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Senate race in Michigan has Dems nervous
The Hill ^ | March 15, 2014 | Cameron Joseph

Posted on 03/16/2014 4:29:54 PM PDT by Din Maker

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One glaring omission from this article: The hot water that the Dem candidate Gary Peters got into for calling a woman dying with cancer "a liar" because of comments she made about ObamaCare. I'm sure many Michiganders still remember that and will remember it until Election Day.
1 posted on 03/16/2014 4:29:54 PM PDT by Din Maker
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If we lose Michigan, it’s over for us controlling the Senate,” said one Democrat involved in the race.
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Fo sho Bucko!


2 posted on 03/16/2014 4:30:53 PM PDT by Din Maker (Ted Cruz stands up to John Cornyn while Rand Paul wilts in the presence of Mitch McConnell.)
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To: Din Maker
GOOD!!

They can SOIL their Diapers now, and keep Soiling them.

3 posted on 03/16/2014 4:32:55 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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Republicans had all but written off the Democratic-leaning state last summer after they failed to recruit either Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) or Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.) to run, leaving them with former Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land (R) as their nominee.

Which ones are the GOPe / Karl Rove candidates? Any Tea Party (real one) candidates among these three?

4 posted on 03/16/2014 4:34:05 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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To: Din Maker

This completely explains why dingy reed is bashing the koch brothers on the senate floor! now I get it.


5 posted on 03/16/2014 4:34:52 PM PDT by spacejunkie2001
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Terri Land has been tea party friendly.

same article posted earlier with a changed title.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3133761/posts


6 posted on 03/16/2014 4:36:20 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Din Maker

Anyone familiar with Terri Lynn Land, who apparently is going to be the GOP candidate? Is she any good, or just another establishment crony?


7 posted on 03/16/2014 4:37:16 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: spacejunkie2001

Our side needs to hammer them with the real story about Soros, Steyer, etc where the REAL money comes from.


8 posted on 03/16/2014 4:37:25 PM PDT by nascarnation (I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
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ANOTHER LOCK-STEPPING DEMOCRAT, SUPER-GLUED TO OBAMACARE, GOES BALLISTIC:

Michigan Democrat Rep. Gary Peters threatens TV station licenses over Obamacare ad
Washington Examiner ^ | 2/22/14 | Charles Hoskinson / FR Posted on Sunday, February 23, 2014 by Libloather

While Julie Boonstra of Dexter, Mich., struggles to survive leukemia, she now also has to cope with being called a liar by Gary Peters, the Democrat who wants to be her next senator. And the campaign of Rep. Peters is also going after television stations airing ads in which her story is featured, threatening their licenses.

The ad by Americans for Prosperity features Boonstra talking about how her insurance was canceled under Obamacare and saying that Peters' decision to vote for the law "jeopardized my health." The ads are airing in Michigan as Peters seeks the Democratic nomination to replace Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., who is not seeking re-election. (Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...

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JUST A FRIENDLY SUGGESTION: Gary Peters should get
professional help---he appears to be having bouts of schizophrenia.

BACKSTORY Democrat Peters was once all gaga over Obamacare---dripping w/ pride b/c he had voted in lockstep with fellow Democrats to enact the "Big Effin' Deal" (as Joe Biden called it).

GO FIGURE Now Peters is toying with the First Amendment---
threatening TV station licenses over an ad that shows how much he likes Obamacare.

WATTA LUNKHEAD Peters is so dam unappreciative---heck, Joe Biden came to Detroit---Raising Money for Cong Gary Peters’ Senate Race. (Jonathan Oosting, “VP Joe Biden To Do Fundraiser For Gary Peters,” MLive, 1/15/14)

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BACKSTORY As far back as 2008, at the presidential debate in Nashville, Democrat candidate Obama advanced his signature healthcare plan---ultimately enacted, by an historic straight Democrat party-line vote, into the "Affordable Care Act."

QUOTING 2008 OBAMA: "No. 1, let me just repeat, if you’ve got a health care plan that you like, you can keep it. All I’m going to do is help you to lower the premiums on it. You’ll still have choice of doctor.” Repeated over and over ---- with the promise that every American family would be saving $2500.00 on healthcare costs.

Significantly, Obamba NEVER corrected lock-stepping Democrats, all reading from the same Democrat talking points, all of them repeating the same Democrat promises---over and over again.

LOCK-STEPPING PARTY LOYALTY NOT SEEN SINCE 1930-40's ERA EUROPE Obama And the Dems marched in lockstep.....the persistent Dumbocrat drumbeat ---- in obeisance to Obama ---- kept ringing reassuringly in our ears: "If you like your plan, you can keep your plan."

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MEMO TO MICHIGAN VOTERS Rep Gary Peters Is a Loyal Lock-stepping Democrat ---he Voted With Obama 90 Percent Of The Time. FACT SOURCE (Democrat Rep. Gary Peters, Congressional Quarterly, Accessed 1/15/14)

PETERS' AYE VOTE FOR OBAMACARE Democrat Cong Gary Peters Voted To Pass ObamaCare. (H.R. 3590, Roll Call Vote #165, Passed 219-212: R 0-178; D 219-34, 3/21/10, Peters Voted Yea)

PETERS CELEBRATES OBAMACARE In March 2013, Democrat Cong Gary Peters Celebrated The Third Anniversary Of ObamaCare’s Passage and Highlighted How O/Care Is Helping Michiganders.

“Today Rep. Gary Peters marked Saturday as the 3rd anniversary of the Affordable Care Act becoming law by highlighting the many ways it’s helping families across Michigan. Democrat Peters criticized Lansing Republicans for refusing to partner in the state health care exchange marketplace.”

FACT SOURCE: Press Release, “Democrat Congressman Gary Peters Marks The 3rd Anniversary Of The Affordable Care Act--Highlighting How It’s Already Helping Michiganders,” Rep. Gary Peters, 3/22/13)

9 posted on 03/16/2014 4:38:02 PM PDT by Liz
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To: nascarnation

good luck with that, right? our side sucks :)


10 posted on 03/16/2014 4:38:51 PM PDT by spacejunkie2001
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Peters will fold like a cheap suit if Republicans run the blockbuster ad that catapulted Jolly to victory in Florida.

The blockbuster Jolly campaign ad referenced lock-stepping Dems saluting smartly to der leader.

Jolly lit into Sink's DNC-approved campaign promise to go to Washington to "fix" the train wreck Obamacare.

Jolly said the district needs a rep who will defend THEIR interests---not those of Obama.

11 posted on 03/16/2014 4:41:45 PM PDT by Liz
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I hope there's a nice office for Harry----in the Capitol sub-basement ---near the furnace.

Give 'ol Harry a comfortable chair---and tell him not to
worry about all those silly electrical switches laying around.

Harry'll just love his brand-new cardboard desk (some assembly required).....

Although I hear phone service isn't hooked up down there yet. Too bad.

12 posted on 03/16/2014 4:44:18 PM PDT by Liz
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A sour national political climate...

It's not a "sour national political climate" when Republicans are in trouble.

13 posted on 03/16/2014 4:44:33 PM PDT by Steely Tom (How do you feel about robbing Peter's robot?)
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Even the worst-case scenario for the GOP will be a good thing: now the Dems need to pump more money and resources into a “safe” race in a desperate attempt to create a firewall.

That means they’ll need to pull that money from somewhere else.

And this is looking to be a major advantage year for the GOP in fundraising.


14 posted on 03/16/2014 4:45:53 PM PDT by tanknetter
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To: spacejunkie2001

Yeah, that is about all the Dems can come up with as a strategy.


15 posted on 03/16/2014 5:00:48 PM PDT by A message
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When FR’s start posting these sundry primary races it would be good to know the filing and election dates of these elections. Also if they favor a candidate a link to their website...
Thank You


16 posted on 03/16/2014 5:20:59 PM PDT by mosesdapoet (Serious contribution pause.Please continue onto meaningless venting no one reads.)
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Go Michiganders. You can do this.


17 posted on 03/16/2014 5:22:16 PM PDT by MarMema ("If Americans really wanted Obamacare, you wouldn't need a law to make them buy it." Ted Cruz)
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Really? That’s hard to believe given that the Democrat candidate’s main campaign tactic has been to attack a woman dying from leukemia along with the fascist tactic of threatening to revoke the licenses of any TV station that run political ads he doesn’t like.


18 posted on 03/16/2014 5:34:39 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: mosesdapoet

This could be an interesting race.

http://www.terrybowmanforcongress.com/

Bowman is a pro RTW conservative UAW member running against John Dingell’s wife.


19 posted on 03/16/2014 5:44:00 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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..........any pub is better than a Marxist I guess but this woman seems to be an ambidextrous government pay check grabber all her adult life and when she wasn’t doing that she was working for mom and dad.

This is NOT the steel spined Ted Cruz/Sarah Palin type we need in the Senate. I guess it’s too late but, in this candidacy, the pubs probably have thrown their saddle on an old broke down sway back hoss instead of a prancing thoroughbred like Cruz or Palin. I see nothing in Lynn’s background to suggest she will be a staunch conservative. Granted, I did not perform an exhaustive search but such information is not on Wiki.

And, OMG, she is no Sarah Palin in the looks department either. Just sayin!


20 posted on 03/16/2014 5:49:14 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid!)
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