Posted on 07/26/2006 7:19:50 AM PDT by Engraved-on-His-hands
Republican U.S. Senate frontrunner Bob Corker went to Washington and had fund-raisers with D.C. lobbyists this week, prompting his opponents to call him ''very hypocritical.''
Tuesday night, Corker attended a $250-per-person, $1,000-per-political-action-committee (PAC) fund-raiser at the office of Capitol Decisions Inc., a wing of the largest independent lobbying firm in Washington, D.C.
This morning, Corker attended a “meet and greet” — where a ticket price wasn’t required but donations were accepted — that was hosted by Independent Petroleum Association of America.
That organization employs lobbyists and has a PAC that has given Corker $5,000 for his primary election.
The two events come after Corker has been criticizing his two GOP primary opponents, Ed Bryant and Van Hilleary, for their time as lobbyists after they left Congress.
To sum up their feelings, the Bryant campaign sent out an e-mail with the subject: ''Hypocrisy Thy Name is Bob Corker.''
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Time to pull the plug on Chattanooga Chafee.
Oh give me a freaking break! I don't support Corker either, but he's hardly a Chafee clone.
Instead of attaching each other they should concentrate on how each will kick Junior's butt.
But we have a Junior in Republican clothing in Corker.
All that he takes credit for from his time as mayor was accomplished by others... very Clintonesque. His record is that of a liberal. He has just dressed up his image for the statewide campaign.
It's time for Van Hilleary to drop out and support Bryant.
I've known him for 12 years, Big Red. I am a FORMER supporter of his, I voted for him over Frist in 1994. I've observed him ever since, and I wouldn't vote for him for dog catcher. He is NOT a loyal Republican and is NO Conservative.
Yah, whatever. If he wins, I'll bet you $100 his ACU rating will be over 80 after his first year. (Chafee's is around 40).
So what ? Lamar!'s is 88, and he's still a RINO. The ACU ratings aren't the be all and end all of defining a loyal Conservative Republican.
BTW, Chafee's ACU rating in 2005 was a "12", half the rating my ineffective liberal 'Rat Congressman from Nashville, Jim Cooper.
:rolls eyes:
Let me translate: "I don't like Lamar Alexander, therefore, he's a RINO."
He's a good man and a fine senator.
The ACU ratings aren't the be all and end all of defining a loyal Conservative Republican.
That is true, but I would say it is the best objective criteria. I think it's pretty hard to call someone a RINO who votes the conservative way more then 80% of the time.
RINO means "Republican in name ONLY." It doesn't mean the guy just isn't Jesse Helms.
BTW, Chafee's ACU rating in 2005 was a "12", half the rating my ineffective liberal 'Rat Congressman from Nashville, Jim Cooper.
Yes, you are making my point.
Chafee equals RINO. Alexander does not equal RINO. Corker will not equal RINO, although I agree that Bryant would make a better Senator.
But it won't matter for you. Anybody who doesn't agree with you is a RINO SELLOUT, right?
He's a good man and a fine senator."
I'm going to stop you right there, because you're doing your Weldian schtick again, and you know what I'm talking about. I've known Mr. Lamar! for most of my lifetime, far longer than you, and far more intimately than you. I'm not going to be told by the likes of you that this man is some "fine Senator" and "good Republican" when I've had a lifetime to witness his considerable deficiencies, both as an elected official AND as a Republican.
Apparently you fail to understand, once again, that an ACU rating is NOT the very definition of what makes a good Conservative and good Republican. You might take a look at a Gubernatorial contemporary of Alexander's, a man named Bill Janklow in South Dakota. His ACU rating during his very brief stay in Congress was fairly high, but Janklow was the biggest RINO that ever walked on two feet in the state, sabotaging every single solitary GOP opponent or colleague that would dare steal the spotlight from him. It was no surprise that Tom Daschle showed up as a "character witness" at his manslaughter trial, since he owed his Senate career to Janklow.
Now that you've been schooled on why the ACU isn't the definitive indicator, let's get back to Lamar! for a moment. Lamar! has always been a part of the statist GOP establishment in TN that has, just like its DC contemporaries were, has been content to serve as a minority party (even after we've become the majority party) and usually not wanting to either deal with bonafide Conservative activists or engage in (gasp !) party-building, since, after all, that might take away valuable time they could be spending on their tennis, golf, or polo game down at the club with Scooter and Mimsy. In fact, Lamar!'s tenure as Governor was so bad for the state GOP, that he left us in worse shape at any point since prior to the 1960s. He refused to do the right thing in 1984 and run for the Senate to stop Al Gore, Jr., a cancer on this state (and nation). Even after his piss-poor tenure at UT-Knoxville and laughable stint as Secretary of Education (where he still didn't know about widespread leftist indoctrination when any elementary schoolchild could've informed him of such) and his trail of mediocrity has continued unabated since, from his silly runs for President clear up until his almost invisible presence as the junior Senator for our state (aside from his Ahab-like crusade to tax the internet, making his statist bones).
By the way, his little "Mr. Nice Guy" routine is similarly ridiculous. An acquaintance of my parents once observed Mr. Nice Guy and his rabid temper on display in a local restaurant. When he took issue with his order, rather than calmly informing the waiter, he yelled and screamed like some petulant child and threw his food all over the floor (the usual "Do you KNOW who I am ?" routine).
As you can tell, Big Red, I do not like the distinguished gentleman, and I have merely hit on the tip of the iceberg as to why that is. I suggest you stick to what you know and don't tell me about something you don't. Some of us don't enjoy it having people piss on our heads while you tell us it is merely raining.
There is one thread of hope. Tennnessee has early voting. Corker's candidacy peaked late in the primary and Van Hilleary entered the race at the last moment. So it's reasonable to presume that Ed Bryant outpolled his opponents among early voters.
The $1 million question is, how many people used early voting?
LOL!!!
You just did.
Want me to do it again?
Senator Alexander is a fine man and a good Republican.
Are you going to cry or throw a tantrum now?
Apparently you fail to understand, once again, that an ACU rating is NOT the very definition of what makes a good Conservative and good Republican.
Apparently you missed the part where I agreed with this statement. My endorsement of him is not based on that, but on his stance on the issues and his record, which reflects his high ACU rating.
Now that you've been schooled on why the ACU isn't the definitive indicator Oh, SCHOOOOOOOOOOOOLED me you did!
My God, your balls must be HUGE!!!
You crack me up. Do you actually take yourself seriously at all?
Lamar! has always been a part of the statist GOP establishment in TN that has, just like its DC contemporaries were, has been content to serve as a minority party (even after we've become the majority party) and usually not wanting to either deal with bonafide Conservative activists or engage in (gasp !) party-building, since, after all, that might take away valuable time they could be spending on their tennis, golf, or polo game down at the club with Scooter and Mimsy. In fact, Lamar!'s tenure as Governor was so bad for the state GOP, that he left us in worse shape at any point since prior to the 1960s.
Subjective, meaningless nonsense. You don't have a single fact in any of this. It's all completely subjective claptrap, no substance whatsoever.
He refused to do the right thing in 1984 and run for the Senate to stop Al Gore, Jr., a cancer on this state (and nation).
You are doing your "Everybody must run for every office I want them to or they are evil, immoral people because the only thing that should matter to them is doing what I think should happen" schtick again.
It's utter nonsense, and no decent person in their right mind would ever run for office under the kinds of demands you want to put on them.
And BTW, if he's such a RINO, why would you want him to run anyway? Oh well, logic isn't exactly your strongpoint.
By the way, his little "Mr. Nice Guy" routine is similarly ridiculous. An acquaintance of my parents once observed Mr. Nice Guy and his rabid temper on display in a local restaurant. When he took issue with his order, rather than calmly informing the waiter, he yelled and screamed like some petulant child and threw his food all over the floor (the usual "Do you KNOW who I am ?" routine).
Oh yes, this is objective fact. You are certainly a source of great credibility on this one.
Anyhow, I have a friend who works with military amputees in D.C. and volunteers for Senator Alexander part time. I'll send her your claptrap sometime, she'll get a kick out of your ignorance and stupidity.
I'm done with this convo, and I'm done with wasting my valuable time on ignorant punks like you. We should've stopped communication long ago after your embarrassing display regarding your unhinged defense of Weld. I probably should not be terribly surprised to see you going on a bender, championing the cause of his RINO compadre, a man for whom you know very little about, and similarly pathologically refuse to be enlightened on, much like the pet store owner in the Monty Python "Dead Parrot" skit.
BTW, you go right ahead and tell your little friend who volunteers for the junior Senator the truth about him and his record. Unlike you, perhaps she will have the maturity to deal with the facts, and opt to devote the remainder of her time not to worthless RINOs, but to our veterans, whom are far more valuable.
Lastly, I'm going to tell you not to bother to contact me again over anything on FR from now on, since you apparently cannot control yourself without pitching a Lamaresque temper tantrum when you're repeatedly corrected and schooled on facts, or for some strange reason, obsessing over the size of my genitals. Don't ping me, don't respond to me, don't FReepmail me, and I will likewise have the common courtesy to do the same with you. Have a nice life.
Wow, must be fun to live in your world where your points of view = facts, perception = reality, etc.
You haven't pointed out even a single 'fact' (i.e. something that is not subject to opinion or points of view, but varifiably true objectively) about Alexander other then he didn't run for Senate in 1984, which is true, because he did not in fact run for Senate in 1984. (I'm still waiting on why you wanted him to, since you consider him a huge RINO)
You crack me up.
Anyhow, I never have much reason to talk to you other then to refute your rediculously subjective and arrogant replies to anybody who disagrees with you, but I'll message you anytime I damn well please. If you don't want to read it, fine with me.
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