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CT Gov. John Rowland to Resign
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Posted on 06/21/2004 6:26:18 AM PDT by jern

CT Gov. John Rowland to Resign


TOPICS: Breaking News; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: connecticut; impeachment; johnrowland; pufflist; resign; resignation; rowland
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To: kevkrom
Rowland is a RINO, so far as I am aware, so it is perhaps a case of the liberals eating their own. I used to get all sorts of information from 2Trievers about the state of Connecticut, and it wasn't pretty.

Regards, Ivan

21 posted on 06/21/2004 6:55:12 AM PDT by MadIvan (Ronald Reagan - proof positive that one man can indeed change the world.)
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To: kevkrom

I've been following this in the local press, and I'm not so sure. I think the most favorable interpretation for Rowland, and giving him every benefit of the doubt, might be that he might not have crossed the line into illegality, but was so close to it that his shadow was well over into it. There was surely the appearance of impropriety. Neutral or less sympathetic observers might reasonably conlude he crossed the line. I think it's that close.


22 posted on 06/21/2004 6:58:04 AM PDT by CatoRenasci (Ceterum Censeo Arabiam Esse Delendam -- Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit)
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To: CatoRenasci

Greenfield Hill, the Fairfield neighborhood in which I live, still has the air of a New England village about it. The Congregational Church on our green is magnificent, and most of the residents seem to be somewhat reclusive, eccentric WASPs. (They are also very Republican. When I entered my zip code into one of the campaign finance sites, Bush showed up as far and away the largest recipient of funds from locals).


23 posted on 06/21/2004 6:58:23 AM PDT by Bonaventure
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To: CatoRenasci

"....was not a wealthy man before becoming governor."

Does this imply - elect only the wealthy because they won't steal? Nice message & gives support to Kerry & his ilk - he's wealthy enough & patrician enough to be trusted not to steal - right?

Z


24 posted on 06/21/2004 6:59:22 AM PDT by familyofman (out of the night when the full moon is bright comes a horseman)
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To: MadIvan

Our real RINOs are Shays and Johnson. But considering that only parts of Connecticut bear any relation to New England traditional ways, one should not be surprised. It is not possible for a conservative Republican to be elected to Congress or statewide office in Connecticut.


25 posted on 06/21/2004 7:00:08 AM PDT by CatoRenasci (Ceterum Censeo Arabiam Esse Delendam -- Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit)
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To: CatoRenasci

I have always liked Governor Rowland, but I don't think he's the victim of a lynch mob. He was up to no good, and he has brought the state Republican Party into disrepute. It's tragic.


26 posted on 06/21/2004 7:00:19 AM PDT by Bonaventure
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To: CatoRenasci
I dare say Lieberman is the most conservative elected official from Connecticut. ;)

Regards, Ivan

27 posted on 06/21/2004 7:01:14 AM PDT by MadIvan (Ronald Reagan - proof positive that one man can indeed change the world.)
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To: Pondman88

"...seized upon Rowlands faux pa..."

Interesting, stealing can now be defined as a faux pas. Great, just the kind of message the GOP wants to send - when our guys steal from you - it's a faux pas (wink, wink).

Z


28 posted on 06/21/2004 7:01:57 AM PDT by familyofman (out of the night when the full moon is bright comes a horseman)
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To: Pondman88; MadIvan

Pondman88 has it exactly right..this was a hatchet job, trumped up all the way...still Rowland should have know better..and Hartford is such a cesspool that it makes Albany look like Poland Springs...however, the Rats usually screw these things up...the LG might be a surprise..CT is perhaps the quinticential soccer mom state...


29 posted on 06/21/2004 7:02:02 AM PDT by ken5050
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To: Bonaventure

I agree, and he should have resigned much sooner than this.


30 posted on 06/21/2004 7:02:17 AM PDT by Neets
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To: grb
It's too bad. He did some good things for Connecticut, but he got greedy. The Democrats will sieze the moment.

As would we.

31 posted on 06/21/2004 7:03:20 AM PDT by ExtremeUnction
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To: MadIvan
Saying Rowland is a RINO, and not caring, or attempting to care about the massive abuse of power that the Rats have unleashed is purely being an ostrich. In New England, in order for a Republican to win, the Republican must be fiscally conservative and socially liberal, thats the only way Republicans win up here. To castigate one as a RINO, and to say good riddance to a popularly elected Governor who has been assinated by the liberal Hartford Courant and the Unions, is a disservice to hard working CT Republicans.
32 posted on 06/21/2004 7:03:20 AM PDT by Pondman88
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To: Theodore R.
"If this were Gov. Bill Clinton of AR, he would NOT resign."

My thoughts exactly, regardless of Rowland's guilt or innocence in this matter.

Republicans (Nixon, Gingrich, Livingston, Packwood, et al) resign; Democrats tear the country to shreds and make millions writing books about it.

33 posted on 06/21/2004 7:03:44 AM PDT by daler
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To: MadIvan

Trivia: Rowland had a deal with New England Patriots owner Bob Kraft to build a new stadium for the team in Hartford but there was a backout clause (Kraft would pay $1 mil., IIRC, if he changed his mind). When it became apparent that there was a lot of toxic waste to clean up and the stadium would not be ready in time for Kraft's deadline, he used the backout clause.

At a press conference afterwards, a furious Rowland
immediately declared himself a NY Jets fan. The stadium
wound up being built next to the Pats' previous stadium,
in Foxboro, Mass. The team has won 2 Super Bowls in 3 years and got to unveil the new stadium just after the
first of these.

Kraft wound up financing the stadium himself, with the state kicking in only some funding for access roads, IIRC.

Later Rowland jumped on the Pats' bandwagon again (oh,
those politicians...a flip-flopper in the spirit of
Kerry?):



"Rowland, who famously pronounced himself a New York Jets fans after Kraft canceled plans to move the Patriots to Hartford, said he found himself rooting for the Patriots last weekend against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

""I never thought that day would happen," he said Wednesday during a speech at the Oakdale Theater.

"Neither did his wife, Rowland said, describing Patricia Rowland as "shocked and alarmed" that he would support the Patriots after the team spurned Hartford and Connecticut.

"Offering what he called "executive pardon," Rowland said he is encouraging Connecticut fans to root for the Patriots in the Super Bowl.

""It's appropriate, it's the right thing to do. It's the local team," the governor said.

""Don't go crazy," Rowland added. "We don't have to like the owner. ... I've been able to turn the other cheek and I hope you can as well."


34 posted on 06/21/2004 7:04:19 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: Bonaventure

I don't doubt there are still neighborhoods, such as yours in Fairfield, that retain their WASP character. They are becoming few and far between. I have always considered Fairfield pretty much a Gold Coast town, although it does have a signficant ethnic population and is wedged between Bridgeport and Westport, both of which are decidedly not WASPy, though for different reasons.


35 posted on 06/21/2004 7:05:02 AM PDT by CatoRenasci (Ceterum Censeo Arabiam Esse Delendam -- Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit)
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To: jern

About time. Guess he tired of damaging the state GOP....


36 posted on 06/21/2004 7:05:18 AM PDT by Badeye ("The day you stop learning, is the day you begin dying")
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To: familyofman

Since both Bush and Kerry are wealthy enough not to need to steal, or let themselves be bought, I think the comment is neutral viz. a viz. this election. A more sensitive reading of Kerry's personal financial history, however, would be that he is not personally wealthy, and has let himself be bought by wealthy women as well as well as wealthy constituents in between wives.


37 posted on 06/21/2004 7:08:52 AM PDT by CatoRenasci (Ceterum Censeo Arabiam Esse Delendam -- Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit)
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To: CatoRenasci
I think the Yankee stock here is far too attenuated.

It seems sad to say, but for the last century, a yankee is just a member of a ball team.

38 posted on 06/21/2004 7:09:48 AM PDT by FreedomFarmer (No, this is Shineola.)
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To: raccoonradio

>>She is the first Republican Female Lieutenant Governor in Connecticut’s history

Well at least Conn. apparently isn't like Vermont, where the Gov and Lt Gov can be from different parties--which is how, when Gov. Richard Snelling (R) died, a Dem. wound up taking over. Howard Dean, yearrrcccgggghhhhh!

I spent a few days in Conn. last year, seeing things like
the Mark Twain house in Hartford, some old-fashioned
railroads; nice scenery near the coast, etc. Hope things turn out well down there. Isn't CT where W was born?
In New Haven, IIRC.


39 posted on 06/21/2004 7:10:49 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: jern

About time.


40 posted on 06/21/2004 7:12:29 AM PDT by petercooper (Now, who's this Joe Mayo everyone's talking about?)
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