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Chafee unsure of staying with GOP after losing election
Boston.com/AP ^
| November 9, 2006
| Michelle R. Smith
Posted on 11/09/2006 2:45:59 PM PST by youthgonewild
PROVIDENCE, R.I. --Two days after losing a bid for a second term in an election seen as a referendum on President Bush and the Republican Party, Sen. Lincoln Chafee said he was unsure whether he'd remain a Republican.
"I haven't made any decisions. I just haven't even thought about where my place is," Chafee said at a news conference when asked whether he would stick with the Republican Party or switch to be an independent or Democrat.
When asked if his comments meant he thought he might not belong in the Republican Party, he replied: "That's fair."
Chafee, 53, is the most liberal Republican in the Senate and was the sole Senate Republican to vote against the war in Iraq. That was not enough to save his seat against the winner, Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse, who shared many of Chafee's views but was a member of the dominant party in a state where Democrats far outnumber Republicans.
When asked whether he felt that his loss may have helped the country by switching control of power in Congress, he replied: "To be honest, yes."
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TOPICS: Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Rhode Island
KEYWORDS: 2006; airhead; likewecare; lincolnchafee; rhodeisland; rinotodino; senate; traitor; whocares
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To all those who thought "yeah, Chafee will caucus with us if he wins, lets vote for him" here's your I told you so.
To: youthgonewild
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posted on
11/09/2006 2:46:45 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: youthgonewild
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posted on
11/09/2006 2:46:49 PM PST
by
tobyhill
(The War on Terrorism is not for the weak.)
To: youthgonewild
He was never really with the Republicans anyway.
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posted on
11/09/2006 2:47:00 PM PST
by
Brilliant
To: youthgonewild
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posted on
11/09/2006 2:47:04 PM PST
by
The Blitherer
(In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.)
To: youthgonewild
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posted on
11/09/2006 2:47:22 PM PST
by
Nachum
To: youthgonewild
I'd say he left along time ago.
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posted on
11/09/2006 2:47:26 PM PST
by
Oratam
To: youthgonewild
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posted on
11/09/2006 2:47:30 PM PST
by
MrRights
To: youthgonewild
He certainly wasn't sure he was a Republican before he lost......
To: youthgonewild
Who cares what he calls himself?
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posted on
11/09/2006 2:47:41 PM PST
by
Not A Snowbird
(Official RKBA Landscaper and Arborist, Duchess of Green Leafy Things)
To: youthgonewild
Lincoln, I'll give you twenty bucks to leave.
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posted on
11/09/2006 2:47:48 PM PST
by
Mr. Jazzy
(God Bless the United States of America and all that defend her hard earned freedom!)
To: youthgonewild
Hey, I have a novel idea Lincoln, switch to the Jihadist party, i.e., democRATS.
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posted on
11/09/2006 2:47:51 PM PST
by
lormand
(0 to 10,000,000 people read my posts everyday)
To: youthgonewild
Don't let the door hit you on the way out! What a putz...
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posted on
11/09/2006 2:48:15 PM PST
by
RasterMaster
(Winning Islamic hearts and minds.........one bullet at a time!)
To: dfwgator
Good riddance...and take all the other bold deceivers with you.
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posted on
11/09/2006 2:48:28 PM PST
by
jla
To: youthgonewild
I prefer battling Democrats who actually identify themselves as such.
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posted on
11/09/2006 2:48:28 PM PST
by
Elpasser
To: The Blitherer
"Chaffee is with the GOP?"
When did that happen.?
To: youthgonewild
This complete nonentity has zero political future in ANY party, so the article is pointless.
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posted on
11/09/2006 2:48:49 PM PST
by
denydenydeny
("We have always been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France"--Wellington)
To: youthgonewild
"When asked if his comments meant he thought he might not belong in the Republican Party, he replied: "That's fair." Says it all. The only bright spot I can see in this is that we're rid of him and DeWine.
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posted on
11/09/2006 2:48:53 PM PST
by
telebob
To: youthgonewild
To all those who thought "yeah, Chafee will caucus with us if he wins, lets vote for him" here's your I told you so.
--- **** .....*****
Did they have any options?
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posted on
11/09/2006 2:48:56 PM PST
by
MrRights
To: youthgonewild
GOOD bye to bad rubbish. Wonder if any of those "moderates" who got fired Tuesday regret all the time and effort the Party put in propping this loser up?
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posted on
11/09/2006 2:49:10 PM PST
by
MNJohnnie
(The Democrat Party: Hard on Taxpayers, Soft on Terrorism!)
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