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We Need to Ritually Sacrifice a Squish GOP Senator to Encourage the Others
Town Hall ^ | 9 Dec 2024 | Kurt Schlichter

Posted on 12/10/2024 7:27:05 PM PST by Rummyfan

There is a wonderful and salutatory effect to publicly posting a head on a pike for all to see. Now, after the hideous leftist celebration of the murder of that executive from an unpopular industry, it’s necessary – for the benefit of dumb and disingenuous people who will cry about this imagery – to make clear that this is not to be taken literally. It is to be taken figuratively. That is, we in the America First movement must figuratively post the head of at least one hack GOP establishment senator at the summit of Capitol Hill during the 2026 cycle. The real question is who we’re going to make an example of.

Now, I’m old enough to remember when there were a whole bunch of soft Republicans in the Senate. There are far fewer today than they used to be, believe it or not. About 16 years ago – how time flies when you are reforming the Republican Party – the Tea Party movement started up and shook up Washington. It was a direct response to the continued failure of the business-as-usual, managed-decline Republican Party. The establishment told us that we couldn’t ever change things. We had to vote Republican, no matter how bad the Republicans were, and keep our mouths shut. All we were were mere voters; it wasn’t like we mattered. But you know what? We did matter. We mattered hard. And we posted some heads on pikes.

Rand Paul didn’t just show up. Mike Lee didn’t just show up. Ted Cruz didn’t just show up. No, that was us. We changed things in the Senate. We beat unbeatable incumbents. We won unwinnable primaries. And we made it known that we expect conservatism from our alleged conservatives.

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KEYWORDS: bloggers; gopestablishment; rino; rinos; schlichter; senate; squish; uniparty
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I nominate Susan Collins or Lisa Murkowski. Or both!
1 posted on 12/10/2024 7:27:05 PM PST by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

Pick someone who could be replaced by a better Republican.

The replacement for Collins, if you beat her, will be a communist.


2 posted on 12/10/2024 7:29:38 PM PST by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et de phrases)
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To: Rummyfan

Murk.

As Bongino points out, you won’t get a better replacement from Maine. You will in Alaska.


3 posted on 12/10/2024 7:30:16 PM PST by Uncle Miltie ("Israel will just have to ... kill more Christians” - FR's own "nitzy")
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To: Rummyfan
Murkowski. She ain't a republican anyway.
4 posted on 12/10/2024 7:33:35 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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To: Rummyfan

Collins is the BEST we can hope for in Blue Maine.
Murkowski is the WORST we can imagine in Red Alaska.

Pretty easy choice.


5 posted on 12/10/2024 7:41:52 PM PST by BobL
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To: Rummyfan

Thanks, Kurt Schlichter, for such an informative (and cleverly penned) article.


6 posted on 12/10/2024 8:10:14 PM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston ChurchIill)
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To: Rummyfan

Why stop at just one? As long as RINOs remain the future outlook for the Republican party remains dim. Should’ve happened a long time ago, and there would have been more progress by now.


7 posted on 12/10/2024 8:14:50 PM PST by rottweiller_inc (inter canem et lupum)
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To: Rummyfan

Cornyn, please.


8 posted on 12/10/2024 8:21:46 PM PST by AustinBill (consequence is what makes our choices real)
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To: Uncle Miltie
Way back in ’67, William F. Buckley Jr. told interviewer Bill Barry how to pick among candidates in a Republican primary: “I’d be for the most right, viable candidate who could win.”
9 posted on 12/10/2024 9:21:07 PM PST by lasereye
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To: Rummyfan

That, too, would work for me.


10 posted on 12/10/2024 9:24:10 PM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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“I’d be for the most right, viable candidate who could win.”

The ‘who could win’ is important. I’m not sure winning is a big priority for some Freepers. Virtue signaling seems more important, and there are those that just hate the Republican party and are ok with Dems winning.


11 posted on 12/10/2024 9:42:09 PM PST by Roadrunner383
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To: Rummyfan
Joni Ernst

12 posted on 12/10/2024 9:44:07 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Roadrunner383

Keep that in mind as you feel the frustration as RINOs like Susan Collins who block you right at the last minute.


13 posted on 12/10/2024 10:29:33 PM PST by rottweiller_inc (inter canem et lupum)
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To: Rummyfan

We don’t want to get rid of Collins. She’s in a blue state and would very likely just be replaced by a Democrat. What we need to get rid of are RINO squishes from reliable Red States. People like Joni Ernst in Iowa, Thom Tillis in North Carolina, Jon Cornyn in Texas. All of these are up for re-election in 2026. They all need to be primaried and purged.


14 posted on 12/11/2024 12:22:57 AM PST by FLT-bird
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Nice take. Deserves a repeat:

We need to get rid of RINO squishes from reliable Red States,
up for re-election in 2026. They need to be primaried and purged.
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<><> Joni Ernst in Iowa,
<><>Thom Tillis in North Carolina,
<><>Jon Cornyn in Texas.


15 posted on 12/11/2024 1:27:12 AM PST by Liz (As West Texas ranchers occasionally say: “THAT boy had one too many years of college.”)
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Cornyn-Paxton
Ernst-Charlie Kirk
Tillis-Lara Trump.

All would be high profile challengers that would light the fire even if unsuccessful. DeSantis SHOULD NOT appoint Lara to succeed Rubio.


16 posted on 12/11/2024 3:30:59 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Lara is from NC——she’s a perfect fit for that state.


17 posted on 12/11/2024 4:00:07 AM PST by Liz (As West Texas ranchers occasionally say: “THAT boy had one too many years of college.”)
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To: Liz

Great post. The thread needs to be distributed far and wide.


18 posted on 12/11/2024 7:01:08 AM PST by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: BobL

I’m thinking of a three pronged attack against the Kow, Cornphone and Easy Ernst. You knock two out of three out with true Republican senators it sends a message.


19 posted on 12/11/2024 7:12:06 AM PST by sarge83
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To: Rummyfan

Cornyn.


20 posted on 12/11/2024 9:24:34 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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