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Buddy Roemer officially kicks off W.H. campaign
Politico ^
| 07-21-11
| JUANA SUMMERS
Posted on 07/21/2011 11:24:53 AM PDT by Lazlo in PA
Buddy Roemer formally launched his presidential campaign on Thursday, trying to cast himself as a viable reform candidate instead of the quintessential long shot.
The former Louisiana governor detailed his “Free to Lead” campaign theme: he’s promising to limit contributions he accepts to $100 per person, swear off PAC dollars and target the influence of Big Money on politics.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012gopprimary; election; president; roemer; roemer2012
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Just what everyone has been clamoring for. Roemer to run. I guess Huntsman needed company in last place. This looks like a campaign designed to lose. Money is what is needed to go against Obummer. This limiting donations stuff is for House and dog catcher races.
To: Lazlo in PA
Political Ambien.
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posted on
07/21/2011 11:27:22 AM PDT
by
JPG
(Palin '12)
To: Lazlo in PA
Who?
Dear me. Where’s Pat Paulson?
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posted on
07/21/2011 11:27:48 AM PDT
by
Jedidah
To: Lazlo in PA
Was he the one who bragged that the only way he could lose an election was if he was found in bed with a live boy or a dead girl.
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posted on
07/21/2011 11:30:42 AM PDT
by
DryFly
To: Lazlo in PA
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posted on
07/21/2011 11:31:19 AM PDT
by
Psalm 144
(Voodoo Republicans: Don't read their lips - watch their hands.)
To: Lazlo in PA
Former Democrat
In March 1991, Roemer switched to the Republican Party just months before the state elections, apparently at the urging of Bush White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu. Ironically, Roemer, as a new Democratic governor, had appeared at the 1988 Republican Convention in New Orleans to greet the delegates
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posted on
07/21/2011 11:32:30 AM PDT
by
kcvl
To: DryFly
That was the inimitable Edwin Edwards.
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posted on
07/21/2011 11:33:30 AM PDT
by
clintonh8r
(Happy to be represented by Lt. Col. Allen West)
To: Jedidah
At least we know who Pat Paulsen is. I had to look this guy up. What a totally unnecessary candidate.
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posted on
07/21/2011 11:33:48 AM PDT
by
Lazlo in PA
(Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
To: JPG
The guy was a democRAT his whole life just until his last year in office as Governor of Louisiana. No thanks, I'll pass.
To: Lazlo in PA
The Republican field is strating to look like the movie “Freaks” if it had been done by Cecil B. DeMille....
To: DryFly
“Was he the one who bragged that the only way he could lose an election was if he was found in bed with a live boy or a dead girl.”
No, that was Edwin Edwards, former Governor of Louisiana who just got out of federal prison and is now in a halfway house.
Buddy Roehmer never made a colorful or controversial statement in his life. He may be a spoiler with regard to the Huntsman juggernaut though.
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posted on
07/21/2011 11:37:04 AM PDT
by
Psalm 144
(Voodoo Republicans: Don't read their lips - watch their hands.)
To: JPG
Roemer, G. Johnson, Huntsman, McCotter, aka the 2012 Presidential campaign trivia all-stars.
Seriously, gentlemen, ... You, along with Gingrich, Santorum and Paul, don’t stand a chance. Exit the stage, end the charade and go find a worthwhile endeavor. You’re clogging up the scenery.
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posted on
07/21/2011 11:37:06 AM PDT
by
ScottinVA
(As a party that gives Obama what he wants, what again is the GOP`s 2012 selling point?)
To: Lazlo in PA
At least we know who Pat Paulsen is. I had to look this guy up. What a totally unnecessary candidate.
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But he is very good at it. He has a lot of experience as a totally unnecessary governor.
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posted on
07/21/2011 11:38:45 AM PDT
by
Psalm 144
(Voodoo Republicans: Don't read their lips - watch their hands.)
To: Lazlo in PA
Buddy Roemer officially kicks off W.H. campaign ROTFLMAO! The old Rino clown couldn't get elected to a parish council if he tried.
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posted on
07/21/2011 11:41:45 AM PDT
by
The Cajun
(Palin, Free Republic, Mark Levin, Rush, Hannity......Nuff said.)
To: Lazlo in PA
At least Pat Paulsen didn't take himself seriously. Those also-rans who do and come back for repeat performances are little more than a modern-day
Harold Stassen
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posted on
07/21/2011 11:42:58 AM PDT
by
ScottinVA
(As a party that gives Obama what he wants, what again is the GOP`s 2012 selling point?)
To: Lazlo in PA
Who? Didn’t he pitch for the Cubs or something?
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posted on
07/21/2011 11:47:44 AM PDT
by
Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
("Armed forces abroad are of little value unless there is prudent counsel at home." - Cicero)
To: Lazlo in PA
He may give Thaddeus McCotter a run for the 10th spot.
To: ScottinVA
LOL. Funny you bring him up. I was about to respond to someone that Stassen had to start somewhere. Maybe this is Roemers “Get to know me” phase in the long road as the perennial candidate.
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posted on
07/21/2011 11:52:14 AM PDT
by
Lazlo in PA
(Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
To: DryFly
He also had this quote:
“As a child my family’s menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it.”
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posted on
07/21/2011 11:53:04 AM PDT
by
WOBBLY BOB
( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
To: Psalm 144
I guess it's hard to tell all of those good ol' boy Louisiana governors apart.
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posted on
07/21/2011 11:54:56 AM PDT
by
DryFly
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