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Palin gives Cruz control as CPAC closes
The Hill ^ | March 8, 2014 | Alexander Bolton

Posted on 03/08/2014 10:55:56 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife

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To: McGruff

It sounds like the liberal media have claimed another victim - Ted Cruz.

All they have to do is go negative, negative, negative, and they win over the `low information voter’ who is not necessarily a “where’s my Obamaphone!?” welfare moron but just someone burdened with job & family who lacks the time to search for all the facts. Make sense?

But then, I don’t keep up with sports since politics is far more consequential to one’s own life. If it’s World War Two, you kept up with war news. Can’t escape it.


21 posted on 03/09/2014 4:52:29 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("In the modern world, Muslims are living fossils.")
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To: A'elian' nation
FOX already did the minute her speech was over. Whoever the FOX host was he was snide and derisive and totally disrespectful - a real A-hole.

FOX still loves them some Bush/Clinton family a great deal. They keep that worm-with-glasses Karl Rove yapping away on all their shows; "cute little" Dana Perino serves as defender of all things Bush; even Steve Doocy got a "big catch" interview with Big Barb last week so she could talk about how Jeb will or would or should or could run for president.

We know how the Bushes and FOX feel about Sarah Palin. I think they're actually hoping the virtual daughter-in-law, Hillary, is the next POTUS.

22 posted on 03/09/2014 5:07:42 AM PDT by arasina (Communism is EVIL. So there.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Looks like the media/GOPe push to resuscitate Christie’s presidential bid was a flop. Love it that the real-deal but low-key Dr. Ben Carson beat the RINO in the straw poll.


23 posted on 03/09/2014 5:37:21 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: lee martell
Poor Santorum barely shows up on the popularity poll>I/>

The fact that Rick Santorum has any respectability as a conservative is amazing; aside from supporting unions at one point he did this........ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/rick-santorums-greatest-sin-endorsing-arlen-specter/2012/02/24/gIQAD0sUXR_blog.html

24 posted on 03/09/2014 5:57:25 AM PDT by ontap
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I appreciated that she just came right out and called them scammers and crooks and liars. No polite terms or euphemisms, just call them what they are and let the chips fall where they may!


25 posted on 03/09/2014 5:59:43 AM PDT by buckeye49
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To: elcid1970
Disappointed that Ted Cruz didn’t poll better but Sarah gave him his place at the table and that is also a good thing.

It was for the most part a phony poll....Rand Paul ;like his father before him has a standing army he busses in for the vote.....a poll on Drudge has them neck and neck!!!

26 posted on 03/09/2014 6:02:04 AM PDT by ontap
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To: buckeye49

“I appreciated that she just came right out and called them scammers and crooks and liars. No polite terms or euphemisms, just call them what they are and let the chips fall where they may!”

Yes. I love it too.
Here’s the thing - we must always ridicule them.
Sociopathic Narcissists cannot STAND ridicule. It angers them.

The other thing to do is IGNORE them.
- by NOT accepting their false premises.

I would not even attempt to answer their loaded questions;
“buckeye, are you still beating your wife?”
Answer INSTEAD (with something like)
“This, from a baby-murdering racist. How many black female fetuses have you killed last week?”

Turn it around. Pin them ALL on the wall, for the evil clowns they REALLY are.

Ridicule and ignore - the best 2 tools. They NEVER fail to respond to those. They are compelled. Yes, it is “compulsion”. It’s as easy as pushing a button on one of those robots. Their response is PREDICTABLE.
ENTIRELY predictable.


27 posted on 03/09/2014 6:21:51 AM PDT by spankalib ("I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.")
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To: Kevmo
Well, does that mean that anyone who endorsed such RINO critters was a "lapdog in the MSM" who "trashed the foot solders who fought for America"?????? Were such 'soldiers' among those who were in the army that "balked"???? That means FREE REPUBLIC. FR endorsed one of those 'soldiers' who balked and was a lapdog in the MSM who trashed conservative footsoldiers: FR endorsed Romney. So I took a break from FR.

You obviously also took a break from reality.

FR only supported Romney as the last man standing and in contrast to continuing the disaster that Obama was wreaking upon our Nation. It seems like you are one of those who has such a narrow perspective that you couldn't make the synaptic connection that Romney was the only real choice left to us. How'd that work out?

28 posted on 03/09/2014 6:41:21 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: trebb

Doesn’t really make a lot of difference what conservative’s differences are or who the “conservative” side picks. The person who will be running AGAINST the demodummies candidate will be picked by the MAIN STREAM MEDIA.

My only hope is that America will wake up and vote in someone with a STRONG conservative side to rid ourselves of the communists currently in control.


29 posted on 03/09/2014 7:15:21 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Sarah Palin’s endorsement of Ted Cruz implies the promise that she will campaign for him, just as she did so effectively in his come-from-far-behind Senate victory in Texas.

Which means that every other Republican primary candidate will be competing against the two most charismatic, crowd-pleasing, principled Conservatives in the country.

After more than eight years in the spotlight traveling to help successfully elect Tea Party members to office, Sarah Palin is on a first-name basis with every Conservative official who counts in this country, including those in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina, the crucial must-win early primary states.

In any case, how successful can candidates like Chris Christie and Ron Paul — who believes that the greatest threat to America in this time of grave foreign and economic turmoil is the NSA — expect to be among normal, struggling Republican Iowa and New Hampshire voters in two years, even without Sarah and Ted energizing twice as many crowds as they can?

Cruz/Carson 2016: Ten times as smart as Hillary and at least as inevitable


30 posted on 03/09/2014 7:29:17 AM PDT by Bluestocking
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To: arasina
FOX still loves them some Bush/Clinton family a great deal.

One-worlders, such as the Bushes and Murdochs, expect to come out smelling lovely when they finally have their way unrestrained (without any hindrance). That, and the fact they have been deluded for generations and are still blind to the fate that plainly awaits them.
31 posted on 03/09/2014 9:22:52 AM PDT by Resettozero
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To: Cincinatus' Wife; MarMema; skinkinthegrass; Bikkuri; o2bfree; 12th_Monkey; 230FMJ; TWhiteBear; ...

Ted Cruz Ping!

If you want on/off this ping list, please let me know.

Please beware, this is a high-volume ping list!


32 posted on 03/09/2014 11:32:34 AM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: elcid1970
Disappointed that Ted Cruz didn’t poll better but Sarah gave him his place at the table and that is also a good thing.

Not to worry, the Ron/Rand Paul Libertarians like to stack the deck at CPAC to make believe that the current Paul running is the most favorite.

This is an annual trick they play, just like they like to spam online polls.

Its all smoke and mirrors.
33 posted on 03/09/2014 11:36:37 AM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

“...Overall it was a good night for Cruz, who earned 11 percent of the vote in CPAC’s straw poll. Only Paul who also won last year, outpaced him with 31 percent....”
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If I’m not mistaken, I think that Rand Paul picked up where Ron Paul left off (as regards CPAC). The Paulanistas have a history of giving tickets to students who are Paul fans.


34 posted on 03/09/2014 11:37:22 AM PDT by House Atreides
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To: SoConPubbie

So...the Paulbots are still with us.


35 posted on 03/09/2014 2:38:32 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("In the modern world, Muslims are living fossils.")
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To: trebb
FR only supported Romney as the last man standing

JimRob said he wouldn't endorse him, and then he did endorse him. He says this website is not associated with any political party, but that is simply not the case any more. The GOP knows that no matter who they set up, FR will endorse him.

36 posted on 03/09/2014 2:53:00 PM PDT by Kevmo ("A person's a person, no matter how small" ~Horton Hears a Who)
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To: Kickass Conservative
Would you have preferred that FR endorsed Obama?

False dilemma, a classic fallacy. FR didn't need to endorse ANYONE. Then we could have laid claim to all that conservative territory, but instead JimRob handed over his deed to the GOPe. Now FR is just part of the same crowd that asks for crumbs from the GOPe, and the GOP knows it doesn't have to even bother listening to us.

37 posted on 03/09/2014 2:59:05 PM PDT by Kevmo ("A person's a person, no matter how small" ~Horton Hears a Who)
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To: Kevmo

Whatever you say. There were only two Candidates, a Democrat and a Republican. The Democrat won, America lost.

Let me guess, Obama and Romney were exactly the same. LOL

Now, what did I do with that Dead Horse?


38 posted on 03/09/2014 3:52:55 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Nobody owes you a living, so shut up and get back to work...)
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To: Kickass Conservative

The game is rigged, and FR is going along with it.


39 posted on 03/09/2014 4:10:12 PM PDT by Kevmo ("A person's a person, no matter how small" ~Horton Hears a Who)
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To: Kevmo

I’m sorry I do not believe that is true.

I believe JimRob was quite opposed to Romney. At the last minute I believe he struck a truce of sorts, but there is no way in h*** he supported Romney.

Not a chance in heck.

That said, Palin did sort of mess things up, by bailing out at the last minute.

I think we might have been doomed last time, because we did not really have a candidate.


40 posted on 03/09/2014 4:15:09 PM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network ( http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html#2013)
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