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Not all republicans have gone off the deep end - 10/8/2012 1:44:45 PM   
erieangel


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Status: offline 		Former SD Senator Larry Pressler endorses Obama and gives several compelling reasons why he is doing so...

As a combat veteran of two tours in Vietnam with twenty-two years of service as a Republican member of the U.S. House and Senate, I endorse President Barack Obama for a second term as our Commander-in-Chief. Candidates publicly praise our service members, veterans and their families, but President Obama supports them in word and deed, anywhere and every time.

As a Vietnam vet, one of the reasons I support President Obama is because he has consistently shown he understands that our commitment to our servicemen and women may begin when they put on their uniform, but that it must never end.

What really set me off was Romney's reference to 47% of Americans to be written off -- including any veteran collecting disability like myself, as a post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) veteran.

And as former member of the U.S. Senate Budget Committee, the Senate Finance Committee and Chairman of the then Commerce Committee, I came to know the federal budget in detail. I'm disappointed that just as our troops are returning home after a decade of war, Romney and Ryan might gut by up to 20 percent investments in the Department of Veterans Affairs -- and even suggest privatizing the veterans' health care. Again, they would short change our national security and the education, health care and employment benefits our veterans have earned and deserve just to cut taxes for the wealthiest Americans

Let's be clear, Romney and Ryan would be disastrous for America's service members, veterans and military families. Public praise rings hollow when you fail to mention an ongoing war in accepting your party's nomination to be president, or veterans in a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, a so-called jobs plan or in a budget that should be a blue print of our nation's values.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-pressler/larry-pressler-obama_b_1948415.html?utm_hp_ref=politics
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RE: Not all republicans have gone off the deep end - 10/8/2012 2:41:08 PM   
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RE: Not all republicans have gone off the deep end - 10/8/2012 2:46:20 PM   
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Status: offline 		Run out of what Bill? He's no longer holding office, or involved with the GOP. Now he's just another lobbying Lawyer.

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RE: Not all republicans have gone off the deep end - 10/8/2012 2:48:17 PM   
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Status: offline 		rob, you can claim party affiliation woithout holding office.

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RE: Not all republicans have gone off the deep end - 10/8/2012 2:49:37 PM   
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Status: offline 		And had it been the other way round, we would hear about the icon of the party and whatnot.............

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RE: Not all republicans have gone off the deep end - 10/8/2012 2:53:49 PM   
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Status: offline 		In '08 there was a pretty big group of people referred to as "Republicans for Obama"--Kind of like the Reagan Democrats of 1980. They've pretty much been silent since Obama was elected. I'm hoping more of them crawl out from wherever they have been hiding and follow Pressler into the light.


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RE: Not all republicans have gone off the deep end - 10/8/2012 2:55:52 PM   
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Watch him be called a RINO

That was my reaction too.

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RE: Not all republicans have gone off the deep end - 10/8/2012 3:09:44 PM   
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ORIGINAL: erieangel

Former SD Senator Larry Pressler endorses Obama and gives several compelling reasons why he is doing so...




So... that's your Republican litmus test... unless they endorse President Obama, they've gone off the deep end???

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RE: Not all republicans have gone off the deep end - 10/8/2012 3:20:54 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Hillwilliam
rob, you can claim party affiliation woithout holding office.


You can claim party affiliation regardless of what the party says, too. How can a party run someone out of a party when they are simply a citizen (as opposed to actually running for office)?

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RE: Not all republicans have gone off the deep end - 10/8/2012 3:26:22 PM   
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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri

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ORIGINAL: Hillwilliam
rob, you can claim party affiliation woithout holding office.


You can claim party affiliation regardless of what the party says, too. How can a party run someone out of a party when they are simply a citizen (as opposed to actually running for office)?

Believe it or not, many state parties can eject a person and refuse to allow them to use "Republican" or "Democrat"
This happened to our state rep several years ago because he voted for something that state Republican party wanted him to vote the other way on.
They basically said do as we say and to hell with your constituents or we will eject you.
They ejected him. He is not allowed to claim affiliation with the Republican party or he will be sued.

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RE: Not all republicans have gone off the deep end - 10/8/2012 5:53:59 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Hillwilliam


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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri

quote:

ORIGINAL: Hillwilliam
rob, you can claim party affiliation woithout holding office.


You can claim party affiliation regardless of what the party says, too. How can a party run someone out of a party when they are simply a citizen (as opposed to actually running for office)?

Believe it or not, many state parties can eject a person and refuse to allow them to use "Republican" or "Democrat"
This happened to our state rep several years ago because he voted for something that state Republican party wanted him to vote the other way on.
They basically said do as we say and to hell with your constituents or we will eject you.
They ejected him. He is not allowed to claim affiliation with the Republican party or he will be sued.


So then it's obvious that the South Dakota GOP doesn't give a shit about Senator Pressler's opinion... Perhaps he's spent to much time on K street, and the people of SD forgot about him.


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RE: Not all republicans have gone off the deep end - 10/8/2012 9:23:35 PM   
Hillwilliam


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ORIGINAL: subrob1967


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ORIGINAL: Hillwilliam


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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri

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ORIGINAL: Hillwilliam
rob, you can claim party affiliation woithout holding office.


You can claim party affiliation regardless of what the party says, too. How can a party run someone out of a party when they are simply a citizen (as opposed to actually running for office)?

Believe it or not, many state parties can eject a person and refuse to allow them to use "Republican" or "Democrat"
This happened to our state rep several years ago because he voted for something that state Republican party wanted him to vote the other way on.
They basically said do as we say and to hell with your constituents or we will eject you.
They ejected him. He is not allowed to claim affiliation with the Republican party or he will be sued.


So then it's obvious that the South Dakota GOP doesn't give a shit about Senator Pressler's opinion... Perhaps he's spent to much time on K street, and the people of SD forgot about him.


Your reply had absolutely nothing to do with my post or the topic.

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RE: Not all republicans have gone off the deep end - 10/8/2012 9:59:43 PM   
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