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2016 Postmortem

AlinPA

(15,071 posts) Wed May 7, 2014, 04:36 PM May 2014

Tillis wins primary "backed by the Republican party establishment". IMO that makes him a teabagger

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-27313818#

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Tillis wins primary "backed by the Republican party establishment". IMO that makes him a teabagger (Original Post) AlinPA May 2014 OP

What everyone fails to mention is Blue Idaho May 2014 #1

Yes. "Republican party establishment" is a B.S. term. Teabaggers rule now, led by Boehner and Cruz. AlinPA May 2014 #2

I hope Kay Hagin's campaign recorded all the right wing slop coming out of Tillis's mouth kimbutgar May 2014 #3

+1 blkmusclmachine May 2014 #4

are ther issues other that Tillis? ...nt quadrature May 2014 #5

Blue Idaho

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1. What everyone fails to mention is

Reply to AlinPA (Original post)

Wed May 7, 2014, 05:50 PM

May 2014

the number of Teabaggers running in the primary. Essentially the teabag vote was split at least two if not three ways - allowing the "moderate" (don't you just love that term) to escape a runoff in July.