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Michigan: Thaddeus McCotter Resigns From Congress (UPDATED)
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| Posted at 5:29 p.m. on July 6
| Joshua Miller
Posted on 07/07/2012 2:58:03 PM PDT by neverdem
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To: netmilsmom
I don’t think we’ve seen the last of him. Hopefully he’ll take an active role in pushing conservative principles.
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posted on
07/07/2012 5:19:37 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: neverdem
Something is not right in River city...
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posted on
07/07/2012 5:26:37 PM PDT
by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
To: cripplecreek
Sho ‘nuf! No Quarter for progressives!
LLS
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posted on
07/07/2012 5:30:22 PM PDT
by
LibLieSlayer
(Don't Tread On Me)
To: cripplecreek
I sure hope so.
He gave me hope when I live down by his district.
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posted on
07/07/2012 5:52:56 PM PDT
by
netmilsmom
(Romney scares me. Obama is the freaking nightmare that is so bad you are afraid to go back to sleep)
To: neverdem
He seems to have been in complete meltdown mode since the voter names petition got so screwed up. Don't know if he was sabotaged from within or if his staff was inept or if running for Prez took his eye completely off the ball. He is a solid conservative in a district with a heavy union presence. He will be missed.
U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, R-Livonia, jams out to a Chuck Berry tune on his star-spangled Fender Telecaster shortly after he announced his candidacy for president at the WAAM Freedom Fest in Whitmore Lake on Saturday, July 2, 2011.
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posted on
07/07/2012 5:56:34 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: blu
The Michigan attorney general has launched an investigation into why more than 80 percent of the signatures on McCotter’s nominating petitions were invalid many apparently photocopied from other petitions.
What’s up with this guy? Does he think he’s a democrat?
Before everyone attacks, how do you indicate sarcasm?
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posted on
07/07/2012 5:57:46 PM PDT
by
Rides_A_Red_Horse
(If there is a war on women, the Kennedys are the Spec Ops troops.)
To: Liberty Valance
U.S. Rep. Thad McCotter’s farewell: first John Lennon, now Bob Dylan
http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/07/us_rep_thad_mccotter_channels.html
LANSING, MI - When he abandoned a write-in campaign to hold onto his suburban Detroit congressional district in June, Thaddeus McCotter tweeted a video of John Lennon’s “Watching the Wheels.”
“I just had to let it go,” Lennon sings.
McCotter, in abruptly resigning on Friday, turned to another music icon, Bob Dylan.
“Strike another match, go start anew,” he said in his statement, repeating a line in Dylan’s farewell song, “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue.”
Indeed, it is.
The five-term Livonia Republican’s resignation capped a nearly eight-week long “nightmarish” saga that began when his campaign turned in far fewer valid signatures than required to qualify for the August primary - an unprecedented failure for an incumbent.
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posted on
07/07/2012 6:00:24 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: neverdem
Is he doing a ‘Tom Delay’ and his resignation going to leave the GOP without a nominee or did someone else win already win the primary?
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posted on
07/07/2012 6:01:00 PM PDT
by
fortheDeclaration
(Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
To: fortheDeclaration
Primary isn’t till August.
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posted on
07/07/2012 6:04:29 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: Rides_A_Red_Horse
how do you indicate sarcasm?the use of a "/s" after your comment is generally accepted here as meaning the comment is sarcastic.
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posted on
07/07/2012 6:10:47 PM PDT
by
exit82
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
07/07/2012 6:13:37 PM PDT
by
fortheDeclaration
(Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
To: neverdem
After nearly 26 years in elected office... Dude, get a real job already!
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posted on
07/07/2012 7:13:44 PM PDT
by
DTogo
(High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
To: cripplecreek
"I and a lot of Republicans I know won't vote for a tea party guy," said attorney David Zacks of Bloomfield Hills, strolling past the expensive boutique shops of downtown Birmingham with his son during a recent lunch hour. Isn't it funny that the GOPe tells us to vote for them (take the bite of the $hit sandwich) or else we are idiots yet when the shoe is on the other foot they do not adhere to their own rhetoric? The GOPe is as two-faced as any Democrat and just as dangerous to our Country.
To: cripplecreek
I’ll never forget his tearful speech on the House floor advocating for passage of the auto company bailouts.
Made me sick.
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posted on
07/07/2012 7:53:37 PM PDT
by
Tea Party Terrorist
(Fast & Furious: Proof the Government should not have access to guns)
To: OldMissileer
The GOPe is as two-faced as any Democrat and just as dangerous to our Country.
I've been saying it for years. "Moderates" are nothing but lying, manipulative, bottom feeding, scum. They'll happily throw a race to the democrats only to say they told you so and run someone even more liberal next time. In my opinion, they're even worse than democrats because they don't even have the courage to be openly socialist.
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posted on
07/07/2012 7:55:00 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: Vigilanteman
Pre-redistricting, the MI-11 had an even PVI, but it was made several points more Republican for 2010.
The GOP primary in MI-11 will only have one candidate on the ballot: a pro-abortion Ron Paul enthusiast named Kerry Bentivolio, who has raised very little money and has no record to back up his economic conservative issue positions. Fortunately, conservative state senator Nancy Cassis is running as a write-in in the GOP primary and, if she wins the nomination, easily will hold the seat in November against the well financed Democrat. http://nancycassis.com/
Every Republican in MI-11 should learn to spell her name: NANCY CASSIS, and should write her in on primary day, so that a pro-life conservative with a record to back up her words can get elected.
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posted on
07/07/2012 10:33:35 PM PDT
by
AuH2ORepublican
(If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll protect your rights?)
To: AuH2ORepublican
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posted on
07/07/2012 11:01:13 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: AuH2ORepublican
Oops, the MI-11 was made more Republican (through GOP-controlled redistricting) for *2012*, not for 2010.
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posted on
07/08/2012 7:23:55 AM PDT
by
AuH2ORepublican
(If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll protect your rights?)
To: AuH2ORepublican
Thanks for the info. It is always good to have knowledgeable Freepers on location to consult.
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posted on
07/08/2012 3:58:27 PM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: Vigilanteman
Cassis has a less than stellar voting record.
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posted on
07/09/2012 4:42:58 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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