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Rep. Peter King Would Run in 2016 Just to Prevent President Ted Cruz or Rand Paul
Mediaite ^ | 05/17/2014 | Matt Willstein

Posted on 05/17/2014 6:45:58 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Republican Senators Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Marco Rubio get thrown around a lot as possible GOP presidential candidates for 2016. One prominent Republican who does not get mentioned much in that context is Rep. Peter King (R-NY). But during one of his frequent interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Friday, King said he is seriously considering making a run at the nomination, if only to prevent those younger, more right-wing candidates from becoming president.

Asked by Blitzer about his 2016 plans, King said he’s “certainly looking at” the possibility, which will include a trip to New Hampshire next month. He said when he ran into Hillary Clinton yesterday he told her to “get ready.”

“I’m looking at this because I see people like Rand Paul and Ted Cruz, and to me, I don’t want the Republican Party going in that direction,” King said. Whether it’s him or someone else, he said he would do what he can to make sure the “realistic foreign policy wing” or “national security wing” of the party “does not give in to the isolationists.”

Rep. King has clashed with the younger generation of Republicans repeatedly over the last several years, recently saying Sen. Paul would make a “disastrous president” and acting as the leading critic of the Sen. Cruz-led government shutdown last fall.

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To: MuttTheHoople

He would take votes away from NJ’s donut eating king. He won’t touch Cruz but Paul is becoming more of a leftist every day.


21 posted on 05/17/2014 7:11:15 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: SeekAndFind

People like King are the reason America is getting its ass kicked right now by Barry and his extreme left wing of the ‘RAT party.


22 posted on 05/17/2014 7:11:16 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Obama's smidgens are coming home to roost.)
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To: ObamahatesPACoal

He might need to protect Michael Grimm or Gerry Adams in prison.


23 posted on 05/17/2014 7:11:40 PM PDT by ObamahatesPACoal
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To: SeekAndFind

I think they made a major error in the article, they identified King as a Republican, is there no accuracy in journalism? That’s Peter King, RINO-NY.


24 posted on 05/17/2014 7:13:21 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: SeekAndFind

I think they made a major error in the article, they identified King as a Republican, is there no accuracy in journalism? That’s Peter King, RINO-NY. Paul kersey, clean up NY.


25 posted on 05/17/2014 7:13:53 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: SeekAndFind

He and Huntsman can vie for the .01% vote


26 posted on 05/17/2014 7:13:58 PM PDT by ilgipper
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To: SeekAndFind

How exactly would this clown “prevent” Cruz or Paul from running or winning?

Quite the opposite, with him and Jeb Bush out there - it would create even more appeal for Tea Party candidates.


27 posted on 05/17/2014 7:22:24 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: SeekAndFind

Choke on a piece of pork....bloated pig...


28 posted on 05/17/2014 7:23:57 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: SeekAndFind

Hellfar, boy. Drag around a Texas parking lot on the end of a chain hooked up to a F150. Shut that boy right up!


29 posted on 05/17/2014 7:33:06 PM PDT by righttackle44 (Take scalps. Leave the bodies as a warning.)
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"Rep. Peter King Would Run
in 2016 Just to Prevent
President Ted Cruz or Rand Paul"


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30 posted on 05/17/2014 7:36:41 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: SeekAndFind

Peter is a dick.


31 posted on 05/17/2014 7:43:30 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Why is Jon Corzine a free man?)
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To: PGR88

“How exactly would this clown “prevent” Cruz or Paul from running or winning?”

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

I have a feeling he means he would run as a third party candidate.

Hillary (Democrat), Cruz (Republican), and King (Loser).

He would rather see Hillary as President than Cruz, Paul, or Palin, and he’d love to be in a debate moderated by his buddy Wolf Blitzer.


32 posted on 05/17/2014 7:48:04 PM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: SeekAndFind

What happened to Peter King? His principles used to be intact, as far as I could tell.

So the thinks that the likes of Ted Cruz is part of the problem? Time to retire Pete.


33 posted on 05/17/2014 7:53:39 PM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: SeekAndFind

How is splitting the RINO vote going to hurt Cruz?


34 posted on 05/17/2014 8:14:26 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: SeekAndFind

This is a good thing.

I want many, many more RINO’s running in the primary for the republican nod.

The more the merrier.

Then we are assured a conservative will win the ticket and thus the Presidency.


35 posted on 05/17/2014 8:14:57 PM PDT by OneVike (I'm just a Christian waiting for a ride home)
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To: SeekAndFind
Peter King: 'Helping Republicans become Democrats since 1996.' Get lost you TURNCOAT.

Peter if you did run, you might split the RINO votes.

36 posted on 05/17/2014 8:26:43 PM PDT by ExCTCitizen (I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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To: SeekAndFind

King wouldn’t be in it to win. He’d be in it to trash Cruz and Paul.


37 posted on 05/17/2014 8:35:16 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: SeekAndFind

I agree with him on Rand Paul. Rand had the WHITE HOUSE in the palm of his hand when he went after drones and government spying...but then gave it all back with his new priorities - giving felons the right to vote, opposing voter ID, and pushing for Amnesty.


38 posted on 05/17/2014 8:47:14 PM PDT by BobL
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To: Old Yeller

Puck Feter Klingon


39 posted on 05/17/2014 8:59:42 PM PDT by bigmak007 (They who can't control their own passions, want to passionately control others.)
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To: ExCTCitizen

Well said.


40 posted on 05/17/2014 9:02:48 PM PDT by Graewoulf (Democrats' Obamacare Socialist Health Insur. Tax violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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