No conservative will ever defend Don Sundquist, at least in public.
However, Lamar Alexander got a score of 92 in 2004 and 88 in 2005 from the American Conservative Union and since he has been in office he has voted pro-life in 23 of 24 issues according to National Right-to-Life (the one negative mark was voting for stem cell bill that Bush just vetoed).
You may have issues with Lamar prior to him being a US Senator. But how could a fair-minded conservative take issue with his record since he took office?
Lamar is a Big Government shill. He supported Taxquist on the state income tax {remember that one?} He helped stiff Knoxville with a few ventures like Whittle Communications. His wifes magical investment and a lot more. How about this The Skeleton Closet Lamar Alexander I remember quite a bit of it myself especially the Whittle deals. They were publish in local newspapers even the Conservative one.
I won't even mention the disaster called the 1982 World's Fair. On second thought it was the political backed fiasco which was followed by two very major banking failures one of which was an uninsured S&L. State funding went into the Worlds Fair. By opening day all persons including the crooks that shoved the Worlds Fair down our throats who later skipped town {some to Chattanooga} leaving taxpayers with debt knew it was doomed.
Truth is Alexander wasn't even that great a governor. But hey when you replace a felon how can you possibly go wrong in the polls right? Alexander may be a Republican but he is by no means Conservative. Just another Rockefeller Republican who got a cushy senate seat with the huge help from others like him. A Sign hanging on RNC office in DC must say Conservatives need not apply.
And no Republican of any conscience can defend him in private, either. I'm sorry I didn't see his slimy trail in '94 before I voted for him for Governor, thinking he might ACTUALLY be an improvement over his fellow 'Rat slug, Ned Ray McWherter.
"However, Lamar Alexander got a score of 92 in 2004 and 88 in 2005 from the American Conservative Union and since he has been in office he has voted pro-life in 23 of 24 issues according to National Right-to-Life (the one negative mark was voting for stem cell bill that Bush just vetoed). You may have issues with Lamar prior to him being a US Senator. But how could a fair-minded conservative take issue with his record since he took office?"
Yes, my problems with Lamar! began before he began his current Senate tenure, and this Conservative calls "shenanigans" on his record. Nevermind the fact that he left the state GOP nearly as moribund as the Taxachusetts party in 1986, his flaky tenure as head of UT and as Education Sec'y showed he was woefully lacking on education issues, and was a johnny-come-lately in regards to discovering the cancerous hard-left indoctrination that has been going on for the better part of the 20th century (nevermind this one). His similar obsession with taxing the internet was just about the final straw for me, and when I contacted his office to rip apart his ridiculous stance, I received a letter -- with the SAME talking points I completely obliterated. I'm sorry, but he's a dilettante, substantially lacking in the sense, reason, and brains departments, and worse than useless as a Senator.