[ARCHIVED THREAD] - McKinney (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 8/8/2014 12:45:38 PM EDT
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I have Dish TV, and because of FCC regulations, my "local" stations are all out of NYC (even though I live in Shelton). About the only advantage to this is no CT stations so, I have not seen ONE of McKinney's TV ads. However, doing a little on-line reading nets such tid-bits of information like the Hartford Courant endorsing McKinney for the Republican nomination, Senator Looney singing McKinney's praises, and numerous on-line writers saying that the he is a second generation Hartford insider, and only chance the Republicans have of defeating Malloy is to run McKinney.
Well, with those kind of references, I am sure glad I decided months ago to back Foley! Hey listen, McKinney may actually have some good ideas to improve the state. Ideas that he can pass on to Foley to pursue after Foley wins on Tuesday! I just hope that Foley's victory is as one-sided as the polls indicate, so we can all watch the RINO McKinney slink off into oblivion (if it is ever possible to get rid of a politician these days) ! |
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A few weeks ago I emailed the Foley campaign to get some signs for the RTC in my town.
Nathan replied, they didn't bother with signs for the Primary election, they're confident they won't need signs until the general election and I agree. McKinney hasn't got a chance. |
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A few weeks ago I emailed the Foley campaign to get some signs for the RTC in my town. Nathan replied, they didn't bother with signs for the Primary election, they're confident they won't need signs until the general election and I agree. McKinney hasn't got a chance. All signs (excuse the pun) seem to be pointing to it. However, I am not taking anything for granted. A guy who works with my wife contacted me to see who I was voting for, and why. I told him Foley, and gave him the entire rundown. He was already committed to voting Republican/pro-gun in Nov, BUT DID NOT KNOW WHO WAS THE MORE PRO-GUN CANDIDATE, FOLEY OR MCKINNEY! How he could be so clueless by this stage of the game, I don't know. But, it shows we need to keep up the efforts to educate the low information voters! |
Don't listen to the other guys. Mckinney is the clear and obvious choice for our next governor. If I have to give up my rights so I pay less taxes, I can't wait to vote in nov. Just imagine how much money I'll save not buying guns and less taxes. I'll move up to upper middle class status.
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I registered with the Republican Party this morning, in time to vote in Tuesday's primary. Note to McKinney - in case you're wondering, yes, it was specifically so that I can vote against you. That is all... Thought you had to wait 90 days before voting in primaries after changing party affil? |
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Thought you had to wait 90 days before voting in primaries after changing party affil? Well, it depends. Only those who're currently registered as unaffiliated or those who've never registered at all, have till Monday before noon, to do so in person, at the registrars office. If you're currently registered in a major party (republican, democrat or independent), then you would have had to do so three months ago. They have those limitations so that there's no deceptive activity/playing games, when it comes to controlling the vote count. If you're unaffiliated, then go to the registrar's office Monday morning and fill out the form. You'll be good. Just do it before 12:00 noon. And make sure mckinney's lying piece of shit RINO ass stays the hell out of Hartford! |
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Well, it depends. Only those who're currently registered as unaffiliated or those who've never registered at all, have till Monday before noon, to do so in person, at the registrars office. If you're currently registered in a major party (republican, democrat or independent), then you would have had to do so three months ago. They have those limitations so that there's no deceptive activity/playing games, when it comes to controlling the vote count. If you're unaffiliated, then go to the registrar's office Monday morning and fill out the form. You'll be good. Just do it before 12:00 noon. And make sure mckinney's lying piece of shit RINO ass stays the hell out of Hartford! Quoted:
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Thought you had to wait 90 days before voting in primaries after changing party affil? Well, it depends. Only those who're currently registered as unaffiliated or those who've never registered at all, have till Monday before noon, to do so in person, at the registrars office. If you're currently registered in a major party (republican, democrat or independent), then you would have had to do so three months ago. They have those limitations so that there's no deceptive activity/playing games, when it comes to controlling the vote count. If you're unaffiliated, then go to the registrar's office Monday morning and fill out the form. You'll be good. Just do it before 12:00 noon. And make sure mckinney's lying piece of shit RINO ass stays the hell out of Hartford! This is correct. I registered Republican yesterday specifically to vote against Mcdouchebag. Foley FTW. |
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Foley has run a terrible campaign
His failure to declare a Lt Gov partner was a mistake and will cost the party time and money He could easily be defeated Tuesday He is tepid and vague in his policies his adds have terrible production value and lack clarity and personality Prepare your anus |
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I'm watching mckinney on the face the state right now. As much as I hate to do this, I'm going to see if I can register as a republican tomorrow morning if I can vote in the tues primary. This is how much I hate that man. That's the spirit! You can always switch back to unaffiliated to send a message.
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Foley and McKinney were on WTNH this morning for a WTNH in studio debate. There is video of that debate at the following WTNH link:
http://wtnh.com/2014/08/10/gop-candidates-tangle-over-gun-laws-in-news-8-forum/ The first question of the forum came from News 8 watcher James of Vernon, who wanted to know: “If you are elected Governor, do you have any plans to modify or repeal the gun legislation that was pushed through this state’s government? If you plan to modify the legislation, what are those plans?” “As governor, I’m not going to focus on repealing the gun bill or making modifications to that law,” said McKinney, whose district includes Newtown. “I’m going to focus on growing our economy, creating jobs. Dan Malloy is going to leave either one of us a $2.8 billion budget deficit.” “I said at the time (of the Newtown School Shooting) that the governor should focus on only policy changes that would prevent another Newtown from happening, and he went way beyond that,” Foley said. “In some respects Sen. McKinney actually advocated for restrictions that the governor wasn’t advocating for. This was an overreaching bill.” “If the legislature chose to revisit the bill, and that there were corrections of simplifications that the could make that would reduce some of the onerous provisions on law-abiding citizens, I would support that,” Foley said. |
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Foley has run a terrible campaign His failure to declare a Lt Gov partner was a mistake and will cost the party time and money He could easily be defeated Tuesday He is tepid and vague in his policies his adds have terrible production value and lack clarity and personality Prepare your anus Like I said in my original post, I don't get CT stations, so I am lucky enough not to be subjected to the campaign ads! However, my own theory is that Republicans, in general, are HORRIBLE at communicating their own message. I also think that one of the reasons that the Democrats usually have flashier ads is that most of the people in the industry are left leaning!
It is my own personal belief that the Foley camp is saving every last penny for the fight with Malloy, and has taken victory over McKinney for granted (lets hope they are right). I honestly don't know how McKinney will survive the primary. Although there are certainly not enough pissed off gun-owning Republicans to win the election for the entire state, there are certainly enough to cost McKinney any kind strong showing on Tuesday. |
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Foley and McKinney were on WTNH this morning for a WTNH in studio debate. There is video of that debate at the following WTNH link: http://wtnh.com/2014/08/10/gop-candidates-tangle-over-gun-laws-in-news-8-forum/ The first question of the forum came from News 8 watcher James of Vernon, who wanted to know: “If you are elected Governor, do you have any plans to modify or repeal the gun legislation that was pushed through this state’s government? If you plan to modify the legislation, what are those plans?” “As governor, I’m not going to focus on repealing the gun bill or making modifications to that law,” said McKinney, whose district includes Newtown. “I’m going to focus on growing our economy, creating jobs. Dan Malloy is going to leave either one of us a $2.8 billion budget deficit.” “I said at the time (of the Newtown School Shooting) that the governor should focus on only policy changes that would prevent another Newtown from happening, and he went way beyond that,” Foley said. “In some respects Sen. McKinney actually advocated for restrictions that the governor wasn’t advocating for. This was an overreaching bill.” “If the legislature chose to revisit the bill, and that there were corrections of simplifications that the could make that would reduce some of the onerous provisions on law-abiding citizens, I would support that,” Foley said. Of course McKinney would have no interest in repealing a law he wanted and helped create! He is just trying to get people to focus on the economy, and hope they forget about his RINO actions of the past! |
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However, my own theory is that Republicans, in general, are HORRIBLE at communicating their own message. I also think that one of the reasons that the Democrats usually have flashier ads is that most of the people in the industry are left leaning!
It is my own personal belief that the Foley camp is saving every last penny for the fight with Malloy, and has taken victory over McKinney for granted (lets hope they are right). I honestly don't know how McKinney will survive the primary. Although there are certainly not enough pissed off gun-owning Republicans to win the election for the entire state, there are certainly enough to cost McKinney any kind strong showing on Tuesday. Its not that Republicans are horrible at communicating their message its that they are horrible at communicating their message in small sound bites. Its easy for the progressives to wail about "saving the children" when advocating more gun laws, but its take a few more words to say why one should own a gun in order to save their children. The progressives have a willing media that will bend and massage the story and the progressive candidate to advance the overall progressive agenda. Progressives have an army of media elites waiting in the wings consulting with and teaching the progressive politicians how to debate and give sound bites on camera. Not so much for non progressives. Malloy will have a deep war chest of money to dip into. He'll have union donations flowing in. Malloy knows he doesn't have to worry about any democratic challengers since he's already got all the major union endorsements. Once he got those union endorsements it was a done deal for the Democratic side. Malloy just has to focus on who ever wins the Republican side next Tuesday. Which explains why Foley hasn't been spending a ton of money right now, he's hording it to fight Malloy starting next Wednesday, provided of course he wins on Tuesday. |
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Foley has run a terrible campaign His failure to declare a Lt Gov partner was a mistake and will cost the party time and money He could easily be defeated Tuesday He is tepid and vague in his policies his adds have terrible production value and lack clarity and personality Prepare your anus A friend of mine was at the "Harpoon Club Dinner" in Greenwich a few months back. A mostly conservative event. Foley & Malloy were both there. According to my friend, Malloy worked the room like a Pro and Foley was a Stick in the Mud. Foley appears to have about as much personality as a twice baked potato. I feel sickened that we are resting our collective hopes on such a Sad Sack. What the Hell are we going to do if McKinney defeats Foley in the primary? |
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CT GOP dun goofed in not finding a decent, dynamic, and personable candidate 4 years ago as soon as Malloy won. Winning campaigns start as soon as the loosing results are in. Foley http://inkwellsplatters.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/walter1.jpg Quoted:
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Foley has run a terrible campaign His failure to declare a Lt Gov partner was a mistake and will cost the party time and money He could easily be defeated Tuesday He is tepid and vague in his policies his adds have terrible production value and lack clarity and personality Prepare your anus A friend of mine was at the "Harpoon Club Dinner" in Greenwich a few months back. A mostly conservative event. Foley & Malloy were both there. According to my friend, Malloy worked the room like a Pro and Foley was a Stick in the Mud. Foley appears to have about as much personality as a twice baked potato. I feel sickened that we are resting our collective hopes on such a Sad Sack. What the Hell are we going to do if McKinney defeats Foley in the primary? CT GOP dun goofed in not finding a decent, dynamic, and personable candidate 4 years ago as soon as Malloy won. Winning campaigns start as soon as the loosing results are in. Foley http://inkwellsplatters.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/walter1.jpg Perfect Conservative politicians are not comfortable in their own skin in CT |
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A friend of mine was at the "Harpoon Club Dinner" in Greenwich a few months back. A mostly conservative event. Foley & Malloy were both there. According to my friend, Malloy worked the room like a Pro and Foley was a Stick in the Mud. Foley appears to have about as much personality as a twice baked potato. I feel sickened that we are resting our collective hopes on such a Sad Sack. What the Hell are we going to do if McKinney defeats Foley in the primary? Quoted:
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Foley has run a terrible campaign His failure to declare a Lt Gov partner was a mistake and will cost the party time and money He could easily be defeated Tuesday He is tepid and vague in his policies his adds have terrible production value and lack clarity and personality Prepare your anus A friend of mine was at the "Harpoon Club Dinner" in Greenwich a few months back. A mostly conservative event. Foley & Malloy were both there. According to my friend, Malloy worked the room like a Pro and Foley was a Stick in the Mud. Foley appears to have about as much personality as a twice baked potato. I feel sickened that we are resting our collective hopes on such a Sad Sack. What the Hell are we going to do if McKinney defeats Foley in the primary? With a good campaign manager and a good media consultant having the personality of a twice backed potato could be turned into an asset. For what ever reason the GOP seems to continually shoot it self in the foot, first in who they run as candidates and second how they prep that candidate to deal with the media and the public in general. Foley has to have something more than "I'm not Malloy" in order to generate more votes than he got last time. This being CT however I'm not surprised at the "Republican" candidates that run for office. Foley is probably the best we'll see here. We'll never get a true conservative or small government candidate who is viable and can generate enough votes to win a state wide election. |
| Assuming Foley wins tomorrow, the Republican leadership needs to get its collective head out if their asses, and prepare Foley for the big fight leading up to Nov. the thing that gives me hope is thinking about the Ryan/Biden debate. Biden can't usually string together a coherent sentence, but the Dems prepared him well enough that he ate Ryan alive. If we can get that type of focus out if Foley, it will help alot. Remember, the double baked potato Foley only lost by 6k of votes last time. Malloy has a huge amount of political baggage, and we have a bunch of motivated voters! |
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Assuming Foley wins tomorrow, the Republican leadership needs to get its collective head out if their asses, and prepare Foley for the big fight leading up to Nov. the thing that gives me hope is thinking about the Ryan/Biden debate. Biden can't usually string together a coherent sentence, but the Dems prepared him well enough that he ate Ryan alive. If we can get that type of focus out if Foley, it will help alot. Remember, the double baked potato Foley only lost by 6k of votes last time. Malloy has a huge amount of political baggage, and we have a bunch of motivated voters! Maybe a mixture of Geritol and Old Money would get things moving?
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I registered with the Republican Party this morning, in time to vote in Tuesday's primary. Note to McKinney - in case you're wondering, yes, it was specifically so that I can vote against you. That is all... Same here, just left the Registrar's office in Manchester. Hoping for a "McKinney meltdown" when he loses tomorrow. |
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Changed from independent to Republican by mail a couple of weeks ago. Drove to my town hall today to make sure I am now a Rep. Fuck you McKinney you fucking snake! Are you sure you were registered in the Independent party, and not as "unaffiliated"? Because the Independent party is a main party association. And the deadline to transfer from one party to another is 90 days (3 months). Yet, when you transfer from being unaffiliated, you can do so right up to noon, the day before the vote. Same thing with someone who's never registered before. You can look up to see how you're currently registered, very easily, RIGHT HERE If you ARE in fact registered as Independent... You would have had to do it 90 days prior to voting in the primary. If someone told you otherwise, they're wrong. |
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For those that have changed to "R" from unaffiliated, be sure that you are clear on the rules regarding changing back. I myself am going to remain "R" until after the Nov, election. I am not 100% of the rules about changing back to unaffiliated, but would hate to see someone get fucked and not be able to vote in the general election.
Can someone comment on the party change rule to unaffiliated from a major party after the primary? |
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Can someone comment on the party change rule to unaffiliated from a major party after the primary? From the CT SoS site there is some general voter registration deadlines: http://www.sots.ct.gov/sots/cwp/view.asp?a=3179&q=491324 There is a three month rule for primary elections. Don't think it matters for the general election so long as your registered to vote. MONTHS BEFORE PRIMARY. Last day that enrolled elector can transfer from one party to another or, if unaffiliated electors are permitted to vote in a party primary, to erase from a party, and be eligible to vote in municipal primary of new party. One can now register or change party via the state's online voter registration site: https://voterregistration.ct.gov/OLVR/welcome.do |
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For those that have changed to "R" from unaffiliated, be sure that you are clear on the rules regarding changing back. I myself am going to remain "R" until after the Nov, election. I am not 100% of the rules about changing back to unaffiliated, but would hate to see someone get fucked and not be able to vote in the general election. Can someone comment on the party change rule to unaffiliated from a major party after the primary? Yeah... You can change back at anytime, without a problem. To vote in the general election, you can be registered however you want and it won't alter how you actually choose to vote. Let's say that you're registered as a republican... In the general election, you can vote for a democratic state congressman, AND also vote for a Libertarian representative for your district, AS WELL AS vote for an Independent candidate for your local town committee. The only time your actual party choice comes into play, are during a primary election, which is what's coming up tomorrow. It doesn't matter if it's a local, state or national primary. You HAVE TO be registered in the party that your chosen candidate is registered in. And that makes sense, to cut down on playing with the vote counts, to control the opposition. And that's why you have to have registered into a party, FROM ANOTHER PARTY, with a three month allowance. Which is why it's very wise to remain "unaffiliated", all the time. You can wait to see who drops out or joins at the last minute, which can also screw you up, as well. |
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Yeah... You can change back at anytime, without a problem. To vote in the general election, you can be registered however you want and it won't alter how you actually choose to vote. Let's say that you're registered as a republican... In the general election, you can vote for a democratic state congressman, AND also vote for a Libertarian representative for your district, AS WELL AS vote for an Independent candidate for your local town committee. The only time your actual party choice comes into play, are during a primary election, which is what's coming up tomorrow. It doesn't matter if it's a local, state or national primary. You HAVE TO be registered in the party that your chosen candidate is registered in. And that makes sense, to cut down on playing with the vote counts, to control the opposition. And that's why you have to have registered into a party, FROM ANOTHER PARTY, with a three month allowance. Which is why it's very wise to remain "unaffiliated", all the time. You can wait to see who drops out or joins at the last minute, which can also screw you up, as well. Quoted:
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For those that have changed to "R" from unaffiliated, be sure that you are clear on the rules regarding changing back. I myself am going to remain "R" until after the Nov, election. I am not 100% of the rules about changing back to unaffiliated, but would hate to see someone get fucked and not be able to vote in the general election. Can someone comment on the party change rule to unaffiliated from a major party after the primary? Yeah... You can change back at anytime, without a problem. To vote in the general election, you can be registered however you want and it won't alter how you actually choose to vote. Let's say that you're registered as a republican... In the general election, you can vote for a democratic state congressman, AND also vote for a Libertarian representative for your district, AS WELL AS vote for an Independent candidate for your local town committee. The only time your actual party choice comes into play, are during a primary election, which is what's coming up tomorrow. It doesn't matter if it's a local, state or national primary. You HAVE TO be registered in the party that your chosen candidate is registered in. And that makes sense, to cut down on playing with the vote counts, to control the opposition. And that's why you have to have registered into a party, FROM ANOTHER PARTY, with a three month allowance. Which is why it's very wise to remain "unaffiliated", all the time. You can wait to see who drops out or joins at the last minute, which can also screw you up, as well. Ok. I was just unsure about changing after the primarys and if it could affect your ability to vote period in the general. Good info. I have never been a party member in my life, but I despise that weasel McKinney. |
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I know I do. As a republican Mckinney is suppose to stand up for people's rights. Instead he helped craft the bill and used every tactic possible to avoid public debate or give legislators time to even review the bill. He is no different then any dictator or despot.
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It really is amazing how many of us hate that motherfucker McKinney. Sometimes I wonder if we hate him more than we hate Malloy. Fuck both of 'em! There was a meeting at Newtown High School, hosted by the libtard, gun-grabbing group 'Newtown action alliance', where the entire bi-partisan committee heard and spoke to town residents. mitch bolinsky and john mckinney lied to me there. Right to my face. I stood up to speak and then met with each of them, separately, after the tapes stopped recording. They each said that they would not do anything to go against their sworn oaths to the Constitution and that they had no intention of voting for any of malloy's proposals. Obviously, they fell back on their promises. So, yeah... Fuck 'em. |
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I know I do. As a republican Mckinney is suppose to stand up for people's rights. Instead he helped craft the bill and used every tactic possible to avoid public debate or give legislators time to even review the bill. He is That precisely why he should not ever be governor let alone a legislator. A person (and politician's) stance on the 2nd Amendment is a damn good indicator of how they will stand on many if not most other issues. If they do not trust YOU with a gun then what else won't they trust you with? Our major problem is far too often we've seen a politician claim to support 2A then turn around and say "but" and vote to take away that right. As of now everyone who voted for and signed SB1160 should be voted out of office. |
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McKinney is from my district, and I have previously voted for him, but never again.
I had always suspected that he was a Democrat sympathizer at heart, who was a Republican only so that he could cash in on his father's reputation. He's exactly the worst type of careerist politician that should never be allowed to control the levers of government power. His untrustworthiness as revealed by his anti-2A antics can not be denied or brushed under the carpet. Clearly he thought that he could gain personal political advantage by selling us out. He thought that he would cruise to the Governor's office by selling us out. He needs to be held accountable for his wrongdoing. |
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McKinney is from my district, and I have previously voted for him, but never again. I had always suspected that he was a Democrat sympathizer at heart, who was a Republican only so that he could cash in on his father's reputation. He's exactly the worst type of careerist politician that should never be allowed to control the levers of government power. His untrustworthiness as revealed by his anti-2A antics can not be denied or brushed under the carpet. Clearly he thought that he could gain personal political advantage by selling us out. He thought that he would cruise to the Governor's office by selling us out. He needs to be held accountable for his wrongdoing. To be fair, I don't think he was looking to gain political advantage by cooperating on SB1160. I think he was trying to keep his job. His aspirations to run for Governor were already in place well before the shooting took place. I'm not making excuses for the guy, but I think we need to be fair on the cause/effect here. Anyone who wished to remain in office and was voted in by anyone from Newtown, was going to cooperate. If he wished to take a hard stance on 1160, it would had been where his political career would had fallen. But if he had any integrity, he would had made that stand instead of selling everyone down the river with a severe state and federal constitutional violation. |
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To be fair, I don't think he was looking to gain political advantage by cooperating on SB1160. I think he was trying to keep his job. His aspirations to run for Governor were already in place well before the shooting took place. I'm not making excuses for the guy, but I think we need to be fair on the cause/effect here. Anyone who wished to remain in office and was voted in by anyone from Newtown, was going to cooperate. If he wished to take a hard stance on 1160, it would had been where his political career would had fallen. But if he had any integrity, he would had made that stand instead of selling everyone down the river with a severe state and federal constitutional violation. Quoted:
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McKinney is from my district, and I have previously voted for him, but never again. I had always suspected that he was a Democrat sympathizer at heart, who was a Republican only so that he could cash in on his father's reputation. He's exactly the worst type of careerist politician that should never be allowed to control the levers of government power. His untrustworthiness as revealed by his anti-2A antics can not be denied or brushed under the carpet. Clearly he thought that he could gain personal political advantage by selling us out. He thought that he would cruise to the Governor's office by selling us out. He needs to be held accountable for his wrongdoing. To be fair, I don't think he was looking to gain political advantage by cooperating on SB1160. I think he was trying to keep his job. His aspirations to run for Governor were already in place well before the shooting took place. I'm not making excuses for the guy, but I think we need to be fair on the cause/effect here. Anyone who wished to remain in office and was voted in by anyone from Newtown, was going to cooperate. If he wished to take a hard stance on 1160, it would had been where his political career would had fallen. But if he had any integrity, he would had made that stand instead of selling everyone down the river with a severe state and federal constitutional violation. This. He has no integrity. Fuck McKinney. |
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low voter turn out so far. people seem to have short memory's. or the rest of the independents didnt make the switch for today Pretty standard for a primary Hold tight Usually only informed or compelled voters do primaries. Also limited to registered party members |
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there should be some highly motivated voters .. women at my work with 50 different ar stickers on her car who hates malloy didnt even know the primary's where today . i asked if she was going to go vote and she said it was the farthest thing from her mind ![]() FFS This reminds me of when one of the regular GD posters from CT (and does not post in the avatar)didn't even know about the new laws back in December 2013....... |




