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Ted Cruz: 'I Certainly Congratulate' Thad Cochran
Breitbart ^ | June 25, 2014 | Charlie Spiering

Posted on 06/25/2014 8:51:02 AM PDT by don-o

Chris McDaniel may have refused to concede the Mississippi Senate primary without a challenge, but Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) appears to be moving on after the Tea Party suffered primary defeats last night.

“I certainly congratulate my colleague, Thad,” Cruz said on Fox and Friends Wednesday morning, pointing out that the Republican establishment poured millions into the Mississippi race and only won by a thin margin. Cruz reminded the hosts that he did not endorse a candidate in the Mississippi primary, as he promised to stay out of incumbent Senate races.

But Cruz insisted that Cochran’s narrow victory should be a warning for Republicans in Washington, D.C. “I think that demonstrates that there is a lot of hunger for change. People are frustrated with Washington, and they're hungry for leaders who will stand up and make the case we need to go a different path,” Cruz said.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Mississippi
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To: stanne

I have no idea what you’re talking about.

You asked another poster if the election was being contested. I posted a link and comment to you that it looks like it is/may be contested.

Good day.


201 posted on 06/25/2014 12:24:51 PM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: entropy12

Unlike your boy, Reagan didn’t need to buy democrat votes.


202 posted on 06/25/2014 12:52:20 PM PDT by Finatic (Sometimes I think it would be nice to just get it on and get it over with. Once and for all.)
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To: entropy12

“But we are proud for Ronald Reagan to get democrat votes?”

A vote does not equal a vote.
Did Reagan call you or his opponent a racist if you didn’t vote for him?
Did Reagan hand out street money in the ghettos to vote for him?
Did Reagan sell his soul and principles to get you to vote for him?


203 posted on 06/25/2014 12:53:04 PM PDT by A'elian' nation ("Political Correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred." Jacques Barzun)
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To: dmz

All the democrat votes Cochran got in the runoff were supposedly from democrat voters who had NOT voted in the primary.

If you voted in the primary then you cannot cross over and vote for another party in the runoff.


204 posted on 06/25/2014 12:59:57 PM PDT by A'elian' nation ("Political Correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred." Jacques Barzun)
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To: Jane Long

Oh, inserting yourself into a side in a debate and then claiming to have nothing to do with it?

Libs use that tactic effectively

It keeps them out of real events, and stuck in academia and ideology

But the question you attempted to answer that you were not asked was, as you know, has he election been officially contested, allowing a sitting senator from another state to publicly question it, to which you inserted your article stating ‘it looks like it’s going to be contested’

Now you have nothing to do at all with tge conversation

But I’ll state, for the record, that your article proves the opposite, as you know, and that Cruz needs to stay away from siding in this issue.

Sarah Palin enjoys a position in the party, and it is one of opinion and endorsement and cheerleading

She is this unelectable, which is fine, it gives her room to speak

That’s where people here want Cruz to be. Just shooting his mouth off

Go somewhere else with your feigned innocence at taking sides and with annoyance at Cruz for not stepping out of line to express your feelings


205 posted on 06/25/2014 1:03:35 PM PDT by stanne
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To: Dr. Sivana
Not gonna happen but the simple answer lies in party rules which the SCOTUS ruled in 1972 override even state laws. RNC passes a rule stating that any state GOP allowing any person not a registered Republican to vote for any GOP delegate in any capacity at any level will be a state GOP deprived of ANY delegates to said convention.

If a state (like Illinois) does not provide for party registration of voters, it will be the responsibility of the state party to do so OR ELSE. Probably needs minor fine tuning but that will work.

206 posted on 06/25/2014 1:07:09 PM PDT by BlackElk (Dean of Discipline, Tomas de Torquemada Gentlemen's Society: Rack 'em Danno!)
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To: Paladin2

Ever notice how much smarter people were in 110 A.D.?


207 posted on 06/25/2014 1:14:10 PM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: Catsrus

Finally, a post(others like this one) of sound reasoning and calm.


208 posted on 06/25/2014 1:33:51 PM PDT by yield 2 the right
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To: ilgipper

Ted took some sound Reagan advice....


209 posted on 06/25/2014 1:35:03 PM PDT by yield 2 the right
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To: Mr Rogers

>> The Tea Party may have had a defeat last night

No one is ever defeated by a cheater.

The outcome was nothing more than a technical setback.


210 posted on 06/25/2014 1:38:46 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: SumProVita; verga; Norm Lenhart; Finny; fieldmarshaldj; EternalVigilance; RitaOK; Viennacon; ...
Sum Pro Vita:

Well, your screen name is an admirable one but you are not living up to it or to your admirable tagline.

*WE* are those of us who are not Democrats, you say???

Lisa Murkow2ski does not claim to be a Demonrat but she, unlike her father, is a rampaging pro-abort. Likewise the departed (from the Senate) Olympia Snowe. John Cornyn, LAMAR!!! Alexander, Bob Corker, Thad Cochran, John Isakson, Lindsay Light Loafers Graham, Jeff Flake, Mitchie the Turtle McConnell, John McCain (father of pro-abort Miss Piggy McCain), Roy Blount and Pat Roberts (who is too cheap to rent a studio apartment in Kansas as a residence) and many more who are not formally Demonrats could care less about the babies. They care about having their palms and their kids' trust funds greased by Wall Street and K Street. We DO NOT WIN when they win.

Now the GOP-E scum are using every maneuver in the book to see to it that conservatives, actual conservatives, not the phonies that I have mentioned, cannot be nominated. That sets up races between Demonrat (D) and Demonrat (R) in which only Demonrat (D)n might be principled (with the wrong principles). This is what you are encouraging.

No more Romneys. No more McCains. No more Doles. No More Pappy Bushes. No more Cochrans, Cornyns, Alexanders, Corkers, etc. Not in our lifetimes. Not in God's lifetime.

211 posted on 06/25/2014 1:40:39 PM PDT by BlackElk (Dean of Discipline, Tomas de Torquemada Gentlemen's Society: Rack 'em Danno!)
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To: Colonel_Flagg

*groan*

Ya had ta remind us! Ack!


212 posted on 06/25/2014 1:43:09 PM PDT by luvie (All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!l)
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To: Jane Long

Thanks so much for publishing that meat and potatoes link!

I want a winnable challenge made. This is it.

I want the gloves off.

I want the McConnell-McCain Cochran fundraising exposed, chapter and verse.

I want to know who, what and when was behind those ads and the lying, slanderous robo calls against McDaniels, in those all black districts.

I want to know who wrote those ads, paid for those ads and who recorded the robo calls, saying McDaniels wanted to take away the black vote.

I want McCain exposed for conspiring against the Tea Party and the Republican base with dirty tricks, using DC Democrats to go mess with the black vote in Mississippi against McDaniels.

I want to know who gave to McConnell’s PAC, in that DC Cochran fundraiser he threw, for arm twisting money out of other senators to kill off the Tea Party and its preferred candidate, McDaniels.

Uni-Party is now in full operation.

McDaniel can win this thing with a liitle bare knuckles effort, or by launching his write-in campaign now!

Hope he does hit the fire all engines button.


213 posted on 06/25/2014 1:45:08 PM PDT by RitaOK ( VIVA CHRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming.)
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To: RitaOK

You’re welcome. I agree with ALL you posted.


214 posted on 06/25/2014 1:50:10 PM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: Viennacon

Not sure yet on Oberweis. I voted for Truex in the primary but not often enough. (This IS Illinois, after all).


215 posted on 06/25/2014 1:52:01 PM PDT by BlackElk (Dean of Discipline, Tomas de Torquemada Gentlemen's Society: Rack 'em Danno!)
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To: entropy12; demshateGod; P-Marlowe; Dr. Sivana; Black Agnes; xzins; Jane Long; sand88
6. In my honest opinion, McDaniel narrowly lost this primary election because he was too honest. Unfortunately that does not work today. He could have been more conciliatory to all factions. It is very difficult to win from only conservative voters. That is just the reality today. That does NOT mean conservatives should compromise principles. But if they want to win, they must learn to sugarcoat the message. Reagan was a master at that. I remember watching his every speech on TV. I became a US citizen in 1970 and have followed politics closely since then.

Other than cochran calling conservatives a bunch of racists and getting the Black vote to come out for him McDaniel wins this going away. McDaniel was a very credible candidate. The problem with "sugar coating" the message is voters don't know what to believe or expect from the candidate.

I can remember voting for candidates that were "soft" thinking that they would be tough once they were in office and every time they let me down. As I watch this country decline my thinking is if the candidate isn't a conservative there is no point in voting.

Reagan was not a soft message guy. He was tough as nails. People often think he was soft because he was smooth, relaxed and jovial. He stuck to his principals when all those around him wavered. We need leaders that are tough conservatives.

216 posted on 06/25/2014 1:53:53 PM PDT by wmfights
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To: BlackElk

“John McCain (father of pro-abort Miss Piggy McCain)”

I’ll also point out his piggy daughter is now on the directors board at GLAAD - Gay Liberal AIDS Attack Dirtbags


217 posted on 06/25/2014 1:59:18 PM PDT by Viennacon (Rebuke the Repuke!)
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To: BlackElk

Well ranted. Hear, hear!


218 posted on 06/25/2014 2:18:12 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: wmfights
Reagan was not a soft message guy. He was tough as nails. People often think he was soft because he was smooth, relaxed and jovial. He stuck to his principals when all those around him wavered. We need leaders that are tough conservatives.

We are saying the same thing. Reagan stuck with his conservative principles, but he was incredibly skilled at delivering his message without scaring anyone. His famous "shining city on the hill" made every one feel optimistic. McDaniel should have talked less about cutting spending (which scares many people) and talked more about TAXED ENOUGH ALREADY. That TEA party name is incredibly effective yet I hardly hear it being repeated often.

219 posted on 06/25/2014 2:25:27 PM PDT by entropy12 (Obummer = worst president ever, thanks to voters who abstained on election day!)
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To: wmfights

They will do nothing until the ,rats retake the Senate in 2016. Then they will continue to do nothing.


220 posted on 06/25/2014 2:25:42 PM PDT by Paladin2
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