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Judi Lynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 01:10 PM
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Republicans clamor for leadership posts
Source: Politico

Republicans clamor for leadership posts
47 mins ago

Mitch McConnell’s top spot in Republican Senate hierarchy is safe, but the next generation of GOP leaders is quietly lining up for the lower rungs of Republican leadership positions.

Behind the scenes, Republicans John Cornyn (R-Texas), John Ensign (R-Nev.) and John Thune (R-S.D.) are already making post-election calls in an effort to grab the bottom three slots in the Republican leadership. While these positions are not powerful in and of themselves, they are the stepping stones to national prominence within the party and give the junior senators a seat at the table for major legislative and strategy decisions.

McConnell, the Senate minority leader, survived a tough re-election fight Tuesday night and is already making calls to Senate colleagues to ensure his return as the GOP leader. There’s no challenge on the horizon for Republican Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), and Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), a moderating influence in the Senate, is secure in the No. 3 slot as conference chairman.

The real action is down ballot in the Senate Republican Conference.



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20081105/pl_politico/15321
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 01:11 PM
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1. We need new leaders for our sewerage district
But then again, Republicons FAIL at everything, so I'm not sure they should be trusted with that.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 01:13 PM
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3. They should be made to clean their own Neighborhoods and Communities
:beer:
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NRaleighLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 01:12 PM
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2. Lower rungs. I like the sound of that.
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Kalifornia.Kid Donating Member (603 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 02:36 PM
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4. Bunch of little pigs fighting for last GOP teet.
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scratchy Donating Member (35 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 03:57 PM
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5. How about that plummer? What was his name?
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 04:33 PM
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6. repug 'next generation'
MUST be better than these.
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angryvoter Donating Member (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 04:54 PM
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7. Psychos
To: stevio
That’s easy... just ask them direct, or else keep your ear to the ground and be stealthy. If they supported the Obamination, then they are toast.

I’ll go further: I think we all must examine, on a county by county basis, every area that went for Obama. Then those areas need to be punished without mercy. Do not give any business to them. Do not patronize their establishments. Move all business out of those areas, right down to the last gas station and coffee shop.

Moreover, keep them from migrating into red counties: those Real Estate agents who are on our side should find creative ways to prevent the traitors from selling or buying homes. The Obamatrons will then be stuck in their dying enclaves, denied all services, or at the very least being greatly inconvenienced to drive long distances, and unable to move out. Joe the Plumber needs to act here too. If you are a tradesman, and know your inquirer is an Obamabot, refuse to take the business.

We ourselves must leave every area infested with the Obama blight. Move. Get your children out of their reach. Home school your children. Sacrifice whatever you must. If you have older sons and daughters in colleges that are indoctrination camps for the Obamanation... take them out. Why fund the moral destruction of your posterity?

Boycott the MSM, the Press and Hollywood. Don’t subscribe to their magazines, don’t purchase their videos, DVDs, etc. Boycott the entertainment industry all together. Boycott the theaters. STOP FEEDING THE MONSTER. Phone or write CEO’s of those companies that do business with these putrid barbarians, and tell them you are refusing to give them patronage as long as they are affiliated in any way with Obama’s crowd.

We must be brutal, as cold-hearted and as merciless as is humanly possible to these b**tards. If one of theirs comes to your area, and has an Obama sticker on their vehicle, then refuse them service. Find a reason to disenfranchise these people from as much comfort as is humanly possible.

Stab the Obamabots in the back at every opportunity. Forget civility. Forget fairness. These traitors are not Americans… they are the enemies of liberty, justice and the common good. I do not care they be your friends, family members, neighbors, business partners or whatever. They must be utterly crushed, because they will never be reformed. Excepting some of the young, whom must be excused the flaw of their naivety, the remainder is incorrigible and deserving only of spite.

THIS IS WAR. THIS IS ALL OUT WAR. THIS IS A FIGHT TO THE DEATH! SCREW THEM... ECONOMICALLY BURY THEM.

I went to their web site to see what they were saying. There are other things being said even worse. I just dont get it

:banghead:
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ThoughtCriminal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 05:31 PM
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8. Here's an idea
Appoint them all to impressive sounding and seemingly important Administration positions that turn out to have no power and no funding.
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LiberalEsto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-06-08 08:55 AM
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9. Let them eat ...
each other
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