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How Michigan's GOP came back [Excellent read!]
Detroit News | November 4, 2010 | Nolan Finley

Posted on 11/06/2010 8:33:17 AM PDT by upchuck

This excellent article was published in the Detroit News (which can't be posted here due to copyright complaint).

It is an excellent response to the RINOS and "moderate Republicans" who are whining and crying how the Tea Party lost the Senate for the Rs.

Here's the link.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: gop; michigan; snyder
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Click the link. Good read.
1 posted on 11/06/2010 8:33:19 AM PDT by upchuck
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To: upchuck

Yes, it is a good read.

Question: What in this article discusses RINOs though?


2 posted on 11/06/2010 8:39:55 AM PDT by GOP_Harley_Guy
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To: upchuck
We live in Detroit Junior (Toledo OH) and have many friends and relatives in Michigan. It's been so tragically sad watching it collapse into vermin-infested, abandoned ruin.

They need to build a few nuclear power plants offering essentially free electricity forever and entice big manufacturing back.

No point in mentioning the legalized MAFIA that calls itself "organized labor". They're death to everything around them, sad to say.

3 posted on 11/06/2010 8:45:00 AM PDT by Huebolt (It's not over until there is not ONE DEMOCRAT HOLDING OFFICE ANYWHERE. Not even a dog catcher!)
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To: upchuck

Funny thing is that I think Rick Snyder pulled a lot of the state legislators across the finish line and he’s a full on liberal.

One of my liberal cousins tweeted that he thinks he made a mistake in voting for Snyder. LOL


4 posted on 11/06/2010 8:49:27 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: GOP_Harley_Guy

Voted straight rep. in Michigan, but don’t know much about the new governor except hes not Granholm...I don’t get local TV channels...don’t read the papers either except my little town paper....I did hear gossip he’s a rino, but don’t know for sure...he’s not granholm so anything is better than what we had...


5 posted on 11/06/2010 8:52:23 AM PDT by goat granny
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To: goat granny
don’t know much about the new governor except hes not Granholm

Its not for lack of trying. He supports green initiatives, high speed rail, wants to tear out all the dams, non commital on abortion. HOWEVER, I still see it as a win because he pulled a lot of good conservatives to victory and effectively rendered himself powerless on the worst of it.

Personally I'm happiest about the election of Ruth Johnson to secretary of state.
6 posted on 11/06/2010 9:00:59 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: upchuck
All The Obamassiah needs is a new ad aagency.


7 posted on 11/06/2010 9:09:24 AM PDT by Iron Munro (This is our culture; fight for it. This is our flag; pick it up. This is our country; take it back.)
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To: grellis

ping


8 posted on 11/06/2010 9:12:18 AM PDT by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
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To: upchuck

I can recall Granholm being a rising star in Dhimi politics one so bright they were whining about the “natural born” Citizen requirement to run for the Presidency.

As good as the GoP’s win is, putting an end to Granholm is also a nice perk.

Don’t envy snyder though, he is the first Governor in the US’s history who truly has to deal with a populace downturn along wtih an economic one, in some ways MI reminds me of the Soviet in the years after the collapse.

Huge naval bases they could not afford to maintain, empty houses, they had to manage the plane crash in order to come back stronger today.


9 posted on 11/06/2010 9:32:17 AM PDT by padre35 (You shall not ignore the laws of God, the Market, the Jungle, and Reciprocity Rm10.10)
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To: cripplecreek
Thanks for the info....looks like gossip can sometimes be true...hope your right and the legislature keeps him in check, but with the exception of Engler, I go back far enough to remember liberal republican governors in Michigan ;o( Never a conservative one...labor unions were the majority, in the auto industry and Jimmy Hoffa of the teamsters....

Kennedy's went after Hoffa so hard because with the teamsters he could and would shut down trucking from coast to coast...

My son in an independent trucker and I told him 45 years ago if he tried that he'd either be dead or have a burned out rig, and possibly both....

Possibility might get another conservative, the old union rank and file are dying off, Hoffa's gone and the young of today aren't too big on unions, plus Detroit population and Flint and other union towns have lots of unemployed union workers that don't trust union boss's any more...... At least one can hope....

10 posted on 11/06/2010 9:39:12 AM PDT by goat granny
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To: Huebolt

One of the main reasons that I will never buy a UAW built vehicle is that the union is seeking to destroy the country. I will not contribute to that in any way, shape, manner, or form. Since a portion of the purchase price is union dues (salary paid to union employees pays union dues), I will not buy their products. Better to let them go out of business.

I will not buy a Ford, for the same reason. Hussein Motors is off the table for the obvious reasons as is Chrysler.

Detroit, if you want my business, then you need to break the UAW. The country needs to send a clear message to the management of the car companies that we will not buy their products until they break the unions.

I won’t buy union-made beer either. Look for the union label. If it has it, pass it by for others who are not union made. It’s the only way to break them. Deny them jobs. No Budweiser, Miller, only Coors is non-union (their beer isn’t very good, but I’m not drinking it for the taste). Why is drinking Coors light like having sex on the beach? They’re both F-ing near water.


11 posted on 11/06/2010 9:48:57 AM PDT by Ouderkirk (Democrats...the party of Slavery, Segregation, Sodomy, and Sedition)
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To: upchuck
Republicans celebrating in Michigan


John Cromer of Detroit and Lalahni Wessinger of Ann Arbor celebrate Tuesday night after Rick Snyder rode the GOP tsunami into office

12 posted on 11/06/2010 10:10:42 AM PDT by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D.: "What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
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To: GOP_Harley_Guy
"Question: What in this article discusses RINOs though?"

If you were to re-read the original post, you'd see he said this article is a RESPONSE to RINOs: it doesn't discuss RINOs

13 posted on 11/06/2010 10:12:58 AM PDT by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D.: "What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
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To: upchuck
Thanks, upchuck!

I'm holding off commenting on Snyder until he has had a chance in office. However, I admit to continuing to harbor some doubts about this guy...

C'mon, Ricky! Prove me wrong!!!

14 posted on 11/06/2010 10:17:50 AM PDT by MaggieCarta (What are we here for but to provide sport for our neighbors, and to laugh at them in our turn?Austen)
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To: Redbob
How do RINOs even fit here? That's my question.

To me, here's the main point of the article:

"Michigan Republicans, like their counterparts across the nation, reorganized and restored their party beyond even their greatest hopes by riding the national wave of discontent with the president and the Democratic Congress."

15 posted on 11/06/2010 10:18:34 AM PDT by GOP_Harley_Guy
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To: Ouderkirk

Great post!
I, too, refuse to buy a UAW-made vehicle. They are an enemy of America and therefore, my enemy.


16 posted on 11/06/2010 10:22:14 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: upchuck
Frustrated Democrats found in Snyder a Republican they could vote for, and many Democrats cast their first-ever vote for a Republican when they chose Snyder.

I knew it. The only people I know who voted for him in the primary were dyed in the wool dems.

17 posted on 11/06/2010 10:23:26 AM PDT by MaggieCarta (What are we here for but to provide sport for our neighbors, and to laugh at them in our turn?Austen)
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To: MaggieCarta

Rick Snyder has one outstanding resume.


18 posted on 11/06/2010 10:35:27 AM PDT by GOP_Harley_Guy
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To: Springman; sergeantdave; cyclotic; netmilsmom; RatsDawg; PGalt; FreedomHammer; queenkathy; ...

If you would like to be added or dropped from the Michigan ping list, please freepmail me.


19 posted on 11/06/2010 11:02:52 AM PDT by grellis (I am Jill's overwhelming sense of disgust.)
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To: GOP_Harley_Guy

I just hope Snyder will be a reliable Republican. My expectations are pretty low, so as not to disappoint myself.


20 posted on 11/06/2010 3:05:01 PM PDT by MaggieCarta (What are we here for but to provide sport for our neighbors, and to laugh at them in our turn?Austen)
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