Posted on 12/27/2005 4:43:40 PM PST by WestVirginiaRebel
Ranked by the editors of Human Events
1. Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R.I.)
Once approached by Democratic Leader Harry Reid to switch parties, Chafee has long supported liberal polices. He backs legal abortion, gay rights, federal-funded health care, strict environmental protections and a higher minimum wage. Opposes ANWR drilling. Also was the only Republican in Congress not to endorse the President's reelection and one of three who tried to gut Bush's tax cuts.
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How do I get off this marry-go-round.
...and don't forget his assault on the First Amendment with the McCain-Feingold Bill
I would say there are many times more than that.
I do not think Mellowdude will be back.
He/She appears to have disappeared. Might have caught the lighting bolt.
I guess, then, you didn't read the story done about Kerry by the reporters that had access throughout his campaign? That revealed after the fact conversations held with McCain? A McCain that let Kerry and the MSM dangle on a hook while he enjoyed the attention? Do not peddle that line it was a MSM pushed event. It damn well was nothing of the kind, Mccain was an active participant and enjoyed every single second at Bush's and the Republican Party's expense of whether he'd jump ship.
Do I believe he was going to do so? No, I think McCain knew Kerry was a loser and he doesn't want to play second to Kerry. But he didn't turn it down out of loyalty to the party but rather he wants to be President himself.
refering to your other point, McCain organizized blockage of a vote to break the Judicial filibuster being pushed by the Republican leadership (Frist, McConnell, Santorum) is evidence of McCain helping his Party do business? That example was the exact opposite. It was McCain breaking away to form his own unelected third Party in the halls of Congress to block the Republican President's constitutional right to have an up or down vote on his nominees in the Republican Majority Senate.
Once again the RINO stabs the PARTY in the back. No one said McCain had to vote yay or nay. he could vote however he chose and face the consequences. But he blocked the vote. That's entirely different.
he is a RINO, and all the rehabilitation in the world will NOT change that assessment among parties of this board or conservatives, and frankly, Republicans, in general.
McCain is a RINO.
CG,
Here's one of your 20%ers. I will continue to dig them up as I have time:
McCain, Clinton probe melting Arctic
Source: Anchorage Daily News
Pubdate: 2005-08-18
Sens. John McCain and Hillary Clinton, touring Alaska this week to view melting permafrost and shrinking glaciers, said the evidence is mounting that global warming is real and human activity is significantly to blame.
"The question is how much damage will be done before we start taking concrete action," McCain, R-Ariz., told reporters at the Hotel Captain Cook Wednesday morning. "Go up to places like we just came from. It's a little scary."
But then... Do you remember who signed it into law and how our "conservative" SCOTUS confirmed it as "settled law!"
I can't forget ANY of this phony lipservice to conservatism!!! It's gone beyond disgusting... way, WAY BEYOND!!!
McCain calms GOP critics at MCC
Source: East Valley Tribune
Pubdate: 2005-08-20
McCain has been under fire from some conservative Republican Party activists who believe he too often sides with congressional liberals and against his own party or Republican President George Bush. Among his recent actions that have raised the hackles of some Republicans is siding with Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., to cosponsor an immigration reform bill and brokering a deal with Democrats to derail a showdown over Senate filibusters of judicial nominees.
Much of the discontent extends back to years-old issues like McCain’s sponsorship of campaign finance reform legislation, support of some gun control measures and opposition to tax cuts pushed by Bush in his first term.
Many of those in the crowd Thursday wore stickers with a circle and a slash — the symbol for "no" — across the words "McCain 2008," a reference to his potential run for the presidency.
That would do it.
Having heard "good things" on Bill Bennett's morning show about him, I didn't know Mitt Romney was pro-infanticide. He's most definitely a non-starter for 2008.
No wonder Kerry wanted McCain as his VP.
Top 9 are all East Coast/New England. Verrrry interesting!
Rudolph Giuliani: A gun-grabbing, gay loving, pro-abort, big spending, pro-UN corrupt scumbag who is beloved by the mainstream media.
Arnold, to some, would be first on this list but if you READ the list, he's to the right of these folks with his veto of gay marriage, death penalty support and attempt to pass a parental notification law in his special election.
Put Mitch Daniels on the list [Indiana governor]. A firm believer that big government always knows what's best for the public.
Lots of people on FR would still vote for him no matter what. I don't know if I could do it.
People who drink the Kool Aid on the A-s Clown Giuliani have been brainwashed by the media.
McCain has been under fire from some conservative Republican Party activists who believe he too often sides with congressional liberals
Yup, I hear ya. He is not loyal. He is unstable and you can't count on him.
But his voting record is not one of a RINO.
Hagel acts, talks, and sounds like a liberal, but he votes conservative.
The only senator I have ever seen endorse legislation, endorse the candidate who sponsored the legislation, talk about the benefits and the needs of a particular piece of legislation.........and then vote against it.
I'm referring to the campaign finance reform bill, I still scratch my head wondering why he did what he did, before and after.
FWIT, the only good things he ever did was humiliate Al Gore and Clinton over Kyoto, killing it, and driving Whitman out of the EPA. (she rips on him in her book).
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