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Sen. Lincoln Chafee May Leave GOP
News Max ^ | 11/9/06 | NewsMax

Posted on 11/09/2006 6:34:52 PM PST by Patriot28

Two days after losing a bid for a second term, Sen. Lincoln Chafee said he was unsure whether he would remain a Republican.

Chafee lost to Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse in a race seen as a referendum on President Bush and the GOP. On Thursday, he was asked whether he would stick with the Republican Party or become an independent or Democrat.

"I haven't made any decisions. I just haven't even thought about where my place is," Chafee said at a news conference. When pressed on whether his comments indicated he might leave the GOP, he replied: "That's fair."

Chafee, 53, is a lifelong Republican who has represented Rhode Island for seven years. His father held the same seat for 23 years before that.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: dontletthedoorhitya; goodriddance; makeourday
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To: Tuscaloosa Goldfinch

Oh, you must give McCain credit. He passed campaign finance reform and gummed up all of the works. And yet, many see this as a true accomplishment.


41 posted on 11/09/2006 6:49:25 PM PST by Pan_Yans Wife
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To: Patriot28

Who gives a rat's ass anyway? He was a RINO anyway, always voting with the liberals.


42 posted on 11/09/2006 6:50:42 PM PST by TommyDale (Iran President Ahmadinejad is shorter than Tom Daschle!)
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To: Patriot28

What can you say about a Senator who parts his hair in the middle? I always wondered if that was some kind of statement.


43 posted on 11/09/2006 6:52:42 PM PST by kylaka
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To: Patriot28
It must really piss him off to have lost his seat to a guy who is less Democrat than ole' Linc.
44 posted on 11/09/2006 6:53:20 PM PST by msnimje (You simply cannot be Christian and Pro-Abortion.)
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To: Patriot28

Hey Lincoln! Don't let the door hit you on the a$$ on the way out, you backstabbing, disloyal jerk!


45 posted on 11/09/2006 6:54:11 PM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner ("Si vis pacem para bellum")
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To: Patriot28

This would be the same Lincoln Chaffee that Liz Dole's RNC senatorial committee intervened on the behalf of in a primary just a few months ago, right?


46 posted on 11/09/2006 6:54:35 PM PST by Old_Mil (http://www.constitutionparty.com/)
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To: Patriot28

Good and take Mclame and the Maine RINOs with you.


47 posted on 11/09/2006 6:56:01 PM PST by johna61
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To: Pan_Yans Wife

You are absolutely right -- I forgot about THAT particualar RINO.


48 posted on 11/09/2006 6:56:22 PM PST by Tuscaloosa Goldfinch (good fences make good neighbors!)
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To: msnimje
It must really piss him off to have lost his seat to a guy who is less Democrat than ole' Linc

That is THE quote of the day! Take a bow msnimje. You nailed it.

49 posted on 11/09/2006 6:56:22 PM PST by Patriot28
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To: Patriot28

Quick thought: Can the R leadership kick him off all his committee assignments now so that Bolton can be confirmed?


50 posted on 11/09/2006 6:56:35 PM PST by denydenydeny ("We have always been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France"--Wellington)
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To: Patriot28

Good thing he lost - the little weenie probably would've pulled a "Jumpin' Jim" anyway.


51 posted on 11/09/2006 6:57:06 PM PST by Inspectorette (Prayers for 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub - American Hero)
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To: Patriot28

New career: CNN analyst, where only the kool-aid drinkers will see him.


52 posted on 11/09/2006 6:58:16 PM PST by citizen (Yo W! Read my lips: No Amnistia by any name! And the White House has a fence around it!)
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To: Patriot28

They ought to throw him off of the committee, replace him with Santorum and ram Bolton through.


53 posted on 11/09/2006 6:59:18 PM PST by Redleg Duke (¡Salga de los Estados Unidos de América, invasor!)
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To: Patriot28

He usually voted with the Republicans before he voted against them.


54 posted on 11/09/2006 6:59:19 PM PST by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911)
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To: ConservaTexan

What is up with all these wacky New Englanders (Chafee, Kerry, etc.)? Is it something in the water? What sort of Kool Aid do they keep chugging down?


55 posted on 11/09/2006 7:02:47 PM PST by rabscuttle385 (Sic Semper Tyrannis.)
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To: Patriot28

Before he goes he could vote for Bolton, or, would that make his new masters angry?


56 posted on 11/09/2006 7:06:47 PM PST by depressed in 06 (I had higher expectations of the American voter. We're all frogs now.)
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To: Patriot28
The freaking dweeb was never in the Republican party...

The instant the Chaffes of the world define the Republican party -- I'm something else.

F'em

Semper Fi
57 posted on 11/09/2006 7:07:15 PM PST by river rat (You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: Patriot28

Darn him, there goes our majority...oh...wait...


58 posted on 11/09/2006 7:07:57 PM PST by Corin Stormhands
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To: Patriot28
This is a win-win.

The collective IQ's of both parties will go up.

59 posted on 11/09/2006 7:08:01 PM PST by BlueMondaySkipper (The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it. - George Orwell)
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To: Patriot28
Hmmmm, I have been wondering if Republicans and more specifically Conservatives were included in John McCain's anti-torture legislation???
60 posted on 11/09/2006 7:08:43 PM PST by Just mythoughts
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