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Foley Sees Parallels in Daschle's Defeat
AP ^ | 11/18/04 | MATTHEW DALY

Posted on 11/18/2004 6:32:12 PM PST by nypokerface

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To: Ragnar704
"I think sometimes there's a difficulty in understanding what a state receives from having a majority leader in the Senate or a speaker of the House..." Foley said.

I guess pork barreling doesn't go as far as it used to in the good old days, hey Tom? :)

What's this about a "majority leader" in the Senate? Did I miss something?

IIRC, the reason Thune lost the 2002 race (apart from the reservation vote fraud) was the crossover Republicans voting for Johnson because they assumed that the Senate would be Democrat-controlled after the election; hence, little Tommy would be the majority leader. As we all know, that didn't happen. Well, most of us know it. Brother Foley seems to be locked in a temporal stasis field since he left DC.

21 posted on 11/18/2004 7:19:07 PM PST by thulldud (It's bad luck to be superstitious.)
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Voters either did not appreciate or understand the value of service as party leader, a role that sometimes caused both men to act in ways contrary to their own political survival.

There's his error in judgment. As soon as he put his party before his constituents, he was doomed. Just like Daschle. The people of SD woke up and realized that Daschle was no longer putting them first.

22 posted on 11/18/2004 7:23:09 PM PST by Keith in Iowa (Democrats: Tolerant of all people and opinions. Except me & mine - Conservative, Christian.)
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To: nypokerface

Uh, what isn't mentioned is that Tom Foley sued his constituency.


23 posted on 11/18/2004 7:35:53 PM PST by Tench_Coxe
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To: Keith in Iowa
"The people of SD woke up and realized that Daschle was no longer putting them first"

All that dough from Loral, Boeing, etc benefitted the citizens of SD- well, at least two of them.

24 posted on 11/18/2004 7:47:01 PM PST by fat city (Julius Rosenberg's soviet code name was "Liberal")
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25 posted on 11/18/2004 7:47:59 PM PST by UnklGene
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To: marktwain

Sen's Dorgan and Conrad
Take note


26 posted on 11/18/2004 8:16:46 PM PST by CPT Clay (Drill ANWR, Personal Accounts NOW.)
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South Dakota is my state and Dasshole no more represented this state than the man in the moon. He was a die hard Kennedy liberal who had the audacity on more than one occassion to say "I am a D.C. resident. His wife is a liberal lobbyist for a big firm in Washington. He own a 2 mil home in virginia and nothing in SD. Reminds me of George McGovern who was the same type.


27 posted on 11/18/2004 10:35:02 PM PST by snowman1
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To: nypokerface

Ah yes, that's right. This IS the 10 year anniversary of Tom Foley's defeat at the hands of Nethercutt...

Maybe we shoudl all send Tom Foley sympathy cards bwaaaaahahahahahahahahaha


28 posted on 11/19/2004 8:00:22 AM PST by Chad Fairbanks (Fascists Unhappy Concerning Kerry's Election Defeat.)
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