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Toomey: 'I gave this my best shot'
The Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | April 19, 2013 | Jonathan Tamari

Posted on 04/20/2013 6:52:14 AM PDT by Timber Rattler

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To: Timber Rattler

I am glad he failed. A new senator joining a “Gang” of compromisers headed by a big shot Democrat or established RINO who is using you for a fool amd making an ass of you in the eyes of the people who helped get you elected is not the way I like to see our Tea Party endorsed candidates end up. I hope Marco Rubio takes notice of this, he is doing the same thing.


21 posted on 04/20/2013 7:58:49 AM PDT by Reddon
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To: Timber Rattler

Santorum saw this fraud a mile away. Conservatives wew extremely slow seeing through this punk! Pennsylvania get him primaried big time!!!


22 posted on 04/20/2013 7:59:14 AM PDT by napscoordinator (Santorum-Bachmann 2016 for the future of the Country!)
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To: Timber Rattler

I think this was best put by someone who said: “Did we make a mistake replacing Arlen Specter with this guy? We thought he was a conservative.”


23 posted on 04/20/2013 8:05:37 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Best WoT news at rantburg.com)
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To: IbJensen

I could say the same thing about Kirk.

He better start putting together his resume or change his party affiliation. Kirk is persona non gratis with us Illinois convservatives (yes, there are a few of us here).


24 posted on 04/20/2013 8:14:54 AM PDT by twoputt
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Rubio is already toast except for the Rino establishment. I am starting to doubt Rush and Levin for supporting the amnesty lover.


25 posted on 04/20/2013 8:26:02 AM PDT by cp124 (Government is value subtracted.)
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To: Timber Rattler

My email to Toomey:

Senator Toomey:

You are a huge disappointment.

I was a hard core supporter (volunteer/money) for you in your primary run against Arlen Specter in 2004.

I was a hard core supporter (volunteer/money) for you in your win as a senator in 2010.

You are a huge disappointment as the MAIN supporter of the gun control schemes with President Obama and the Democrats.

Unless you come roaring back with support of other conservative issues you have lost me for your 2016 election.

In fact, unless I see something amazingly different, I will actively support who ever runs against you.

Both in the primaries and election.

2banana


26 posted on 04/20/2013 8:27:25 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: Timber Rattler

fupt.


27 posted on 04/20/2013 8:41:38 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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"The Senate has spoken on this," Toomey said.

No, dip, the PEOPLE have spoken and, for a change, the Senate listened. At least SOME senators... cough, cough.

28 posted on 04/20/2013 8:48:46 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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We have a lot of other very important issues to deal with such as getting the economy back on track

Good point. Why couldn't we have focused FIRST, SECOND and THIRD on getting the economy back on track, and ignored this pointless anti-gun bill that wasn't going to make any difference in the crime rate anyway?

Of course, "getting the economy back on track" to the Congress means quibbling over where to spend more money on social programs and which party thought of it first and should get credit, so I guess maybe we got lucky here in a way.

29 posted on 04/20/2013 9:18:40 AM PDT by Hardastarboard (Buck Off, Bronco Bama)
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To: Hardastarboard

He used the economic issues - only to divert attention from his fall from grace from the 2nd Amend. He knows the economic dilemma is on everyone minds - so, his comment was to secure his place in the ‘good boy’ column so his supporters/voters will forget. IOW, his logic is..your rights aren’t as important as money.


30 posted on 04/20/2013 9:33:53 AM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: Hardastarboard

“I gave it my best shot. Unfortunately, my foot got in the way”


31 posted on 04/20/2013 9:34:05 AM PDT by littleharbour ("All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree. ~ James Madison)
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...would have made it harder for criminals and the dangerously mentally ill...

Who is to determine who is mentally ill? Someone disagreeing with your stance on gun control or any subject for that matter? Go away Arlen...err Pat!

32 posted on 04/20/2013 10:00:49 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks Timber Rattler.
Pat Toomey... seeming refreshed Thursday after the deflating defeat of his background-check plan the day before... "The Senate has spoken on this," Toomey said. "It's not obvious to me what alternative path forward there is. I gave this my best shot."
It also gave him a month or so of not having to weigh in about the Gosnell trial.


33 posted on 04/20/2013 10:00:59 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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I will not pull the lever again for Toomey. He has shown himself to be Anti-2A.
34 posted on 04/20/2013 10:01:15 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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To: BobL

Gee does that make it better?

PA has almost 1,000,000 CCWs and they spoke loud and clear yet Traitor Toomey ignored them all and sided with obama/schumer/rendell.

Calling him a traitor is actually one of the nicer things I can think of calling him.


35 posted on 04/20/2013 10:04:39 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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To: C. Edmund Wright

I believe PA has more NRA members than any other state IIRC. Whoever serves needs to be accounable to the pro 2A population. Anyone who is not will not get my vote......its that simple.


36 posted on 04/20/2013 10:06:36 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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37 posted on 04/20/2013 10:07:23 AM PDT by RetSignman ("...a Republic if you can keep it")
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To: ilgipper; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; ...

Toomey will benefit from this, as he’s in a closely divided state that slides Demwit at least as often as not — and since it failed, it’s a have cake eat it too move. Rubio was already being condemned as a pro-amnesty RINO before this ‘Gang of Eight’ thing, and it will similarly not pass — either it will be heavily modified and slant to the left, or it will be amended to gut the open-ended provisions coveted by the left. And all the while, it hands Zero another defeat.


38 posted on 04/20/2013 10:07:32 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

I understand, I was just making an overall obervation.


39 posted on 04/20/2013 10:40:47 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (Tokyo Rove is more than a name, it's a GREAT WEBSITE)
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To: SunkenCiv

Toomey wil not benefit from this from any of the people I have spoken to. Who are you talking to?


40 posted on 04/20/2013 1:31:01 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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