chiver78
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Post by chiver78 on Jul 3, 2011 9:07:28 GMT -5
I've never heard of this guy before. anyone have insight?  ********************************************************************************************** Little-known Republican McCotter opens White House bid WASHINGTON — Thaddeus McCotter, a guitar-playing Michigan congressman with an independent streak, formally launched a longshot bid for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination on Saturday. The conservative McCotter made his formal announcement at an Independence Day rock festival outside Detroit. He filed the paperwork on Friday to enter the Republican race for the right to challenge Democratic President Barack Obama. "Through your hard work and through your principled determination to bequeath to your children a better America, we will restructure the government," McCotter told the crowd at the rock festival, where he played guitar with a band. "... What we need in Washington is someone who knows the future is not big government -- it is self government." McCotter, 45, is a rock 'n' roll fan known to quote song lyrics and at times challenge his own party leaders. He enters the campaign as a heavy underdog with little name recognition or money. The five-term congressman from the Detroit suburbs is a strong supporter of the car industry and backed the industry bailout but he has appealed to Tea Party conservatives with calls for a fundamental restructuring of government. McCotter said on Friday there was room for more candidates in the Republican race, which is now led by former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and U.S. Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota. "I want to take my message out and ... see if people respond to it," he said in an interview with a Detroit radio station. |
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Post by billisonboard on Jul 3, 2011 9:16:22 GMT -5
Filed his paperwork on the Friday before Independence Day Weekend. Formally announced on Saturday of a three day holiday weekend. Doesn't show a good sense of how to counter his little known status.
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Post by djAdvocate on Jul 3, 2011 10:38:14 GMT -5
i don't like the front runners, so i will give him a look.
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Post by Bluerobin on Jul 4, 2011 5:23:11 GMT -5
Well, if he likes the Tea Party, he can't be all good!
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Jul 4, 2011 8:24:14 GMT -5
Never heard of the guy- and I'm a political and news junkie.
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Post by b2r on Jul 4, 2011 11:29:16 GMT -5
Who Is Thaddeus McCotter?
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Post by djAdvocate on Jul 4, 2011 11:43:26 GMT -5
Who Is Thaddeus McCotter? i don't care for the approach here. instead of defining the opponent, i would be more interested in him defining himself. |
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