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Scott Walker Is Trying to Woo CPAC. And It's Working.
National Journal ^ | Feb 26th, 2015 | By Lauren Fox

Posted on 02/26/2015 6:34:49 PM PST by Mariner

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To: Lexinom

There’s a link, yes, but the priority now is re-establishing that the federal government is the SERVANT of the people. NOT the other way around. We’ll have plenty of time for dealing with the other stuff when this is rectified.

Remember when government employees at all levels were referred to as “public servants”? That’s the very basic thing we need to get back to.


61 posted on 02/26/2015 9:47:16 PM PST by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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To: EternalVigilance

But of course you are lobbying hard against Walker and misconstruing his positions to paint him in a bad light... you always do so when a candidate on the right has a great chance at getting elected no matter how conservative they are.

So who is your perfect candidate that meets every position to your satisfaction?


62 posted on 02/26/2015 9:52:08 PM PST by Tamzee (Man is not free unless government is limited. ~~~ Ronald Reagan)
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To: EternalVigilance

[ Or, maybe you just don’t care about actually protecting life, and marriage, and the appropriate role of the judiciary, and our borders.]

Very simplistic wrong comment made to one who has been for all the above since my first presidential vote in 1956.


63 posted on 02/26/2015 9:52:21 PM PST by Islander2 (Some of us are here because we are not all there.)
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To: Islander2

So are you ignorant of, or simply ignoring, things like his complete blowing off of the fight for marriage, or his past comments that must be construed by any honest observer as pro-amnesty, or his “pro-life” advertising in the last election that can fairly be described as the most pro-choice pro-life ad ever aired?

I note that in his CPAC speech, just like he did at Steve King’s event in Iowa a few weeks ago, in the few seconds on both occasions that he thought it was worth even referring to the subject, he bragged about signing “pro-life” legislation.

But what exactly did he himself say about that legislation, in his own voice, on camera, in paid advertising, just last fall?

I quote:

“The bill leaves the final decision to a woman and her doctor.” — Scott Walker

Is that really “pro-life” to you?


64 posted on 02/26/2015 10:04:33 PM PST by EternalVigilance (Don't be like a hamster on the 'lesser of two evils' wheel.)
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To: Tamzee

I don’t have a candidate for president in 2016. No one has shown me that they have a full grasp of the true dangers besetting this free republic.

So sue me.


65 posted on 02/26/2015 10:07:04 PM PST by EternalVigilance (Don't be like a hamster on the 'lesser of two evils' wheel.)
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To: EternalVigilance

Obviously you don’t want to believe what transpired today at CPAC. Is it your opinion that all potential candidates who went one on one with Hannity were lying ? That includes, Rand Paul, Dr. Carson, Gov. Jingal, Sen. Cruz and any I might have missed?


66 posted on 02/26/2015 10:24:53 PM PST by Islander2 (Some of us are here because we are not all there.)
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To: Islander2

What transpired today at CPAC was business-as-usual. I haven’t seen any evidence that it was anything else.


67 posted on 02/26/2015 10:27:09 PM PST by EternalVigilance (Don't be like a hamster on the 'lesser of two evils' wheel.)
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To: Mariner

That’s amazing .. because I’ve NEVER heard Ted Cruz say any such thing.

I think you’re bluffing.


68 posted on 02/26/2015 10:31:27 PM PST by CyberAnt ("The hope and changey stuff did not work, even a smidgen.")
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To: EternalVigilance

No desire to sue you...just showing folks where you really stand so they can judge your critical remarks against Scott Walker in that light. Old timers here know how you approach elections but newbies might not.


69 posted on 02/26/2015 10:33:32 PM PST by Tamzee (Man is not free unless government is limited. ~~~ Ronald Reagan)
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To: Tamzee

I approach elections from a plumb line of simple core conservative principles.

How do you approach them?


70 posted on 02/26/2015 10:35:44 PM PST by EternalVigilance (Don't be like a hamster on the 'lesser of two evils' wheel.)
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To: EternalVigilance

Regarding that ad, he was discussing a specific bill he had signed which requires ultrasound prior to abortion and will require new safety standards that would force some abortion clinics to close. Yes, that is a pro-life measure and he signed it.


MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Scott Walker quietly signed a contentious Republican bill Friday that would require women seeking abortions to undergo an ultrasound and ban doctors who lack admitting privileges at nearby hospitals from performing the procedures.

Opponents contend legislators shouldn’t force women to undergo any medical procedure and the bill will force two abortion clinics where providers lack admitting privileges to shut their doors. The law takes effect Monday. Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit within hours of the signing alleging the bill is unconstitutional and asking for a temporary restraining order blocking the measure.

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Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/wisconsin-governor-signs-abortion-bill-requiring-ultrasound-93762.html#ixzz3SvQoXawz


71 posted on 02/26/2015 10:47:50 PM PST by Tamzee (Man is not free unless government is limited. ~~~ Ronald Reagan)
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To: Tamzee

Yeah, I know all about the bill.


72 posted on 02/26/2015 10:48:48 PM PST by EternalVigilance (Don't be like a hamster on the 'lesser of two evils' wheel.)
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To: Tamzee

“Follow our arbitrary set of rules, and then you can kill the baby.”


73 posted on 02/26/2015 10:49:32 PM PST by EternalVigilance (Don't be like a hamster on the 'lesser of two evils' wheel.)
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To: JennysCool
I do remember that! Instead, now, they make us all criminals for the most benign "offenses". Here in WA, for example, HB-1713 seeks to revoke 2A rights from anyone who has ever been involuntarily committed for use of any substance. That can mean alcohol, tobacco, or even prescription medication. It's just another way to criminalize innocent folks, and further sheepify the citizenry making us easier to control.

Keep winnowing down the criteria for who deserves to have "rights" and pretty soon, no one does.

74 posted on 02/26/2015 10:49:44 PM PST by Lexinom
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To: EternalVigilance

I approach elections from the plumb line of simple core conservative principles, also. Then I campaign for and vote for candidates that will actually be able to move public policy in those directions.

The parable of the talents... I try to invest my time and voting power into producing results for God instead of burying them with self-righteous piety but producing absolutely nothing.


75 posted on 02/26/2015 11:00:20 PM PST by Tamzee (Man is not free unless government is limited. ~~~ Ronald Reagan)
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To: Tamzee

Compromising core truth, and moral principle, produces no results for God. Nor does it produce any real results for the country, not in the end. You’re fooling yourself.


76 posted on 02/26/2015 11:02:05 PM PST by EternalVigilance (Don't be like a hamster on the 'lesser of two evils' wheel.)
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To: EternalVigilance

I guess that is the difference between us. To me, closing some abortion clinics is a result for God. Requiring ultrasounds which would convince SOME women to change their minds will save some babies. Not all, but some, and that is a result for God. It is not enough, correct, but it is a partial result in the right direction. Constantly letting socialists remain in charge who will close ZERO abortion clinics and who do everything possible to encourage more women to have abortions.... that is no result for God.


77 posted on 02/26/2015 11:15:43 PM PST by Tamzee (Man is not free unless government is limited. ~~~ Ronald Reagan)
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To: Tamzee

Unlike yourself, apparently, I’ve read hundreds of these bills, and invariably, they contain language that grants explicit permission to kill babies, all of the babies in fact, as long as they are slaughtered on time and by the rules.

That’s immoral and unconstitutional.

And the courts have over and over again struck them down as being burdensome to a woman’s supposed “right” to access to the expertise to murder her offspring.

Which leaves “pro-life,” judicial supremacist politicians like Walker with nothing. Except freshly burnished “pro-life” credentials, of course. Which always seem to work to once again sucker the “pro-life” rubes long enough to get their support through one more election.

Sorry. Compromising away unalienable individual rights and equal protection for the supreme right is nothing but surrender. Do it, and you’re nothing more than a casualty, at best.

And the claims about saving some babies are a mirage. Nothing more.

As Gov. Walker openly admitted in his ad:

“The bill leaves the final decision to a woman and her doctor.”


78 posted on 02/26/2015 11:25:27 PM PST by EternalVigilance (Don't be like a hamster on the 'lesser of two evils' wheel.)
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To: Islander2
The only thing I liked about Romney was his performance in salvaging the Olympics that year...nothing more.

I guess you didn't notice that he banned the Boy Scouts from helping because of they Boy Scout stance on Gay issues.

79 posted on 02/27/2015 12:01:31 AM PST by itsahoot (55 years a republican-Now Independent. Will write in Sarah Palin, no matter who runs. RIH-GOP)
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To: Mariner

guys like Scott Walker talk a big game-—and they are just

another horse in the race;in fact he’s not even a dark

horse.

The way I view guys like him is that he is just spouting

off @ the mouth & trying to figure out what pleases

people most.

This man has very little backbone.

If Ted Cruz runs I’m voting for him


80 posted on 02/27/2015 12:23:01 AM PST by thesligoduffyflynns (sligo surf club)
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