz and others like him because the GOPe never seems to change. Same old candidates, same old priorities, same old solutions, and same old outcome. Same party as the democrats. We are currently a one party nation desperately in need of a change and redirection. It’s going to take new conservative leadership such as Ted Cruz and others to overcome the current administration’s damage and return this nation to what our founding fathers gave us.


26 posted on 12/08/2014 7:00:06 AM PST by Texicanus (Texas, it's a whole 'nother country.)
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To: cotton1706

Who is Trent Lott?


29 posted on 12/08/2014 7:07:07 AM PST by lurk
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Trench black face Lott: STFU


31 posted on 12/08/2014 7:13:19 AM PST by VRWC For Truth (Roberts has perverted the Constitution)
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There is a reason he is described as “former”.


33 posted on 12/08/2014 7:36:48 AM PST by Real Cynic No More (Border Fence Obamacare!)
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