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pampango Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-11 03:06 PM
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(FL) Teabagger candidate's focus: stimulus/spending, "obamacare", cap-and-trade and immigration.
Edited on Fri Jul-15-11 03:34 PM by pampango
A wealthy, but little-known businessman jumped into Florida’s Republican U.S. Senate race Tuesday, calling himself the candidate for Main Street and muddying an already unsettled primary.

Casting himself as the candidate of the people while flying a private plane across the state may not have been the most persuasive approach, but former Ruth’s Chris restaurant CEO Craig Miller did highlight the business experience lacking in his main rivals.

His message appears to differ little from the others, though: federal spending is out of control, the stimulus package failed, “Obamacare” is wrong and cap-and-trade energy proposals should be fought.

At one point Miller’s campaign openly questioned the mental stability of one Republican rival, Karen Diebel, who in turn attacked him as soft on illegal immigration. ... Miller has repeatedly said his immigration stance was distorted and said Tuesday he learned from his unsuccessful congressional run.

http://www.keysnet.com/2011/07/14/358600/republican-joins-four-others-in.html

I guess we're all used to seeing the teabagger mantra of "federal spending is out of control, the stimulus package failed, “Obamacare” is wrong" and the "tougher than the next guy on illegal immigration" stance, but where do so many of them get their opposition to cap-and-trade? Is it simply a denial of climate change which would make cap-and-trade unnecessary?
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nashville_brook Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-11 04:34 PM
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1. the stimulus failed b/c it was too small and didn't directly produce jobs
we need a Real Deal New Deal...not more $$ for crony capitalists.

the more the teabaggers hit this note, the more we must hit back with the truth.
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pampango Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-16-11 09:11 AM
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2. Agreed. When the teabaggers say the stimulis failed, they are not complaining that it was too small.
We hit back with the truth. :)
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