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Rep. McCotter resigns after ‘nightmarish’ month and a half
The Hill ^ | July 6, 2012 | By Jonathan Easley

Posted on 07/06/2012 2:44:52 PM PDT by SMGFan

GOP Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (Mich.) resigned on Friday, citing the effects a “nightmarish” month and half has had on his family.

“After nearly 26 years in elected office, this past nightmarish month and a half have, for the first time, severed the necessary harmony between the needs of my constituency and of my family,” McCotter wrote in a statement. “As this harmony is required to serve, its absence requires I leave.”

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: 112th; mccotter; mi2012; resignation; thaddeusmccotter; tmac
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To: elkfersupper

He had been an elected official for 26 yrs., not all of them were served in Congress. He was a great representative. He was my congressman, and my son interned in his district office. I’m very sorry to see him go. I wonder what will happen to his seat, if they’ll fill it.


21 posted on 07/06/2012 3:14:25 PM PDT by FrdmLvr (culture, language, borders)
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To: SMGFan

More weirdness from McCotter. Maybe Roberts put him over the edge.


22 posted on 07/06/2012 3:17:06 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: SMGFan

5 terms is also to many. 2 is a nice limit. Get the good ones out of DC before they get totally corrupted.


23 posted on 07/06/2012 3:23:33 PM PDT by Sporke (USS Iowa BB-61)
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To: LukeL

“his dry, strange sense of humor”

http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/MichiganCongressionalMess/2012/06/11/id/441930
“To those who unhappy at this news, I’m sorry; to those happy at this news, you’re welcome,” he said.

A Tea Party candidate ended up with the Republican nomination and the GOP-e is putting up a ‘mainstream’ write-in candidate.
It’s like they learned nothing from 2008. Fighting amongst themselves guarantees a Dem victory. Fools.


24 posted on 07/06/2012 3:26:15 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
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To: FrdmLvr

Well, then the story is poorly written. Those of us who don’t live anywhere near there only know what we read.


25 posted on 07/06/2012 3:29:04 PM PDT by elkfersupper ( Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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To: FrdmLvr

Well, then the story is poorly written. Those of us who don’t live anywhere near there only know what we read.


26 posted on 07/06/2012 3:29:21 PM PDT by elkfersupper ( Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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To: EGPWS

Who is this woman and how or why is she connected to this story about Rep. McCotter? Thanks.


27 posted on 07/06/2012 3:33:26 PM PDT by miele man
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To: mrsmith

Do they really think they can pull a Murcowski in Michigan. The RNC should stay out of it, and let the people decide who they want.


28 posted on 07/06/2012 3:37:34 PM PDT by qman (The communist usurper must go!)
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To: LukeL

I always looked forward to redeye especially when McCotter was going to be on the show.


29 posted on 07/06/2012 3:47:27 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: miele man

That’s Jennifer Granholm, the former Gov. of Michigan......she has NOTHING to do with the story as far as I can tell.


30 posted on 07/06/2012 3:55:52 PM PDT by Ann Archy ( ABORTION...the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: mrsmith

Hopefully the MI. based TEA Party and other conservative groups call rally around Kerry Bentivolio and drive the momentum his way.


31 posted on 07/06/2012 3:59:36 PM PDT by tflabo (Truth or tyranny)
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To: Ann Archy
"That’s Jennifer Granholm, the former Gov. of Michigan......she has NOTHING to do with the story as far as I can tell."

She's just another 'rat in a hoodie.

32 posted on 07/06/2012 4:03:33 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: SMGFan

Good Luck. God Bless. Thank you.

Amen...


33 posted on 07/06/2012 4:20:31 PM PDT by ExCTCitizen (If we stay home in November '12, don't blame 0 for tearing up the CONSTITUTION!!)
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To: SMGFan
Weird guy and a weirder end to his Congressional career.

Best of luck to his constituents in the choosing his replacement.

34 posted on 07/06/2012 4:44:37 PM PDT by newzjunkey
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To: SMGFan

I liked him a lot. Sorry he’s leaving but wish him the very best.


35 posted on 07/06/2012 4:52:41 PM PDT by bronxville
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To: HANG THE EXPENSE

I used to wach Redeye a lot too, but I got sick and tired of every conversation somehow ending up being gay related...I’m sick of gay!


36 posted on 07/06/2012 5:10:50 PM PDT by lewislynn ( What does the global warming movement and the Fairtax movement have in commom? Misinformation)
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To: EGPWS
Google Image Search is your friend:

http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/03/jennifer-granholm-dons-trayvon-hood-118239.html

37 posted on 07/06/2012 5:25:42 PM PDT by JediJones (From the makers of Romney, Bloomberg/Schwarzenegger 2016. Because the GOP can never go too far left.)
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To: Ann Archy

Thank you for cluing me in on Granholm’s identity. She has pretty lips but I was beginning to wonder the gender after seeking the prominent “adam’s apple”.


38 posted on 07/06/2012 7:25:17 PM PDT by miele man
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To: EGPWS

That hoodie highlights her chicken neck.


39 posted on 07/06/2012 8:21:35 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: cripplecreek

Something smells fishy about this entire situation. I really like McCotter.


40 posted on 07/06/2012 11:08:25 PM PDT by pistolpackinpapa (Why is it that you never see any Obama bumper stickers on cars going to work in the mornings?)
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