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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
carpetbag .
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Examples
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Fortunately Governor Perry of Texas has accepted her to campaign for him so we might be able to get the Democrats back into power in Texas and change this carpetbagged state around.
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On top of that, he carpetbagged his way back to MN from New York only a few years ago and suddenly now knows what is best for them and how to represent his new constituency?
Sooo… I guess we’re waiting on the press conferences, then. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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I guess the Democratic Party powers-that-be, in seeing how New Yorkers allowed themselves to be exploited by Hillary who carpetbagged her way into a NY Senate seat on her husbands coat tails, figured ‘Hey – why not’? joe from Lowell Says:
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Hillary Clinton carpetbagged in from Arkansas – did you make the same objection to her?
Matthew Yglesias » Ford Describes Older Woman as “Young Lady” 2010
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The final chunk of pro-Greene-ers were folks who thought Rep. Al Green (D. Texas) had carpetbagged over to South Carolina to capitalize on the "If Rand Paul can be a Senator, so can I" craze.
Michael Sigman: Alvin Greene's South Carolina Win: The Inside Scoop 2010
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Gillibrand is sadly impotent on this issue since her predecessor carpetbagged her way into the seat nine short years ago.
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Hillary Clinton carpetbagged and bought her way into a Senate Seat from New York, sabotoged the 2004 candidacy of John Kerry, and stood poised to become the default Democratic nominee for 2008 with the full suppurt of virtually the entire Democratic Party behind her - but for one, tiny little snag that she and her ego never saw coming.
Clinton adviser: Clinton 'willing' to lend campaign more money 2008
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So they hoarded their contributors and carpetbagged their way to NY.
Obama Campaign's Post-Oregon Tally: We're 62 Dels Away From Nomination 2009
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She carpetbagged the NY senate seat the same way she is trying to carpetbag the presidency.
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It has been obvious to anyone not living under a rock for the past decade that Hillary carpetbagged into NY to being their Senator only as a stepping stone back to the White House.
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