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Mitch McConnell Embraces Old Enemies as Friends
ABC News ^ | May 21, 2014 | By Jeff Zeleny

Posted on 05/21/2014 2:56:46 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

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To: Eccl 10:2

“Thou shalt not speak ill of thy fellow Republican.” - Ronaldus Magnus.

Not this crap again. Reagan spoke against the GOPe all the time, especially Gerald Ford.


41 posted on 05/21/2014 9:38:29 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: Yosemitest

You just gave a great response to those who say “Vote for the rino. We’ll replace him next time.” You said “Vote against the rino. We can replace the liberal next time.” Good for you!


42 posted on 05/21/2014 9:46:18 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican
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To: bigdaddy45

Mitch made his bed.


43 posted on 05/21/2014 10:20:41 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: SoConPubbie

Oopsie !


44 posted on 05/21/2014 10:22:14 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: tennmountainman

Look folks......it’s over....McConnell will easily defeat Grimes in Kentucky come November, 2014!!! An objective review reveals that just about everyone or organization in the Republican primary, for or against McConnell....immediately after the primary vote was revealed, jumped behind Mitch McConnell with full support!!!

The Republican Party wants to win that Senate control......nothing else matters. Too bad some narrow minded Freepers do not realize that “Our very “USA” is at stake. We must hold the House and take the Senate......period!!! Every vote we can garner for these goals protects our country now and in the future to come!!! Sorry....but I want Obama and the Democrat low life totally destroyed, politically!!! End of story!!!


45 posted on 05/22/2014 4:31:18 AM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX ( My only objective is to defeat and destroy Obama & his Democrat Party, politically!!!.)
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

Organizations getting behind McConnell is one thing.
KY conservatives who were trashed by McConnell is another.
Why don’t you take the time to do the math?

KY has more registered democrat voters than the GOP.
McConnell only won his last election by 6%.
His opponent is much better than his last opponent.

And the X Factor: McConnell trashed every conservative in KY.
It won’t take but a small % of pissed off conservative KY voters
to send McConnell over to Trent Lott’s Firm.

Payback is going to be a bitch for McConnell.


46 posted on 05/22/2014 5:42:49 AM PDT by tennmountainman (Just Say No To Obamacare)
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To: bigdaddy45
The choice this November isn't only about the next USSC justice of course, it's about whether we continue -- as I have done so for decades, but never again -- to elect non-conservatives/RINOs/GOPEs and other "conservatives of convenience" who are taking our Republic down slowly or to sit back and watch as the Democrat-Socialists take it down a little more quickly.

I think faster is better if we are to save our Republic and the Constitution. This is the only way to get the attention of people who are so busy working to pay their 50 percent-plus taxes -- a big slap across the wallet ... quickly!

Of course "conservatives" like Hewitt, Medved, et al. who are focused only on short-term victories no matter how hollow, principles-wise, the victors are, together with the MSM/Democrat-Socialists who are celebrating Tuesday's results, disagree with me. So be it.

47 posted on 05/22/2014 6:03:14 AM PDT by glennaro
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To: tennmountainman

My Friend....nice try....but ur drinking far too much Kool-Aid!!! Kentucky...the entire state is just about going all “Red” come, November, 2014. Independents in Kentucky have a major say in the general....and McConnell may not be so popular in Kentucky....but Obama, the killer of USA veterans is outright hated!!!


48 posted on 05/22/2014 6:34:25 AM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX ( My only objective is to defeat and destroy Obama & his Democrat Party, politically!!!.)
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

There are not enough Bushite votes to save McConnell if KY conservatives
decide to send McConnell a message instead of back to congress.

No trying to it. Just facts.
McConnell only won by 6% in his last election.
And that is before he pissed off every conservative in KY.

We can win the other Senate races and rid ourselves of McConnell
and still be just fine.
For every action, there is an opposite and equal reaction.
My advice is to prepare yourself for the opposite and equal reaction
that is coming in KY.


49 posted on 05/22/2014 6:49:05 AM PDT by tennmountainman (Just Say No To Obamacare)
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To: tennmountainman

Friend......come November, 2014....we shall see who is right!!!


50 posted on 05/22/2014 9:10:20 AM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX ( My only objective is to defeat and destroy Obama & his Democrat Party, politically!!!.)
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

Kentucky is not as red as you think. We have had one republican governor since 1970 and he was an utter failure. When is the last time the republicans controlled the house in the legislature? They barely control the senate.

McConnell might win if he can pull enough democrat votes from the coal counties to offset the huge losses he is going to take from conservatives who set home or just don’t vote in the senate contest. This is predicated on Grimes not cutting her own throat, she is liberal and stupid, but then again so is McConnell.


51 posted on 05/22/2014 9:48:06 AM PDT by sarge83
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To: bigdaddy45

Do you honestly think that McConnell, McStain and Graham are going to deny their friends across the aisle any supreme court nominee? Did they deny Clinton any? No.

In reality you are the one cutting off your nose. You want conservatives but are willing to keep on voting for the liberals the gope trot out each election with the promise “well set things straight after we win...” When has that happened? You and the gope have preached this since 1988 and has anything changed? No.

What is the definition of insanity???


52 posted on 05/22/2014 10:04:45 AM PDT by sarge83
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To: Eccl 10:2

Remember the 11th commandment - “Thou shalt not speak ill of thy fellow Republican.” - Ronaldus Magnus

I’ll honor this commandment when the gope does. Unlike the liberals and more like Reagan I will no unilaterally surrender to their promises and piety.


53 posted on 05/22/2014 10:06:03 AM PDT by sarge83
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To: sarge83

Here’s an email I received, today.....

Friend,

As you know, my friend and colleague Mitch McConnell has just won the Kentucky Republican Primary and is poised to become the next Majority Leader of the United States Senate. Mitch has boldly led the Republicans in the Senate against Barack Obama’s liberal agenda and he needs your help to keep the fight going against Harry Reid, President Obama, and their hand-picked candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes in November. The momentum gained by Republicans here in Kentucky will allow us to fire Harry Reid, vote to repeal Obamacare, and make Mitch the next Majority Leader of the United States Senate.

With Mitch McConnell in the Senate, Kentucky is leading America. He is fighting for our Eastern Kentucky coal families against Barack Obama’s War on Coal. He is fighting for our small-business owners burdened by the crippling costs of Obamacare and high taxes. He is fighting for our middle-class families who are hurting under the failed policies of the Obama Administration. Your financial support is crucial to keep Mitch fighting for Kentucky families. Please contribute what you can to his Republican Victory Moneybomb today.

You can always count on Mitch to stand strong for our conservative principles. Not only does he have my full support, he is also endorsed by the American Conservative Union, National Right to Life, and the National Rifle Association.

My Republican colleagues in the Senate are rallying behind Mitch because we know his leadership has kept our party strong and united. Not only did he ensure every Senate Republican voted against the disaster that was Obamacare, but he has led us in the fight to repeal it and helped stop the liberals in their tracks last year when they tried to force gun control on the American people. As conservatives, we must unite around Mitch and send a strong message to the Barack Obama liberals who want to impose their values on us in Kentucky. The liberals have made him their number one target this November because they know they know he is Barack Obama’s biggest obstacle in the Senate. I am committed to backing Mitch all the way to a great Republican victory this November.

I hope you will join him now by contributing to his Republican Victory Moneybomb. While President Obama needs Alison Lundergan Grimes, Kentucky and the nation need Mitch McConnell.

Best,

Rand Paul

U.S. Senator - Kentucky

Paid For By McConnell Senate Committee 2014


So many barfable things in this BS email, that I don’t even know where to start.
NO THANKS, RAND!


54 posted on 05/22/2014 10:10:51 AM PDT by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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To: sarge83; All

Fine. Vote for Grimes. Or sit it out. If you think we’re better off with her than him, then have at it.

I’m no Mitch McConnell fan, but if you really think she’ll be better than him, you’re welcome to her.

Lets put it this way.... ONE more Republican in 2010, and we wouldn’t have Obamacare.


55 posted on 05/22/2014 10:13:20 AM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: Jane Long

I think Rand has lost any influence he once had with most conservatives.
I agree, one needs a big barf bag after reading that letter.

Conservatives in KY will decide if they send McConnell over to
Trent Lott’s Lobbying Firm or back to congress.

If I lived in KY, I know what I would do.

Help McConnell apply to Trent Lott’s Lobbying Firm.


56 posted on 05/22/2014 12:18:47 PM PDT by tennmountainman (Just Say No To Obamacare)
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To: bigdaddy45

I intend to sit out the senate race along with several other conservatives I know who have had enough of the lies from the gope. Grimes is just as bad a disaster as McConnell. Had McConnell chosen to lead the last 6 yrs. he would win in a cake walk but 30 yrs plus the last 6 have shown he’s gone native in Washington.

McConnell’s bending over and grabbing his ankles the last 6 yrs. for Harry Reid and obama are inexcusable. He didn’t even make it hard for the democrats and obama. And there were many procedural things he could have done and chose to do absolutely nothing.

A senator Grimes is all on the gope and Mitch McConnell, not conservatives.


57 posted on 05/22/2014 12:21:27 PM PDT by sarge83
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To: bigdaddy45

McConnell will need the same voters he trashed and bragged about
crushing to beat Grimes. We will find out soon enough if these voters
turn the other cheek or send McConnell and the GOPe’s a message.


58 posted on 05/22/2014 12:56:11 PM PDT by tennmountainman (Just Say No To Obamacare)
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

I have thought about it a little more.

I can see a situation developing that we all get want we want.
A Grand Bargain, so to say.

McConnell will be behind Grimes very close to the election in polls.
A couple weeks to a month before elections McConnell will announce
that he will not seek reelection as Minority/Majority leader in an attempt
to save the GOP seat.

That will be enough to turn the race back into GOP hands. Getting those
conservatives in KY who he has trashed back in the polls.

That is my final prediction. Like you said, we shall see.


59 posted on 05/22/2014 2:28:49 PM PDT by tennmountainman (Just Say No To Obamacare)
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