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Is it true that McConnell tanked Senate races by not funding candidates like Masters?
Twitter ^ | 11/12/2022 | Luke Rosiak

Posted on 11/13/2022 1:32:32 PM PST by Zhang Fei

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To: DoughtyOne

[LOL

You’re flailing.]


You’re projecting. You come up with unsupported claims and say “look, a squirrel” when asked for details. That’s flailing.


41 posted on 11/13/2022 3:20:18 PM PST by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room)
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To: Zhang Fei
So, this is a nevertrump, Trump attack thread, disguised as a mcconnel/GOPe rino attack thread?

Get people to click on the thread, then go after all the problems with Trump....

Pretty clever trolling of bait, there!

freerepublic is going to be impossible to read after Trump announces :-(

42 posted on 11/13/2022 3:27:06 PM PST by backpacker_c ( )
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To: Zhang Fei; DoughtyOne

with that last name of yours sounding like its pseudo chinese... Perhaps you are a person who would truly love china mitch.
I am not, we are not.
He and the GOPe can and should rot... as far as I am concerned.


the hater of both the tea party and maga movements ... and the leader of opposition within our own house politically... the award goes to a three way tie:
1. china mitch (smallwell did fang fang, but mitch married her)
2. Frank the Luntz McCarthy (and last but not least)
3. (co)Rona McRomney...


43 posted on 11/13/2022 3:28:37 PM PST by MIA_eccl1212 (When the bad guys have leverage they use it)
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To: backpacker_c
freerepublic is going to be impossible to read after Trump announces

it's rapidly approaching that now ...
44 posted on 11/13/2022 3:31:00 PM PST by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: Zhang Fei

You’re saying what I said was untrue.

Prove it you desperate GOPe stooge.

Bitch? Is that you?

Trump helped oust a number of RINOs.

How many did Bitch oust?

How many did the Republican House leadership oust?

Have you ever heard of Liz Cheney? Obviously not.

She was only one of a lot of RINOs sent packing.

Up until the general election nobody was claiming all the replacements
were RINOs.

Oz and a very few others were highly suspect, but by and large folks were
Happy with the replacements.

Where were you?


45 posted on 11/13/2022 3:32:08 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the U S of A, and the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: MIA_eccl1212

the 3 McStooges


46 posted on 11/13/2022 3:33:51 PM PST by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: backpacker_c

[So, this is a nevertrump, Trump attack thread, disguised as a mcconnel/GOPe rino attack thread?

Get people to click on the thread, then go after all the problems with Trump....

Pretty clever trolling of bait, there!

freerepublic is going to be impossible to read after Trump announces :-( ]


This is a post mortem. Participants are throwing in their two cents. The principal culprit is Blake Masters. The secondary culprits are Lindsey Graham (federalized abortion ban) and Rick Scott (Social Security cuts). All others are bit players. At issue is the relative importance of the bit players. Some say McConnell. Others say Trump.

Ultimately, the biggest loser is Masters. He got people backing him with almost $70m and still choked. That’s on him. He let his supporters down, and there’s no getting around that.


47 posted on 11/13/2022 3:34:03 PM PST by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room)
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To: MIA_eccl1212

Good points on Mitch.

He sure did hate both those groups huh.


48 posted on 11/13/2022 3:36:27 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the U S of A, and the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: Zhang Fei

Paul Ryan, is that you?

You’re an idiot lacking an ability to grasp reality.


49 posted on 11/13/2022 3:38:26 PM PST by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
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To: DoughtyOne

[You’re saying what I said was untrue.

Prove it you desperate GOPe stooge.

Bitch? Is that you?

Trump helped oust a number of RINOs.]


Keep flailing. Name the people in marginal areas that Trump’s picks turned from blue to red.


50 posted on 11/13/2022 3:38:45 PM PST by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room)
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To: Zhang Fei

Scott and Graham are Democrats


51 posted on 11/13/2022 3:38:59 PM PST by Fledermaus (It's time to get rid of the Three McStooges; Mitch, Kevin and Ronna!)
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To: backpacker_c

It’s been difficult to read for a while. Between the Trump Cult and the Putin Cult, just about every thread is a mess.


52 posted on 11/13/2022 3:42:03 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: DoughtyOne

They’re doing it on their own despite us, but it could hav happened faster and earlier if we had actually reached out…not condescendingly, but just as we would do to any other voter. But being told that it wasn’t worth the effort for GOP headquarters to send out election materials to be used in black neighborhoods - which the GOP had written off long ago, apparently - was not only absolutely dumb but more than a little racist, IMHO.

The concerns of black people are the same as the concerns of white or Hispanic or Asian or any Americans … a good life, freedom to carry out their dreams, a peaceful world in which to do it and build a future for their children.

The GOP has got to remember the dream.


53 posted on 11/13/2022 3:44:34 PM PST by livius
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To: Zhang Fei

Not going to do your leg work you pathetic shill.


54 posted on 11/13/2022 3:44:47 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the U S of A, and the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: livius

Yes, very good point and I didn’t mean to short-change it. I did though.

The materials should have been out there right away.

I will say that might have been dicey in some neighborhoods.


55 posted on 11/13/2022 3:47:52 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the U S of A, and the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: Vermont Lt

[It’s been difficult to read for a while. Between the Trump Cult and the Putin Cult, just about every thread is a mess.]


Blake Masters had ~$70m at his disposal. Not as much as his opponent did, but enough to mount a decent ad campaign and build a GOTV operation. That he fell flat on his face suggests that this guy isn’t cut out for big time politics.

NY’s Lee Zeldin got less than half of what Masters did in a much more expensive media market. He got within 6 points of Kathy Hochul - in a state Cuomo had previously won by over 20 points. Whereas Kelly beat McSally by 2 points previously. Kelly is beating Masters by 6 points at last count.

Bottom line - Masters simply has no idea how to run an election campaign. It was a mistake to have a complete novice run for this Senate seat, given the stakes.


56 posted on 11/13/2022 3:54:43 PM PST by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room)
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To: DoughtyOne

[Not going to do your leg work you pathetic shill.]


Still flailing away. That’s what happens when you’ve got nothing. Catharsis is good for the soul. It’s not, however, a substitute for empirical data.


57 posted on 11/13/2022 3:56:30 PM PST by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room)
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To: Zhang Fei

You never had any.

You just spouted untruths to trash Trump.

I didn’t let you get away with it.

If you’ve got nothing more, and you obviously don’t, I leave you to wallow in
the crap you lined your nest with.


58 posted on 11/13/2022 4:05:50 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the U S of A, and the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: livius

[They’re doing it on their own despite us, but it could hav happened faster and earlier if we had actually reached out…not condescendingly, but just as we would do to any other voter. But being told that it wasn’t worth the effort for GOP headquarters to send out election materials to be used in black neighborhoods - which the GOP had written off long ago, apparently - was not only absolutely dumb but more than a little racist, IMHO.

The concerns of black people are the same as the concerns of white or Hispanic or Asian or any Americans … a good life, freedom to carry out their dreams, a peaceful world in which to do it and build a future for their children.

The GOP has got to remember the dream.]


An interest sidelight relates to comparative performance in the GOP. Oz kicked Mastriano’s butt despite being a carpetbagger. Oz lost by 4% - Mastriano by 14%. And Mastriano’s the one with political experience. Overall, I’d have to say if Oz and Masters had been experienced politicians, if only for 1 term, instead of complete novices, there’s a good chance they would have won this outing. The road not taken ...


59 posted on 11/13/2022 4:06:35 PM PST by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room)
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To: DoughtyOne

[You never had any.

You just spouted untruths to trash Trump.

I didn’t let you get away with it.

If you’ve got nothing more, and you obviously don’t, I leave you to wallow in
the crap you lined your nest with.]


For someone who used to love data, you seem to be allergic to it now. I suppose habits change. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, of course.


60 posted on 11/13/2022 4:08:53 PM PST by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room)
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