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We All Need Moderate Republicans
RealClearPolitics ^ | August 27, 2013 | Froma Harrop

Posted on 08/27/2013 5:43:21 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: Caipirabob

They’re like that team the Harlem Globetrotters “play” against.


41 posted on 08/27/2013 6:19:39 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I aim to raise a million plus for Gov. Palin. What'll you do?.)
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To: Eric Blair 2084

Actually, MLK WAS a Republican till JFK made him a deal that included him switching. Don’t forget, R’s were the party of Lincoln, and of civil rights. It wasn’t till the 60’s that evil totalitarian wannabe Dems stole that mantle, and they claim it dishonestly to this day.


42 posted on 08/27/2013 6:21:32 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Anybody want a moderately competent surgeon? How about a moderately faithful spouse? Do you want a moderately honest bookkeeper for your business? A moderately fresh piece of fish?

Moderation is not always a good thing.


43 posted on 08/27/2013 6:23:49 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
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To: Maceman
It is a damn poor mind indeed which can't think of at least two ways to spell any word. - Andrew Jackson.

/johnny

44 posted on 08/27/2013 6:36:17 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Today’s moderate Republican is yesterdays’s democrat.
Today’s democrat is yesterday’s communist.


45 posted on 08/27/2013 6:41:31 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
New England used to send lots of moderate Republicans to Washington. No more, and it's not because there aren't attractive Republican candidates. It's because the ones representing liberal-to-moderate regions became scapegoats at which party extremists directed their primal screams.

No, they're not elected anymore, because they run as Democrat Lite candidates, and since the Democrat is usually the one with seniority, voters don't feel the need to change, if both candidates are virtually the same.

46 posted on 08/27/2013 6:45:12 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: SuziQ

I do not see the appeal of liberal Republicans. We don’t like them for obvious reasons but why would a liberal vote for them when they could vote for a Democrat instead?


47 posted on 08/27/2013 7:02:27 PM PDT by ReformationFan
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To: Eric Blair 2084

JFK sound well to the right of Mitt Romney here-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEdXrfIMdiU


48 posted on 08/27/2013 7:04:27 PM PDT by ReformationFan
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What good is a majority if they do NOTHING to repeal the hundreds of liberal programs? All they do is delay socialism or walk it a litter slower.


49 posted on 08/27/2013 7:12:52 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the people. T Jefferson)
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To: Mastador1

There are some of us out here, it is just hard to get noticed and funding against a 20yr incumbent that talks a great story but votes about 50% Conservative by several published scorecards.

By the way, I am up against a deadline of 30 Sept for fundraising in order to “qualify” for endorsement by several conservative groups. I’m working very hard to have a good 3rd Quarter FEC filing.


50 posted on 08/27/2013 7:38:51 PM PDT by LTC.Ret (You'd think I would know better than to volunteer!!! www.sendmetocongress.us)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Totally agree. What good is a Doctor who just bandages your cancer so you don’t see it as much???


51 posted on 08/27/2013 7:45:53 PM PDT by LTC.Ret (You'd think I would know better than to volunteer!!! www.sendmetocongress.us)
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To: DemforBush

Angle was not a disaster. Election eve, she was several points ahead in the polls. The fraud was huge.


52 posted on 08/27/2013 7:53:05 PM PDT by erkelly (Never underestimate the stupidity of the stupid party!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Has anyone in the MSM ever used the expression “moderate Democrats”? Why is the qualifier “moderate” exclusively applied to Republicans? Is it to suggest that the typical Republican is “immoderate,” and hence just a little bit crazy? Of course.


53 posted on 08/27/2013 8:08:24 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
We All Need Moderate Republicans

Froma, nothing personal, but do you have a mouse in your pocket?

Or as Tonto once said to the Lone Ranger, "what do you mean 'we,' white man?

54 posted on 08/27/2013 9:27:12 PM PDT by publius911 (Look for the Union label, then buy something else.)
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55 posted on 08/28/2013 2:06:18 AM PDT by mirkwood
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To: ReformationFan; SuzyQ

” I do not see the appeal of liberal Republicans. We don’t like them for obvious reasons but why would a liberal vote for them when they could vote for a Democrat instead?”

See Romney


56 posted on 08/28/2013 10:57:21 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (The only people in the world who fear Obama are American citizens. KILL THE BILL!)
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