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BREAKING: Paul Ryan’s PAC Elected Democrat Conor Lamb
Big League Politics ^ | 03/14/2018 | Wall Crane

Posted on 03/14/2018 11:32:27 AM PDT by Rusty0604

In the most astonishingly bone-headed move since nominating Mitt Romney for President, the GOP establishment spent major cash to help elect Democrat Conor Lamb in last night’s highly contested PA-18 special election.

Yes, you read that right. Failed Vice Presidential Candidate Paul Ryan and his Congressional Leadership Fund pushed a Democrat to victory over a Republican with direct mail advertising touting support “for our Second Amendment Rights.”

I’ll repeat that again. A so-called GOP PAC led by Paul Ryan spent thousands of dollars in a direct mail campaign to convince voters that Conor Lamb was a conservative who would protect American’s gun rights in Congress.

(Excerpt) Read more at bigleaguepolitics.com ...


TOPICS: Pennsylvania; U.S. Congress
KEYWORDS: banglist; conorlamb; fundingtheleft; goppac; gunvote; pa2018; paping; paspecialelection; paulryan; saccone; speakerryan
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To: Billyv

He should have NEVER been re-elected as Speaker.
Every one of those House members who voted for him, a pox on ur house!!!


41 posted on 03/14/2018 12:31:03 PM PDT by bantam
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To: Rusty0604

I loathe Ryan.


42 posted on 03/14/2018 12:31:45 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Francis is a Nincompope.)
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To: euram

Yep


43 posted on 03/14/2018 12:32:22 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Francis is a Nincompope.)
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To: Rusty0604

It was NOT the GOP PAC’s intention to elect Lamb with the mailer they put out about his “2nd amendment” positions, but it was their boneheaded stupidity in that tight race to not realize their message COULD play either way on election night; not just discouraging Dims that Lamb was not with them, but also suggesting to GOP voters that Lamp was really O.K.

It was a stupid move and it backfired and likely gave Lamb just the few GOP votes needed to bring the narrow victory to Lamb.

Intentional no. Very, very stupid yes.


44 posted on 03/14/2018 12:38:44 PM PDT by Wuli (qu)
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To: Rusty0604
If this is true, Ryan must be shown the door - immediately.
45 posted on 03/14/2018 12:39:27 PM PDT by Major Matt Mason (The U.S. Senate - where American freedom goes to die.)
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To: Wuli

Good point.


46 posted on 03/14/2018 12:45:41 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: Rusty0604

RINOs.


47 posted on 03/14/2018 12:46:54 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: donna

FWIW, WaPo says the same: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/03/01/republican-super-pac-warns-democratic-voters-that-their-candidate-supports-gun-rights


48 posted on 03/14/2018 12:50:21 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: COBOL2Java

And who is “Congressional Leadership Fund”?


49 posted on 03/14/2018 12:52:07 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (The Red Queen wasn't kidding.)
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To: Rusty0604

What the hell? This is my district and I’m praying for a recount.


50 posted on 03/14/2018 12:52:29 PM PDT by Ciexyz (I have one issue and it's my economic well-being.)
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To: Pelham

A backstabber, along with his pal Mitt, to us, but a beloved Badger in his WI


51 posted on 03/14/2018 12:53:17 PM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: brownsfan

Very few understand, and many don’t want to understand.


52 posted on 03/14/2018 12:54:06 PM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: ctdonath2

“The Congressional Leadership Fund is a super PAC exclusively dedicated to protecting and strengthening the Republican Majority in the House of Representatives.”


53 posted on 03/14/2018 12:54:20 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (The Red Queen wasn't kidding.)
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To: NobleFree

What a spin. That’s a coverup by the WP for Paul Ryan, the elite, because both hate flyover country and want a new world order.


54 posted on 03/14/2018 12:54:42 PM PDT by donna (Chelsea Manning is Obama's legacy.)
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To: Ciexyz

Go find one of these mailings and report back whether it actually says “Congressional Leadership Fund” ASAP.


55 posted on 03/14/2018 12:54:58 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (The Red Queen wasn't kidding.)
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To: Rusty0604; All
Bull crap. Go to the web site for the Ryan PAC. It is pro-Saccone.

http://www.congressionalleadershipfund.org/race/pennsylvania-district-18/

56 posted on 03/14/2018 1:02:38 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: NobleFree

Just skimmed the WP piece.

Now I get it.

It was _supposed_ to be a “backhanded complement” piece, sent to Democrat voters to _repel_ them from their candidate.

Massive fail: anti-gun Democrats weren’t going to _not_ vote for their candidate, so dismissed the junk mail ... but pro-gun Democrats, being far more likely to cross over or not vote, saw it as a good reason to vote for Lamb after all.


57 posted on 03/14/2018 1:02:41 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (The Red Queen wasn't kidding.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Problem is: they paid for a mailing which convinced pro-gun Democrats to vote for a Democrat, at a time that they (at least enough to tip the election) would have either likely not voted for what typically would be an anti-gun Dem, or would have crossed over and voted R instead.

It was an interesting attempt at scaring anti-gun Democrats away from Lamb.
Instead, it encouraged pro-gun Democrats to vote _for_ Lamb.

Massive fail.


58 posted on 03/14/2018 1:05:19 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (The Red Queen wasn't kidding.)
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To: Wuli

At least one other person on this thread gets it.


59 posted on 03/14/2018 1:06:51 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (The Red Queen wasn't kidding.)
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To: ctdonath2
Never ascribe to malice what can be explained by incompetence.
60 posted on 03/14/2018 1:08:53 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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