RINO`s gone wild is right!
Posted on 04/13/2007 11:22:38 AM PDT by youthgonewild
WASHINGTON, April 6 — If the Democratic ascendance on Capitol Hill was supposed to usher in dark days for Republicans, it is hard to tell from talking to moderate ones like Mike Ferguson, who represents a suburban district in central New Jersey.
As the new Democrat-led House rushed to complete its business before adjourning for spring break this week, Representative Ferguson was marveling at the many bills that had been passed in Congress’s first 100 days, including one that would make it easier for unions to organize and another that would increase the minimum wage.
“Under the Republican majority, those bills would have never gotten to the floor,” he explained before heading back to his district. “Now they have been brought to the floor, and I’ve voted for them.”
Mr. Ferguson’s enthusiasm captures a peculiar political reality in the Capitol: many Republicans from swing districts in the Northeast are finding that life under Democratic rule has its advantages.
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The demorats can see our so-called front runners are basically RINOs, and they seem to like it that way. How telling that so many RINOs here on FR side with them.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/12/8/204147/318
GOP Cattle Call 2008: Week of 12/04/06
by Trapper John
Fri Dec 08, 2006 at 05:48:36 PM PST
Imagine, if you will, that the three front-runners for the Democratic nomination were: 1) Joe Lieberman; 2) a fundamentalist Christian governor of Utah, and; 3) an anti-choice former mayor of Colorado Springs who isn’t just against gay marriage, but who actively and publicly dislikes gay people.
Ouch. That wouldn’t be much fun. In fact, it might well sour the Dem base on the entire primary process. Fortunately, we have a much less offensive candidate pool. But Republicans looking at their real field of candidates must feel much the same as we would in the nightmare scenario above. Because each one of the top three candidates in the inaugural 2008 GOP Cattle Call has at least one trait that makes them anathema to large swaths of the Republican base.
“Now they have been brought to the floor, and I’ve voted for them.”
Gee, wonder why 2006 was a disaster and 2008 looking that way?
Moderates my ass. Flaming liberal republicans is more like it.
RINOs gone wild ping
The only advantage the Democrat “victory” 2006 had, is the fact that they are exposing themselves as the incompetent, delusional and treasounos fools they are. What Pelosi has done so far is gold for Republican campaigners.
Also the Democrat takeover of Capitol Hill (hopefully) waked up the Republicans from their collective sleep.
That's because they are bad bills.
The title of this piece should be
“Democrats’ Rise Has Pluses, Say RINOs Wallowing in Deomcratic Liberal Swill”
There are VERy few “Centrists” in the Republican Party.
Most of us are RINOs or conservatives.
He “marvels” at the bills? What, all the new government intrusion into our freedoms and into our private economy? Just switch parties already your louse.
These Bills are BAD...but weak kneed Repubs and (S)Socialist Rep. Ferguson a dupe who voted to help Union Crime bosses strong arm their members and continue to destroy US businesses and to raise the minimum wage in order to make even more citizens unemployable as the illegals dominate the low skilled jobs...
It does make in interesting point - if these 'not-so-very-bright' Democrats can get this many bills onto the floor (notwithstanding the nature of the bills) why is it that a Republican lead congress couldn't, or wouldn't?
But I thought this was the salvation of the GOP! Run to the left so as to capture the vote.
This Ferguson is a Republican? Oh my God!
Under the republican majority those bills should have been buried under Jimmy Hoffa, and if Ferguson voted for them he ought to just go ahead and switch parties.
There aren't many Reps left in the NE. We lost ten in PA, CT, NY, and NH in 2006.
Is this the guy (Ferguson) who was caught hitting on college chicks in DC while the wife was back in Jersey?
If you go along with the Democrats, you’re a “centrist”. If you don’t, you’re a Nazi.
RINO`s gone wild is right!
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