Republican Self-Defeat : Republicans Against ANWR

The Wall Street Journal Editorial Page | 11/11/2005 | Nobel_1

[bmwcyle]

The search for great moderates of America

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[BushMeister]

These "Republicans" did more than quash the ANWR project. They stabbed their President and their party leadership (House and Senate) in the back on an issue that directly involves (and will only more deeply in the future involve) national security during a time of war. And at a time when the President and their own party were in trouble politically. They are truly spineless, dangerous fools.

[Nobel_1]

How to contact ANWR RE-pubs ...

Republicans Against ANWR ...
How to contact Congress: http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/


N.H. - Charles Bass (the ring leader), Jeb Bradley
Representative Charles F. Bass, II (R - 02)
202-225-5206 202-225-2946 cbass@mail.house.gov

Representative Jeb Bradley (R - 01)
202-225-5456 202-225-5822 http://www.house.gov/bradley/contact.html


Connecticut - Nancy Johnson, Christopher Shays, Robert Simmons
Representative Nancy L. Johnson (R - 05)
202-225-4476 202-225-4488 http://www.house.gov/nancyjohnson/zipauth.htm

Representative Christopher Shays (R - 04)
202-225-5541 202-225-9629 http://www.house.gov/shays/contact/index.htm

Representative Robert R. Simmons (R - 02)
202-225-2076 202-225-4977 http://www.house.gov/formsimmons/ima/send_email.html


Delaware - Mike Castle
Representative Michael N. Castle (R - Delaware At Large)
202-225-4165 202-225-2291 http://www.house.gov/writerep/


Iowa - Jim Leach
Representative James A. Leach (R - 02)
202-225-6576 202-226-1278 http://www.house.gov/leach/email.htm


Illinois - Tim Johnson, Mark Kirk
Representative Timothy V. Johnson (R - 15)
202-225-2371 202-226-0791 http://www.house.gov/writerep/

Representative Mark S. Kirk (R - 10)
202-225-4835 202-225-0837 http://www.house.gov/kirk/zipauth.htm


Pennsylvania - Mike Fitzpartick, Jim Gerlach
Representative Michael Fitzpatrick (R - 08)
202-225-4276 202-225-9511 michael.fitzpatrick@mail.house.gov

Representative Jim Gerlach (R - 06)
202-225-4315 202-225-8440 http://www.house.gov/writerep/


Minnesota - Mark Kennedy, Jim Ramstad
Representative Mark Kennedy (R - 06)
202-225-2331 202-225-6475 http://markkennedy.house.gov/kennedycontents/contact/

Representative Jim Ramstad (R - 03)
202-225-2871 202-225-6351 mn03@mail.house.gov


Michigan - Vernon Ehlers
Representative Vernon J. Ehlers (R - 03)
202-225-3831 202-225-5144 http://www.house.gov/writerep/


Maryland - Wayne Gilchrest
Representative Wayne T. Gilchrest (R - 01)
202-225-5311 202-225-0254 http://gilchrest.house.gov/contact.asp?ContactType=Form


N.J. - Mike Ferguson, Rod Frelinghuysen, Frank LoBiondo, Jim Saxton
Representative Michael A. Ferguson (R - 07)
202-225-5361 202-225-9460 http://www.house.gov/ferguson/IMA/get_address2.shtml

Representative Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (R - 11)
202-225-5034 202-225-3186 rodney.frelinghuysen@mail.house.gov

Representative Frank A. LoBiondo (R - 02)
202-225-6572 202-225-3318 http://www.house.gov/lobiondo/IMA/issue.htm

Representative Jim Saxton (R - 03)
202-225-4765 202-225-0778 http://www.house.gov/writerep/


N.Y. - Sherwood Boehlert, Sue Kelly, James Walsh
Representative Sherwood L. Boehlert (R - 24)
202-225-3665 202-225-1891 http://www.house.gov/writerep/

Representative Sue W. Kelly (R - 19)
202-225-5441 202-225-3289 http://www.house.gov/writerep/

Representative James T. Walsh (R - 25)
202-225-3701 202-225-4042 rep.james.walsh@mail.house.gov


S.C. - Bob Inglis
Representative Bob Inglis (R - 04)
202-225-6030 202-226-1177 http://www.house.gov/writerep/


Washington - Dave Reichert
Representative Dave Reichert (R - 08)
202-225-7761 202-225-4282 http://www.house.gov/reichert/IMA/issue_subscribe.htm


Wisconsin - James Sensenbrenner
Representative F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R - 05)
202-225-5101 202-225-3190 sensenbrenner@mail.house.gov


Speaker of the House, J. Dennis Hastert
202-225-2976 202-225-0697 http://www.house.gov/hastert/write1.shtml


Chairman, House Energy Committee, Joe Barton
(202) 225-2927
http://energycommerce.house.gov/feedback.htm#feedback

[mosquitobite]

phone rings and rings and rings...

[13Sisters76]

...S'ed it b'fore- I'll say it agin'...
VOTE in the PRIMARIES ....or we get the weaklings, goofballs and fake conservatives the "Party" gives us.

[penowa]

Would appreciate an explanation in the difference in a Republican and a RINO other than the place is already occupied on the Democrat side so a RINO desiring to run must declare as a Republican. To my mind, the Republicans, with the exception of the conservatives among them are just office seekers and office holders who would not want to be called Democrats because it's beneath them and their friends would look down on them, or it's too hard to get elected where Democrat is a dirty word, or they are Democrats in disguise (RINOs), but there are no real serious differences in policy with the Democrats. Republicans minus conservatives = Bob Michael (don't make waves, go along to get along, etc.)

[Just mythoughts]

" Whose payroll are they on? The DNC or some whacko-enviro groups??? Idiots."


"IF" I heard Rush correctly today, some group funded for moderates by none other than Soros!!!!

[EagleUSA]

"IF" I heard Rush correctly today, some group funded for moderates by none other than Soros!!!!
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Would not be any type of surprise. The radical fringe left will stop at nothing.

[Final Authority]

You are correct and it is going to get worse for GWB, the GOP, and all of GWB's rumpswabs as election nears as members of the GOP who wish to be reelected must be seen as not a GWB suckup and not an antagonist to the core as well. When GWB acts like a liberal (for many conservatives he acts rather like a conservative) we just say, well, he was better than the alternative, but now, his sticking it in the face of us who elected him will come back in spades and haunt us all.

[MarcusTulliusCicero]

This is even more troubling since it strikes right at the core at one of the reasons that polling numbers are down. All economics is personal. People are feeling the bite at the pump and in their home heating bills (although fortunately, here in the Philly area it's been relatively mild recently - but that won't be the case in January and February.) I think that one of the reasons a recent poll showed that Americans now trust Democrats more than Republicans to handle energy issues stems from this. In the same way, I think a lot of the current fall in the President's and the Republican Congress' approval numbers isn't due to general dissatisfaction of the American public. I think it is the dissatisfaction of the base that we are seeing reflected in those numbers. The recent Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Poll showed higher disapproval among self-described Republicans than it did for self-described Democrats.

We gave them a majority because we expected them to actually govern and to actually enact the agenda they campaigned on. Until they start doing a better job at that (and of course, when they fix their perennial problem of public relations), then the numbers will quickly rebound.

The Republicans could have taken this opportunity to highlight the uselessness of blaming oil companies for this shortage. They could have explained that one reason for higher oil company profits is that, because of stifling and stupid regulations as well as the constant threat of lawsuits, they simply can't invest it in expanding both their oil discovery and oil refining businesses.

Congress could have used the current crisis to streamline regulations, encourage the building of refineries, simplify the number of different gasoline grades required - in other words, practical solutions to a real problem. You can't have a refining industry that is running at 98% of it's peak capacity and not expect supply disruptions when you're forced to shut down 10-25% of your capacity. Holding hearings where you act like socialists for the benefit of soundbites does nothing to solve the problem.

[Mamzelle]

Inglis? Gilchrest? Wha...?

[Looper]

Did anyone watch the Left Wing debate between Alda and Smits? Alda did a 100x better job explaining the reasons to drill in ANWR than I've heard from the White House or Congress. We've got operations set up in neighborhoods and off the California and Texas coasts. Why on earth can't we set up operations in a remote area that NONE OF US WILL EVER SEE?

This is just flat-out stupid, and the Republicans' inability to articulate the stupidity of opposing ANWR drilling is beyond frustrating.

[mathluv]

I posted this thread as a link on another thread.

I got this response:

Jeb Bradley is not from NY. He is also from NH (1st District...Bass is from the 2nd). 13 posted on 11/16/2005 4:24:59 AM PST by Past Your Eyes (Hey, getta your tootsi frootsi ice-a cream.)

[Sometimes A River]

Most of them are from the Northeast, and none of them live even relatively close to Alaska.

Talk about elitism.

These people know what's better for Alaskan's than Alaskan's.

[usmcobra]

They are on the Payroll of George Soros.

[firewalk]

bttt

[airborne]

Whose payroll are they on? The DNC or some whacko-enviro groups???

I'm guessing whoever puts up the most ca$h!

[airborne]

Just as our colleges and universities have been infiltrated with communist/socialist faculty, so too has our Republican party been infiltrated by the liberal left.

Both happened over time, under the guise of 'diversity' and 'moderation'!