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GOV OTTER (R) THREATENS IDAHO CONGRESSMAN (R)
Politics1 ^ | 6-24-08 | Run Gunzburger

Posted on 06/24/2008 10:06:52 AM PDT by Impy

IDAHO. Governor Butch Otter (R) is hinting he may work behind the scenes to defeat bombastic freshman Congressman Bill Sali (R) in November.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: Idaho
KEYWORDS: 110th; butchotter; congress; electioncongress; id2008; idaho; leninism; mrtightjeans; otter; sali
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If Otter does anything that would help elect some moneybags demrat to Congress he should be tarred and feathered and shipped to Iran.

Of course the gay Obamaite Gunzburger may be reading too much into Otter's comment.

1 posted on 06/24/2008 10:06:53 AM PDT by Impy
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To: Clintonfatigued; fieldmarshaldj

Possible immature fratricide ping.


2 posted on 06/24/2008 10:08:16 AM PDT by Impy (Hey Barack, you're ugly and your wife smells.)
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To: Impy

Otter is a Governor? I knew John ‘Bluto’ Blutarsky became a Senator, but Otter?


3 posted on 06/24/2008 10:11:02 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (If it is going to take 10 years, shouldn't we get started? Drill here, drill now, pay less.)
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To: Impy

I hear the name Butch Otter, and I think of an Mustelidae wearing leather and spikes, and a handlebar moustache...


4 posted on 06/24/2008 10:13:05 AM PDT by Clemenza (No Comment)
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To: Clemenza

Heh. Google “Mr. Tight Jeans”


5 posted on 06/24/2008 10:16:08 AM PDT by Domandred (McCain's 'R' is a typo that has never been corrected)
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To: Impy

Is this a RINO vs. a true believer situation, or is just a bad blood deal?


6 posted on 06/24/2008 10:16:44 AM PDT by Cheapskate (Still backing Hunter"I refuse to be fitted with collar and chain, and given a pat on the back")
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To: NonValueAdded

“Otter is a Governor? I knew John ‘Bluto’ Blutarsky became a Senator, but Otter?”

LOL! I just recorded that on TIVO to watch for the hundredth time.


7 posted on 06/24/2008 10:17:12 AM PDT by dljordan
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To: NonValueAdded

ROFLOL!!


8 posted on 06/24/2008 10:17:39 AM PDT by Osage Orange (MOLON LABE)
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To: Cheapskate

Near as I can tell, it’s the latter.

Sali won the ‘06 GOP primary in a very bare-knuckled way. His time as a state legislator was characterized the same way.

In short, he made a lot of enemies and 2008 is possible payback time.


9 posted on 06/24/2008 10:22:28 AM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: dljordan
LOL! I just recorded that on TIVO to watch for the hundredth time.

OK, then you have an assignment. From the IMDB comments, there is some question as to whether or not the line "Get your thumb out of my arse" is spoken after the bleachers collapse in the parade scene. Verify and report back, please.

10 posted on 06/24/2008 10:22:59 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (If it is going to take 10 years, shouldn't we get started? Drill here, drill now, pay less.)
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To: Cheapskate
Rep. Bill Sali (who I voted for), has a history of being outspoken. Otter has been an okay Governor but really has not done anything in the state.

I just left Idaho and moved to Pennsylvania and am sorry to leave Bill Sali.

Otter can go pound sand.

11 posted on 06/24/2008 10:23:50 AM PDT by The Iceman Cometh (Voting for McCain, not because I want to, because I have to.)
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To: Cheapskate
I like them both . IMHO more an intra-party power play . I was surprised at the result , I don't think Butch is used to losing .
12 posted on 06/24/2008 10:23:55 AM PDT by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it , freedom has a flavor the protected will never know)
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To: The Iceman Cometh

What part of Pa. did you move to?


13 posted on 06/24/2008 10:27:05 AM PDT by stevio (Crunchy Con - God, guns, guts, and organically grown crunchy nuts.)
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To: Cheapskate
Yep, looks like RINO vs Conservative.

Some wiki stuff:

Sali and his wife, Terry, have been married since 1976 and have six adult children.

Sali was first elected to the Idaho House of Representatives in 1990. During his time there, he gained a reputation as a staunch conservative on social and economic issues, frequently drawing the ire of the more moderate Republican house leadership.

Sali was elected president of the 2007–2008 Republican freshman class.

Voted against SCHIP expansion, consistently voted to support the Iraq War and has opposed all legislation aimed at withdrawing the United States' troops from Iraq. Sali is a member of the House Immigration Reform Caucus and is an opponent of President Bush's proposal for comprehensive immigration policy reform. "Amnesty does nothing to secure our borders," Sali said.

In August 2007, Sali expressed concerns over what he perceives as a deterioration of the "Christian heritage" of the United States and the rise of multiculturalism in U.S. politics—largely with reference to the 2006 election of Keith Ellison, the first Muslim member of the U.S. House of Representatives and to the Hindu prayer offered by Rajan Zed in the opening of the U.S. Senate on July 12, 2007. Sali said these events were "not what was envisioned by the Founding Fathers" and said that America was founded on Christian principles.

14 posted on 06/24/2008 10:27:33 AM PDT by icwhatudo
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To: The Iceman Cometh
Otter has been an okay Governor but really has not done anything in the state.

He sure wants me to register (tax) my paddle powered kayak though.

15 posted on 06/24/2008 10:30:23 AM PDT by Domandred (McCain's 'R' is a typo that has never been corrected)
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To: Clemenza

I think of that muppet spin-off, “Emmett Otter’s Christmas.”

Man, was it depressing.


16 posted on 06/24/2008 10:31:01 AM PDT by Natchez Hawk (This is Sammy Israel III filling in for DB Cooper who will be returning next week,)
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To: kbennkc
If these guys don't like each other, have'em go out back and slap each other around.

but losing a house seat to the rats over just not likin each other is a steaming pile of crap!.

17 posted on 06/24/2008 10:32:58 AM PDT by Cheapskate (Still backing Hunter"I refuse to be fitted with collar and chain, and given a pat on the back")
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To: Impy

My mother lives in Sali’s district. A life-long conservative Republican, she almost didn’t vote in the 2006 Congressional race because she disliked Sali so much and couldn’t bring herself to vote for a Democrat. She said she voted for Sali but won’t again. I’ve never really gotten a clear answer as to why she so dislikes Sali.


18 posted on 06/24/2008 10:33:07 AM PDT by CommerceComet
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19 posted on 06/24/2008 10:37:22 AM PDT by NerdDad (Aug 7, 1981, I married my soulmate, CDBEAR. 26 years and I'm still teenager-crazy in love with her.)
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To: Natchez Hawk

That is why HBO only had one pilot of Emmett Otter. What a DOWNER from Jim Henson.


20 posted on 06/24/2008 10:37:28 AM PDT by Clemenza (No Comment)
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