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Angle: Republicans Have ‘Lost Their Standards’ and ‘Their Principles’

In private, Sharron Angle may be as bold and brash as she is in public. An audio recording has emerged of the Nevada GOP Senate candidate criticizing the Republican establishment during a meeting with third-part rival Scott Ashjian and his allies.
“The Republicans have lost their standards, they’ve lost their principles,” Angle said in a thirty-eight minute audio recording obtained by the Las Vegas Sun. “Really that’s why the machine in the Republican Party is fighting against me… They have never really gone along with lower taxes and less government.”
According to HuffPo, Angle goes on to make a biblical comparison:
“You gotta get my armor off and let me pick up this sling,” she said drawing a comparison between her fight and that of David and Goliath. “That’s exactly where I am right now, is trying to get them to leave me alone for long enough so I can get my sling and go after this guy. There are just these issues.”
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