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Pledging To Repeal (Tom Campbell, Mike Castle, Charlie Crist refuse pledge to repeal)
http://article.nationalreview.com ^ | April 9 2010 | Duncan Currie

Posted on 04/09/2010 3:12:48 PM PDT by Maelstorm

... As of Thursday afternoon, the most prominent Republican Senate candidates who had not signed the CFG  pledge were Tom Campbell of California, Mike Castle of Delaware, Dan Coats and John Hostettler of Indiana, Charlie Crist of Florida, Linda McMahon and Rob Simmons of Connecticut, and Rob Portman of Ohio.

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TOPICS: US: California; US: Connecticut; US: Delaware; US: Florida; US: Indiana; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: 111th; bhohealthcare; healthcare; repeal; rinos; rmsp
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Is there any question why we shouldn't support these turncoats? This is shaping up to be an election of epic proportions and these candidates just don't get it.
1 posted on 04/09/2010 3:12:48 PM PDT by Maelstorm
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To: Maelstorm

No repeal....no vote period!


2 posted on 04/09/2010 3:14:13 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannolis. Take it to the Mattress.")
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Say good bye to the lot of them.

They want to take away our freedoms.

3 posted on 04/09/2010 3:14:58 PM PDT by Candor7 (Now's the time to ante up aginst the Obama Fascist Junta ( member NRA))
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To: Maelstorm

Portman, the Bush wunderkind?

wow, this party has a ways to go when it comes to fielding candidates that are in step with the wishes of the overwhelming majority of folks.


4 posted on 04/09/2010 3:17:44 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Chuck DeVore - CA Senator. Believe.)
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To: NormsRevenge

They would claim to be “nuanced” and thoughtful in their positions. They just want to tweak it a bit.


5 posted on 04/09/2010 3:21:16 PM PDT by Maelstorm (Some want to enslave your body others your soul.)
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I am not sure I would sign a pledge from some organization if I was running for office. There are so many groups demanding candidates sign a pledge for different things that you might want to check the fine print. What good is signing the document — zero, zip, nada. Now you are going to say that Campbell is liberal for not signing?

Maybe you all should be cutting some people some slack instead of demanding they sign a pledge from an orgnization that is no different then if Free Republic demands they sign a pledge. I would be more then likely to sign one from here because of the number of grassroots people who post here.


6 posted on 04/09/2010 3:21:55 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (Mary Fallin - OK Gov/Rick Perry - TX Gov/Coburn/Rubio - Senate 2010 !)
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Maybe you all should be cutting some people some slack instead of demanding they sign a pledge from an orgnization that is no different then if Free Republic demands they sign a pledge. I would be more then likely to sign one from here because of the number of grassroots people who post here.

BS. They are either for repealing HC or they are not. There could be no harm in signing a pledge to repeal the HC abomination and much harm in not signing it, as they are about to find out.

7 posted on 04/09/2010 3:24:14 PM PDT by calex59
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Well if the only choice is repeal with no alternative and these candidates are in moderate or lefty leaning states then I can see why they wouldn’t sign a purely repeal pledge. It’s politics.

Be like the Dems, pretend you are a “moderate” to get yourself elected, then ram your agenda (e.g. repeal) through afterward.


8 posted on 04/09/2010 3:24:23 PM PDT by coaltrain
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Is there anything more to the pledge than the following?

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“I hereby pledge to the people of my district/state upon my election to the U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Senate, to sponsor and support legislation to repeal any federal health care takeover passed in 2010, and replace it with real reforms that lower health care costs without growing government.”

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9 posted on 04/09/2010 3:26:06 PM PDT by onyx (Sarah/Michele 2012)
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To: PhiKapMom

It is by cutting slack that the GOP betrayed us and lost power the first time. I don’t want and we don’t have to settle or cut slack when this is such a very easy pledge to sign. Marco Rubio signed it, Chuck Devore signed it. These guys who will not sign haven’t shown such reluctance in the past such as with Tom Campbell’s support of the homosexual activism or Charlie Crists embrace of the stimulus spending bill. If they can’t speak up for us and stand their ground bravely when the American people are solidly behind repealing this horrible law then when will they make the hard decisions when giverment must be cut? We should expect more from these candidates especially since they are not the only option for us.


10 posted on 04/09/2010 3:36:02 PM PDT by Maelstorm (Some want to enslave your body others your soul.)
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Campbell is so dangerous I’m giving Fiorina a second look. In a better state DeVore would win.


11 posted on 04/09/2010 3:38:35 PM PDT by NeoCaveman (we now live in a post-Obamapacolyptic world)
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Linda McMahon and Rob Simmons of Connecticut

Connecticut voters it's time for Peter Schiff.

12 posted on 04/09/2010 3:39:33 PM PDT by NeoCaveman (we now live in a post-Obamapacolyptic world)
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To: onyx

The pledge is well written and to the point. I would want my candidate to sign it it.


13 posted on 04/09/2010 3:41:25 PM PDT by afnamvet (Patriots Rising)
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To: coaltrain

These guys are running in statewide races. Even Scott Brown has pledged repeal and Massachusetts isn’t known for conservatism. Also even the weanie liberal Mark Kirk signed on. What is it that the finace director for Gov Swartzenneger and Berkley professor , Tom Campbell, finds so problematic about supporting the repeal wholeheartedly. Obamacare isn’t supported in CA.


14 posted on 04/09/2010 3:41:39 PM PDT by Maelstorm (Some want to enslave your body others your soul.)
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Tom Campbell of California, Mike Castle of Delaware, Dan Coats and John Hostettler of Indiana, Charlie Crist of Florida, Linda McMahon and Rob Simmons of Connecticut, and Rob Portman of Ohio must be voted out along with their Leftist comrads.


15 posted on 04/09/2010 3:42:44 PM PDT by EverOnward
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To: NeoCaveman

I agree. Fiorina could be my candidate if Devore folds.


16 posted on 04/09/2010 3:44:34 PM PDT by afnamvet (Patriots Rising)
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To: NeoCaveman

DeVore can win and I believe we will see his numbers continue to rise. Polling shows DeVore can win in a head to head match up with Boxer.


17 posted on 04/09/2010 3:44:40 PM PDT by Maelstorm (Some want to enslave your body others your soul.)
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I can make it simple. If you can’t support repeal, across the board, in bulk repeal, then you aren’t the guy I’m looking for.

We’ve got a cluster of communists on the loose in and around the White House and anything they do, if they’ve changed a lightbulb or repainted the parking lot, it needs to be re-done and taken back to status quo ante. Then we’ll go forward from there. Nothing they’ve done should stand. Whatever they’ve done, we lived without it for two hundred years and we’ll lose nothing and gain everything by flushing it down the drain.


18 posted on 04/09/2010 3:45:46 PM PDT by marron
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To: PhiKapMom

Campbell isn’t liberal for not signing. He’s liberal because his stated policies are liberal.


19 posted on 04/09/2010 3:47:03 PM PDT by darkangel82 (I don't have a superiority complex, I'm just better than you.)
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To: Maelstorm

Ain’t that something. Neither Coats or Hostetler will get my vote unless they change their minds and sign on. I knew I couldn’t trust either of them.


20 posted on 04/09/2010 3:49:39 PM PDT by ducttape45
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