Former GOP Sen. Chafee relishes Obama’s victory [sick]

The Providence Journal, Providence, RI ^ | 2008-11-16 | Edward Fitzpatrick

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The cameras focused on a tearful Jesse Jackson, and the reporters seemed more interested in talking to Spike Lee, Brad Pitt and Oprah.

But at Chicago’s Grant Park, when President-elect Barack Obama declared “Change has come to America,” there was another face in the crowd that Rhode Islanders would have recognized. Former U.S. Sen. Lincoln D. Chafee, the Republican-turned-independent who campaigned for Obama, was about 20 feet from the side of the stage.

Chafee and his wife, Stephanie, waved to Obama’s brother-in-law, Craig Robinson, and his wife and two children. The Robinsons, who were on stage with Obama, used to live next to the Chafees on Barnes Street in Providence when Robinson coached men’s basketball at Brown University.

While the CNN cameras never found Chafee in the crowd, his proximity to “this defining moment” for the Democratic president-elect brought into focus Chafee’s unusual political path. At the same time, it shed light on the status of New England Republicans, an increasingly endangered species.

[BillyBoy]

>> And Elizabeth Dole tried to get him re-elected. Good riddance to her too! <<

And Fred Thompson campaigned for POS Chafee in the REPUBLICAN primary AGAINST an actual Republican opponent. Yet Fredheads are sure quick to bash all the other Republican presidential candidates as "sellouts" while hailing Fred as a great, "principled conservative". I do find it ironic how they scream that anyone who doesn't agree with them 100% of the time is a "socialist", while ignoring the fact Fred worked to ensure an actual socialist who votes liberal 90% of the time would win the Republican nomination.

Fred said at the time that he "agrees with Chafee on most of the issues". Wonder if he still feels the same way about the Obamabot. Some "principles"

[BillyBoy]

>> And to think that Bush threw John Bolton under the bus because of this POS... <<

Let's not forget Bush was forced to recess appoint Bolton in the first place because "true conservative" John "end obstructionism" Thune held Bush's nomination hostage and vowed to vote down the appointment.