Posted on 11/21/2005 6:14:43 AM PST by southernnorthcarolina
NC ping?
Dole has the nerve to mail me, begging for campaign donations.
I don't like Dole. She didn't live in our state for fifty years before running. A carpet bagger plain and simple. Burr is a good man however.
BTTT
I wrote to Dole last week pointing out the big difference between her (our Senoir Senator) and our great Junior Senator and told her I certainly hope that Burr becomes our Senoir Senator by the next election.
I'm not sure how the first two votes could be qualified as more "conservative." We seem to like playing fast and loose with that term these days. Supporting Bush does not necessarily make one a conservative. Supporting our activities in Iraq does not make someone a conservative either, it just means they are a hawk. There are plenty of liberal hawks.
However, the October 20 vote is classic Richard Burr. He is a strong fiscal conservative, even if he may not necessarily push a fractious or contentious agenda. To say that he is more conservative than liberal Liddy is a no-brainer.
Now that he has his footing in the Senate and has begun to differentiate himself from Dole, we'll probably see more openly conservative actions from Richard.
"Alaska will still get the money, but can spend it on other projects."
So what was gained here??
Heh.
If I recall, Sen. Burr is actually a descendant of one of Aaron's brothers.
How does she compare with the other women in the U.S. Senate?
Cool.
When I saw the headline, I was thinking, "I know Bob Dole is OLD . . . but I didn't know he was THAT old!"
And unfortunately, Dole is in charge of the Senatorial campaign committee, and is doing a pretty sucky job recruiting good candidates to oust these worthless democrats.
Aaron Burr had no brothers. Cousins yes, brothers no.
Burr voted no. Dole voted yes.
NC is quickly transforming itself into a socialist empire like Northeastern states. The corruption as evidenced by the lottery scandel rivals anything in old Eastern Europe. Our socialists just have more wealth to transfer.
And Dole long ago was transformed into a "Liberal" because of too much big government solutions koolaid.
I'm sure you're right. I just remember that is ancestor was a pretty close relation.
Well, she's older than most of them. But seriously...
Whenever someone asks my opinion of Senator Dole, I end up "damning her with faint praise." She's... OK. For sure, she's no Jesse Helms, and it's difficult to follow a legend. Ask Bill Guthridge, who succeeded Dean Smith as UNC basketball coach. Dole will be like Guthridge: an adequate placeholder until the real thing comes along.
She has a tinge of RINOism for sure. But she looks mighty good compared to the Maine duo, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, who are real RINOs.
If you like to go by the ratings (and they should be taken with a large grain of salt), Liddy's ACU numbers are 86 lifetime, 92 for 2004.
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