Posted on 09/25/2014 11:33:20 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
When Pat Roberts faced a conservative primary challenge this summer, he did what most Republican senators have learned to do: turn hard right. Now, facing an unexpectedly strong independent challenge, Roberts is doubling down.
On Thursday, the three-term Kansas senator turned to tea party darling Sarah Palin to rally voters behind his flagging campaign. The former Alaska governor praised Roberts for standing with Sen. Ted Cruz a year ago during his marathon floor speech against President Obama's healthcare law, which preceded a strategy that resulted in a government shutdown.
"He [was] one of the few senators fulfilling campaign promises, doing what the American people asked him to do, standing there on the floor with Sen. Ted Cruz to do what they could to get rid of Obamacare," Palin said.
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Hatch I do not understand either. Must be some part of the story not well known. As for McCain, that was just obligatory. McCain did elevate her by picking her - and there is a kind of politeness among those in this game just like those inside any other industry. That's all the McCain thing was.
As for Roberts? She explained it, and the Cruz filibuster was a huge factor (did not remember Roberts doing that, but good for him since he did). Occams Razr. it is what it appears to be.
You know your own tag line undermines your point on this. As you state, poisons have different potencies. But for most, a little bit of it is a good thing. You know, like iron, etc.
Not a perfect analogy, but you do shoot yourself in the purist foot with that tagline. I would suggest changing it.
They all know, it’s just that they don’t care anymore.
Pat Roberts is not a squishy moderate. He is 90%+ in the ACU ratings. Roberts has never been a moderate.
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Get down off your pharisaical high horse before you further embarrass yourself or get struck by lightning. Your accusations of sodomy and murdering babies is embarrassing, and just as much of a sin as anything you mentioned....with your lies and your bitterness and your phony self righteousness and astonishing pharisee pride.
Is Jesus a purist? Yes, but he does not expect us to be....besides, He’s Lord and Savior. Last I checked, we were not electing Lord and Savior. BESIDES: I was making fun of how your own tag line trashes your main argument. I didn’t say I disagreed with you on the issues. I agree with you on the issues, but your tag line still belies your opinion.
idiot....were we talking about Mitt Romney’s campaign?????
NO!!!! Mitt lives rent free in your head. Get over it. I wrote a book about how bad of a candidate he was....so just stop this stupid line of debate.
The fact that the Democrat dropped out of the race to benefit the "independent" (who was a previous Democrat candidate) is proof enough of those shenanigans.
Roberts should be able to win this if he regains his footing. But for that bruising primary this race would not even be discussed and he would be winning with 60-70% of the vote.
It is my opinion the time to dissent, the time to fight the GOPe has come, and gone for THIS election cycle, and now it’s time to join with the organization to make a dent in the Democrat machine’s hold on power. It’s time to now vote for the one we were trying to eliminate last week, but were outspent, thus couldn’t.
The important thing now is to eliminate the stranglehold the Democrat Party has on this Republic, and work to change it back to the Shining City on The Hill Reagan so eloquently described her.
We fought for what was right, but couldn’t win all we wanted, but now it’s time to vanquish the enemy of the Republic, so let’s join the battle to do just that, and come back later to right the other problems we know must be repaired.
In her endorsement of Hatch, in particular, she made specific reference to his decades-long fight for a balanced budget amendment.
Palin is a very specific endorser. With Roberts, she mentions him standing with Cruz against Obamacare.
There is always a specific reason when Palin endorses.
I would advise always reading her entire endorsement, because she will usually lay the reasons right out with precision.
Thanks for the info on the Hatch endorsement. Refresh my memory, who was Hatch running against at the time?
Stop making sense. The RINO lovers hate facts. RINOs = Liberal Democrats. They’ll twist their panties in a knot to vote for Liberals.
Like little infantile liberals, you have to lie about those you are debating to make yourself feel a phony superiority. You are an embarrassment, intellectually and morally. You believe a few right things, but you don't walk the walk at all....
I did a little quick research: according to Hot Air, a decent source, Hatch’s opponent had no chance of winning the primary or general - and Hatch’s over all record is not awful. Not great, especially from a state like Utah, but not awful.
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