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R.I. Senator May Leave Republican Party
Netscape News ^ | 11-09-06 | MICHELLE R. SMITH

Posted on 11/09/2006 7:23:24 PM PST by marc costanzo

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Two days after losing a bid for a second term, Sen. Lincoln Chafee said he was unsure whether he would remain a Republican. Chafee lost to Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse in a race seen as a referendum on President Bush and the GOP. On Thursday, he was asked whether he would stick with the Republican Party or become an independent or Democrat. ``I haven't made any decisions. I just haven't even thought about where my place is,'' Chafee said at a news conference. When pressed on whether his comments indicated he might leave the GOP, he replied: ``That's fair.'' Chafee, 53, is a lifelong Republican who has represented Rhode Island for seven years. His father held the same seat for 23 years before that. He is the most liberal Republican in the Senate and was the sole Senate Republican to vote against the war in Iraq.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: chafee; democrat; gop; putz; rino
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To: marc costanzo

Just the fact he made a statement about this is completely hysterical. What a putz>


21 posted on 11/09/2006 7:28:50 PM PST by newconhere (bzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. zap)
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To: marc costanzo

Seeeeee Ya!!!


22 posted on 11/09/2006 7:29:38 PM PST by keithtoo (Moveon.org is a cult, Freerepublic is the cure.....)
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To: marc costanzo

Hey Chafee, I'm sure Pelosi would welcome you in and give you a nice committee assignment. Ha ha ha YeeeeeeeHaaaaaaaa.


23 posted on 11/09/2006 7:30:32 PM PST by taxesareforever (Never forget Matt Maupin)
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To: digger48; All

>>If we had to lose....I'm glad this POS was one that got flushed<<

So am I !


24 posted on 11/09/2006 7:30:43 PM PST by marc costanzo
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To: Darkwolf377

I'll be succint. Who gives a flying #phuck what he thinks.

He's a loser of the worst order, yet he'll have his pension and live out his days in comfort.


25 posted on 11/09/2006 7:30:58 PM PST by Hilltop (A)
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To: syriacus
If he had been honest, Chafee would have said:

"I'm coming out of the closet, politically speaking.
I was born a Democrat and I've struggled with Democrat feelings all my life.

I was too afraid to tell anyone my special secret while those Republicans were in power, because they might have made me sit with the losers.
I deserve to be with the winning side."

26 posted on 11/09/2006 7:31:37 PM PST by syriacus (We lost 33,686 men in the Korean "police action" and saved S. Korea. Why abandon Iraq?)
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To: JoanneSD

LOL Yes, perhaps there is a lovely shin-dig going on at Chapaquitic this week.

Chaffee was never a republican


27 posted on 11/09/2006 7:31:43 PM PST by irishfox
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To: marc costanzo

Chafee is a wannabe political tranny.

I say accommodate him - chop off whatever manhood he has left - he'll make a pretty Democrat.


28 posted on 11/09/2006 7:31:47 PM PST by headsonpikes (Genocide is the highest sacrament of socialism.)
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To: marc costanzo
I love that our government is more conservative now with all the moderates flushed out. It'll really anger those Dems when they realize what they've done.

Conservatives didn't lose, Republicans were punished for being Democrats.
29 posted on 11/09/2006 7:32:21 PM PST by TeenagedConservative
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To: marc costanzo
Not sure when the term RINO was invented, but I'm pretty sure Chafee was an inspiration.
30 posted on 11/09/2006 7:32:24 PM PST by operation clinton cleanup
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To: tomnbeverly

He won't quit the party. If he does, he cannot hold up the Bolton nomination in committee.


31 posted on 11/09/2006 7:32:27 PM PST by Ingtar (Prensa dos para el ingles)
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To: marc costanzo

The only thing left to ask is what's it costing the democrats?


32 posted on 11/09/2006 7:32:53 PM PST by cripplecreek (If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?)
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To: Hilltop

>>I'll be succint. Who gives a flying #phuck what he thinks.

He's a loser of the worst order, yet he'll have his pension and live out his days in comfort.
<<

Hopefully he just fades inot obscurity ... .. .. . .


33 posted on 11/09/2006 7:32:59 PM PST by marc costanzo
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To: Ingtar

I'm sure he meant quit after this session.


34 posted on 11/09/2006 7:33:17 PM PST by tomnbeverly ("Harsh criticism is not a plan for victory. Second guessing is not a strategy.")
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To: Darkwolf377

As if!

The poofter!


35 posted on 11/09/2006 7:33:25 PM PST by PetroniusMaximus
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To: marc costanzo

Don't let the door slap him on his backside on the way out. GOOD RIDDANCE!

More to come, hopefully?


36 posted on 11/09/2006 7:33:27 PM PST by DakotaRed (Kerry Should Resign!)
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To: Dog Gone
If he'd been the lone GOP to winner to keep us in control of the Senate, it would be important.

If he had won, what are the odds he would have pulled a "Jumpin ' Jim" move? Damn good I suspect!

37 posted on 11/09/2006 7:33:46 PM PST by F-117A
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To: marc costanzo

I take a 10-1/2 EEE
38 posted on 11/09/2006 7:34:18 PM PST by Krankor (kROGER)
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To: marc costanzo

So long, Linc--Write if you find work.


39 posted on 11/09/2006 7:34:32 PM PST by Arm_Bears (See Rock City!)
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To: operation clinton cleanup
>>Not sure when the term RINO was invented, but I'm pretty sure Chafee was an inspiration.<<

I am not sure either - I think it was in the mid-1990's .
I remember it being referred to local Republicans here in California back then .
40 posted on 11/09/2006 7:35:23 PM PST by marc costanzo
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