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The Republican Running Against Donald Trump Took His Message To The Iowa State Fair. Few Listened.
Buzz Feed News ^ | August 12, 2019 | Rosie Gray in Des Moines

Posted on 08/12/2019 1:29:04 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

DES MOINES — Democratic presidential candidates descended on Iowa in a flurry of activity this weekend, attending the annual Wing Ding dinner and speaking at the Iowa State Fair, meeting as many voters as they could and kicking off the primary season in earnest. Top-tier candidates like Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders attracted huge crowds who followed their every move as they ate corn dogs and looked at the cow made of butter. And then, more quietly, there was Bill Weld.

Weld, the former governor of Massachusetts, arrived at the fair Sunday morning as a drizzly rain started to pick up. In 2016, Weld ran on the Libertarian presidential ticket as Gary Johnson’s running mate. This time, Weld is mounting a primary challenge to President Donald Trump as a Republican. Weld is the quintessential never-Trump Republican; he believes, essentially, that the Republican Party has been hijacked by Trump and twisted beyond recognition, and that with the right candidate and some momentum, everything could go back to normal. “Patrician” is a word that has often been applied to Weld. During a gaggle after his speech at the Des Moines Register Political Soapbox, a reporter asked what he planned to eat at the fair; I expected Weld to mention Iowa State Fair staples like pork chops on a stick or corn dogs, but instead he said that he generally wanted to eat “something fried,” and asked if the fair had fried dough.

Other Republicans’ names came up early this year as possible primary contenders to Trump in 2020, centrist moderates like Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and former Ohio governor John Kasich. But only Weld has actually gone through with it. He represents a different time, a different era of his party....

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TOPICS: Iowa; Maryland; Massachusetts; Ohio; Vermont; Campaign News; Parties
KEYWORDS: berniesanders; billweld; elizabethwarren; fauxahontas; garyjohnson; iowa; iowastatefair; johnkasich; larryhogan; liberaltarians; libertarians; losertarians; lping; maryland; massachusetts; medicalmarijuana; ohio; slingingbull; trump; vermont; weld
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1 posted on 08/12/2019 1:29:04 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Bush League Republicans aren’t very popular anymore.

That’s why Flimsey Grahamnesty is using camouflage.


2 posted on 08/12/2019 1:32:05 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Fried dough? Does this snob mean a doughnut?

“Who amongst us does not enjoy the NASCARs and fried dough”.

What a maroon


3 posted on 08/12/2019 1:34:03 PM PDT by Spruce
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Will we even need to have a convention? Take the money that would have been used on one to embarrass the the heck out of the dems.


4 posted on 08/12/2019 1:34:03 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: Spruce

Where can I get me a huntin’ license?


5 posted on 08/12/2019 1:35:49 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

6 posted on 08/12/2019 1:36:33 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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There is such a thing as Country Fair Fried Dough.

Its bread or (pizza dough) stretched out thinly, then fried, drained, and covered with sugar.

7 posted on 08/12/2019 1:45:14 PM PDT by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. conclusive)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Republicant.


8 posted on 08/12/2019 1:52:53 PM PDT by Howie66 ("...Against All Enemies, Foreign and Democrat.....")
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To: Liz

Gross looking-I’ll have a pork chop, thank you-it certainly doesn’t look very “patrician”-more like leftover dough from making bread-is that a new word for “RINO”?


9 posted on 08/12/2019 1:53:27 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys-you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
This time, Weld is mounting a primary challenge to President Donald Trump as a Republican

At 3% in the corn poll, I think he's the one being mounted.

10 posted on 08/12/2019 1:54:06 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Spruce

Fried dough is a country fair staple. Can’t believe you’ve never heard of it. Where the heck do you live?


11 posted on 08/12/2019 1:54:54 PM PDT by Fido969 (In!)
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To: Texan5

Its actually very good......crispy and sweet......and
f-r-i-e-d.


12 posted on 08/12/2019 1:56:05 PM PDT by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. conclusive)
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To: Texan5

Fried dough is a favorite in the country fairs around here, sprinkled with cinnamon or powdered sugar.

What do they eat in Texas? Fried cow chips?


13 posted on 08/12/2019 1:56:25 PM PDT by Fido969 (In!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So now a Libertarian wants to “hijack” the Republican party? No thanks, I am going to stick with President Trump!


14 posted on 08/12/2019 1:56:36 PM PDT by Lopeover (We Are #TRUMPSTRONG)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Not working for the RINOs. The better get Egg McMuffin.


15 posted on 08/12/2019 1:56:37 PM PDT by twister881
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To: Texan5

Aka: Fry Bread. Very popular. Can be sweet or savory. With savory filling/topping, further North, known as ‘Indian Tacos”

Navajos have something similar.

I make it when the weather turns cold. We crave that sort of thing in winter. Trick is to stretch the dough really thin and have oil really hot. Quite good.

Too humid right now in the Midwest for this sort of food, IMO.


16 posted on 08/12/2019 2:01:36 PM PDT by reformedliberal
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To: Texan5
Iowa State Fair pork-chop-on-a-stick looks good....
........not the pols who eat them for votes.


17 posted on 08/12/2019 2:01:58 PM PDT by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. conclusive)
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To: Liz
Iowa State Fair pork-chop-on-a-stick looks good.... ........not the pols who eat them for votes.

I guess that really went to her thighs.

18 posted on 08/12/2019 2:04:49 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: reformedliberal

My cousins (Yurok) made Indian tacos for my aunt’s birthday. I loved them.


19 posted on 08/12/2019 2:07:44 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (If you want a definition of "bullying" just watch the Democrats in the Senate)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

“...with the right candidate and some momentum, everything could go back to normal.”

Back to R’s playing Charlie Brown to Lucy’s football. Back to being the tax collectors for the welfare state. Back to apologizing everytime the NYTimes invents another racist scandal?


20 posted on 08/12/2019 2:12:08 PM PDT by ModelBreaker
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