Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

McCain forces Frist retreat
The Hill ^ | 9/20/2005 | Alexander Bolton

Posted on 09/20/2005 6:26:24 PM PDT by wjersey

click here to read article


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-35 last
To: bmwcyle
at least vote for a libertarian, regardless of who it is.
21 posted on 09/20/2005 6:50:50 PM PDT by MrPiper
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: SC33
I'd most likely vote third party.

I did.

I wrote in "Alice Cooper" last November.

22 posted on 09/20/2005 6:51:21 PM PDT by kstewskis ("I don't know what I know, but I know that it's big".....Jerry Fletcher)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: MrPiper

Only one problem, I'm anti-libertarian. I seen enough here at the FR. I would never vote for one after putting up with them here.


23 posted on 09/20/2005 6:54:51 PM PDT by bmwcyle (We broke Pink's Code and found a terrorist message)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: SC33

We have to cut him off at the Primaries.


24 posted on 09/20/2005 6:57:55 PM PDT by DeweyCA
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: wjersey

This country club senate is a delusion.

it only keeps the useful idots of the left, Mccain, in power.

McCain must go.


25 posted on 09/20/2005 6:58:12 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: wjersey

McCain is the most thoroughly corrupt senator in the senate.


26 posted on 09/20/2005 7:08:19 PM PDT by McGavin999 (We're a First World Country with a Third World Press (Except for Hume & Garrett ))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SteveMcKing
Dole had a better chance than McCain ever will.
Still does, actually.

Does anyone here doubt that if by chance McCain actually becomes the nominee that his fate would be any better, and likely a lot worse, than Dole in 1996! What a joke.

27 posted on 09/20/2005 7:16:48 PM PDT by Obadiah
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: wjersey

Even if you want this rider to exist, McCain is correct that you shouldn't be trying to subvert the majority vote of the Senate by slipping riders onto other bills.

I know it is how politics is done, but we should lobby our senators to vote the right way, not hope our leaders can slip things through without scrutiny.

And even if you thought this was a good idea on the merits, McCain is certainly correct that there was no way he was going to let his signature issue get amended without a vote. The leadership should have known that.

So in a sense, I blame the senate leadership for once again looking like idiots and giving McCain power they didn't need to give him.


28 posted on 09/20/2005 7:22:20 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: caisson71
This is why Republicans don't get any more of my money and this Viet Vet will never vote for McLame.

Sounds contradictory. You oppose McCain and the Republicans he opposes? Too nuanced for my understanding.

29 posted on 09/20/2005 7:48:14 PM PDT by Mind-numbed Robot (Not all that needs to be done needs to be done by the government.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: bmwcyle
I won't vote if it is McCain. I will not vote for Hillary.

Nor will I! I would write in Mickey Mouse first. I still think McCain shows signs of being as paranoid as "Captain Queeg" in Caine Mutiny. He is one of the most unscrupulous men to ever serve in the Senate. I'll vote, but not for McCain or Hillary -- EVER!

30 posted on 09/20/2005 8:57:07 PM PDT by PeskyOne
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: bmwcyle
I won't vote if it is McCain. I will not vote for Hillary.

Nor will I. I would write in Mickey Mouse first. I still think McCain is as paranoid as "Captain Queeg" in Caine Mutiny. He is one of the most unscrupulous men in the Senate. I will vote, but not for McCain or Hillary -- EVER!

31 posted on 09/20/2005 9:04:05 PM PDT by PeskyOne
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: wjersey

John McLame: the strawberry ice cream ball bearing rattling mad man. His slogan? "No freedom of speech for you!"


32 posted on 09/21/2005 2:00:48 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat (I am SO glad to no longer be associated with the party of Dependence on Government!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Mind-numbed Robot

Republicans are out of control. Spending is unchecked and opposition to Republican principles is widespread. The majority party does not act like it and wayward Republicans have managed to control what the party does and stands for. That seems plain and simple to me.


33 posted on 09/21/2005 10:46:29 AM PDT by caisson71
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 29 | View Replies]

To: bmwcyle

"Only one problem, I'm anti-libertarian. I seen enough here at the FR. I would never vote for one after putting up with them here."

Yep, having some libertarian thoughts is a good thing - after all the country was founded on freedom and it is still our defining characteristic.

But libertarianism run rampant results in absurd conclusions on everything from the economy to the environment - I could not ever vote for the Libertarian party.


34 posted on 09/21/2005 10:53:55 AM PDT by gondramB ( A government which robs Peter to pay Paul, can always count on the support of Paul)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 23 | View Replies]

To: caisson71

I agree with you but what seemed contradictory to me is this article was explaining how the Republicans were trying to circumvent the Campaign Finance Reform debacle sponsored by McCain. The Republican leadership seemed to be trying to do what you want in this case and you blasted them along with McCain.

No big deal. Nothing to waste more time over.


35 posted on 09/21/2005 11:23:01 AM PDT by Mind-numbed Robot (Not all that needs to be done needs to be done by the government.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 33 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-35 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson