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Mary Matalin, Republican Strategist & Pundit, Changes Political Parties (let the RINO purge begin!)
NY Times ^ | May 5 2016

Posted on 05/05/2016 6:20:44 PM PDT by drewh

Mary Matalin, a high-profile political pundit and veteran strategist for the Republican Party, changed her party registration to Libertarian from Republican, she said on Thursday.

But in an interview with Bloomberg, which reported on the switch, she emphasized that her decision was not connected to Donald J. Trump’s being the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.

She described herself as a voter as a “provisional Trump” and a “never Hillary,” referring to the leading Democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton.

Pressed on Thursday about why she switched political parties, Ms. Matalin told Bloomberg Politics that she was a Republican in the “Jeffersonian, Madisonian sense.”

“I’m not a Republican for a party or a person,” she continued. “The Libertarian Party represents those constitutional principles that I agree with.” Of Mr. Trump, Ms. Matalin said she liked his attitude and what she knew of his economic policies, adding: “I just don’t know enough. I think not only could he win, I think he could win in a landslide if he would stop his high school boy antics with women; otherwise he’s going to force suburban women to Hillary.”

She said conservatives were angry after two successive presidential elections in which they lost and with what appeared to be no response from Washington as the party was “falling apart.”

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TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: carville; marymatalin; matalin; notconservative; politicalwhore; realignment; sleepswithenemy; thirdparty
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81 posted on 05/06/2016 12:04:54 AM PDT by wardaddy (ill buy the bodybags)
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To: AuntB

No kidding

Married to a democrat of today....never

I don’t think I could even copulate with an ultra hot one like a goofy actress

It’s just harsh a divide now


82 posted on 05/06/2016 12:07:38 AM PDT by wardaddy (ill buy the bodybags)
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To: drewh

I lost all respect for her when she married the scumbag.


83 posted on 05/06/2016 3:55:41 AM PDT by stockpirate (Rush is a low information talk show host concerning Ted sCruz and Marco foamboy Rubio.)
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To: Bryan24

Yup, a bazooka would revolutionize it. Or, a line from Vietnam: “We had to burn the village to save it.”


84 posted on 05/06/2016 5:33:48 AM PDT by StAntKnee (Add your own danged sarc tag)
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To: WENDLE

We won a great battle, but the war goes on. They have always controlled the party and always will.

I hope Trump is a solid POTUS. He still has to endure a billion dollars of negative ads. If anyone can do it, he can.


85 posted on 05/06/2016 6:05:41 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (BREAKING.... Vulgarian Resistance begins attack on the GOPe Death Star.....)
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To: onyx
....I think not only could he win, I think he could win in a landslide if he would stop his high school boy antics with women;

True Mary sort of sealed her fate when she joined forces with the serpent head.But she does make a good point above,I still think Trump will win in a landslide.

86 posted on 05/06/2016 8:15:09 AM PDT by rodguy911 (The U.S.A.: home of the frre becasue of the brave--Go Palin/Donald)
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To: Pic7

She was removed from the Bush campaign. I saw her and Cueball on TV bitching about it and Cueball saying how stupid they were for dropping her. They dropped her BECAUSE she was married to a scum liberal.

Now, Cheney must have hired her later. That shows me Cheney’s lack of judgment. I wouldn’t want anyone working for me who shared secrets with an enemy. And Carville IS an enemy.


87 posted on 05/06/2016 11:40:55 AM PDT by VerySadAmerican (Never held a job in the private sector;never met a payroll,never created a job - CRUZ! Conservative!)
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