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To: dirtboy

And here is how another great Tea Party victory turned out in the general election: the Dems gained a seat:

Sen. Richard Lugar defeated by tea party challenger

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/may/09/nation/la-na-lugar-election-20120509

“Conservative rival Richard Mourdock easily wins Indiana’s Republican Senate primary over the 35-year incumbent. He will face Democratic Rep. Joe Donnelly in the general election.”

Followed by:

Joe Donnelly upsets Richard Mourdock in Indiana

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/83440.html

“Democratic Rep. Joe Donnelly pulled off a stunning upset over Republican Richard Mourdock in the Indiana Senate race — a battle that the GOP thought was a sure win until the final days of the campaign.”


156 posted on 06/28/2014 6:39:51 AM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: Innovative

Mourdock wasn’t Tea Party. Also, the GOP-E had a vested interest in Tea Party winners losing and knifed them in the back every chance they got. So don’t lecture me about party unity. You should have been lecturing them.


157 posted on 06/28/2014 6:47:37 AM PDT by dirtboy
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To: Innovative

I’ll say this for you, you’re Establishment to your eyeballs.


167 posted on 06/28/2014 7:42:54 AM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("Compromise" means you've already decided you lost.)
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To: Innovative
I rest my case regarding GOP-E backstabbing in 2010:

Republicans for Harry Reid

168 posted on 06/28/2014 7:43:58 AM PDT by dirtboy
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To: Innovative
You should be grateful that the Tea Party is trying to shift things legally. I've run across any number of people who would rather go horror show, and are firm in their conviction that nothing short of civil war can get their country back.

Filling bulldozed ditches with progressive and RINO bodies is one suggestion I've heard... Saying "But I voted for the lesser evil!" ain't gonna cut it.

238 posted on 06/28/2014 12:42:45 PM PDT by jonascord (Laeti vescimur nos subacturis)
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