Posted on 11/06/2002 3:20:08 PM PST by CholeraJoe
Suzanne Haik Terrell faces a tough run off battle against Mary Landrieu (Brown Roots Mary) for Senate from Louisiana. You can donate by Mail by sending a check to:
Suzanne Haik Terrell for U.S. Senate Campaign
PO Box 44267
Baton Rouge, LA 70804
or by calling (225) 218-8683*
*Major Credit Cards Accepted.
Me, too.
OMG, cj, if you are mortgaging the tarpaper shack, i will have to contribute!
Yep...the RAT Party Pelosi and the HildaBeast got planned fer the next few years is gonna do our work fer us, and they'll be bleeding ModeRATS at all levels of the RAT hierarchy. My bet is that there is gonna be a split between those who believe Bill Clinton should be held responsible fer his crimes and those who believe Slick Willie should have sovereign immunity from all his felonies, thereby giving folks like Breaux and Miller an excuse to bolt!!
Gonna be a fun coupla years, IMHO...MUD
Double-exclamation point!!...MUD
I believe that he and the Republican governor, Mike Foster, need to blaze through the state, where they are both immensely popular, and bash Landrieu as a tax-and-spend liberal who has taken huge sums from out of state liberal organizations.
Well Mom, of course I would accept your keen sense of politics & right-on-the-money take on that, anyday.
Still, to some of us?
This Largent fella seemed pretty like a good guy; one, we wished we'd had reping us where we live, as a matter of fact.
Funny, isn't it?
How one part of the country will reject a candidate, that another part of the nation would feel blessed having.
"...not to mention the cockfighting issue turned out every voter in Little Dixie!"
No comment. ;^)
"Not to mention the Indy got over 100,000 votes which no one predicted!"
You really meant to say, the Libertarians, didn'tcha??
Just being your diplomatic & polite self, huh?
Ahhh yes, our good friends of the, "Issue-wise, big-picture foolish," party.
...the ghost of Perot haunts us, once again.
My senators were a 'slam-dunk' this time but, the Democrat governor (Siegelman) is contesting. 4CJ, congratulations on the Georgia housekeeping job done by you all, it's wonderful.
Patriot1 & newslady, let me know if I can help in any way to pry Mary "brown-roots" loose. We've had some teriffic victories so far, let's build on that.
Pelicans Up
1) Breaux comes from a conservative state where he is ENSURED re-election as a Democrat. He does not have that guarantee from the Republicans. Even if the national party "discourages" someone else from running, look at CA with Riordan . . . .
2) Miller is somewhat older. I don't know that he wants to make such a jump so late in his political career---he might perceive it as tarnishing his solid "independent" credentials.
In both cases, the "independent" label helps get them elected. I don't know that they could draw the same % of DEM votes that they now get from GOP/Indies if they switched to the GOP.
And, in both cases, to persuade them to jump would require MUCHO "bennies"---chairmanships and other appointments. But that, in turn, would require demoting or leapfrogging loyal Republicans who have paid their dues. Do you really want to do that? Is that fair?
Finally, the ONLY reason their participation AS Republicans is important is for operating control of the Senate in a caucus to organize: but as long as our organization is safe, their votes are pretty secure on most issues. They would vote for ANWAR, the Iraq resolution, most tax cuts, and most Bush judges. I think either or both would vote against a Dem filibuster on a Supreme Court.
Simply put, the cost of getting them to switch---in terms of alienation and hostility from "dispossessed" Republicans who would lose power and influence---would not be worth the gain.
Who ever said anything about having to "woo" them, my FRiend?! I expect they will be beggin' to join on as they suffer thru The Historic DemonRAT Implosion!! Seriously, I'm not talking about needing Breaux and Miller as much as I am talking about Dem needing US!! And the continued starboard momentum--that their abandoning of the USS RATShipMcAwful will facilitate--will only strengthen the American Sheeple's Resolve in defeating the Anti-AmericanScumbags on the FarLeft!!
Depending on how fast the Right presses the Re-ImpeachmentIssue**, I suspect Miller will jump in, say, May of next year and Breaux'll make the switch in July!!
FReegards...MUD
BTW...SITYS, **the RE-ImpeachmentIssue will commence in earnest when FReepers complete the Impeachment Paperwork On-Forum, then read the ChargesAgainstSlickWillie on the Steps of the U.S. Capitol, with LIVE coverage on C-SPAN, and JIP'd by the EIB!! This is commonly referred to as Petitioning Yer Reps!! Reckon no House member worth his salt will be able to Ignore THAT!! Then, once RE-Impeachment is completed, all we need to do is find 14-15 DemonRATS to CONVICT!! The RATS that fail to Vote Right will be FReeped into political oblivion in November of 2004!!
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