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The winner of the GOP campaign: Washington
The Washington Post ^
| 2011-12-02
| Dana Milbank
Posted on 12/04/2011 1:55:19 PM PST by rabscuttle385
The first votes of the Republican primary season don’t come until next month, but we already know how it’s going to turn out: Washington will win, again.
It may be Mitt Romney or it may be Newt Gingrich, but from the point of view of this town, it doesn’t matter: Neither poses a threat to our way of life. Our hometown industry — a commission-based economy in which the local citizenry helps the powerful get what they want from a too-big government — will survive.
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TOPICS: Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biggovernment; lping
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It may be Mitt Romney or it may be Newt Gingrich, but from the point of view of this town, it doesn’t matter: Neither poses a threat to our way of life. Our hometown industry — a commission-based economy in which the local citizenry helps the powerful get what they want from a too-big government — will survive.
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posted on
12/04/2011 1:58:41 PM PST
by
rabscuttle385
(Live Free or Die)
To: rabscuttle385
It may be Mitt Romney or it may be Newt Gingrich, but from the point of view of this town, it doesn’t matter:
Mittens and Newt are both Progressives. The Rove wing of the party are ecstatic to have these two hacks up in the polls.
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posted on
12/04/2011 1:59:09 PM PST
by
Lazlo in PA
(Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
To: EternalVigilance
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posted on
12/04/2011 2:01:08 PM PST
by
rabscuttle385
(Live Free or Die)
To: rabscuttle385
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posted on
12/04/2011 2:05:33 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(If Newt Gingrich is a Reliable Conservative, Joe Biden is a member of MENSA)
To: rabscuttle385
I’m thinking Our Government should be moved to Anywhere, USA that has a population of less than 500. And then the zoning laws should be changed so no newcomers are allowed to move in...
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posted on
12/04/2011 3:04:50 PM PST
by
moovova
(Report my sarcastic, fear-mongering, hate-filled lies to www.AttackWatch.com by clicking HERE.)
To: rabscuttle385
Missing from this cartoon is the “education-industrial” complex.
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posted on
12/04/2011 3:36:53 PM PST
by
wintertime
(I am a Constitutional Restorationist!!! Yes!)
To: rabscuttle385
And the article failed to mention the only challenger to that DC insider crowd, who is polling second right now in both Iowa and NH,
Ron Paul
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posted on
12/04/2011 3:55:17 PM PST
by
Bokababe
(Save Christian Kosovo! http://www.savekosovo.org)
To: Bokababe
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posted on
12/04/2011 4:04:12 PM PST
by
dcwusmc
(A FREE People have no sovereign save Almighty GOD!!! III OK We are EVERYWHERE!!!)
To: dcwusmc
Thanks, I saw that one this morning. It’s great — and even better —that’s not even by a fan.
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posted on
12/04/2011 4:17:33 PM PST
by
Bokababe
(Save Christian Kosovo! http://www.savekosovo.org)
To: rabscuttle385
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posted on
12/04/2011 4:47:15 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
To: rabscuttle385
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posted on
12/04/2011 4:47:20 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
To: Bokababe
You SURE got that right!!!
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posted on
12/04/2011 4:49:17 PM PST
by
dcwusmc
(A FREE People have no sovereign save Almighty GOD!!! III OK We are EVERYWHERE!!!)
To: Bokababe
Ron Paul is the only true conservative in this crowd of Dem-Lites.
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posted on
12/08/2011 4:18:25 PM PST
by
Bluestateredman
(Self-sufficiency is the American Way)
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