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Republican senator to fall victim to Tea Party movement
Telegraph UK ^ | 06 May 2010 | Alex Spillius

Posted on 05/08/2010 12:15:32 PM PDT by opentalk

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1 posted on 05/08/2010 12:15:32 PM PDT by opentalk
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To: opentalk

Charlie Crist? McCain?

heh

The US media hates when a RINO goes down. How to explain it to the foreign press? hhmmmm


2 posted on 05/08/2010 12:17:40 PM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com << Get your science fiction and fiction test marketed)
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To: opentalk
I have not had the benefit of the Tea Party group thinking on this, but it sounds like a good move they are not automatically going to endorse Republicans. The GOP takes for granted it will have the support of these kinds of groups while doing little to earn that support.

If there are fiscally conservative Democrats and Independents (and there are some), the Tea Party should endorse them as well.

No matter how you think the money should or should not be spent, the first step is to stop wasting it so increased taxes are not necessary.

3 posted on 05/08/2010 12:18:28 PM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
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To: opentalk
Is a politician actually a victim when the people vote for someone else? Are they really so entitled to their current office that by not returning them they are being victimized?!
4 posted on 05/08/2010 12:20:46 PM PDT by highlander_UW (First we take down the Democrats, then we clean the Augean stable that is the GOP.)
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To: opentalk

Good. Now if we can just defeat McCain.


5 posted on 05/08/2010 12:20:54 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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Victim? Bennett is the one who voted for TARP and introduced 0bamaCareLite (with that Dem Senator from Oregon).

He's a victim of his own stupidity. He also vowed not to serve more than two terms which he promptly rescinded once he hit Washington.

Bennett tries to introduce Washington to Utah, not represent Utah in Washington. For that he is victimized.

6 posted on 05/08/2010 12:23:32 PM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: opentalk

This is an important way to move the party right. You pick safe for conservative seats held by a RINO. Knock off the RINO in the primary. It is a travesty that the party establishment has deliberately manuevered RINO’s into these seats over the years.


7 posted on 05/08/2010 12:24:43 PM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: gunsequalfreedom

Well it’s time to get the RINOs out of our hair once and for all.


8 posted on 05/08/2010 12:27:05 PM PDT by hstacey (Army Mom...)
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To: gunsequalfreedom
If there are fiscally conservative Democrats and Independents (and there are some), the Tea Party should endorse them as well.

If they are fiscally conservative why would they vote for Nancy Pelosi for Speaker or Harry Reid for Majority Leader?

9 posted on 05/08/2010 12:28:09 PM PDT by neocon1984
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You pick safe for conservative seats held by a RINO.

What good is a RINO when they are window dressed liberals in the first place?

I.E. Olympia Snowe, who is the best friend of the DNC.

I don't get why they would be safe when being occupied by a liberal for so long.

10 posted on 05/08/2010 12:29:52 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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If they are fiscally conservative why would they vote for Nancy Pelosi for Speaker or Harry Reid for Majority Leader?

"I'm sure you can think of several other reasons but here is one. To get anything done as a member of Congress, they need committee asignments. They could, as you suggest, take a principled stand on a vote they most surely will lose. The result of which will be to end up totally ineffective.

11 posted on 05/08/2010 12:33:24 PM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
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You got that right!


12 posted on 05/08/2010 12:35:33 PM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
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Hey Bob, you did some good while you were there early on bud, but darn man, you’re 76 years old, don’t you think it’s about time for you to get a real job?


13 posted on 05/08/2010 12:42:06 PM PDT by Sudetenland (Slow to anger but terrible in vengence...such is the character of the American people.)
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After 18 years representing the western state, Bob Bennett, 76, faces the wrath of party activists who think he has drifted too far to the middle ground and become too identified with broken central government....Under Utah's quirky rules, without 40 per cent of the vote at Saturday's party convention he cannot proceed to a Republican primary in June to decide who will represent the party in November's midterm election.

Related threads:
It Is Time To Go To DEFCON 1. Bob Bennett Is About to Screw America.
Senator Probes Forgery Charges Against Book of Mormon

14 posted on 05/08/2010 12:43:52 PM PDT by Alex Murphy (Pretentiousness is so beneath me.)
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Thanks ,from your link

--Bob Bennett is a fiscally irresponsible Senator who prides himself on being a Senator’s Senator. He was the only Republican who stood up and clapped when Barack Obama attacked Sarah Palin in his Joint Session of Congress speech last week.

And Bob Bennett wants to cut a deal on healthcare. Why? Because that’s what Senators do. The compromise. And if you are a Republican Senator, you capitulate.

Time for him to go!

15 posted on 05/08/2010 12:47:21 PM PDT by opentalk
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Good. Now if we can just defeat McCain.

AZ is on a role protecting and representing their citizens, good time for his exit.

16 posted on 05/08/2010 12:48:56 PM PDT by opentalk
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To: gunsequalfreedom

I’ve had my fill of those “conservative” Democrats who sold their vote for nationalized health care.


17 posted on 05/08/2010 12:50:08 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: opentalk
The guy is 76 years old.
Seriously, there needs to be a maximum retirement age in Congress.
18 posted on 05/08/2010 12:56:28 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Obamunism: You have two cows. The regime redistributes them and shoots you dead)
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Frankly, if he’s 76, it’s time to move on. My mother was a big mover and shaker in her area, but she began to retire from boards and positions as she got older, mostly because she felt that younger people should have a shot at it.

The average age of our elected representatives, especially those who have been in their positions for a long time, is way north of the retirement age in any other field.

Term limits.


19 posted on 05/08/2010 12:58:27 PM PDT by livius
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I don’t care if Bennett is a perfect conservative senator, 76 years is too old to still be doing that job. A man has got to know when to give it up.


20 posted on 05/08/2010 1:02:39 PM PDT by upsdriver (ret.)
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