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RIROCKHOUND 04-28-2009 03:32 PM

Run away!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/...tch/index.html

RIJIMMY 04-28-2009 03:47 PM

has the republican party really moved farther and farther to the right?
Most republicans I know are business people interested in lower taxes and can really care a rats arse about the right wing.

sean curry 04-28-2009 04:00 PM

Ha Ha Ha!

Can it get worse for the GOP?

Sean

RIROCKHOUND 04-28-2009 04:04 PM

Jim,
I actually don't know, however that's who you know. there is a push for the 'moral' (religious) right in the Rish-inian movement, but not translating to actual offices held...

maybe his policies have slowly shifted? :huh: and he just realized it?

buckman 04-28-2009 04:16 PM

He's moved over to the left where he belongs. Idiot. Now he can get to the bottom of this Pats cheating thing.

justplugit 04-28-2009 07:26 PM

"I'm putting principal at the top of the list."

Ha, he's doing what politicians do best, anything to win another term.

Swimmer 04-28-2009 08:34 PM

He has sold himself to the devil.

Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets.

Cool Beans 04-28-2009 08:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by justplugit (Post 684955)
"I'm putting principal at the top of the list."

Ha, he's doing what politicians do best, anything to win another term.

Yep, Self Preservation, his state is shifting way to the left and would be hard for him as a Republican. Good Luck to the guy that runs against him in 2010!

JohnR 04-29-2009 05:55 AM

He's a clown. He can't get elected otherwise. He was right about one thing though, there seems to be little room for moderates.

PaulS 04-29-2009 06:53 AM

I have a problem w/politicians switching parties mid term. While in my mind your suppose to vote for the candidate based on his views, in actuality most people vote for the party affiliation.

The other thing, what is the difference if he's a repub. and he's voted w/the dems. on the bigger issues and vice versa.

RIJIMMY 04-29-2009 10:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PaulS (Post 685057)
I have a problem w/politicians switching parties mid term. While in my mind your suppose to vote for the candidate based on his views, in actuality most people vote for the party affiliation.

The other thing, what is the difference if he's a repub. and he's voted w/the dems. on the bigger issues and vice versa.

Paul, is that true? Do most people vote based on party? Dont know, just asking.

JohnnyD 04-29-2009 10:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PaulS (Post 685057)
I have a problem w/politicians switching parties mid term. While in my mind your suppose to vote for the candidate based on his views, in actuality most people vote for the party affiliation.

The other thing, what is the difference if he's a repub. and he's voted w/the dems. on the bigger issues and vice versa.

I don't have a problem with it because people should be voting strictly on his political views, not the R- or D- at the end of his name.

I do have a problem with is that I'm sure his political philosophy hasn't changed yet now more Dems will vote for him and fewer Repubs - just because of party affiliation.

Just one more reason I don't think the politically uneducated should be allowed to vote.

PaulS 04-29-2009 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RIJIMMY (Post 685127)
Paul, is that true? Do most people vote based on party? Dont know, just asking.

I think a very high % of people do. They prob. look at the one issue that they think is most important to them (God, $ - taxes, the economy, the war, etc.) and vote a straight party line based on the who they think represents their point of view best. Not suppose to happen that way, but I think it does.

fishbones 04-29-2009 11:20 AM

He switched because he knows he was going to lose in the primary next election because the Republican voters wouldn't vote for him. If he runs as a Democrat, he runs unopposed in the primary and then will win the general election. It's simple. Maybe now, he can get Congress to spend more time and money on investigating the Patriots Superbowl win over the Eagles, since there seems to be unlimited funds for personal crusades with these politicians.

PaulS 04-29-2009 11:27 AM

He even said that he's not prepared to have his 29 year record in the senate decided by the Penn. Repub. primary electorate.

fishbones 04-29-2009 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PaulS (Post 685155)
He even said that he's not prepared to have his 29 year record in the senate decided by the Penn. Repub. primary electorate.

A real "man of the people".

"I certainly wouldn't want the people who elected me to this cushy job for 29 years to have any say in when I have to leave".

What a clown.:rotflmao:


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