Posted on 04/08/2014 5:30:15 AM PDT by cotton1706
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) is endorsing Rep. James Lankford (R-Okla.), giving him a potential boost with social conservatives in his Senate primary.
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"The servant leadership of James Lankford is a rarity in Washington. The idea of always being accountable, putting others first, and keeping faith in a faithless town isn't easy, but James maintains his integrity while representing Oklahoma in Congress. It is obvious that James is working to revive our great nation for the next generation of Americans," Huckabee said in a release from Lankford's campaign. Lankford is facing Oklahoma House Speaker T.W. Shannon (R) in the primary to replace retiring Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla). Shannon is trying to run to Lankford's right and has locked up endorsements from former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) and the Senate Conservatives Fund.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
This just reenforces my view that Lankford is an establishment candidate.
We NEED to support TW Shannon!!!
Shannon has the support of..
Senate Conservatives Fund
Sarah Palin
Mark Levin
Ben Carson
Lankford has the Huckster supporting him.... LOL
Congressman Lankford’s record includes:
Voted to raise the debt limit three times. (2013 RCV #30, 2011 RCV #677, 2011 RCV #690)
Voted to fund Obamacare four times. (2013 RCV #640, 2011 RCV #941, 2011 RCV #719, 2011 RCV #179)
Voted for the Ryan-Murray budget agreement that increased spending, raised taxes, and cut benefits to military retirees. (2013 RCV #640)
Voiced support for amnesty for illegal immigrants as well as a path to citizenship. (AP, 7/10/13)
Voted to allow the National Security Agency (NSA) to continue its bulk collection of phone record data. (2013 RCV #412)
Voted against strengthening the work requirements in the food stamp program for individuals receiving benefits. (2013 RCV #283)
Voted to allow farmers making over $250,000 a year to continue to receive crop insurance subsidies. (2013 RCV #276, 2011 RCV #455)
Voted to protect programs like the Legal Services Corporation (2012 RCV#219) and the Economic Development Agency. (2012 RCV #207)
http://www.senateconservatives.com/site/post/2436/scf-wont-support-lankford-in-oklahoma
I find this interesting…the GOPe is using Huckster to apparently get at least some of the social cons to blindly join the GOPe candidates…..while absolutely fighting tooth and nail against all the small govt conservatives. Very interesting times we live in….(and not in a good way)
Is this another Todd akin type.
Yep!
And it’s really tough too because I myself have talked to some of these social Conservatives here in Oklahoma and they are COMPLETELY blinded by Lankford.
Some of them are choosing to ignore his record even though it stands in stark contrast to what they support.
Is who another Todd Akin type?
Kiss of death.
Some of them are choosing to ignore his record even though it stands in stark contrast to what they support.
It's the Santuckabee voter - no interest whatsoever in issues of liberty and The Constitution and property - only obsessed on two, maybe three, social only issues. They aggrevate me to no end. Lot of Freepers in this camp sadly. They don't see that big government will ultimately doom the very issues they care about, and they criticize those of us who see that as being corrupted by "mammon" and all kinds of other rubbish. They will vote us to our doom.
Absolutely! Shannon is the man for this year! I think Palin’s endorsement scared them to death. They’re working very hard to get their men into office (because their men will vote for Mitch). Huckabee is a Mitch stand-in.
Just remember Huckabee gave us Akin in Missouri, and even blessed him after his royal f-up to keep him in the race. Most of the grassroots conservatives endorsed another candidate that would not have imploded. Huckabee is a disaster with his endorsements. He gets a few right, but he pulls social cons to establishment big government types much of the time , or splits votes in multicandidate primaries.
When I look up POWER PLAYERS in the dictionary, I don’t see Huckleberry’s photo.
“Huckabee’s working with McConnell to get establishment candidates elected, or to stop the advance of Tea Party candidates, which amounts to the same thing.”
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The Huckster Huckabee is indeed a despicable, devious and duplicitous character who does all he can to harm the Tea Party and other conservatives. His endorsement of a GOPe candidate here is all part of that.
T. W. Shannon is the Tea Party conservative who the Senate’s Conservative Fund (SCF) has endorsed in this primary. This cycle the SCF is making sure it thoroughly vets potential candidates to determine their conservative bona fides. And, before any final endorsement is made, the SCF conducts some training to make sure the candidate knows how to deal with the mainstream media which will attempt to lay traps and otherwise try to “sandbag” conservative candidates.
T. W. Shannon will make a great Senator and will provide badly needed reinforcement for Ted Cruz and other Senate conservatives.
http://www.senateconservatives.com/site/endorsements
TW is the REAL DEAL.
Shannon for senate
bump!
The adage ... Politics makes strange bedfellows, was never more true!
The gOpe turns to the Huckster for social conservative 'cred'. Hysterical. TokyoRove is obviously desperate. He is in full FlopSweat over Ted Cruz, and the many like-minded Senatorial candidates whom he has inspired.
I think it's great that the lines are being drawn early and very clear as to who is on who's side. With this, it shows that 'Santuckabee' has been bought and has thrown in with Rove/McConnell because they are scared to death of the impending doom of .... Majority Leader Cruz, following the November, 2014 elections ... which will inevitably lead to POTUS frontrunner in 2016.
Bacio Della Morte.
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