Posted on 05/13/2018 7:40:52 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Former Gov. Lincoln Chafee’s unanticipated interest in running for his old U.S. Senate seat began with an email from two passionate supporters of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders.
A 61-year-old retired chef and a 48-year-old real estate agent worried Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse’s votes were promoting an overly militaristic America. So in January they asked Chafee, a quirky Republican-turned-independent-turned-Democrat, whether he would be interested.
Chafee has “been able to buck the party trends and look at the issues on the merits,” one of the writers, Jonathan Daly-Labelle, told The Associated Press recently. “Sheldon is a typical Democrat and locked into the party outlook, and he’s not looking at things individually.”
To their surprise, Chafee quickly accepted a meeting. And on April 25, he stunned just about everyone when he publicly floated the idea of running against Whitehouse in the Democratic primary.
Chafee has said there’s a 90 percent chance he’ll run, and political observers say it would set up a fascinating rematch of the 2006 general election, when Whitehouse unseated Chafee, then a Republican. …
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Translation: Somebody figured on the WhiteHouse is “on the take” from the military industrial complex that wants to fight one hundred brushfire wars simultaneously while they cash in with billions in contracts.
I know Linc from many years ago—and he really needs to watch himself—the MIC plays dirty...
Are there any normal people running for that seat?
Run Linc run.
LC: “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma”
LC: “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma”
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... wrapped inside a duck, wrapped inside a chicken, wrapped inside a turkey.
Lincoln is an extraordinary idiot.
The McCain of Rhode Island.
Democrats can sink money into a primary. Great idea.
[Democrats can sink money into a primary. Great idea.]
Whoever loses also needs to run as an Independent in the general and split the vote. Time for the GOP to get in the game.
Never eat - or vote for - anything whose name begins with “turd”.
The self-serving pricks need to realize the seat isn’t theirs it belongs to the people of what state which they represent.
He is more like the Chance of RI.
My friends: It’s New England. If he’s the best we can get... Doesn’t mean you have to write a check or knock on doors or even WORK WITH HIM once elected.
Linc Chaffie or Sheldon $hithouse, what’s the difference? Who cares about Rhode Island either? If they voted to go Communist who would care?
Just read the article. De would run as a DEMOCRAT. That means it would be all over on primary day September 12(Wed.). Running as a Republican would require 7-8 more weeks of campaigning as opposed to 4 months in a state that’s 20 miles square. Low risk-high reward. Nothing in it for us so I say let them kill each other.
It’s like a select few just own American politics.
If it’s RI, we can be assured that not only will the best candidate lose, but he will never be nominated!
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