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2022 Gubernatorial Election: After Action Review
The Epoch Times ^ | Doug Mastriano

Posted on 01/19/2023 7:23:47 AM PST by TakebackGOP

"We received nothing from the Republican National Committee (RNC), nothing from the Republican Governor’s Association (RGA), and nothing from the many conservative PACs across the country—including the Pennsylvania PAC that had previously threatened to turn its back."

"The third important and immediate change we must make is to adjust our attitude toward mail-in voting. If we plan on winning statewide offices, we have no choice but to embrace this method of voting. Our Nov. 8 win, among election day voters, was wiped away by the hundreds of thousands of mail–in votes Democrats secured before a single vote was cast on election day. If we take away anything of value from the pain of 2022, it should be that this is not a time for blame. Our causes demand more of us than that. It’s a time to let wide-eyed honesty move us to do what we must so that we can learn to fight together."

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


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I don't agree with everything he says. He should have talked about the RNC not funding him, and he is embracing mail-in ballots voting now?
1 posted on 01/19/2023 7:23:47 AM PST by TakebackGOP
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To: TakebackGOP
I don't like mail-in ballot voting, however those are the rules the Dems play by.

If you want to win, you have to beat them at their own game.

2 posted on 01/19/2023 7:27:58 AM PST by Tommy Revolts
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To: TakebackGOP

Election integrity is a myth now. He is supporting the old soviet system developed under Stalin.
1. Everyone must vote.
2. But we’ll do the counting.
Keeps up appearances while guaranteeing the outcome.


3 posted on 01/19/2023 7:32:16 AM PST by Avoiding_Sulla (You can't tell where we're going if you don't know where we've been)
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To: TakebackGOP
I wish this loser would just disappear. He may have been the single worst candidate in the U.S. for any major political office in the 2022 election cycle. I'm surprised the guy even managed to get 40% of the vote.

I can point to three features of his campaign that gave every indication that he was destined for a humiliating defeat:

1. His refusal to speak to the mainstream media. I know the MSM is the enemy. But they have an audience, and any coverage of a campaign amounts to free advertising. Who came up with this brilliant idea for a major campaign?

2. That "Desert Storm Veteran" hat. The first time I saw his website photo with that stupid hat on earlier in 2022, I knew this guy was toast. Desert Storm was more than 30 years ago, dude ... and hardly anyone even remembers it. And very few voters are impressed with that anymore. Importantly, he didn't need to appeal to veterans, who were going to vote for him overwhelmingly anyway. This speaks to a bigger issue in his campaign that I'll address below in Item #3.

3. Turning his political campaign into a religious crusade. I have the utmost respect for dedicated Christians ... but, my heavens -- most American voters in large urban areas are completely turned off by that overt religiosity in politics. They find it weird at best and off-putting in most cases. This goes to the bigger point I mentioned above: I never saw any aspect of Mastriano's campaign that was aimed at attracting a single voter who wasn't already a dedicated supporter.

Please go away, Doug.

4 posted on 01/19/2023 7:35:31 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("It's midnight in Manhattan. This is no time to get cute; it's a mad dog's promenade.")
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... and he is embracing mail-in ballots voting now?

He always embraced them. As a state senator, he voted for the Pennsylvania law that enabled mail-in voting.

5 posted on 01/19/2023 7:36:38 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("It's midnight in Manhattan. This is no time to get cute; it's a mad dog's promenade.")
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He should have talked about the RNC not funding him, and he is embracing mail-in ballots voting now?

Not embracing, but just accepting the hard reality that there is no way that mail-in voting can be repealed with Shapiro as governor and the Dems running the House of Representatives in Harrisburg.

6 posted on 01/19/2023 7:42:23 AM PST by Timber Rattler ("To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire)
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To: Alberta's Child

You are a kook Alberta. Get out of this thread.


7 posted on 01/19/2023 7:43:02 AM PST by TakebackGOP
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To: Alberta's Child
I'm surprised the guy even managed to get 40% of the vote.

Which makes you part of the problem.

8 posted on 01/19/2023 7:43:03 AM PST by Timber Rattler ("To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire)
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To: Tommy Revolts

Maybe, but he should have before he ran.


9 posted on 01/19/2023 7:44:02 AM PST by TakebackGOP
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To: TakebackGOP

Ronna failed


10 posted on 01/19/2023 7:44:38 AM PST by Nifster (OI see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: Timber Rattler

I don’t know if that is true, but we had a Dem gov in 2020 and 2021.


11 posted on 01/19/2023 7:55:39 AM PST by TakebackGOP
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To: TakebackGOP

This guy was worse than Bill Simon in Calif-2002.


12 posted on 01/19/2023 7:56:48 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Timber Rattler
... but just accepting the hard reality that there is no way that mail-in voting can be repealed with Shapiro as governor and the Dems running the House of Representatives in Harrisburg.

The mail-in voting law was passed in PA by the legislature when both houses were controlled by Republicans.

Why would anyone expect it to be "repealed" even if the GOP controlled every elected seat in the Pennsylvania government?

13 posted on 01/19/2023 7:57:51 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("It's midnight in Manhattan. This is no time to get cute; it's a mad dog's promenade.")
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Which makes you part of the problem.

Stop the pathetic whining. I VOTED FOR HIM.

14 posted on 01/19/2023 7:58:34 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("It's midnight in Manhattan. This is no time to get cute; it's a mad dog's promenade.")
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To: Alberta's Child

Yours was a hollow vote since you did nothing else to help him. Just complain and tear him down.


15 posted on 01/19/2023 8:09:47 AM PST by Timber Rattler ("To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire)
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To: Timber Rattler
... since you did nothing else to help him.

Like what?

16 posted on 01/19/2023 8:11:07 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("It's midnight in Manhattan. This is no time to get cute; it's a mad dog's promenade.")
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