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Michele Bachmann drops out of leadership race
Politico.com ^ | 11/10/11 | Jake Sherman

Posted on 11/10/2010 6:02:25 PM PST by Non-Sequitur

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To: ansel12

I don’t think you know him very well. Too bad.


101 posted on 11/10/2010 7:14:34 PM PST by tillacum
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To: DoughtyOne

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> “We simply cannot afford to let the party elites define Conservatism downward any longer.”

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But it looks like they got away with it again.
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102 posted on 11/10/2010 7:14:44 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Obamacare is America's kristallnacht !!)
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To: Non-Sequitur

No problem...we’ll be further infiltrated into the GOP by the next election cycle. Rome wasn’t built in a day.


103 posted on 11/10/2010 7:16:45 PM PST by The Duke
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To: tillacum

I think we need to support Michele Bachmann in her decision.

She is a great patriot and, like Sarah Palin, she will not be silenced.

She will be on the TV shows, not Jeb Hensarling. Let him do the work, and let Michele Bachmann appear in public.

He’s under the watchful eye of the newly-elected Tea Party Republicans. He’ll come through (or else).


104 posted on 11/10/2010 7:17:12 PM PST by onyx (If you truly support Sarah Palin and want on her busy ping list, let me know!)
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To: Non-Sequitur

Michele Bachmann is first class.

I regret she won’t be in the leadership. But, she is also really intelligent and knows what is best.

I will trust her judgment...because I really do trust her.


105 posted on 11/10/2010 7:17:36 PM PST by BlessingsofLiberty (BOYCOTT NEVADA...!!!!)
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To: Raider Sam

Thank you for your insight. I will have to pay more attention, I see! I think you are right about his staying under the radar, as it were. Might put him at a distinct advantage when trying to “herd the cats” in DC. :)


106 posted on 11/10/2010 7:18:41 PM PST by luvie (Thank God)
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To: Non-Sequitur

Personally, I think this is good. Bachmann can continue to be a strong force without becoming a target for the media and a distraction. It’s professional that she’s endorsed the other guy.


107 posted on 11/10/2010 7:19:25 PM PST by prairiebreeze (The Professional Left: Using Your Money to Promote Their Ideology Since the 1930's)
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To: editor-surveyor

I agree. And some people here were actually happy to see Michelle back off. Not this guy...

Sometimes I have to ask myself, do we really believe in our cause? Do we really want to see our allies in positions of power? It actually dumbfounds me the positions people take, who should know better.

Some of them are people I respect quite a bit.


108 posted on 11/10/2010 7:19:49 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Your next chance like this? About 2044. Vote popularity and don't waste time with the details.)
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To: Non-Sequitur

Sorry, but I LOVE this. In leadership she would have been a poster-child, much like Pelosi. But now, the Republicans have a bunch of real CONSERVATIVES running the house that most people never heard of and cannot even pronounce their names.

She is perfectly fine without the leadership dragging down her time and can keep sticking it in the face of the Dems.

Perfect outcome, from a classy lady.


109 posted on 11/10/2010 7:21:51 PM PST by BobL (The whole point of being human is knowing when the party's over.)
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To: ansel12

Who said anything was wrong with Bachman?

Why do you assume Hensarling is not “Tea Party?”

Aside from Boehner being the fill in leader for a year, who in current leadership was in leadership from 94-06?


110 posted on 11/10/2010 7:23:33 PM PST by Raider Sam (They're on our left, right, front, and back. They aint gettin away this time!)
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To: tillacum

Establishment people, fighting the revived conservative movement, and look at who is still in leadership, and who is fighting to keep out penetration from even one single outsider.

House Republicans may face a ‘civil war’ over Scozzafava bid
By Reid Wilson - 10/15/09
The House GOP conference is bitterly divided over a centrist New York Republican’s run for the House seat vacated by Army Secretary John McHugh.

Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava, who backs abortion rights and has voiced support for gay rights, has drawn a challenger from the right who is running on the Conservative Party line. And though House leaders have urged conference members to donate, many have pointedly refused to back Scozzafava.

The Club for Growth, Concerned Women of America, former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) and evangelical leader Gary Bauer have all endorsed Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate.

The divide could foreshadow bigger troubles ahead for a party that hopes to make big gains in the House in 2010 and dreams of taking back the majority. Some members think that will be impossible as long as the party is divided over supporting centrist candidates.
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Just 17 members — about 10 percent of the GOP conference — have written checks to Scozzafava’s campaign. They include House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.), National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) Chairman Pete Sessions (Texas) and Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who is in charge of recruiting candidates to run next year.
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In an effort to prove Scozzafava can attract conservatives, Sessions pushed Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) to step up and endorse her. After his announcement, Hensarling took shots from some prominent conservative blogs and media outlets, with some going so far as to lob unfounded charges about Hensarling’s personal life.
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Hensarling declined to be interviewed about his endorsement of Scozzafava. A spokesman said he had nothing to add to his statement, issued last Friday.
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Wednesday night, most of the House GOP leadership, including Boehner, Cantor, McCarthy, Sessions, conference Vice Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Wash.) and conference Secretary John Carter (Texas) hosted a fundraiser for Scozzafava at the home of ex-Rep. Nancy Johnson (R-Conn.).


111 posted on 11/10/2010 7:23:56 PM PST by ansel12
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To: onyx

I know Jeb Hensarling, we were his contact before the dems changed the districts, now his district is “up north”. We still hear from him and still support him. He has been in DC a few years. His mentor was Sen Phil Graham and Phil was his Economics professor at TX A&M. Yes, he is a lawyer, but he is very, very conservative and a gret l “bookkeeper”. We think a lot of his parents, they raised a nice, smart youngster.

I agree he will be under the watchful eyes of Tea Partiers, and that’s a good thing. I think all of our elected Republicans should be under the watchful eye of us. We’re Tea Partiers and as I’ve said before, “we’re so conservative we squeek”, Jeb knew that when he asked us to represent him in our area.


112 posted on 11/10/2010 7:28:14 PM PST by tillacum
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You know what would work for me? A Speaker Bachmann.

Yes. I absolutely agree and would love to see her as speaker of the Peoples House.

113 posted on 11/10/2010 7:28:41 PM PST by RedMDer (Forward With Confidence!)
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To: Raider Sam

Get real, Hensarling is not tea party, one of the biggest complaints is his anti-tea party stance in New York, also his support by long time leader, and anti-tea party/anti-Palin man Cantor.

There is a reason that conservatives first reaction was to ask who he is.


114 posted on 11/10/2010 7:29:31 PM PST by ansel12
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To: DoughtyOne

Freerepublic is heavily infiltrated with neocons that have no soul, no love of the Lord, no desire to see him exhaulted in American society and culture.

Whenever you see the words “fiscal conservative” you know that you’re looking straight into the eyes of the destroyers.
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115 posted on 11/10/2010 7:30:40 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Obamacare is America's kristallnacht !!)
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To: ansel12

Funny, in post 85, you wanted to debate what I said. Then you claim my post childish.

You need to calm down and not get so personally involved with one candidate. I can tell why you usually post in forums protected by a moderator.

On this thread, posters have said they dont want Hensarling because he endorsed Scozzy.

On another thread today, posters said they didnt want Bachus because he didnt think O’Donnell should have been the nominee.

In 2006 and after, posters here said they didnt vote for Santorum because he didnt support Toomey.

In all three cases, people made their decisions based on feeling insulted, rather than looking at who would be best for the job presented. That is childish.


116 posted on 11/10/2010 7:31:34 PM PST by Raider Sam (They're on our left, right, front, and back. They aint gettin away this time!)
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To: ansel12

Who has she led?


117 posted on 11/10/2010 7:32:49 PM PST by Raider Sam (They're on our left, right, front, and back. They aint gettin away this time!)
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To: tillacum; onyx

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> “His mentor was Sen Phil Graham...”

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All we need to know. Phil Gramm has no clue what America is all about. You need to do more digging about the people that you trust.
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118 posted on 11/10/2010 7:34:42 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Obamacare is America's kristallnacht !!)
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To: LUV W

You’re welcome. When he comes on, it is mainly talking budget, and he says all the right things.

I will warn you that to pay attention to him, you will have to look “very” hard. I used to live in Lubbock and was there when Neugebauer was elected, but since Ive moved back, I havent heard anything about him.


119 posted on 11/10/2010 7:39:58 PM PST by Raider Sam (They're on our left, right, front, and back. They aint gettin away this time!)
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To: Raider Sam
I can tell why you usually post in forums protected by a moderator.

That was perhaps the weirdest statement that I have ever heard here.

120 posted on 11/10/2010 7:40:54 PM PST by ansel12
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