Posted on 04/09/2006 1:52:17 PM PDT by Gill
Last night I attended the Geauga County,Ohio,GOP annual Lincoln day dinner.Senator Mike DeWine was the key-note speaker.At the VIP hour prior to dinner,I had the opportunity to get five minuets of face time with the senator,whom I have supported in past elections.I have recently had second thoughts about supporting the senator,primarilly because of his independent positions on several positions,ie,capital gains and death taxes,and drilling in ANWAR.Now this was supposed to be a festive occasion celebrating the great President Lincoln,so I was not too rough with my questions. However,I asked the senator why he voted against ANWAR drilling,when about 55 GOP senators,including the two from Alaska,were firmly in favor? He jumped on me in a very defensive manner and asked"what about all the other good things he had supported?He accused me of being a one issue voter and stated that he could retire without regrets,and did not need my vote!"After dinner,during his speech,all he did was promote himself by listing all his grand achievements,especially getting two conservative Supreme Court Justices confirmed!! This was to be a tribute to the great Abe Lincoln not a fest for Mike DeWine.I would have been less turned off by DeWine if only he had had a simple conversation regarding a very simple question I asked him.Instead,he practically ranted when I challanged him and accused me of not letting him speak!! I do not want to lose the senate majority,but I find it very difficult to support Senator Dewine.
It's a shame that politicians seem to become so full of themselves and treat their constituents so poorly. I have to agree with you that he is not one of those that is interested in contributing to the good of his state. Unfortunately, the only worse thing is that a democrat is elected... You do have a tough choice and it does seem to be a problem for way too many of our Republican politicians.
Vote in the primary.
If only to vote against the Republican establishment.
Vote Blackwell, Grendell, O'Brien.
That will anger Bob Bennet.
I pay attention to your contributions here.
I consider you to be sincere and good natured.
There is no doubt in my mind that you would do what's right regardless of who it might anger, as an elected official.
Unfortunately, you're probably correct, your character makes you unelectable. Especially in Ohio.
I'm voting for Burbank.
I don't understand those who can vote for someone who holds them and their views in contempt.
Then, may I recommend you just vote No.
I don't think Julie Andrews was the singer who dubbed Deborah Kerr in "The King and I" [if you mean the movie].
I totally agree. But is this reason alone not to vote for DeWine? Dollars to donuts, his opponent will be opposed to ANWR as well. The whole world doesn't revolve around a single issue like ANWR. For example, DeWine supported Roberts and Alito. Do you really think that his Democrat opponent, if elected, will support nominees like Roberts and Alito. Of course not. Oh, and he will oppose ANWR as well.
Yes, in most cases. It's always the lesser of two evils. The Rat candidate will always be even worse. Always.
DeWine was also a member of "the gang of Fourteen".I am not against him because of one single issue,but the weight of all his independent positions.What about the other 55 senators that DeWine thumbed his nose at when he voted no on ANWR?Senator Stevens was so angry I thought he was going to explode.ANWR was just the last straw for me.
If DeWhine wins the primary I will vote Constitution Party in November. I would tell the downstate ORP what I did and why, but they are so busy dodging process servers that they have no time to talk to the peasants with pitchforks.
In God We Trust.....Semper Fi
Fine, but what's the alternative? Do you really think that his Democratic opponent will be any better? or much worse? It's one thing to support his opponent in any primary. But once you get to the general election, this one still seems like a no brainer to me.
Pretty much yes. No matter how bad the Republican is, the Democrat will almost always be worse.
Brilliant. And in the meantime, the country gets screwed by the Democrats. No thanks.
Pretty much yes. No matter how bad the Republican is, the Democrat will almost always be worse.
If that's the case, then we'll never get a Republican to live up to a promise. If they know they get my vote no matter what, they have no reason to deal with illegal immigration, reduce the size of government, or any of a thousand other things I want and they are supposedly for. Tossing incumbents out in primaries is nearly impossible in the current system, so when an incumbent strays too far from the path, our only choice these days is to ditch him, live thru the term of the Democrat, then elect someone new.
Living through the term of an even more unacceptable Democrat is, well, totally unacceptable.
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