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Times like this, with all that's going on, I wish I had some legit money. Not necessarily billions, but at least enough millions to fund and not have to worry about the money I spend. In this case, I would hire something like Cambridge Analytica or some other polling company and have them descend onto these districts. And I'd have them go door to door to everyone that voted for these incumbents and ask them, WHY.

Why did they vote to send the same clowns that got us into the mess, back again? I'd love to know the answers.

1 posted on 05/17/2018 9:56:18 AM PDT by qaz123
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What we need is conservative leadership in Congress. We someone from the Freedom Caucus to be Speaker.


2 posted on 05/17/2018 9:58:27 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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History shows that American voters -- even many who call themselves "conservatives" -- are perfectly comfortable with a fiscally irresponsible U.S. government.

As long as THEY get a piece of the money flowing around from all that fiat currency monetary policy, that is.

3 posted on 05/17/2018 9:59:13 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's.")
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Why did they vote to send the same clowns that got us into the mess, back again?

Because the middle is what elects candidates, not the conservative few represented on FR. In general, the middle leans right, so these turkeys look like good choices to most folks.
6 posted on 05/17/2018 10:13:12 AM PDT by TexasGunLover
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So sick of this RINO chit.


7 posted on 05/17/2018 10:13:52 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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I will vote for the more conservative challenger to my RINO in the primary next month but I’m not holding my breath.


8 posted on 05/17/2018 10:17:13 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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Why did they vote to send the same clowns that got us into the mess, back again?

Human nautre. The voters in each district expect their representatives in congress, regardless of political party, to bring home as much bacon as possible. Let the other guys fight for conservative principles.

9 posted on 05/17/2018 10:23:43 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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I think a lot of voters are afraid that the challenger might win the primary, but not the general. E

They figure the Rep in office has already proven he can beat the Dem challenger.

They are afraid to risk losing the seat altogether, especially if the challenger isn’t well funded.


10 posted on 05/17/2018 10:24:20 AM PDT by ConservativeWarrior (Fall down 7 times, stand up 8. - Japanese proverb)
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Because everyone worries about spending until you start telling them what your going to cut. Then they run over and vote for the Dem.

Until Conservatives start accepting that you must advocate cutting EVERYTHING, including their sacred cows, you are never going to get voters to agree with you on cutting spending. It will always be “keep this spending I like, go cut that spending I don’t like” the result of which nothing gets cut as the “compromise”

Movement Conservative have been riding this hobby horse since the 1970s and voters simply don’t care.


14 posted on 05/17/2018 10:46:06 AM PDT by MNJohnnie ("The political class is a bureaucracy designed to perpetuate itself" Rush Limbaugh)
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Sad fact of the matter is that most voters like pork, and will continue voting for it. At least until the day the checks start bouncing.


15 posted on 05/17/2018 10:48:30 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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Well, when you get less than 5% voter turnout, this is the kind of crap that keeps incumbents in office.

https://conventionofstates.com


16 posted on 05/17/2018 11:04:56 AM PDT by al_c (https://conventionofstates.com)
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As long as people vote their pocketbooks, congress will try to stay in power by filling them from the treasury.


17 posted on 05/17/2018 11:19:16 AM PDT by jimmygrace
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We don't need more open seats to lose to the Democrats!

it is much harder for the Democrats to take a seat held by an incumbent.

That might have been what the voters were thinking.

19 posted on 05/17/2018 11:45:13 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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Because most people pay as little attention to politics as possible; they are simply trying to pay their bills and provide for their families. They vote for the guy whom they met at a barbeque, or at least whose name is familiar.

I will send you my exorbitant bull, I mean, BILL.

karnage analytica


20 posted on 05/17/2018 11:46:34 AM PDT by karnage
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Because MY Congressman is fine only YOUR congressman needs to go. People who know how to win elections are almost the only ones who get those jobs.


21 posted on 05/17/2018 12:43:11 PM PDT by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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And I'd have them go door to door to everyone that voted for these incumbents and ask them, WHY.

It's the voting that's the problem.

WHY they did it is crystal clear - free sh*t.

In 1978, the Jarvis-Gann-Stockman "starve the beast" hypothesis was at least credible - but none of them understood, having grown up with gold and silver money, that the potential for vote-buying with debt taht no one expected to pay back would turn out to be as big as it has.

Any Member of Congress who votes to cut spending - IF there is any chance that his vote will make a difference - is dead meat at the next election.

We need a break from the voting while adults sort out the money, the interest rates, the spending, and the taxation structure to support it.

22 posted on 05/17/2018 12:50:47 PM PDT by Jim Noble (The more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip through your fingers)
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Two. Only TWO incumbents have been "Primaried out" so far. That is not even close to what we should have accomplished to this point, if we were serious about getting Congress on board with the Trump Revolution and Draining the Swamp. We are failing miserably.

NC Rep Pittenger (to a conservative pastor), and AL Rep Roby (to a former Democrat... this one is not official yet, but the runoff in July doesn't look good for Ms Roby).

28 posted on 06/07/2018 3:23:47 AM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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