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Spoiler Alert in VA Governor Race
Legal Insurrection ^ | 9/13/2013 | Laurel Conrad

Posted on 09/13/2013 5:38:57 AM PDT by markomalley

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To: KevinB
If there are concerns about a 3rd party spoiler, he's a weak candidate. The GOP owns the patent on weak candidates.

/johnny

41 posted on 09/13/2013 6:59:37 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: SpeakerToAnimals
The Libertarian is not the spoiler. This retread loser the GOP-e stuck the voters with is the spoiler. When the choice is between a big government statist leaning left or a big government statist claiming to not lean left, in spite of evidence to the contrary, people look elsewhere.

Exactly

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42 posted on 09/13/2013 7:02:06 AM PDT by Elle Bee
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To: EternalVigilance

It’s a joke, relax.


43 posted on 09/13/2013 7:04:55 AM PDT by TheRhinelander
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To: JRandomFreeper

my candidate!!!
OK

As for allowing perverts, homosexual marriage, no sex age laws, make all drugs legal , well which candidate and party would advocate that


44 posted on 09/13/2013 7:08:11 AM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: KevinB

that is my understanding too, he;s hardly a RINO for VA.


45 posted on 09/13/2013 7:08:56 AM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: JRandomFreeper
The GOP-e was very pissed because Virginia chose to pick its nominee through convention rather than primary. The GOP-e wanted Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling, a very moderate Republican, as the nominee. Bolling decided not to run when a convention was chosen because he and the GOP-e knew the real conservatives who would be delegates at the convention would never nominate Bolling. The GOP-e knew that Bolling had a pretty good chance in an open primary. So like Cuccinelli or not, there simply is no argument that he is the GOP-e candidate.
46 posted on 09/13/2013 7:11:19 AM PDT by KevinB (A country that would elect Barack Obama president twice is no longer worth fighting for.)
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To: manc
We all get that you hate libertarians with insane vigor and constantly repeat your hate.

What are you doing to make sure your party puts up strong candidates? Are you working to close primaries in your state? How are you being part of the solution? Or do you just want to rant about libertarians?

/johnny

47 posted on 09/13/2013 7:11:46 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: traditional1

I don’t think the VA Democrats will have to use much fraud in the future, as a previous poster said, “VA is stuck on stupid”, trying to imitate MD and NYC.


48 posted on 09/13/2013 7:12:40 AM PDT by Theodore R. (The grand pooh-bahs have spoken: "It's Jebbie's turn!")
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To: Leaning Right

I am one of those who think Perot helped Clinton but that Clinton would have won in a two-way race as well. The first GHWB just didn’t have the desire to expose his “son” Clinton.


49 posted on 09/13/2013 7:15:02 AM PDT by Theodore R. (The grand pooh-bahs have spoken: "It's Jebbie's turn!")
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To: KevinB
If he is a strong candidate, then why is there concern about a 3rd party spoiler?

/johnny

50 posted on 09/13/2013 7:15:11 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: markomalley

Cuccinelli needs to hammer home that McAuliffe is a gun grabber and is supported by Bloomberg. Bring in people from Colorado to make the case.


51 posted on 09/13/2013 7:16:39 AM PDT by WashingtonSource
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To: manc
Hopefully the voters of VA wise up and put at least leaning right guy in and get rid of the other two lefty fools

There is little reason from history to think that will happen. The only good VA senator they have had since the senior Harry Byrd was Bill Scott, the one who held a press conference to deny that he was "dumb". After after Scott, it was the first Warner, who turned more liberal every year he was there. I don't know of any particularly good VA governors probably since the senior Byrd either.

52 posted on 09/13/2013 7:18:19 AM PDT by Theodore R. (The grand pooh-bahs have spoken: "It's Jebbie's turn!")
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To: markomalley

We get good people and selfish Libertarians screw it up.


53 posted on 09/13/2013 7:25:09 AM PDT by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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To: JRandomFreeper
If he is a strong candidate, then why is there concern about a 3rd party spoiler?

I said he was a strong conservative. The unfortunate reality is that Virginia is trending blue in statewide elections due to the infestation of northern Virginia. Odumbo won VA twice. Many people, including GOP-e, feel that a conservative like Cuccinelli can't win in a purple state and are pushing moderates as a result. Virginia Republicans gave the finger to GOP-e and did what everybody on this board wants Republicans to do - nominated a real conservative. Being concerned about the third party candidate doesn't mean Cuccinelli isn't a strong candidate, but reflects a belief that the third party candidate will take more votes from Cuccinelli than McAuliffe. We'll just have to see how it plays out.

54 posted on 09/13/2013 7:32:50 AM PDT by KevinB (A country that would elect Barack Obama president twice is no longer worth fighting for.)
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To: KevinB
Third party is part of the new reality that everybody is going to have to face up to.

It is very good that VA closed their candidate selection and didn't hold open primaries.

/johnny

55 posted on 09/13/2013 7:36:33 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: tm61
the ads in Va., from both sides basically say “our guy is less of a crook than their guy”

Nobody is less of a crook than McAuful.

56 posted on 09/13/2013 8:09:22 AM PDT by Dr.Deth
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To: TheRhinelander

Oh good.


57 posted on 09/13/2013 8:14:06 AM PDT by EternalVigilance
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To: Dr.Deth

More of a crook


58 posted on 09/13/2013 8:25:27 AM PDT by going hot (Happiness is a momma deuce)
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To: going hot

I should clarify: There is no crook out there who is less of a crook than Terry Global Crossing McAuful.

Some, like Jon Corzine, Chris Dodd, Hillary Rodham, Anthony Rezko, are equally crooked. But as a crook he is right up there with any crook you can think of...


59 posted on 09/13/2013 8:58:18 AM PDT by Dr.Deth
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To: JRandomFreeper

Johnnie, What/Who are the “GOP-E?”


60 posted on 09/13/2013 9:39:15 AM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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