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Libertarian candidate drops out of Montana's U.S. Senate race to back Rosendale
helenair.com ^ | 10/31/18 | Matthew Brown

Posted on 10/31/2018 12:25:07 PM PDT by cotton1706

BILLINGS — The Libertarian candidate in Montana's U.S. Senate race has thrown his support behind Republican Matt Rosendale in response to an election mailer from an unknown group that appears aimed at undermining Rosendale's support among conservatives. Rick Breckenridge said Wednesday that he doesn't know the source of the mailer promoting him as a "true conservative" and claiming Rosendale supports using drones to spy on private citizens.

Breckenridge says it's an attempt by so-called dark money groups to influence Montana's election and he's decided that Rosendale is the best candidate to stop such efforts.

(Excerpt) Read more at helenair.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Montana
KEYWORDS: 2018election; 2018midterms; 2020election; election2018; election2020; elections; jontester; libertarian; mattrosendale; montana; mt2018; rickbreckenridge; thirdparty
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Tester's toast!
1 posted on 10/31/2018 12:25:07 PM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

Woo Hoo, this means we could toast Tester.


2 posted on 10/31/2018 12:27:24 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: cotton1706

A new dish at Montana eateries, Tester toast.


3 posted on 10/31/2018 12:28:21 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: cotton1706

Kaboom!!!!!!!!!!


4 posted on 10/31/2018 12:28:23 PM PDT by RatRipper (The Democrat Party is the party of liars, swindlers, cheats and unbridled immorality.)
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To: cotton1706

Thank you Rick Breckenridge


5 posted on 10/31/2018 12:29:35 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (They would have to abandon leftism to achieve sanity. Freeper Olog-hai)
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To: cotton1706

Wow! A Libertarian helps for once in the cause of Liberty? Amazing!


6 posted on 10/31/2018 12:29:39 PM PDT by j.havenfarm ( 1,500 posts as of 8/10/18. A FReeper since 2000; never shutting up!)
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To: cotton1706

More Libertarians should follow suit.


7 posted on 10/31/2018 12:30:06 PM PDT by Mr. Blond
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To: cotton1706

Need Commercials on this now!!!


8 posted on 10/31/2018 12:34:04 PM PDT by Democrats hate too much
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To: cotton1706

This is big news!


9 posted on 10/31/2018 12:35:37 PM PDT by tennmountainman ("Trust Sessions" Yeah Right)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Good news if the action is effective.

But knowing the contrary nature of Montanan politics, there are probably enough renegade pseudo-Libertarians out there to STILL throw the election to Tester the Teaser.


10 posted on 10/31/2018 12:35:52 PM PDT by alloysteel (In my defense, I was left unsupervised.)
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To: Mr. Blond

What % of the vote was this guy polling?

Yea, would be great if the Indiana Libertarian would pull out and back Braun.


11 posted on 10/31/2018 12:36:16 PM PDT by traderrob6
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To: cotton1706

Hmm....56 GOP Senate seats?


12 posted on 10/31/2018 12:42:34 PM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: cotton1706

“Tester’s toast!”

He’s headed for Helena handbasket!


13 posted on 10/31/2018 12:52:30 PM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: cotton1706
The Libertarian Party would be far more effective in achieving its goals if it were a club similar to the NRA.

At one time, I was very active in my state's Libertarian Party. It became clear to me that they caused more harm than good.

14 posted on 10/31/2018 12:55:34 PM PDT by wintertime (Stop treating government teachers like they are reincarnated Mother Teresas!)
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To: cotton1706

But he’s still on the ballot!!! Will people even hear about this?


15 posted on 10/31/2018 1:01:58 PM PDT by montag813
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To: wintertime

Does anyone remember a race where the Libertarian candidate tilted the election to the Republican rather than the Demoncrat?


16 posted on 10/31/2018 1:05:13 PM PDT by allblues (God is neither a Republican nor a Democrat but Satan is definitely a Democrat)
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A new dish at Montana eateries, Tester toast.

To be served alongside Rocky Mountain Oysters.

17 posted on 10/31/2018 1:06:36 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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“Tester’s toast!” He’s headed for Helena handbasket!

Partner, We can not stand that arrogant "Tester."

We hope he is toast as the U.S. Senator representing the great state of Montana.

18 posted on 10/31/2018 1:06:58 PM PDT by TheConservativeTejano (God Bless Texas...)
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To: wintertime

Got in an argument with an L not to long back.

Told him they needed to start at the bottom and capture a number of county offices. He cracked off about how many Libertarians were already elected to local offices.

Forget the exact numbers but his boast was based on something like 1 Libertarian for every 32 counties.


19 posted on 10/31/2018 1:15:07 PM PDT by PeteB570 ( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
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To: cotton1706

Great news!

WRT Libertarians, I have often thought that their best course of action would be to start at the grass roots. Build knowledge of, and confidence in, their ideals at a low level and then have better known and more competent people run for higher office after a few years. Do this in 1,000 different communities. Eventually capture a state legislature and/or a governorship, and thereby come to national prominence. Starting at the level of US Senator or President is just not going to work - even if they won, they wouldn’t have a big base of support and likely wouldn’t know what to do.

Just my $0.02.


20 posted on 10/31/2018 1:16:42 PM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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