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1 posted on 05/21/2015 2:23:18 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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I'm so glad that the Left is taking such an interest in the well-being of the Republican party. I appreciate their concern. /sarc
2 posted on 05/21/2015 2:25:33 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (Isn't it funny that Socialists never want to share their own money?)
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Betsy of the Daily Beast wanted to stir up some mischief.

The article showed a governor who knows his bounds regardless of his personal view.

Social conservatives should aim their ire elsewhere.


7 posted on 05/21/2015 3:21:09 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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Typical plant story...stupid headline.


8 posted on 05/21/2015 3:25:39 AM PDT by rrrod (at home in Medellin Colombia)
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The Capitol Hill Club is upscale? LOL. It's a great facility, but because of location, not ambience.

Once upon a time, in an America long gone, the Republican Club in Washington used to be in a standard Capitol Hill rowhouse on the block where the Library of Congress' Madison Building now stands. The Madison Building was built in the 1970's, after all the properties on the block had been acquired by the Architect of the Capitol, and razed. (A crime against historic preservation.) That left the Republicans at the time with a relocation decision: downtown vs. Capitol Hill.

The party leaders at the time recognized the logistical value of the Capitol Hill site, so the new Club was built next door to another new building housing the RNC. Both are relatively small, traditional brick buildings to fit in with the Capitol Hill historic district streetscape. These buildings are across the street from the Capitol South metro station and diagonally across the street from the Cannon House Office Building.

The location is wonderfully convenient for events. Since explicitly partisan activities are not supposed to take place in the Capitol itself or in the House and Senate office buildings, the GOP created its own venue right across the street. The convenient location boosts attendance; if you want a lot of congressmen to do a meet and greet, for example, hold your event at the Club, and they can just come across the street. Need to make some political (i.e. fundraising) calls? Run across the street, and use one of the rooms at the RNC or the Club. These are huge advantages for people as badly overscheduled as are most Members.

The Democrats grumbled for years that the GOP had stolen a march, and eventually opened their own headquarters and club a couple of blocks to the south. It is marginally less convenient, which is the penalty the dems paid for being late.

The Club is not "upscale." It has a perfectly adequate beer and burger casual dining room in the basement, and a very ordinary but serviceable formal sit down restaurant upstairs. As an event location, it is considered boring and definitely a low-cost choice, but everyone in the business values its convenience and, frankly, understands that routine fundraisers are about raising money, not dazzling guests with frills. The meeting rooms are also very heavily used. Some Members are regulars, as are many staffers, and rightworld lobbying types generally have memberships. It's casual, convenient, and moderately priced.

9 posted on 05/21/2015 3:28:20 AM PDT by sphinx
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Pick a better source.


10 posted on 05/21/2015 3:28:35 AM PDT by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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Woman writing for Daily Beast showing Evangelical Concerns about Walker??? Give me a break. This is a not so veiled attempt by a Liberal to cast doubts about Walker. The left will do everything they can to shoot down early any candidate they fear.


12 posted on 05/21/2015 3:39:59 AM PDT by Old Retired Army Guy (frequently.)
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Walker went to a celebration of a homosexual marriage.
That should tell you all you need to know about his true respect for God’s word.

No different than celebrating the beginning of an adulterous relationship.


32 posted on 05/21/2015 4:38:34 AM PDT by bramps
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Walker can keep walking. No need for his input when we already have Cruz.


39 posted on 05/21/2015 5:35:48 AM PDT by Wyrd bið ful aræd (Cruz or lose!)
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...the governor assured the meeting attendees that he would sign legislation banning abortion after 20 weeks.

He supports lawless, immoral, unconstitutional legislation that grants explicit permission in the statutes to murder babies, all of them, as long as they are killed on schedule.

Disqualified.

“It doesn’t really matter what I think now,” Walker said.

Make no mistake, that's a surrender on marriage and constitutional, republican self-government. He's a judicial supremacist, which is the acceptance of the changing of our constitutional republic into a judicial oligarchy.

Again, disqualifying.

41 posted on 05/21/2015 5:47:06 AM PDT by EternalVigilance
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Liberal elite garbage...


64 posted on 05/21/2015 6:44:21 AM PDT by GOPJ (Did ABC really 'research' the Clinton Cash book and find 'nothing' or was that also lie?)
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I see one word in this story over and over. Talk. Talk. Talk.

I care about action, action, and action. That's why I'm considering Walker and Cruz (don't forget his solicitor general record) over the others.

91 posted on 05/21/2015 1:13:01 PM PDT by Darren McCarty (We need a conservative electable candidate in 2016)
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