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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Some samples of Republican candidates donation request emails:
Carly Fiorina
It's no secret that Carly Fiorina has been Hillary's most effective critic.
So it should not surprise you that some at CNN (Clinton News Network) and many in the political class want to keep Carly off the debate stage – again!
...
And, the RNC and establishment Republicans are going along with this biased CNN scheme.
Stand up to the political class and insiders keeping Carly from debating by donating today!
Ted Cruz:
Our country is on the brink of disaster, brought there by career politicians and the Washington Cartel. The only way out is to return to the original vision of our Founding Fathers that made this country great.
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... the Washington Cartel says we can't win because I'm too conservative. They are wrong, and more importantly, they are missing the point.
I'm not running as just another Republican.
I'm running because the truth is...Washington has neither the courage nor the desire to preserve the liberty and the opportunities that drew my father, and millions like him to our exceptional country.
You see: My father was beaten and tortured in Cuban jails for fighting against the Cuban dictator, Fulgencio Batista. Seeing the freedom and opportunity in the United States, my father knew he had to make his way here. He did just that, with nothing more than $100 sewn into his underwear.
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It's the story of a Cuban immigrant and his son. It's the story of a father who escaped Cuba after being tortured and made it to a country where his son could receive the best education this great nation has to offer. Because of his father's pursuit of the American dream, the immigrant's son has argued in front of the Supreme Court bar, served as Texas' longest tenured Solicitor General, and even been elected to the U.S. Senate.
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If we are going to save this nation, we must pull back the curtain on the backroom deals between Republicans, Democrats, and the lobbyists who keep them in office.
The need for immediate change is critical! We don't have four or eight more years to lose. America today is a very different country than when Obama took office...just consider the damage Hillary Clinton could do as President.
Our only hope to bring about real change is to reignite the promise of America — to restore the nation to the Constitutional principles that made our country great.
... the Republican members of the Washington Cartel are wrong: we don't need to change our principles. In fact, we must not! We need courageous conservatives to stand and fight for the principles we already have.
Cruz also offers a signed copy of his book for anyone who donates $75.00 or more.
Scott Walker:
[INSERT NAME HERE],
In case you missed the debate last week, I wanted to share with you the best line of the night.
When I was asked a question on recent Russian aggression, I opened with a sad but likely true statement— the Russian and Chinese governments probably know more about Clinton's email server than do members of the United States Congress.
We laughed, but it is a serious matter, and I detailed what I would do as President to stop Putin's aggression.
There was also one from Jeb Bush, and interestingly, one from G.W. Bush on behalf of Jeb, but I deleted them on accident.
You'll notice a pattern of the candidates highlighting their conservativism, and attacking the Washington Establishment and Clinton, who they presume will be the Democratic nominee.
Over in Washington, the State Supreme Court ruled that charter schools are unconstitutional
note because there is no voter oversight of charter schools.
The ruling — believed to be one of the first of its kind in the country — overturns the law voters narrowly approved in 2012 allowing publicly funded, but privately operated, schools.
In the ruling, Chief Justice Barbara Madsen wrote that charter schools aren’t “common schools” because they’re governed by appointed rather than elected boards.
Therefore, “money that is dedicated to common schools is unconstitutionally diverted to charter schools,” Madsen wrote.
Justice Mary E. Fairhurst agreed with the majority that charter schools aren’t common schools, but argued in a partial dissenting opinion that the state “can constitutionally support charter schools through the general fund.”
The ruling is a victory for the coalition that filed the suit in July 2013, asking a judge to declare the law unconstitutional for “improperly diverting public-school funds to private organizations that are not subject to local voter control.”
The Washington Education Association was joined by the League of Women Voters of Washington, El Centro de la Raza, the Washington Association of School Administrators and several individual plaintiffs.
“The Supreme Court has affirmed what we’ve said all along — charter schools steal money from our existing classrooms, and voters have no say in how these charter schools spend taxpayer funding,” said Kim Mead, president of the Washington Education Association.
My parents had tried to enroll me in a charter school once before. I had to retake the fifth grade because the Charter School didn't accept me
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In Kansas, that whole "the Courts must not strike down our education budgets or we'll defund them" law got passed, and the courts called their bluff and struck down their education budget. So the legislature had to compromise before it goes to the State Supreme Court, since otherwise they wouldn't have a functioning court to take it to.
Who?
*After doing some research*
I kinda figured I wasn't going to like this guy's opinions, but saying the Affordable Care Act is "the worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery" . . . that's either some massive hyperbole or some really screwed up priorities.
edited 6th Sep '15 1:23:31 AM by RavenWilder
Sanders knows - Clinton is getting nervous
as he grows closer in the polls.
"Don't tell anybody. I think what they know is that four months ago, when I entered this race, if you look at the polls, I was in 3 to 4%. Vast majority of the American people didn't know who Bernie Sanders was, they didn't know what my ideas were, and in last few months, we have amassed huge amounts of enthusiasm and huge amounts of energy," Sanders said. "So obviously, I think the secretary's people are getting nervous about the kind of energy and enthusiasm our campaign is bringing forth."
Clinton seemingly took a subtle swipe at both Sanders and Donald Trump, the GOP front-runner, in an interview with NBC's Andrea Mitchell on Friday — though she didn't name them. "I think you can come with your own ideas and you can wave your arms and give a speech. But are you connecting with and really hearing what people are either saying to you or wishing that you would say to them?" Clinton said.
On Saturday, she clarified to reporters that she was only criticizing Trump. But Clinton, who leads Sanders by just 7 points in Iowa according to a Des Moines Register and Bloomberg Politics poll released last week, also said she welcomes the competition in the Democrats' primary process. "I've always thought this was beginning to be a competitive primary. And I welcome that. I think that this is a contest. It's a contest of ideas, of policies, of how we present ourselves to the American people," she said.
Sanders capped off his three-day, nine-event swing in Iowa with a Labor Day weekend meeting with AFSCME labor members and a visit to his Des Moines headquarters. Sanders, who touts his economic policies and government programs to support unions and the middle class, joined labor leaders and union members on the picket line during a stop in Cedar Rapids on Friday evening. Picketing outside Penford Products Co. alongside members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union Local 100G, Sanders spoke out against Penford's CEO's annual $7 million pay package and advocated in favor of a contract to support workers' retirement benefits, pensions, healthcare, and wages.
On the one hand, I prefer Bernie as a candidate over Hillary (especially since a few members of the SCOTUS are likely going to retire soon, and I'd definitely prefer the self-described Socialist's justices for the next 30-40 years, thank you). On the other, my family are die-hard Hillary supporters who (despite being registered Democrats and who, in general, despise Republican politicians) plan to vote Trump if he runs and she doesn't (because for some reason, they adore Trump). I worry about how many Democrats think the same thing, that Trump is an "acceptable" substitute for Hillary to the point of voting against their own party (and their own interests) for him.
That said, they did seem to realize something was wrong with the Donald when I told them that he's fallen hook, line, and sinker for the vaccine=autism nonsense. So maybe he might **** something up royally in between now and the November 2016 election and cause them to realize he has no business being in charge of anything more important than a bowl of JELL-O.
edited 6th Sep '15 2:24:33 PM by TrashJack
"Cynic, n. — A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be." - The Devil's DictionaryJello Biafra for President?
Palin wants us to speak American
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SIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH...
"Somehow the hated have to walk a tightrope, while those who hate do not."
Theoretically, a person who gets a soapbox to stand on and proceeds to reveal themselves as a blithering idiot would be shouted down by the people. In practice, if they have a suit, a tie, and lots of cash, they're considered smart by a frighteningly large quantity of people, even if what he says is no more intelligent than if he had just made a bunch of fart noises.
In the case of Trump I would argue that the reason people listen to him is primarily because he doesn't sound anything like a slick, smooth-talking politician. In general, smooth-talking politicians are disliked, so they want to turn to a guy who's basically the opposite of a politician.
Personally, I consider this very silly logic to follow.
Leviticus 19:34![]()
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Considering politicians are the avatars of untrustworthiness, a guy who doesn't seem to be one is practically a saint. Still a silly logic, though.
That's how demagogues come to power in most cases - they are more "honest" than the standard politicians.
Yeah, that was my first thought, too.
edited 6th Sep '15 2:46:03 PM by DrunkenNordmann
We learn from history that we do not learn from historyThe "all politicians are bad" thing annoys the hell out of me. No politician is perfect, but they're not all bad, either. Declaring politics to be corrupt by definition is just a way of trying to justify not giving a shit.
If you don't give a shit about politics, fine. It's not the smartest opinion to hold given how much politics affects basically everything else, but no one's forcing you to care if you don't want to. Just don't pretend that you don't care because you've realized the Hidden Truth that a person becomes a lying corrupt scumbag by being elected into office and attained political nirvana by distancing yourself from such mundane worldly concerns like "who should I vote for".
Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.Yeah, people seem to be absolutely adoring the idea of what is basically an ethnic cleansing and he's getting away with it because he's open in his bigotry.
Executing no. Mass deportation based on their race? Yes. That's his biggest and most popular platform.
edited 6th Sep '15 2:53:53 PM by LeGarcon
Oh really when?

Who's Trump's biggest competition among the Republicans?