Posted on 02/14/2007 8:49:45 PM PST by familyop
Representative Howard Coble of North Carolina . . . Representative Steven C. LaTourette of Ohio . . . Representative John J. Duncan Jr. of Tennessee . . . Representative Walter B. Jones of North Carolina . . . Representative Ric Keller, a Florida Republican . . . Representative Heather Wilson, a New Mexico Republican . . . Republican Senators Chuck Hagel of Nebraska and Olympia J. Snowe of Maine . . .
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
a career ending move,,,we must see that they never get another penny.
I am going to lead the effort in Central Florida to find a primary challenger to Keller that will beat him in 08.
...surprised Heather Wilson from NM voted that way...
Representative Heather Wilson, a New Mexico Republican, said she opposed the troop increase in Iraq but declined to support the resolution. She infuriated Democrats when she hinted that their party was considering plans to limit war financing.
“What about the five brigades of young Americans who are now preparing their families and packing their gear to deploy?” Ms. Wilson said. “What about them? What are you saying to them? Will we buy body armor for them? Will we have armored Humvees for them?”
Looks like she didn't go all the way
(From NY Times)
Representative Heather Wilson, a New Mexico Republican, said she opposed the troop increase in Iraq but declined to support the resolution. She infuriated Democrats when she hinted that their party was considering plans to limit war financing.
A few hundred thousand emails and telephone calls to these RINO's should make their day. Let them know they are now on the list to be voted out of office. The leadership of the GOP needs some testosterone pills. The leadership should be whispering in these RINO's ears and telling them their support and funds are now gone. Enjoy the time you have left in office and then it's back to the real world for a reality check.
These schmucks have a severe case of ego and power. They think they're elected for life and the voters can't touch them.
Local jurisdictions need to find strong, conservative challengers to go after these RINO's.
Weak bottom feeders is as nice as I can say it.
Republicans are Patriots...these people aren't Patriots (see my tagline).
I understand she is a grad of the AF academy
Jimmy Duncan, while normally a very conservative vote, has proven increasingly disappointing in regards to Iraq.
He heard from me, but I don't see him shifting course.
So they distorted her views...do you expect anything better out of the NY Slimes?
This says 12. On ABC radio news today they specifically said "dozens" (plural) so I expected 24, 36, 48 etc. What gives here? That said, are there that many GOP members who want to energize the enemies to this nation?
his is why I'm a conservative and not a Republican. I can't stand many of the useless jerks in that Party.
I just cannot get over Howard Coble.
Hagel, Snowe...the usual suspects. But what I don't understand is this: Snowe, representing Maine, has a traditionally liberal, blue state constituency, so she leans left on most issues. Her position, then, is understandable, if possibly insincere and unprincipled, but Hagel's from Nebraska. Is Nebraska some seething hotbed of liberal sentiment, a Wisconsin without the cheese, or is Hagel just being Hagel? I simply don't know enough about Nebraskan politics to figure it out.
Maybe their constituencies feel this way.
Get confirmation. This is the NY Times.
Many of the plains and mountain states voted in high percentages for GWB, but send one or two 'rats to the Senate. I don't get that one, either.
I am beginning to despair over whether there IS any Republican leadership.
.....it is just that Hagel is totally opposed to everything about this war I think...many here on FR call him a RINO but if you look at his voting record, he is more conservative then 70% or so of the Repub Senators...in fact he is very conservative on most issues....but not on this war for sure....or how it has been run.....
OK, who let the French Republicans in the house?
Surrender monkeys fer sure, the lot of them.
"we must see that they never get another penny."
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NOT ANOTHER DIME TILL THE NATIONAL REP LEADERSHIP GROUPS PUNISH THEM.
You think losing 12 of 250 shows a lack of leadership? I don't. To listen to the Dem spokespeople for the last week would make anyone think this was a Republican resolution. We will see what the vote actually is. There are not many arms to twist.
When then the hell with him. History remembers how the men of the Civil War era stood on the question of preserving the Union, not tariff revision.
I'm sure that there were some Royalists who were good on tax cuts during the Revolution too.
As far as I'm concerned, the war is a make or break issue. If you're for the war, you're on my side. If you're not, you're on the other side. I'd side with a pro-war gay pot-smoking hedonist (an American Pim Fortyun, if you will) before I'd stand alongside some of these anti-war "conservatives."
...as is your right.....you sound upset....I just said Hagel votes Republican on most issues....nothing more, nothing less......but he hates how this war is run....I wouldn't even call him anti war...I'd call him anti-Iraq War....
Heather Wilson won reelection by about 1000 votes.
from her website "Wilson is the only woman veteran currently in Congress, and the first Air Force Academy graduate in Congress. "
Damn straight ... maybe Keller was trying to make up with that idiot Jim Phillips but that's it for him. Florida FReepers, unite ... clean up is needed in aisle "O."
Duncan is no ones rubber stamp. Maybe he expects some answers out of the POTUS that Bush is not giving. Do you know what Bush said concerning war, our military, and especially about nation building in the 2000 debates with Gore? Bush is miles off his own mark. He has become what he accused Gore of being on this issue. BTW Duncan will likely be re-elected when his next term is up. Perhaps if Bush had been more open to Conservatives concerns during his two terms rather than saying "You're either for us blaa blaa".
Some conservatives wanted a Declaration of War before going into Iraq and a clear and precise agenda, plan, and exit strategy. They got none of it. This despite the fact before he was elected Bush stressed these items as being important issues. Look up the Clinton Gore debate in Boston 2000. It's there.
So what did they get? About a 30 paragraph resolution of in support of U.N. resolution # xxxx and U.N. Security Council gibberish instead. Meaning what? Meaning had the GOP and Bush done it right to begin with this would be a non issue right now as congress and Bush would have been bound by the War Declaration. So would the DEMs yes even Hillary.
Some of the liberal GOP jumped due to they usually line with the DEMS. Some Conservatives have bucked because they knew Nation Building was the Bush plan right after the bombs started dropping in Iraq and Iraqs infrastructure was left intact. You can not fight a war and nation build and expect good results. Remember too it was Bush who went around leading the nation to believe early on Mission Accomplished.
Bush has taken some very bad advice on Iraq mainly because of his refusal to listen to persons outside of his hand picked circle. This is the end result.
When can we finally get rid of all the RINO's? I'm glad Lincoln Chaffee lost.
Congress "persons", sounds like an insignificant collection of crawling insects :)
LOL! Here's a little admission about that. I studied histories of propaganda for about 10 years or so.
Wow, I thought Central Florida was only a breeding ground for serial killers.....it also has crappy Congresspersons.
Alachua county is a sewer.
That is perfect: 'French Republicans'.
All show no go.
Sam Brownback didn't vote against it? Waffling again I see.
Of course Coble was in the local rag this morning.
Aaaarrggg, I hate this state sometimes.
Ric KELLER??? I am really surprised. I kept thinking it was a typo.
Thankfully I have John Mica:)
President Roosevelt did not ask for a Declaration of War for every country we bombed in Europe, Africa, and Asia. He got a Declaration of War against Japan and Germany and initiated a worldwide campaign to win.
President Bush should have received the same thing. Either we are fighting islamic terrorists or we are not. Asking Congress for a Declaration each step of the way invites Congress to micromanage the war. One Declaration of War that covers all countries around the world is what President Bush should have received.
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