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Ex-Seal Announces GOP run for MA Senate Seat
Breitbart ^ | 2/12/2013 | Mike Flynn

Posted on 02/13/2013 5:44:40 AM PST by SueRae

Former Navy Seal Gabriel Gomez has announced his intention to run in the special election to fill the vacancy left by John Kerry. A private-equity investor, Gomez now has until the end of the month to collect the 10,000 signatures necessary to get on the ballot. If successful, we would face state Rep. Dan Winslow, a former Romney staffer, in the primary April 30th.

“As I look at Washington," Gomez said in a public statement, "I see a lot of unproductive noise and bickering, and I see two parties attacking each other at all times over every issue. I see gridlock; I see a partisan atmosphere where very few are willing to work together.”

“In my military career, at the U.S. Naval Academy, as a Navy aircraft carrier pilot and as a Navy SEAL, I learned one thing above all else — serving others is more important than being served," he added.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: gabrielgomez; gopprimary; ma2013; massachusetts; veteran
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One to watch. I wish him well.
1 posted on 02/13/2013 5:44:47 AM PST by SueRae
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I see a partisan atmosphere where very few are willing to work together

If he really thinks that, he should stay home

3 posted on 02/13/2013 5:57:31 AM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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A pilot and a SEAL?
4 posted on 02/13/2013 6:03:40 AM PST by wastedyears (I'm a gamer not because I choose to have no life, but because I choose to have many.)
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“I see gridlock”...

...and that gridlock would be one of the few things that could help save the republic. Get lost.


5 posted on 02/13/2013 6:06:29 AM PST by albie (`)
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To: SueRae

I agree, we sure dont need another “experienced politician” in there... I for one will give him the benefit of the doubt. If he is good enough to be a SEAL, he is good enough to be a Senator.


6 posted on 02/13/2013 6:09:50 AM PST by wyowolf
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Reminds me of the “moderate” Hussein Heads who blame “both sides” while voting Democrat.


7 posted on 02/13/2013 6:11:39 AM PST by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: treetopsandroofs

Yep.


10 posted on 02/13/2013 6:14:14 AM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: wastedyears

A piot and a Seal and ,may I add, drop dead handsome.

I saw him the first time, many years ago, at the local supermarket and thought good Lord who is that guy. My daughter knows him and his family but to be honest I don’t know how Conservative he is. I don’t like the let’s just get along attitude. It sure didn’t help Scott Brown.


11 posted on 02/13/2013 6:19:45 AM PST by surrey
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To: Abbeville Conservative

IF he truly is a SEAL, I would count that pretty highly in my book, I have read several books by various SEAL members, not a bad one in the lot. YMMY


12 posted on 02/13/2013 6:23:13 AM PST by wyowolf
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To: surrey

Your daughter should marry him and be a future First Lady.


13 posted on 02/13/2013 6:31:36 AM PST by FreeAtlanta (bahits.com)
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To: SueRae

Sadly this accomplished American Patriot will get stomped by some Democrat hack who promises free heating oil to the masses and televised public floggings of bankers.


14 posted on 02/13/2013 6:32:11 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Abbeville Conservative

Another Navy pilot Juan McCain doesn’t like partisanship either!


15 posted on 02/13/2013 6:33:12 AM PST by zerosix (Native sunflower)
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2 words,..............Jesse Ventura. Just a reminder that everyone that wears the uniform isn't the best we can do. McCain isn't a SEAL, but you get the idea.

Wearing a uniform is a plus in my book, but it doesn't automatically mean your the best candidate.

16 posted on 02/13/2013 6:38:37 AM PST by chuckles
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To: Abbeville Conservative

John Kerry? Really? On which side?


17 posted on 02/13/2013 6:51:01 AM PST by Straight8
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To: SueRae

Could be following in the footsteps of Jeff Beatty. Should study that campaign and do something different.

Not a Seal, but Beatty was Delta Force. He got 31% of the vote against Kerry.


18 posted on 02/13/2013 6:52:17 AM PST by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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“work together”

How naive.


19 posted on 02/13/2013 6:56:09 AM PST by CodeToad (Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off.)
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“Let me remind you that John Kerry and Colin Powell have military experience. It means zero.”

And Traitor John Glenn!


20 posted on 02/13/2013 7:59:00 AM PST by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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