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Barbour calls on Republicans to unite behind eventual nominee
CNN.com ^ | 06/17/2011 | Peter Hamby

Posted on 06/17/2011 1:25:07 PM PDT by Hawk720

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To: Graneros

“I’m not sure the establishment Republicans would even get the message or give sh*t if if they did.”

There is zero doubt in my mind that the GOP is too far gone to recover. It really is the Menshevik party, at this point.


41 posted on 06/17/2011 3:20:51 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (Voodoo Republicans: Don't read their lips - watch their hands.)
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To: Hawk720

Trump was on Greta the other night & said if the Republicans nominate a loser, he may change his mind & run for President as an Independent. He has the werewithal to make good on his threat.


42 posted on 06/17/2011 3:24:45 PM PDT by bopdowah ("Unlike King Midas, whatever the Gubmint touches sure don't turn to Gold!')
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To: Hawk720

As long as Romney is campaigning as a Democrat, I’d rally around nearly any other Republican - but let the process continue. It’s early enough for Mitt to Flip-Flop a few more times, but I can’t count on him. Sorry.


43 posted on 06/17/2011 3:27:41 PM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all......)
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To: Hawk720

I refuse to choose between two different versions of Democrats. If we’re going to continue to flush the country down the toilet, we might as well choose the worst candidate and get it over with.


44 posted on 06/17/2011 3:30:16 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: Graneros; ImpBill

I’m calling you two when the flames start. :)


45 posted on 06/17/2011 4:06:31 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("Mr. Romney and Mr. Obama are not rivals, they're running mates." - Rep. Thaddeus McCotter)
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To: Hawk720

This is just more of the same crap the GOP has been spouting for decades. Look where it has got us.


46 posted on 06/17/2011 4:09:51 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: Colonel_Flagg

The powder is dry! Although I will tell you I don’t often get into flame wars these days. Ya can’t fix stupid!


47 posted on 06/17/2011 4:11:57 PM PDT by ImpBill ("America ... where are you now?" signed, a little "r" republican!)
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To: Colonel_Flagg
"I’m calling you two when the flames start. :)"

To heck with calling. You better be standing by with a fire brigade complete with extra hoses and pumper trucks. The other day I said that I thought it was not outside the realm of possibility that Palin will make an independent run. Man there was smoke pouring out of my computer. Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned / Nor hell a fury like a FReeper scorned. My apologies to William Congreve.

48 posted on 06/17/2011 4:33:36 PM PDT by Graneros ("It is no exaggeration to say that the undecided could go one way or another.")
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To: Graneros
I'd rather pound my nuts with a wooden mallet than vote for Obama or Romney.

Tell us how you really feel about it!

I agree completely, though I kinda cringe at the visual.

49 posted on 06/17/2011 5:41:12 PM PDT by zeugma (The only thing in the social security trust fund is your children and grandchildren's sweat.)
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To: Hawk720
I can guarantee this glad handing country clubber that if Romney is nominated the Republican Party will never win a Presidential election again.

I'd vote third party before I'd vote for Romney.

50 posted on 06/17/2011 5:46:35 PM PDT by Rome2000 (OBAMA IS A COMMUNIST CRYPTO-MUSLIM)
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To: Hawk720

How about Republican politicians uniting behind the Constitution, Haley?


51 posted on 06/17/2011 5:55:12 PM PDT by tarheelswamprat
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To: Hawk720
Barbour calls on Republicans to unite behind eventual nominee.

Like the Republican party united behind Christine O'Donnell, Joe Miller or Sharon Angle? That kind of unity? Well?

52 posted on 06/17/2011 5:57:50 PM PDT by upsdriver (to undo the damage the "intellectual elites" have done. . . . . Sarah Palin for President!)
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To: upsdriver

...and to add, Haley, will you unwaveringly support Palin should she become the nominee? Will the rest of the GOP elites do so as well? Talk is cheap.


53 posted on 06/17/2011 6:00:36 PM PDT by upsdriver (to undo the damage the "intellectual elites" have done. . . . . Sarah Palin for President!)
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To: ImpBill

Since you’ve been around even longer than I have, I will bow to the superior knowledge.


54 posted on 06/17/2011 6:01:47 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("Mr. Romney and Mr. Obama are not rivals, they're running mates." - Rep. Thaddeus McCotter)
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To: Graneros

I actually agree with you with regard to Palin. I’m also rather surprised at the number of Freepers who seem to think she’d settle for the second spot on someone else’s ticket. If she’s in, she’s all-in, in my opinion.


55 posted on 06/17/2011 6:03:37 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("Mr. Romney and Mr. Obama are not rivals, they're running mates." - Rep. Thaddeus McCotter)
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To: Colonel_Flagg

You’re correct. No way she’ll accept second fiddle. Not only that I doubt anyone would want her as Veep. Talk about being eclipsed. The spotlight would always be on her.


56 posted on 06/17/2011 6:32:13 PM PDT by Graneros ("It is no exaggeration to say that the undecided could go one way or another.")
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To: Colonel_Flagg

Superior knowledge? I think not. Perhaps wisdom of age or even better yet, tired of arguing. At any rate, I enjoy posting to and with those whom I find common ground and sorta ignore the rest. We definitely have common ground concerning “our vote” and where it shall be cast or not!


57 posted on 06/17/2011 8:49:27 PM PDT by ImpBill ("America ... where are you now?" signed, a little "r" republican!)
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To: ImpBill

Well, I try not to get into a lot of flame wars myself. But you’re Class of ‘98 so that’s cool by me. :)

What gets me, frankly, is this notion that posters here should stop supporting conservatives if the nominee happens to be a RINO. I have been led to believe that that’s not what this site is about. It’s about advancing conservatism. Conservatism won’t just beat Obama, it will destroy him.


58 posted on 06/17/2011 9:12:07 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("Mr. Romney and Mr. Obama are not rivals, they're running mates." - Rep. Thaddeus McCotter)
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To: Hawk720
Romney = Obama

Run a conservative alternative, or risk a three-way race.

Romney and Obama will be competing for the same 40% of liberal Democrats and liberal RINOs.

A third-party conservative will win this election cycle, unlike any election cycle since 1860.

59 posted on 06/17/2011 9:32:19 PM PDT by meadsjn (Sarah 2012, or sooner)
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To: Hawk720
"We are not going to have a perfect candidate," Barbour told the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans. "There has only been one perfect person that has ever walked on this earth and there's not going to be one who runs for president in 2012."

Yeah, and He was in one election.

The crowd chose Barabbas by acclamation.

Like Barbour, they believed that "in politics, purity is a loser."

60 posted on 06/17/2011 9:40:01 PM PDT by EternalVigilance
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