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All the Electable Republicans Are Losing
The Daily Beast ^
| August 18, 2015
| Kristen Soltis Anderson, Republican Pollster
Posted on 08/17/2015 11:29:17 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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The establishment in a nutshell.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Electable/establishment/losers
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posted on
08/17/2015 11:31:49 PM PDT
by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
"ELECTABLE" ? Says
WHO, the LOSERS ?
We will never unify under
"Establishment Republicans" .
"Establishment Republicans" have more in common with the Democrats, than they do with Conservatives.
The weak candidates are
"Establishment Republicans", weak on national security, amnesty for illegals, abortion, and government spending.
"Establishment Republicans" scream "COMPROMISE".
And people who study the Bible know that
COMPROMISE almost always leads to destruction.
These
"Establishment Republicans" are being weeded out, one by one, and slowly but surely, the TEA Party is taking over.
Someone once said [We're]
'Not victims of "the Establishment." ' I disagree.
I ask you again:
Who was it that dumped all those negative adds on Conservative Candidates in the primary?
Who was it that constantly battered each leading Conservative in the primary with an average of three to one negative ads against our real candidates?
Who's money was dumped against the conservative choices?
It WAS Mitt Romney, leader of the
"Establishment Republicans"and it WAS the
"Establishment Republicans" who funded all those negative ads against Conservatives.
So conservatives, the BASE of the Republican Party, WERE
' victims of "the Establishment." '
Take a good long look at where
"Establishment Republicans" ALWAYS take us.
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posted on
08/17/2015 11:34:22 PM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Ford, GHWB, Dole, McCain, and Romney have proven that “electability” to the GOPe and media experts has been an extremely poor indicator of electability.
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posted on
08/17/2015 11:36:22 PM PDT
by
meadsjn
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Bernie... Bernie... BERNIE! I loved how my daughter said that he was this generation’s Howard Dean.
It is a long way off before I get the opportunity to cast a ballot, and by that point, it’ll either be for no good reason, or for no good reason since it would be for an open convention. The RINOs stacked the deck very carefully with blocking candidates for just about any trouble area.
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posted on
08/17/2015 11:40:35 PM PDT
by
kingu
(Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
THe last 3 dates daddy arranged were duds. Besides daddy’s little girl is approaching 40 so, maybe its time she got out on her own and made her own mind.
Not to mention daddy’s own marriage is on the rocks.
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posted on
08/17/2015 11:44:44 PM PDT
by
Leep
(Vote Bush! Join the Bush League! Why? Because we say so!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
You mean they had ‘electability’ like Romney?
Romney had what people crave. He’s got electrolytes- I mean elect-ability
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posted on
08/17/2015 11:47:12 PM PDT
by
Mr. K
(If it is HilLIARy -vs- Jeb! then I am writing-in Palin/Cruz)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
If they can’t win a more than 10% of their own party, how can they be “electable”? Trump can not only appeal to Republicans, he does very well with independents and what used to be called Reagan Democrats, soon to be known as Trump Democrats.
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posted on
08/17/2015 11:52:00 PM PDT
by
Hugin
("First thing--get yourself a firearm!" Sheriff Ed Galt)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Presidential primaries are sometimes likened to dating; candidates try to woo voters... ...courting them, promising them the world, and then asking for their hand.
In the last two presidential elections, Republicans have dated around... But after a few summer flings...
So after having their hearts broken...
Republican primary voters may be ready to elope with the one their parents approve of least...
But the as far as summer flings go...
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Good Lord, I'm tired of soccer moms...
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posted on
08/17/2015 11:56:04 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The Republican establishment survives by selling the idea that electability is more important than ideology because without electability, ideology is irrelevant.
The careers of John Boehner and Mitch McConnell have convinced conservatives that electability without ideology avails nothing. Moreover, the failures of Dole, McCain and Romney tell conservatives that electability is not synonymous with moderation.
Since winning with a moderate produces no different result than losing with a conservative, why not take your chances with a conservative?
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posted on
08/18/2015 12:04:53 AM PDT
by
nathanbedford
("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
To: Talisker
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posted on
08/18/2015 12:07:43 AM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
the very title convinced me to read no further.
“Jeb! and Rubio are beating Hillary in the pollsso why is the GOP so enthralled with guys like Trump and Carson? “
Wrong premise. The base may be enthralled but the party, the establishment, surely is not.
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posted on
08/18/2015 12:08:00 AM PDT
by
wiggen
(#JeSuisCharlie)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Worse yet when one of our nominees wins the general, they end up forgetting their promises and become the establishment.
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posted on
08/18/2015 12:09:35 AM PDT
by
aquila48
To: 2ndDivisionVet; Talisker; Salamander
I hate to confuse the issue with something so mundane as *Logic* but.....
If they (the GOPe anointed ones) are *Losing* does that not (by definition) indicate that they are UNelectable?
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posted on
08/18/2015 12:13:49 AM PDT
by
shibumi
("Cover it with gas and set it on fire.")
To: 2ndDivisionVet
That’s what the same a-holes said about Romney...
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posted on
08/18/2015 12:19:19 AM PDT
by
DB
To: shibumi
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posted on
08/18/2015 12:21:27 AM PDT
by
Salamander
(Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory Of The Coming Of The Fnord)
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posted on
08/18/2015 12:21:30 AM PDT
by
onyx
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
If they are losing, they are NOT electable.
Perhaps they should run as democrats.
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posted on
08/18/2015 12:24:03 AM PDT
by
Jemian
(War Eagle!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
like mccain and romney was polled to beat obama, but only to lose to him?
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posted on
08/18/2015 12:33:31 AM PDT
by
4rcane
To: 2ndDivisionVet
right now, i think Trump would be a disaster as the GOP nominee... but he has time to change my mind. however, i know that Christie or JEB or Graham or Huckabee would be a disaster for this country even if electable, so there is no way those candidates could ever earn my vote. i’m done voting for the RINO after they do everything in their power to marginalize conservatives during the primaries and after the general election.
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posted on
08/18/2015 12:34:21 AM PDT
by
TangibleDisgust
("To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize." - Voltaire)
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