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GOP goes to war with Roy Moore over Sessions' Senate seat
WND ^ | May 20, 2017 | Greg Corombos

Posted on 05/20/2017 9:16:37 PM PDT by Ray76

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1 posted on 05/20/2017 9:16:37 PM PDT by Ray76
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“Let’s count the lies in Luther Strange’s first campaign ad!”

http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/05/post_177.html


2 posted on 05/20/2017 9:23:46 PM PDT by Bodleian_Girl ("Amazing how far a 84 IQ and a James Brown wig can take you.")
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To: Ray76

The GOPE is evil.


3 posted on 05/20/2017 9:25:35 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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Who else does the GOP fight besides conservatives?

No one.


4 posted on 05/20/2017 9:28:22 PM PDT by chris37 (Donald J. Trump, Tom Brady, The Patriots... American Destiny!)
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To: ConservativeMind

Moore is 70-don’t we have enough gummers? The other 2 are 63-64.


5 posted on 05/20/2017 9:28:55 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: Ray76

I hope Brooks or Moore wins the GOP primary.


6 posted on 05/20/2017 9:29:29 PM PDT by kosciusko51
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7 posted on 05/20/2017 9:29:40 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Happy days are here again!)
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The Alabama GOP lead figures put out the word about a month ago that they didn’t want any of the normal donors sponsoring anyone but Luther Strange.

If you go and look around the state, most people now believe that Strange had some deal brewing with the governor and this was his pay-off.

Presently, I’d say that it’s becoming a crowded field and Strange probably can only take around one-third of the votes in this primary run. Maybe it’s enough to go onto the next round...maybe not.


8 posted on 05/20/2017 9:30:47 PM PDT by pepsionice
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To: ConservativeMind
    These Senate races of 2012 were lost because of conservatives who were toxic politically.
  1. Indiana,
    Joe Donnelly (Democratic) 50.0%
    Richard Mourdock (Republican) 44.2%
    Andrew Horning (Libertarian) 5.7% [
  2. Missouri,
    Claire McCaskill (Democratic) 54.8%
    Todd Akin (Republican) 39.0% [31]
    Jonathan Dine (Libertarian) 6.1%

9 posted on 05/20/2017 9:34:06 PM PDT by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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Can you clarify?


10 posted on 05/20/2017 9:42:49 PM PDT by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: Ray76
Currently, Democrats are expected to have 23 seats up for election along with 2 independents who caucus with them. Republicans are expected to have 8 seats up for election. The seats up for election in 2018 were last up for election in 2012, although some seats may have special elections if incumbents die or resign. Democrats gained a net 2 seats in the 2016 Senate elections.

It would be tragic to have Democrats win seats they should otherwise lose by nationalizing races when toxic political candidates run as conservative Republicans.
11 posted on 05/20/2017 9:47:42 PM PDT by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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The fear seems to be that Moore is politically too radioactive. For all those whom he would be red meat to, there are others who think this is too extreme, verging on theocracy.

I think it far more important that the people of the US are believing in God than that they have ensconced it in the government’s law. Throwing a Moore over the transom may be an illusory fix if the people aren’t singing off compatible music.


12 posted on 05/20/2017 9:49:04 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: af_vet_1981

Who is toxic?


13 posted on 05/20/2017 9:49:56 PM PDT by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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One could argue that they were not "toxic politically" until they were ambushed by a hostile media who entrapped them with "gotcha" abortion questions.

On the other hand, one could argue that Republican candidates generally must be better able to handle these questions, because their Democrat opponents will never be asked "gotcha" questions.

-PJ

14 posted on 05/20/2017 9:50:08 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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“The national GOP is promising an initial down payment of $2.6 million in advertising on behalf of Strange.”

Sure would be nice if they could spend some money fighting DEMOCRATS, rather than fighting other Republicans.

...but I suspect that never occurred to them.


15 posted on 05/20/2017 9:50:41 PM PDT by BobL (In Honor of the NeverTrumpers, I declare myself as FR's first 'Imitation NeverTrumper')
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The questions would have failed to be “gotcha” if enough of We The People disdained it.

Learning to care like God cares — to outdo the liberals in holy token at their own game, put bluntly — is a sine qua non for We The People if America is to be blessed again.

Moore would be a passing aberration if the people have no, er, mooring.


16 posted on 05/20/2017 9:54:10 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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Neither Brooks nor Moore are an idiot like Todd Akin and neither are “toxic politically”.


17 posted on 05/20/2017 9:54:18 PM PDT by House Atreides (Send BOTH Hillary & Bill to prison.)
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“These Senate races of 2012 were lost because of conservatives who were abandoned by the gop-e.
Indiana,
Joe Donnelly (Democratic) 50.0%
Richard Mourdock (Republican) 44.2%
Andrew Horning (Libertarian) 5.7% [
Missouri,
Claire McCaskill (Democratic) 54.8%
Todd Akin (helped by Claire McCaskill defeating Sarah Steelman the Tea Party choice) 39.0% [31]
Jonathan Dine (Libertarian) 6.1% “


18 posted on 05/20/2017 9:56:08 PM PDT by ctpsb
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To: Political Junkie Too

The American legal picture has historically been one of “negative rights.” The right to be unmolested, left alone, etc. if one isn’t an offender.

Modern liberals try to add “positive rights” to that picture, but are doing a horrible job of it in many cases. With government put in place of God, they provide a hellish nannydom rather than a blessing.

I would wish that our modern liberals WOULD care for mothers enough that they would honor that over snuffing out their offspring, even inconvenient offspring. But that really needs faith in the Lord in order to fly. And that faith has been abandoned.

We need more than “let the babies alone” to be blessed as a country. We need a full fledged “turn the hearts of the parents to the children and the hearts of the children to the parents.”

Moore could pass judgment after judgment and it would go nowhere — he’d just get elbowed aside — without faith in the Lord first being there.

Politics being the art of the possible, maybe Strange is better in this circumstance of feeble faith. Better than, at best, casting pearls before swine.


19 posted on 05/20/2017 10:02:25 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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So are we to assume Ted Cruz was toxic politically because he lost to Donald Trump?

Are we to assume Mitt Romney and John McCain were toxic politically and that's why they lost?

Please inform us of your perspective and spin when you throw this cr@p out.

20 posted on 05/20/2017 10:03:28 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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