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Tea Party Defeats Sarah Palin's Favorite Candidate in Idaho
By David Boaz
State Rep. Raul Labrador walloped Republican establishment favorite Vaughn Ward in Idaho’s 1st District congressional primary. Idaho native Sarah Palin campaigned for Ward, who had worked in the McCain presidential campaign in 2008.
Labrador drew strong support from Tea Party activists. According to Politico, “Ward’s defeat also came despite his high-profile support from former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who did more to assist Ward than she did for almost any other House candidate. Last Friday, she headlined a rally and fundraiser for Ward, and her parents and in-laws were supporters of Ward’s campaign.”
Lots of Republican incumbents lost their legislative seats, too, suggesting the continuing power of Tea Party activism and general populist unrest.
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You win some...
...you lose some.
But at least she didn't offer the other side a job , just so her candidate could win.
People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid. - Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855)
Well you knew ...
You knew they would, an endorsement from Palin is like the kiss of death !
Is it?
Could you provide examples of Palin's endorsements leading to failed campaigns?
I ask because I would like to compare such a list to a list of Obama's endorsements leading to failed campaigns.
If Obama an endorsement is also a kiss of death , will you admit it?
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Why you like talking about Obama kissing so much?
I can think of two very significant campaigns that support politicallair's theory.
The plural of anecdote is not data.
But knock yourself out. And, no... I don't mean auto-erotic asphyxiation, either. I'd better be clear with you, you like to twist things around.
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Ronald Reagan-- ever heard of him?
He quoted the 11th Commandment, of which you've demonstrated total ignorance.
Putting out a "piece of propaganda" designed to destroy a good man's campaign, you have destroyed whatever unity you may have hoped for in November.
http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/boise/2010/may/26/baumbach-it-was-piece-propaganda /
That you need to lie about a conservative candidate in order to further your agenda speaks for itself. Minnick is grateful for the damage you've done.
Just another example of the power of the Tea Party.
It seems that no amount of Leftist hate for the Tea Party can marginalize it to obscurity.
The Tea Party's success is as good of an indicator of the mood of the people as was Air America 's failure.
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Who are the tea-baggers?
Hey tea-baggers!! Forget Sarah Palin, now you REALLY have a fool to rally around: Rand Paul. By parsing the 1964 Civil Rights Act we can see what he and the tea-baggers stand for: discrimination based on race and physical ability. But then the tea-baggers are just a sad group of old, white, rich, malcontent republicans who hate blacks , hispanics, asians, the middle class and the poor and can't stand the fact that we have a black president. When they howl "TAKE BACK AMERICA!!!" they mean to take it back from the minorities . Luckily the middle class and the poor far outnumber the tea-baggers so they will have little effect in November and Rand Paul will fade away. Mark Montgomery NYC, NY 10036 boboberg@nyc.rr.com