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Republican Smith trounces in special election for Missouri's 8th Congressional District
St. Louis Post Dispatch | June 4, 2013 | Kevin McDermott

Posted on 06/04/2013 6:46:04 PM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX

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Jason Smith is newest Republican/conservative member of Congress!!!
1 posted on 06/04/2013 6:46:05 PM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

Great News — any numbers available?


2 posted on 06/04/2013 6:48:06 PM PDT by bunster
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

Was this a Conservative district? If not, Democrats will really be sitting up and taking notice.


3 posted on 06/04/2013 6:48:21 PM PDT by kempster
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

Another Sarah Palin endorsed conservative comes into Congress. Let’s keep it moving folks!


4 posted on 06/04/2013 6:48:34 PM PDT by House Atreides
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To: bunster

I hope he’s an actual conservative. Not in my area so I don’t know much about him.


5 posted on 06/04/2013 6:48:47 PM PDT by rktman (BACKGROUND CHECKS? YOU FIRST mr. president(not that we'd get the truth!))
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

excellent.


6 posted on 06/04/2013 6:49:43 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

Jason Smith slaughters Democrat in Missouri 8th Congressional District election this evening, June 4th, 2013. Leading Democrat Steve Hodges since poll closing, Smith will win by a two to one margin, 68%-28%!!!


7 posted on 06/04/2013 6:49:58 PM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX ( My only objective is to defeat and destroy Obama & his Democrat Party, politically!!!)
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To: kempster

Yes. This has been a GOP seat since the 1980 Reagan landslide.


8 posted on 06/04/2013 6:52:30 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: kempster

Romney won 66-32

Yeah bigtime conservative


9 posted on 06/04/2013 6:52:48 PM PDT by nascarnation (Baraq's economic policy: trickle up poverty)
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To: kempster

It is a ‘safe’ Republican seat.


10 posted on 06/04/2013 6:53:03 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: fieldmarshaldj

How did the seat come up?


11 posted on 06/04/2013 6:53:26 PM PDT by gusopol3
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To: rktman

Mr. Smith, 36 years old is a true conservative!!! He replaces a Republican moderate. Folks....gotta help Gomez in MA for USA Senate against deadbeat Democrat, Obamabot, Ed Markey on June 25th special election!!! Will be tough...but it can be done!!!


12 posted on 06/04/2013 6:54:07 PM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX ( My only objective is to defeat and destroy Obama & his Democrat Party, politically!!!)
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Incumbent Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R) resigned to take another job


13 posted on 06/04/2013 6:54:12 PM PDT by TheBigB (Al Sharpton would scream racism at a bowl of Cheerios.)
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

#goodbyeGOP ?

LOL


14 posted on 06/04/2013 6:55:08 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

Ds have been Thunderstruck.............http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj-xqbMdrSY
Our Rs need to be more like John Scott in terms of character and attitude


15 posted on 06/04/2013 6:55:27 PM PDT by slapshot ("Were not gonna take it anymore" Twisted Sister)
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To: TheBigB

That seems a little lame.


16 posted on 06/04/2013 6:55:50 PM PDT by gusopol3
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To: kempster

Maybe the “Show Me State” has finally regained its’ senses and come back to reality.

I suspect the fact that Obama DIDN’T VISIT JOPLIN, MO. after the tornado of last year, but visited (Photo-Opped) Newtown, Conn; New Jersey; and Oklahoma City, might have had something to do with it.

Reason why? Too many working class conservative white folk in Joplin so why bother with a non-productive (re vote getting), Photo-Op. One problem, Joplin is a well integrated city of many races and ethnic groups, and all were badly hurt during the tornado so Obie decided not to list them for federal disaster aid (I believe some came a year later, but big fucking whoop).

Missouri has given us Democratic nuts like McCaskill, the leaders of E. St. Louis (perhaps the crime capitol of the state), and a few other wackjobs, but they have also given us decent men like Dick Ichord and Stuart Symington (I think he was from MO), in the past.

Are they “Back to A Future” with this vote? Hope so, for their sake and for America’s sake.


17 posted on 06/04/2013 6:57:36 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: JLAGRAYFOX; rktman

Most sources list him as 32 years old, one of the youngest in Congress. Lawyer.


18 posted on 06/04/2013 6:58:50 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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I’ve been spending a lot of time in mid MO of late and I’m afraid I’m really not hopeful about REAL conservatives in elective office around here. My take is that this is a Republican state, but not so much a conservative one. Maybe just what I’ve seen in the government-heavy Columbia/Jeff City area has clouded things, but this place never met a make-work project it didn’t like and everything here is corrupt as the day is long as far as I can see.

Makes me long for being back home in upstate SC, I can tell you that much.


19 posted on 06/04/2013 7:00:04 PM PDT by perfect_rovian_storm
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

I hope that we in Michigan can capture the seat of Carl Levin who is retiring in 2014. It is going to take a lot but with the current scandals and him being an IRS letter writer anything may be possible if the election is legit.


20 posted on 06/04/2013 7:06:30 PM PDT by kempster
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