Posted on 10/23/2009 11:48:22 PM PDT by dangus
So Chris Smith, one of the most pro-life representatives in the House is considered a left-winger?
Turn the only cheek.
Truthfully, I was surprised at the consistency with which Chris Smith voted with the Left. Maybe we should call him Bart Stupak In All But Label Only. (Or Lee Hamilton, if he’s still more famous.) I still think he’s doing God’s work, even if votes the wrong way fairly often. ;^)
Come to think of it, several of the more left-leaning, moderate or maverick Republicans are very pro-life Catholics.
Good Job.
Thanks for quantifying something I've been complaining about for a couple of years
Actually, that brings up a very interesting point:
The only true liberal in the list is Mike Castle. Many conservatives have lost races in 2006 and 2008, but the lefty wing of the Republican House is all but destroyed, leaving a very conservative caucus. I mean, if Chris Smith is one of the most left-leaning House Republicans, what does that say?
No...it's relative to the Republican Party. So if you vote for small government, then you get a bad score.
What’s interesting is that Mike Castle is going all out to emphasize his fiscal conservatism and playing up the populist aspect of his liberal side.
Perhaps disregard my previous comment...I think I misread.
How did you score “voting with the sitting Republican POTUS” for 2008 votes?
Although I did not target specifically Rinos or Diablos, here is my attempt at painting those who betray US.
Who brought US to this point? Congressional Scorecard
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2341921/posts
Those who voted for these horrible bills are highlighted in yellow. (note I found later that I missed a few when I coded the yellow backgrounds)
Listed by State and then by District.
The geographic dispersion on the yellow is interesting. NY, MA, CA etc.
Good hunting.
Why not?
Being pro-life doesn't make you conservative.
One can be anti-abortion (the CORRECT terminology) and still support almost total Marxism on economic issues. A lot of Catholic voters are that way.
More sneaky stuff by our Congress to get who they want in office.
Your study doesn’t mention Snowe or Collins. In all seriousness, that means your methodology is wrong.
oops, I saw just was it was the House not the Senate.
Smith has always been a favorite of National Right To Life, who despise conservatives in the end but need to use them to elect their people.
NRL forces have come in to support Hoffman in New York becuae they have no other choice to reconnect with the grassroots right now.
Rick Santorum is being groomed by them right now to run in Iowa in 2012 to split votes away from Palin or others so Romney can win.
Here in PA we watched Santorum tell us Arlen Specter was “with us when it counts” and support other pro-abortion politicians.
Now Santorum is touting himself again and calling Specter a “flip-flopper.” Of course all that mattered to Santorum we can tell was Specter having an R label, too.
Santorum endorsed Hoffman in New York after Sarah Palin did.
He’s out there to hurt her in 2012. Don’t be fooled by him or Chris Smith.
This is a good analysis fitting my congressman Todd Platts in with the rest of them.
Very good work.
I was surprised to see the NRA endorse Dede “Scazza” (the liberal repub). What’s up with that?
Santorum has every right to run for president if he wants, as does anyone. Our job is to sort it out.
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