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MISSING CONGRESSMAN STEVE STOCKMAN SAYS HE TRAVELED TO RUSSIA
Breitbart-Big Government ^ | 1-26-2014 | BRANDON DARBY & JONATHAN STRONG

Posted on 01/26/2014 12:37:42 PM PST by smoothsailing

January 26, 2014

MISSING CONGRESSMAN STEVE STOCKMAN SAYS HE TRAVELED TO RUSSIA

by BRANDON DARBY & JONATHAN STRONG

AUSTIN, Texas—Missing Texas Congressman Steve Stockman told an associate he was headed to Russia to meet with Vladimir Putin, according to an electronic communication reviewed by Breitbart News, and now says he is in London.

The new information offers tantalizing clues both to Stockman's whereabouts and purpose as speculation continues to build about his unusual absence in the weeks since launching a quixotic primary challenge to Senator John Cornyn.

Stockman broke his silence on the matter in a text message sent to Breitbart News at 3:26am central time.

“I am on a bipartisan codel. I'm on foreign affairs. Part of my work,” Stockman said, adding that he doesn't know why a Houston Chronicle reporter said “I'm missing” because “we met with the press every day.”

Stockman also said "I am in a meeting now - London."....

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections; Russia; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: stevestockman; stockman
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1 posted on 01/26/2014 12:37:42 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

Interesting.


2 posted on 01/26/2014 12:38:56 PM PST by OwenKellogg (Fundamental transformation sucks.)
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To: smoothsailing

If neither our intelligence agencies nor Obama’s State Department will give Congress the truth about Benghazi and other goings-on in the Middle East, perhaps it has become necessary to get the truth from Putin and Russian intelligence.


3 posted on 01/26/2014 12:41:50 PM PST by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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To: smoothsailing

I really hope the Tea Party has the good sense not to back this guy. He’s got flake written all over him.


4 posted on 01/26/2014 12:42:09 PM PST by kildak
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To: smoothsailing

Except we don’t know who was typing the text. It could have been Stockman, me, you or anyone else in the world.


5 posted on 01/26/2014 12:46:02 PM PST by bgill
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To: kildak

Stockman is VERY Conservative. I absolutely do not care how flaky he is — he’s what we need.


6 posted on 01/26/2014 12:46:09 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (Anti-Complacency League! Baby!)
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To: kildak

Absolutely correct!


7 posted on 01/26/2014 12:46:14 PM PST by Maine Mariner
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To: bgill

Do you suppose Breitbart verified the message before publishing it?


8 posted on 01/26/2014 12:50:10 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

O will have him in cuffs upon landing back in the US.


9 posted on 01/26/2014 12:52:54 PM PST by Errant (Surround yourself with intelligent and industrious people who help and support each other.)
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To: ClearCase_guy
I absolutely do not care how flaky he is — he’s what we need.

That's quite a statement.

I wonder if Obama voters thought to themselves "I don't care what a narcissistic jackwagon turd-world Dictator Obama is, he's what we need."

10 posted on 01/26/2014 12:53:42 PM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: smoothsailing

It is very odd.

I’ve grown so skeptical of politicians my trust factor is at minus zero. So if there were daily news meetings...are there records indicating that?

Last time there was a pol “missing”...he said he was trekking in the Appalachians. Appalacia, Argentina.

I was hoping that Stockman could give Cornyn a run for the money.


12 posted on 01/26/2014 1:00:08 PM PST by berdie
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adding that he doesn't know why a Houston Chronicle reporter said “I'm missing” because “we met with the press every day.”

So it's Stockman's fault?
13 posted on 01/26/2014 1:04:04 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: smoothsailing
Pooty Poot Pushing Politicos.

I like that...

5.56mm

14 posted on 01/26/2014 1:04:23 PM PST by M Kehoe
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To: ClearCase_guy

Lots of concern trolls popping up in the run up to the election. Just like last time.

And along with them come others to agree.


15 posted on 01/26/2014 1:05:35 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: smoothsailing

Uh huh.


16 posted on 01/26/2014 1:06:29 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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To: berdie
I was hoping that Stockman could give Cornyn a run for the money.

It's not looking too good as this point. He desperately needs to raise money if he wants to be a serious challenger.

Stockman's problems go beyond visibility. He has reported having only about $32,000 in cash on-hand and $163,000 in debts, while Cornyn's campaign fund is nearly $7 million.

The anti-tax Club for Growth has shunned him -- after spending around $5.5 million to help Cruz upset mainstream Republican contender David Dewhurst in the state's 2012 U.S. Senate GOP primary.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/01/23/senate-candidate-stockman-virtually-out-sight/

17 posted on 01/26/2014 1:07:24 PM PST by smoothsailing
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Lots of concern trolls popping up in the run up to the election. Just like last time.

And along with them come others to agree.

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18 posted on 01/26/2014 1:10:01 PM PST by LucyT ( If you're NOT paranoid, you don't know what's going on.)
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To: kildak

My first thought upon reading....


19 posted on 01/26/2014 1:10:08 PM PST by Kackikat
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To: smoothsailing

What a weirdo.


20 posted on 01/26/2014 1:13:44 PM PST by RIghtwardHo
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