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Chafee unsure of staying with GOP after losing election
Boston.com/AP ^ | November 9, 2006 | Michelle R. Smith

Posted on 11/09/2006 2:45:59 PM PST by youthgonewild

PROVIDENCE, R.I. --Two days after losing a bid for a second term in an election seen as a referendum on President Bush and the Republican Party, Sen. Lincoln Chafee said he was unsure whether he'd remain a Republican.

"I haven't made any decisions. I just haven't even thought about where my place is," Chafee said at a news conference when asked whether he would stick with the Republican Party or switch to be an independent or Democrat.

When asked if his comments meant he thought he might not belong in the Republican Party, he replied: "That's fair."

Chafee, 53, is the most liberal Republican in the Senate and was the sole Senate Republican to vote against the war in Iraq. That was not enough to save his seat against the winner, Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse, who shared many of Chafee's views but was a member of the dominant party in a state where Democrats far outnumber Republicans.

When asked whether he felt that his loss may have helped the country by switching control of power in Congress, he replied: "To be honest, yes."

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TOPICS: Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Rhode Island
KEYWORDS: 2006; airhead; likewecare; lincolnchafee; rhodeisland; rinotodino; senate; traitor; whocares
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To: youthgonewild

Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out, Lincoln...But, really, who cares what this loser does now that he is an elected offical anymore?


181 posted on 11/09/2006 11:31:17 PM PST by Ol' Sparky
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To: youthgonewild

You know, I've always been one of those folks who thinks that tolerating a few RINOs is worth it to hold a majority, but this guy was by far the exception. Insufferable in manner and a backstabber in battle. Good riddance to stench-ridden garbage.


182 posted on 11/09/2006 11:44:22 PM PST by Mr. Silverback (Welcome swingers! Pull up a groove and get fabulous!)
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To: biggiepaul
hes gonna run again....and not as a (R)...

He won't win. I will laugh. It will feel great.

183 posted on 11/09/2006 11:45:54 PM PST by Mr. Silverback (Welcome swingers! Pull up a groove and get fabulous!)
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To: tobyhill
"Adios Amigo!"

So long, RINO!

You will not be missed!

184 posted on 11/09/2006 11:48:49 PM PST by albee (The best thing you can do for the poor is.....not be one of them. - Eric Hoffer)
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To: tobyhill
"Adios Amigo!"

So long, RINO!

You will not be missed!

185 posted on 11/09/2006 11:51:34 PM PST by albee (The best thing you can do for the poor is.....not be one of them. - Eric Hoffer)
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To: youthgonewild; Clintonfatigued; AntiGuv; Kuksool; JohnnyZ; Torie; AuH2ORepublican

This was precisely what I said all along. If he had been reelected as the 50th "R", he would've bolted for the 'Rats for a Chairmanship. Good riddance to this apostate.


186 posted on 11/10/2006 12:50:58 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Cheney X -- Destroying the Liberal Democrat Traitors By Any Means Necessary -- Ya Dig ? Sho 'Nuff.)
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To: MNJohnnie

He is going to run for Governor as a Democrat.


187 posted on 11/10/2006 1:11:42 AM PST by floridareader1
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To: MrRights

That's kind of the problem. All options in RI were bad. I can't say that the 'vote for him, he might caucus with us' crowd was totally wrong, but I can't say they were right either. If we nominated Laffey, we lose. If we nominate Chafee, we probably lose, and even if we don't, we might not get anything.

Whatever happened to Lincoln Almond anyway? Why didn't he ever run for anything else. He seemed like a decent guy. He'd probably be to my left, but he wouldn't be as feckless and unreliable as Chafee.


188 posted on 11/10/2006 2:03:20 AM PST by zbigreddogz
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To: BobS
How did you end up with this specimen?

************

I didn't. He's from Rhode Island.

189 posted on 11/10/2006 7:49:13 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: catholicfreeper
Whats the chance of Chaffe every being elected to anything again?

Actually, I wonder .... maybe he likes being on the public dole and is going to run for governor? He's still popular in the state.

Of course it's pathetic all the way around.

190 posted on 11/10/2006 10:58:08 AM PST by JohnnyZ ("I respect and will protect a woman's right to choose" -- Mitt Romney, April 2002)
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To: youthgonewild

When gangrene like Chafee has set in...chop it off.


191 posted on 11/10/2006 3:06:00 PM PST by eleni121 (sometimes you have to cut off the limb to save the body)
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