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Thursday Open Thread – February 4th

Tomb of the Unknown ChristmasOur Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.

For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

UPDATE – *Not Cruz Campaign* – Campaign Push Polling In South Carolina…

UPDATE 2/4/16 The caller identified TPC as “The Polling Company“, Kellyanne Conway’s group. Conway later disputed the assertion, and claims TPC is “Target Point Consulting”, not part of the Cruz campaign.

ted cruz largeFYI – A reader in South Carolina was the recipient of a telephone poll today.  Knowing the machinations of politics she identified the push polling method used.

After hanging up, she did some research and identified the Ted Cruz campaign. (see below)

“I live in SC, and I received a call from TPC Polling  today– a push poll against Trump. I looked up TPC, and it’s owned by Kellyanne Conway, who works for Cruz”.

The last two questions came after I identified Trump as my candidate. They (recording) asked something about how Trump wanted to work with Putin, and “was that a good idea”?

Then they asked the slanderous question, saying that Trump wants to close veteran-owned small businesses because they made the neighborhood look bad, and does that make me very angry, a little angry, or not angry at all.

After that, the call disconnected.

It would appear Senator Ted Cruz’s campaign is picking up in South Carolina right where his campaign left off in Iowa – same tactics.

update-1UPDATE:  Kellyanne Conway, says the identification of TPC is identifying the wrong outfit.  There are two TPCs.

Target Point Consulting Executive Leadership Page HERE

 

Rand Paul and Rick Santorum Exit Presidential Race – Roadmap For GOPe is Going Along As Planned…

Both Senator Rand Paul and former Senator Rick Santorum exited the presidential race today.  Rick Santorum endorsed the GOPe candidate Rubio/Bush saying they held similar values.

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Everything is happening almost as predicted in 2014.  Current events also highlight the key truism in the modified GOPe road-map since the entry of the unanticipated variable, Donald Trump.

The goal continues to be remove the unanticipated variable.  Encapsulated thusly:

…..Remove Donald Trump and Ben Carson becomes Herman Cain, Ted Cruz becomes Newt Gingrich and Rubio/Jeb take the role of Mitt Romney in 2012.  And everyone in Washington DC is happy, happy again….

There is ONLY ONE candidate who was not a variable in the original GOPe road-map, that candidate is Donald Trump.  As soon as Trump entered the arena the entire strategic splitter plan had to be modified.

The GOPe modification was brutally obvious.  Instead of immediately destroying Ted Cruz (the original plan) they changed the thrust of their approach to keep Ted Cruz viable (modified plan) thereby blocking Donald Trump from gaining a coalition which would keep Jeb/Rubio or Rubio/Jeb from the nomination.

This approach is why Mitch McConnell (and the DC Cartel) set up the Super-PAC and actually funded Ted Cruz in Iowa, and attacked Donald Trump.  [Shades of Mississippi ’14 strategy] (more…)

Bumper Sticker Of The Day…

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From ThePeoplesCube.com.

Epic – Wayne Dupree Message To Professional Republican Voices is Brilliant….

Wayne Dupree is speaking for many Americans in this video.  Perhaps his righteous voice rings solid for you; I know it does for me.

Dupree is speaking directly to the insufferable professional political class, the ever shrinking violets,  who pontificate about what it means to be conservative.

What exactly are those voices conserving, except their own place at the trough?

In addition to the ridiculous “conservative” tribe who swim around Fox News and NRO, Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin would be wise to pay attention to this message.

Visit Wayne Dupree website HERE  – Follow Wayne on Twitter

Donald Trump Rally, Little Rock Arkansas – 6:00pm Live Stream….

Candidate Donald J Trump is holding a rally today in Little Rock, Arkansas at the Barton Coliseum.  The event begins at 5:00pm Central, 6:00pm Eastern:

Live Stream Link

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UPDATE: FEC Informs Ted Cruz Campaign They Must Provide Information On 2012 Senate Loans…

cruz and heidiBy now most people are aware of the controversy surrounding Candidate Ted Cruz and his failure to reveal $1.3 million in campaign “loans” from Goldman Sachs and Citibank during his 2012 campaign for the senate.   At the heart of the issue is a failure of Ted and Heidi Cruz to list Wall Street “loans” on the required Federal Election Commission financial reports.

Together with the campaign officials the Cruz’s say the non-reporting was an accidental oversight. However, a watch dog group has now filed a complaint with the FEC which is step one to beginning an FEC investigation.

update-1Today the FEC requested information from the Cruz campaign, with a response due by March 8th:

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Video – Ted Cruz Dirty Tricks Explained With Evidence…

REMINDER – Ted Cruz Campaign Head Credits Psychological Operations As Primary Source of Voter Support…

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Rush Limbaugh: Milk Carton Candidate Rubio Is “Full-Throated Conservative”…

Let there be no doubt how ridiculous this election cycle is (listen):

Marco Rubio is called the “Milk Carton Senator” because he’s no-where to be found when he is supposed to be doing his job. Yet this is who Rush Limbaugh chooses to call a “full-throated conservative”? (more…)

February 3rd – 2016 Presidential Election – Open Discussion

In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “2016 Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Presidential Race and/or any of the candidates therein.

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This thread will refresh daily and appear above the Open Discussion Thread.