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Why Bob Vander Plaats chose Cruz over Trump, Rubio, Carson
The Des Moines Register
| December 10, 2015
| Jennifer Jacobs
Posted on 12/10/2015 4:45:52 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Link only due to copyright issues:
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2015/12/10/why-bob-vander-plaats-chose-ted-cruz-over-donald-trump-marco-rubio-ben-carson/77087998/
TOPICS: Florida; Iowa; New York; Texas; Campaign News; Issues; Parties
KEYWORDS: 2016election; bencarson; cruz; election2016; evangelicals; florida; iowa; jebbush; marcorubio; newyork; tedcruz; texas; trump
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posted on
12/10/2015 4:46:17 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Because Cruz is an Evangelical Protestant while Rubio is a Catholic, Carson is a Seventh Day Adventist, and Trump is a functional atheist who suddenly remembered he was raised a nominal Christian a few weeks ago?
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posted on
12/10/2015 4:47:40 PM PST
by
wideawake
To: wideawake
Santorum was a Catholic when he got the nod.
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posted on
12/10/2015 4:49:19 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
To: wideawake
LOL
Vander Plaats was a bit more diplomatic about it.
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posted on
12/10/2015 4:49:35 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Van der Putz endorsed Santorum in 2012, and it was critical to Rick securing the GOP nomination. Oh wait...
(Yep, it means absolutely nothing)
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posted on
12/10/2015 4:50:03 PM PST
by
montag813
To: 2ndDivisionVet
That's a very good point, because Huckabee was in the running too then, wasn't he?
Anyway, the link paywalls me, so now I can't find out the reporter's answer.
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posted on
12/10/2015 4:51:15 PM PST
by
wideawake
To: 2ndDivisionVet
This was a great article. Well worth the read.
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posted on
12/10/2015 4:51:56 PM PST
by
conservativejoy
(Pray Hard, Work Hard, Trust God,,,, We can elect Ted Cruz!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I voted for Santorum last time. The race was down to Romney, Santorum and Gingrich by the time the race rolled around and Gingrich was effectively out of it by then.
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posted on
12/10/2015 4:52:42 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
No, I’m wrong. Perry and Bachman were the Evangelicals in 2012.
To: montag813
This is a very big deal in Iowa. The winner of Iowa doesn’t necessarily become the nominee, but the losers usually quickly drop out.
To: wideawake
Why lie? Trump is not very religious but he’s no atheist. He was raised a Presbyterian. Being a lousy churchgoer does not an atheist make.
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posted on
12/10/2015 5:02:12 PM PST
by
miss marmelstein
(Richard the Third: I like to destroy the Turks (Moslims))
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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>> “So he’s still viewed as that outside candidate who really knows how this thing works and what needs to be changed” <<
Precisely!
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posted on
12/10/2015 5:05:22 PM PST
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: montag813
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Don’t you ever tire of being a worthless, empty troll?
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posted on
12/10/2015 5:07:01 PM PST
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: montag813
Van der Putz endorsed Santorum in 2012, and it was critical to Rick securing the GOP nomination. Oh wait...Santorum won Iowa in 2012. Iowa is important because it has picked the GOP nominee two out of the last four times.
I think Cruz at this point would take those odds.
To: miss marmelstein
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Trump’s expressed views so completely plasticise the gospel that he effectively is an atheist.
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posted on
12/10/2015 5:08:53 PM PST
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: montag813
Did Sweater Vest have tens of millions in the bank to follow-through on the Iowa win?
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posted on
12/10/2015 5:09:48 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
To: wideawake
Hehe...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-uNflKNJDY
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posted on
12/10/2015 5:10:09 PM PST
by
Osage Orange
(Bill Clinton the pervert between the two Bushes..........)
To: miss marmelstein
And you know this beyond a doubt...........?
I know many CINO's.....
Don't attend church.
Don't tithe.
Don't pray.
Don't mention God.
Don't do a lot of things you might think...a Christian might do.
I've been there.....I know.
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posted on
12/10/2015 5:14:24 PM PST
by
Osage Orange
(Bill Clinton the pervert between the two Bushes..........)
To: editor-surveyor
Don’t you ever tire of being a worthless, empty troll? Not a troll. I just think Iowa is a joke, and Vander Putz is a bigger joke, having had dealings with him in the past. I have been saying this for the past 3 cycles here on FR. Iowa has no business having such an outsized influence on the presidential race.
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