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Scott Walker is officially the GOP frontrunner, and the media is out for blood
Hotair ^ | 02/23/2015 | Noah Rothman

Posted on 02/23/2015 10:46:07 AM PST by SeekAndFind

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To: Engraved-on-His-hands
I’m not convinced that he is willing to take the arrows necessary when the times get tough.

That's a puzzling statement.

What would you call his years of Governor, except a long period of slings and arrows?

Just because he handled those arrows so professionally, making it look effortless, doesn't mean it wasn't, and still is, happening.

I'm a Walker guy, that doesn't mean you have to be, but it's disingenuous to day he can't handle the opposition when things are tough.

41 posted on 02/23/2015 11:32:17 AM PST by Balding_Eagle (The Gruber Revelations are proof that God is still smiling on America.)
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To: central_va

“Compromising is hard to do, some of the Walker sluts dove in early.”

What exactly do you mean by that? Is that directed at some of the Lady FReepers?


42 posted on 02/23/2015 11:32:43 AM PST by Beagle8U (NOTICE : Unattended children will be given Coffee and a Free Puppy.)
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To: Engraved-on-His-hands; central_va

I agree with both of you. The bandwagoners don’t want to hear anything that isn’t rah-rah-rah.

Serious questions remain about what he would do as President. The illegal alien invasion being the most pressing.

Ignoring those questions leaves us ignorant.


43 posted on 02/23/2015 11:33:25 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace- No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: central_va
He has a little time but if he waits he will sound disingenuous.

Truth time

Is there anything Walker could say on immigration that you would believe?

44 posted on 02/23/2015 11:33:42 AM PST by Balding_Eagle (The Gruber Revelations are proof that God is still smiling on America.)
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To: SeekAndFind

If you buy an American newspaper...

If you watch network news...

YOU ARE MAKING A CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEMOCRAT PARTY...


45 posted on 02/23/2015 11:37:25 AM PST by GOPJ (Buying an American newspaper is a donation to the Democrat Party.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
Last week someone accused him of being “disruptive in French class”.

What will they think of next?

I keep using this because it fits so well:

"Tom Seaver - he once borrow Chico's soap and no give it back"

46 posted on 02/23/2015 11:38:31 AM PST by freedumb2003 (AGW: Settled Science? If so, there would only be one model and it would agree with measurements)
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To: freedumb2003

What drove the GOP to defeat was their insistence on candidates that their voters found unacceptable.

It’s been amnesty vs amnesty for 4 Presidential elections in a row.

Let’s try something else.

65-70% of the citizens want the borders secured and the laws enforced. Maybe we should try that.


47 posted on 02/23/2015 11:39:36 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace- No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Yep, they wanted to fight ObamaCare by nominating the guy who practically invented it.


48 posted on 02/23/2015 11:41:12 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Balding_Eagle
What would you call his years of Governor, except a long period of slings and arrows?

I was in Milwaukee last fall during the campaign and he took more crap than I have ever seen for any politician. The ads were pretty much "if you elect Walker, you are electing Hitler and all welfare will be cut off and women will be kicked out of the workplace forever."

It was extremely bizarre because I live in Dallas and heard dang near the same thing about Abbot -- the same campaign, the same HUGE issues on the line, the same HUGE response by the voters in support of morality and values represented by both GOP candidates.

49 posted on 02/23/2015 11:44:44 AM PST by freedumb2003 (AGW: Settled Science? If so, there would only be one model and it would agree with measurements)
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To: Balding_Eagle

I’m not solidly anti-Walker. But I would like to have more clarity from him on where he stands and how firm he would stand. For example, on an issue like homosexual marriage, Ted Cruz and Bobby Jindal have stood firm. Rick Santorum stood so firm that his last name is now in an urban dictionary. Scott Walker however wanted to “move on”. “It’s over.” “It’s the law of the land.” “It doesn’t matter what I think.”

If he is wishy-washy now, how much more so will he be when he actually gets into office? I hope that he actually is as solidly conservative as some insist. I just doubt it that it’s so.


50 posted on 02/23/2015 11:44:54 AM PST by Engraved-on-His-hands (Conservative 2016!! The Dole, H.W. Bush, McCain, Romney experiment has failed.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

>>65-70% of the citizens want the borders secured and the laws enforced. Maybe we should try that.<<

Yes we do — who is your candidate and what will you do if he/she doesn’t run or is not nominated?


51 posted on 02/23/2015 11:45:38 AM PST by freedumb2003 (AGW: Settled Science? If so, there would only be one model and it would agree with measurements)
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To: SeekAndFind

bkmk


52 posted on 02/23/2015 11:50:10 AM PST by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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To: Balding_Eagle

He could start by acknowledging his past position is wrong headed and he needs tell us why. So we at lest know he understands the problem. I want to know if he believes in the straw man argument “we cant’ deport 11 million” or if he knows that enforcement will lead to self repatriation.


53 posted on 02/23/2015 11:50:22 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

I want my Republican candidate to be as ideological pure as the Democrat candidate is to his/her base.


54 posted on 02/23/2015 11:53:15 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Engraved-on-His-hands

Not necessarily. Just a vote for the candidate that’s NOT Hillary. But you’ve said you’re not going to do that. And that’s fine, of course. I do hope we nominate a candidate that covers all of our bases. But realistically that ain’t happening.


55 posted on 02/23/2015 11:54:09 AM PST by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: Lakeshark
Walker/Cruz; Cruz/Walker.

Either way, just think about having a strong conservative VP for a change.

56 posted on 02/23/2015 11:54:10 AM PST by TangoLimaSierra (To win the country back, we need to be as mean as the libs say we are.)
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To: spokeshave
What doesn’t kill you....makes you stronger.

Except Polio.

57 posted on 02/23/2015 11:54:58 AM PST by TangoLimaSierra (To win the country back, we need to be as mean as the libs say we are.)
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To: central_va

Thanks, I’ll admit that was a surprising answer.


58 posted on 02/23/2015 11:55:50 AM PST by Balding_Eagle (The Gruber Revelations are proof that God is still smiling on America.)
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To: Balding_Eagle
Thanks, I’ll admit that was a surprising answer.

Surprising good or surprising bad?

59 posted on 02/23/2015 11:58:30 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Walker is playing is right in my opinion. Let them attack and point out to everyone that they are attacking for purely partisan reasons.


60 posted on 02/23/2015 12:00:59 PM PST by AdaGray
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