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Marine Colonel Announces He’s Running Against Roy Moore: ‘Hold My Beer’
Daily Beast ^ | November 27, 2017 | James Laporta

Posted on 11/27/2017 10:28:17 AM PST by C19fan

When retired Marine Col. Lee Busby read it was too late for a write-in candidate for the Alabama senate race, he said, “Hold my beer, we will just see about that.”

Busby told The Daily Beast on Monday he is launching his long-shot bid to stop Republican nominee Roy Moore from reaching the Senate.

(Excerpt) Read more at thedailybeast.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: moore; senate
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To: C19fan

It’s the never Trumpers all over again. The GOPe is a bigger enemy to MAGA than even the Democrats are.


21 posted on 11/27/2017 10:38:59 AM PST by SamAdams76
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To: DoughtyOne

He will not get my vote either. Vote Moore.


22 posted on 11/27/2017 10:39:10 AM PST by MamaB (Heb : 13)
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To: Cicero

Murtha was also a Marine. Who’s paying him to run?


23 posted on 11/27/2017 10:40:46 AM PST by DPMD
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To: pgkdan

Is McConnell in the mix on this?

Does a turtle poop in the pond?

...

The Swamp.


24 posted on 11/27/2017 10:40:46 AM PST by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: C19fan

It sounds like he is being paid to do this.

The only thing they say is that he is a retired Marine Colonel, no information whatsoever about his qualifications or experience or motivation.

And when he announced, the Washington Post just happened to be there to give him an extremely positive write up.

Moore refused to give in. First they brought out false allegations from 40 years ago. Now they just found a “retired Colonel” no one ever heard of.


25 posted on 11/27/2017 10:43:11 AM PST by detective
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To: Parley Baer
JUST a picture of Mitch McConnell


26 posted on 11/27/2017 10:43:12 AM PST by Bobalu (The NFL, Watching their demise is more fun than watching their games.)
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To: Mariner
I have looked at Roy Moore's resume and record.

I have read and reviewed some of his decisions and case work

Roy Moore is one of the most uniquely qualified Senate candidates in a generation

27 posted on 11/27/2017 10:45:54 AM PST by rdcbn
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To: DoodleDawg

Being from Bama, he will be lucky to get 150 votes. No-name character, and 99 percent never heard of the guy.


28 posted on 11/27/2017 10:46:15 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: tired&retired

This guy as chair of the grant committee accepted money for a bust that he did...

Can we say violation of conflict of interest rules for non-profits.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Alabama-unveiling-bust-of-alumnus-killed-in-12337900.php

Alabama unveiling bust of alumnus killed in Afghanistan
Forester visited Busby’s Tuscaloosa studio three times. Busby used photos and Thad Forester for reference as he sculpted the features, striving to get the nose, the ears, the wry smile just right.

Busby, a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, chose Mark Forester from a state-by-state database of service personnel killed in action in Iraq and Afghanistan.

“Busby, working with sculptor Caleb O’Connor, created a similar bust for Johnny Micheal Spann, an Alabama native and the first U.S. combat death in the war in Afghanistan. The Alabama Marine Foundation funded the Spann bust and helped fund the Forester bust along with the University of Alabama.”


29 posted on 11/27/2017 10:46:38 AM PST by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: C19fan

He’s gotta be a big time never Trumper establishment turkey.


30 posted on 11/27/2017 10:47:35 AM PST by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: tired&retired

It appears that this guy is “IN” with the University of Alabama as most of the grants he approved went to them.


31 posted on 11/27/2017 10:48:25 AM PST by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: C19fan

‘Spicious Me!
++++++++++

First thing pops into me old noggin!....Ya can shock da $h!t Troops...But Ya Cannot $h!t Da shock troops!

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32 posted on 11/27/2017 10:48:32 AM PST by gunnyg ("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
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To: Parley Baer

Likely.


33 posted on 11/27/2017 10:49:32 AM PST by Jonny7797
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To: jazusamo

Some people I knew in the Marines (67-71) were a**holes. All former Marines aren’t the best thing since sliced bread.


34 posted on 11/27/2017 10:49:51 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: C19fan
"Busby said he spent 31 years in the Marine Corps and on … staff to then-Gen. John Kelly,"

Just wow. The swamp is deep, deep, deep. The swamp critters are throwing everything they can against the wall. What will be their next move be, an "Arthur Bremer" ?
 

35 posted on 11/27/2017 10:49:59 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie
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To: C19fan

He retired from the Marines in 2013. Since then he has been making sculptures of fallen servicemen for their families.

http://www.southernliving.com/culture/colonel-lee-busby-alabama-sculptor-video


36 posted on 11/27/2017 10:50:57 AM PST by detective
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To: SamAdams76

Wow all this angst over one lil potential Judge from AL becoming a Senator. Truly a circus of the demented thrown at Judge Moore. Win Roy win and defeat them All.


37 posted on 11/27/2017 10:52:39 AM PST by tflabo
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To: C19fan

I’m guessing Lee Busybody has talked strategy with Evan McMuffin?


38 posted on 11/27/2017 10:53:43 AM PST by Kazan
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To: C19fan

He’s a swamp monster, determined to put the babykilling demonicRAT in office ... he’s a disgrace to the Marine Corps.


39 posted on 11/27/2017 10:54:49 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: C19fan

“Hold my beer,”

What kind of beer was he drinking? Can tell a lot about a man by his beer brand.


40 posted on 11/27/2017 10:56:05 AM PST by Lent
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