Posted on 08/30/2006 2:40:47 PM PDT by Spiff
They Shot the Wrong Lincoln
by Ann Coulter
Posted Aug 30, 2006
In addition to supporting Democrat Joe Lieberman over Republican Alan Schlesinger in Connecticut, President Bush is supporting the Democrat over the Republican in Rhode Island, too. In the Republican primary, Bush supports Lincoln Chafee -- who votes with Bush on the important issues less often than Sen. Lieberman does -- over the only actual Republican in the race, Stephen Laffey.
Apart from Bush, the only person who hasn't figured out that Lincoln Chafee is a Democrat is Lincoln Chafee. As the expression goes, if Chafee switched parties, the average IQ on both sides of the aisle would go up.
It's hard to figure why Bush would support a half-wit like Lincoln Chafee. Maybe he believes his own poll numbers and is trying to help the conservatives by endorsing their opponents.
After Chafee's family money got him into Andover and Brown, he made his living shoeing horses for seven years. In fact, I've often wondered if an errant kick to the head by one of his charges would account for Chafee's rudimentary cognitive abilities.
That remains Chafee's only professional accomplishment -- unless you include the "fun zone" for kids on his official Senate Web site. Perhaps we could install a "play zone" like they have at McDonald's in the Senate well to keep Chafee occupied while the real senators go about their business.
When the farrier business proved too taxing for Chafee's intellect, he went into the family business -- politics. His father died in office, and Lincoln was appointed by the governor to serve out the remainder of Pop's term in the U.S. Senate. (I know Rhode Island is small, but couldn't they find someone who reads books right side up to fill the seat?) In terms of qualifications for the job, Chafee makes Michael Brown look like Donald Rumsfeld.
Chafee is everything the Democrats like to claim Republicans are, which we are not and they are: silver-spoon morons who get ahead on the basis of family connections (for example, Ned the Red Lamont in Connecticut).
The only reason Chafee calls himself a Republican is that he believes that everyone above a certain income level is required by law to do so.
He learned this from reading "Doonesbury" and watching "The West Wing" while studiously ignoring blindingly obvious facts like: Sens. Teddy Kennedy (inherited millions), John Kerry (married millions -- twice, lucky guy), Sen. Herbert H. Kohl (inherited millions), John D. Rockefeller (inherited millions), Mark Dayton (inherited millions), Dianne Feinstein (married millions) and aspiring senator Ned the Red (inherited millions). All Democrats.
In addition to the Democratic trait of having absolutely no idea how wealth is generated, Chafee's other Democratic characteristics include:
Gasoline's down $.30 here in the last two weeks, and predictions are it'll be down below $2.00 by Thanksgiving.
The economy won't "soften."
I heard the same thing about Buchanan in 2000; that his protectionist views would sweep the nation.
Tancredo is a one-note-Charlie.
The woman is awesome. Period. Her "awesomeness factor" reads completely off the scales. We are truly blessed to have her around.
Looks like he was kicked in the head by a horse - or three!
Oh for pity's sake...couldn't the Republicans find someone else worth voting for rather than these two clowns?
More than a few people have been asking why Bush put up with the liberals, Powell and Armitatage, in his own cabinet for the whole first term. The Bush poll numbers and the War on Terror might be going a lot better if Bush had just booted Powell and Armitage.
Coulter ping.
Very true. I'm a Lou Dobbs fan too. : )
ROFL...Ann always cuts to the quick.
Well, I kindly thank you.
I still think Toomey could have kept that seat GOP and moved it solidly rightward, if not for any other reason than the fact that he was up against Joe Hoeffel.
Coulter would make more sense if there were atleast a decent chance that Laffey would win in RI, but it appears that he wont and hence backing Chafee is the safe choice.
As for supreme court judges remember the dark days of Senate Leader Daschle and his blocking of judges in the committee? If you really care about judges, then atleast backing Chaffee is the safe choice.
Let me know if you'd like to be on the Ann Coulter ping list.
You are correct. The person the poster was thinking about was Pat Toomey.
And though you probably know this, the reason that PRESIDENT Bush supported Specter, and is supporting Chafee, is because they are incumbents...and very rarely have I seen a President campaign for the non-incumbent in his party. Right or not, desirable or not, that's how it is.
Sorry, but I'll take the recommendations of Thomas Sowell over you any day of the week.
its a 53 percent Bush v Kerry, 50 percent Bush v Gore distirct.... it is not a republican majority, safe seat district as you like to imply... and even if it were, i point you to the gex williams experience in kentucky -- randy graf does not represent the political center of the district... he is an outlier.
It is simple, it is a calculus of who will win.
they are just locking into who is going to win and winning means the ability to set the rules.
This is political ignorance. If Chafee gets nominated, he'll probably win. If Laffey gets nominated, he'll lose in the general election. We really don't want to lose a Senate seat.
Also, the title is irresponsible. Not funny, unless you're a retard.
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