A Missouri Senate candidate holds a shotgun and calls for 'RINO hunting'

ThatOwlWoman said:
He's very much into violent imagery. We left Missouri a couple months before the Nov. 2016 election. He was running for governor then. One of his TV ads had him shooting some sort of semi-auto rifle at various things that Democrats supposedly support. He won. Two years later, the sordid details of his affair and blackmail came out, and he had to resign. His wife divorced him. Now he is in court fighting for custody of their kids, who he is accused of abusing. He also allegedly abused his wife as well. The (R)s would do well to get rid of him if they want to keep that Senate seat. In a match-up against the leading (D) candidates, his lead is within the margin of error with the front-runners. All the other (R) candidates running do much better against the (D)s. I hope they keep him in and that seat flips to blue.
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I find it fascinating how it always seems that the ones touting all the extreme viewpoints are the ones doing EXACTLY what they are telling their supporters to be against.
 
cawacko said:
Originally Posted by PoliTalker View Post
Interesting watching Republicans try to out-crazy one another.

The logical result of that would be party implosion.
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You have it going on within your own party. Maybe it will be a race to see who “wins” and implodes first
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Not quite. The problem in the Dem party is the growing rift between the "establishment" and "right of center" versus the "progressive" and "left of center". It's more of a self destruct than an implosion, IMHO.
 
Coolred44 said:
It would be refreshing if a Republican running for office, or even one currently in office, actually stated what they plan to do to benefit the average American rather than how they will destroy whatever Democrats are trying to do to benefit average Americans. Seriously, what is the last bill, or any bill, that Republicans have passed that actually helped average Americans?
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I think Kuccinch (spl) fit that bill....which is why the RNC has all but frozen him out as a potential POTUS candidate.
 
PoliTalker said:
Hello Concart,



The big problem for the Republican Party that no Republican wants to admit is this:

Republican policy does not work.

Favoring the rich, screwing the poor, small ineffective government, deifying capitalism.

Because too few people believe that nonsense, the only way the Republican Party can win elections (besides gerrymandering and cheating) is to appeal to extremism.

If it wasn't for the hatred vote, Republicans would have nothing. Republicans are all about picking out scapegoats and vilifying them. There is little-to-no 'how to build a better America.' It's all hate this or hate that. It gets the votes of the misinformed and disinformed but does not improve the nation, doesn't solve problems, doesn't make the average American any better off. It does help the rich a lot. And that's where the big campaign money comes from.

I wrote the above before I read this post:

Hello Coolred44,



Right on. Thank you. Yes. I get the same perception.
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Agreed. 40 years of living with "reaganomics" infecting our social/economic fabric, and you'd be hard pressed to find one self identified "conservative" politician or pedestrian admit to it's detrimental effects and failures.

To paraphrase an old saying, the mark of insanity is repeating the same action ad nausea and expecting a different outcome.
 
Taichiliberal said:
Thanks....I forgot about this. Although to split a hair, it was the Tea Party folk that took over the GOP by the time the Shrub came around. And STILL, neither neocon or teabagger have changed their modus operandi, as I previously stated. Just saying.
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Well, the tea party (as an entity) really came about after Bush.

But political parties are constantly changing and it’s interesting to see the biggest Iraq cheerleaders like Bill Kristol and Max Boot as Democrats and some Republicans not willing to send to money to Ukraine to help fight Russia.

What do they say, the one constant is change?
 
Taichiliberal said:
I find it fascinating how it always seems that the ones touting all the extreme viewpoints are the ones doing EXACTLY what they are telling their supporters to be against.
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Good point.

At some level, Reichwingers know that their days are dwindling to extinction. That's why they gravitate to bullying, blustering, gun-humping and gun-toting wannabe "strong men" like the Toadstool, Greitens, etc. Those grifters' campaign wonks understand this and promote those ads that soothe and attract the fearful and weak.
 
cawacko said:
Originally Posted by Taichiliberal View Post
And you have access to the the entire voting tally where people identified themselves as "neocons"? Post the link, Wack....THAT would be interesting because I don't know of any voting registration form that has that option.


By the by, I did a write in for Sanders in 2020. Just thought you should know.
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Well, the tea party (as an entity) really came about after Bush.

But political parties are constantly changing and it’s interesting to see the biggest Iraq cheerleaders like Bill Kristol and Max Boot as Democrats and some Republicans not willing to send to money to Ukraine to help fight Russia.

What do they say, the one constant is change?
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No, they officially got recognized in 2004, around the Shrub's 2nd term.

And with the jokers you mentioned, it's more hypocrisy than change, along with the egoism of never admitting one is wrong about anything.
 
cawacko said:
Originally Posted by Taichiliberal View Post
No, they officially got recognized in 2004, around the Shrub's 2nd term.

And with the jokers you mentioned, it's more hypocrisy than change, along with the egoism of never admitting one is wrong about anything.
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Not that it really matters but Rick Santelli’s rant on CNBC in 2009 was really seen as the impetus for the tea party

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Tea-Party-movement
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Ahh, but if we are to dicker about details, check this out:


https://time.com/secret-origins-of-the-tea-party/
 
signalmankenneth said:
A Missouri Senate candidate holds a shotgun and calls for 'RINO hunting' in a new ad

A new campaign ad from Eric Greitens, the controversial former governor of Missouri now running for U.S. Senate, prompted accusations of glorifying political violence before being flagged by Twitter and removed by Facebook for violating policies around violence and abuse.

"Today, we're going RINO hunting," Greitens, a Republican, said with a smile as he slid the action on his shotgun in the 38-second ad. RINO stands for "Republican in name only."

Greitens and a team of men outfitted in military gear are then shown bursting into a home, guns raised.

"The RINO feeds on corruption and is marked by the stripes of cowardice," said Greitens. "Get a RINO hunting permit. There's no bagging limit, no tagging limit, and it doesn't expire until we save our country."

https://www.npr.org/2022/06/20/1106...-shotgun-and-calls-for-rino-hunting-in-a-new-
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I saw that ad. Wasn't that adorable? Facebook took it down. twump supporters don't need much of a push to start using guns on us.. that guy's just throwing more gas on the fire. What an asshole.
 
LurchAddams said:
I saw that ad. Wasn't that adorable? Facebook took it down. twump supporters don't need much of a push to start using guns on us.. that guy's just throwing more gas on the fire. What an asshole.
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You mean like the guy that shot Steve Scalise or the nut bag that tried to assassinate Kavanaugh. I guess the Kavanaugh was just doing what Scumer told him to do.
 
ExpressLane said:
You mean like the guy that shot Steve Scalise or the nut bag that tried to assassinate Kavanaugh. I guess the Kavanaugh was just doing what Scumer told him to do.
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Both those guys were one person crimes

Both were deemed insane


One was a Sanders guy who was influenced by the Russian lies


The FBI Said the Sanders team had been infiltrated by Russians


So it nothing like an insurrection


And nothing like telling your own constituents to kill republicans for not being violent racists cult members
 
ExpressLane said:
You mean like the guy that shot Steve Scalise or the nut bag that tried to assassinate Kavanaugh. I guess the Kavanaugh was just doing what Scumer told him to do.
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You got it, Tiger. Hey, you deported those dead Uvalde kids parents yet for being illegal?

You're a great Nazi.
 
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