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jpak

(41,758 posts) Tue Oct 9, 2018, 10:01 PM Oct 2018

Vile GOP Maine Rep calls Marine Vet Dem opponent "a young radical who embraces a socialist agenda."

https://www.pressherald.com/2018/10/09/poliquin-and-golden-slug-it-out-in-first-debate-in-2nd-congressional-district-race/

In the first debate of the election campaign for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, two-term U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin called his Democratic challenger a radical at least five times, a socialist twice and young three times.

Within minutes of the start of the televised debate, Poliquin, a Republican, strung all of them together to declare that Lewiston state Rep. Jared Golden “is a young radical who embraces a socialist agenda.”

Golden, a 36-year-old who served two combat tours in the Marines, repeatedly declared that the 64-year-old Poliquin was lying.

“The amount of lies coming out of Bruce’s mouth is astounding,” Golden said, insisting that the “absolutely despicable” charges suggest he is “somehow un-American” after he fought for his country in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Poliquin is famous for hiding in restrooms, and emerging with earbuds going "Nahhhhh nahhhh" when confronted by journalists asking "questions".

https://www.centralmaine.com/2017/05/03/maine-rep-poliquin-reportedly-dodges-question-on-latest-gop-health-bill/

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Vile GOP Maine Rep calls Marine Vet Dem opponent "a young radical who embraces a socialist agenda." (Original Post) jpak Oct 2018 OP

Toss up aeromanKC Oct 2018 #1

Same as it ever was manor321 Oct 2018 #2

That's a video I'd like to see WhiteTara Oct 2018 #3

no doubt onethatcares Oct 2018 #4

Seems to be the KGOP nationwide strategery Achilleaze Oct 2018 #5

aeromanKC

(3,322 posts)

1. Toss up

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Tue Oct 9, 2018, 10:23 PM

Oct 2018

Real Clear Politics has this race as Toss up!!

manor321

(3,344 posts)

2. Same as it ever was

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Tue Oct 9, 2018, 10:23 PM

Oct 2018

Every single election cycle we get shocked and outraged at the things Republicans are allowed to say. Then they get elected.

IMHO, people are failing to come to grips with how goddamned awful Republican voters are. They are horrible human beings.

WhiteTara

(29,715 posts)

3. That's a video I'd like to see

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Tue Oct 9, 2018, 10:27 PM

Oct 2018

Poliquin is famous for hiding in restrooms, and emerging with earbuds going "Nahhhhh nahhhh" when confronted by journalists asking "questions". That would be a great ad for Golden.

onethatcares

(16,168 posts)

4. no doubt

Reply to WhiteTara (Reply #3)

Wed Oct 10, 2018, 07:00 AM

Oct 2018

a short clip with a voice over, Something like, "Whenever Poliquin is asked how he would address any issue, this is his response".

Then show the clip.

Hell, I'm a carpenter and came up with that.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)

5. Seems to be the KGOP nationwide strategery

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Wed Oct 10, 2018, 07:11 AM

Oct 2018

Demonize the Dems by PROJECTING all the evil shit the repubes are doing themselves onto their honorable opponents. Under the misleadership of Dirty Donny* we can expect the KGOP repubes to ramp their hate-lies up bigly over the next weeks.

* aka the republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief,
who was beaten by 3 million votes in the 2016 election.

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