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Archae

(46,356 posts)
Wed Nov 6, 2013, 12:12 PM Nov 2013

David Barton Announces That He Will Not Run For Senate

Source: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/david-barton

After a week of speculation amid effort to recruit David Barton to launch a primary challenge in Texas against Senator John Cornyn, Barton appeared on Glenn Beck's radio program today to announce his decision. After telling Beck that he had done polling and consulted with trusted advisers, Barton announced even though he believes that it would be a winnable race, he has concluded that "the time is just not right for me."

Read more: Right-Wing Watch



Looks like Barton chickened out, seeing the election results from yesterday.
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David Barton Announces That He Will Not Run For Senate (Original Post) Archae Nov 2013 OP
Thank God! (irony and sarcasm) aristocles Nov 2013 #1
You're welcome. Archae Nov 2013 #2
Nuts! FBaggins Nov 2013 #3
Link broken - correct below intaglio Nov 2013 #4
Thanks. Archae Nov 2013 #5
Juanita Jean was looking forward to mocking this idiot Gothmog Nov 2013 #6
Outstanding news. (nt) Paladin Nov 2013 #7
Don't worry - they'll look under every rock in the state until bullwinkle428 Nov 2013 #8
Free PR from Beck. They're joined at the hip. TX would be renamed Dumbfuckistan, er, Glennbeckistan: freshwest Nov 2013 #9
Good, but not enough Tyrs WolfDaemon Nov 2013 #10

FBaggins

(26,774 posts)
3. Nuts!
Wed Nov 6, 2013, 12:22 PM
Nov 2013

That would have been entertaining - and it could have turned a no-win race into something competitive.

bullwinkle428

(20,631 posts)
8. Don't worry - they'll look under every rock in the state until
Wed Nov 6, 2013, 02:52 PM
Nov 2013

they find some white-robed clown willing to step up and run.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
9. Free PR from Beck. They're joined at the hip. TX would be renamed Dumbfuckistan, er, Glennbeckistan:
Wed Nov 6, 2013, 03:02 PM
Nov 2013

They already have a president:



The capitol city would be a joint venture of Barton and Beck, a libertarian paradise:

Lust For Strife: ‘The Citadel’ And Glenn Beck’s ‘Independence’ Are Betting On Catastrophe

by Mark - January 15, 2013

The geniuses who form the brain trust of the far right are trampling all over each other as they scamper for high ground to avoid the Commie Tsunami they imagine is bearing down on them. The fear is palpable as these whimpering Apocalyptoids rush to save themselves from what they are certain is a world-ending crush of progressive tyranny being orchestrated by the evil forces of self-government known as democracy.

Since the extreme righteous-wing was unable to thwart American voters last November, returning Satan’s Lieutenant Obama to the formerly White House, they are now intent on demonstrating their patriotism by advocating acts of treason and aspiring to secession.

That is the theme embodied in the quixotic blueprints being drawn up for utopian conclaves by folks like Glenn Beck and the architects of The Citadel. These would-be nation-states peddle phony promises of security and liberty to rubes who are convinced that those principles are so fragile under our current Marxist, Muslim, Kenyan president that they are certain to disappear by lunchtime. And the panic produced thereby is a market opportunity for Armageddon profiteers.

Glenn Beck’s version of this Exodus is a city/theme park that he calls Independence, USA. That also happens to be the name of the city that his Mormon faith teaches will be the place that Jesus will choose when he returns to usher in the end of time. Beck doesn’t have any plans for how he will raise the $2 billion he says the project will cost, but it will almost certainly come from the hides of his sheep...


http://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/?p=8843

And never, never forget:



Barton apologizes to BP

Even Tony Hayward of BP looks baffled by the over the top, fawning rhetoric of Barton. Joe retired from office to live in luxury.

Tyrs WolfDaemon

(2,289 posts)
10. Good, but not enough
Wed Nov 6, 2013, 05:43 PM
Nov 2013

Someone needs to go back in time to before his parents conceived him. There they could teach the young couple the joys of contraception. That way we would never have had to deal with the idiot in the first place.


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