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R.I. Senator May Leave Republican Party
Netscape News ^ | 11-09-06 | MICHELLE R. SMITH

Posted on 11/09/2006 7:23:24 PM PST by marc costanzo

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - 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. He is the most liberal Republican in the Senate and was the sole Senate Republican to vote against the war in Iraq.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: chafee; democrat; gop; putz; rino
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>>But that was not enough to prevail against Whitehouse, who shared many of Chafee's views but was a Democrat in a heavily Democratic state. Chafee said he has not decided what to do after leaving office, but he hoped to stay involved in public life. He said his loss may have helped the country by switching control of Congress. ``The people have spoken all across America. They want the Democrats and Republicans to work together,'' he said. ``I think the president now is going to have to talk to the Democrats. I think that's going to be good for America.'' Chafee said he waged a lonely campaign to bring the party to the middle. He described attending weekly lunches with fellow GOP senators and standing up to argue his point of view, often alone. ``There were times walking into my caucus room where it wasn't fun,'' he said, adding that he stayed with the GOP largely because it helped him bring federal dollars home to Rhode Island. <<

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GOOD !

CHAFEE - - You were not a team player-

glad to get rid of you .

You are the one Republican that all of us Conservatives are glad lost re-election .

No more Dems in GOP clothing .

Too many interlopers in our party, just as there are too many Third World interlopers in our country .

We need to expel you both . .

1 posted on 11/09/2006 7:23:24 PM PST by marc costanzo
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To: marc costanzo

He's a Republican?


2 posted on 11/09/2006 7:24:52 PM PST by Darkwolf377 (Republican, atheist, pro-lifer, stranded in Blue Boston)
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To: marc costanzo

As if any of us cares one wit.


3 posted on 11/09/2006 7:24:56 PM PST by ElkGroveDan
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To: marc costanzo

Bu BYE ... Don't let the door hit ya....


4 posted on 11/09/2006 7:25:03 PM PST by tomnbeverly ("Harsh criticism is not a plan for victory. Second guessing is not a strategy.")
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To: marc costanzo

good riddance


5 posted on 11/09/2006 7:25:26 PM PST by BackInBlack ("The act of defending any of the cardinal virtues has today all the exhilaration of a vice.")
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To: marc costanzo

He should just switch now, and perhaps Fat Teddy would drive him to a beach party celebration....


6 posted on 11/09/2006 7:25:35 PM PST by JoanneSD
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To: marc costanzo

Good riddance.


7 posted on 11/09/2006 7:25:42 PM PST by West Coast Conservative (Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.)
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To: marc costanzo

Good fscking riddance. As Ronaldus Maximus said...."let them go their way".


8 posted on 11/09/2006 7:25:50 PM PST by DesScorp
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To: marc costanzo

You know he could have at least did the right thing and confirmed Bolton..


9 posted on 11/09/2006 7:26:04 PM PST by tomnbeverly ("Harsh criticism is not a plan for victory. Second guessing is not a strategy.")
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To: marc costanzo

If he were to change parties -- how would anyone be able to tell?


10 posted on 11/09/2006 7:26:15 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (The broken wall, the burning roof and tower. And Agamemnon dead.)
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To: marc costanzo

Typical.
A 'rat abandoning the ship.


11 posted on 11/09/2006 7:26:45 PM PST by syriacus (We lost 33,686 men in the Korean "police action" and saved S. Korea. Why abandon Iraq?)
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Oh no this is horrible news... LOL!


12 posted on 11/09/2006 7:27:05 PM PST by fkabuckeyesrule (Go Bucks.....beat Northwestern!!!!!)
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To: marc costanzo
"You can't fire me, I quit!"

"You can't quit, you're fired!"

And Linc, looks like you got fired on Tuesday.

13 posted on 11/09/2006 7:27:06 PM PST by NonValueAdded (Prayers for our patriot brother, 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub. Brian, we're all pulling for you!)
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To: marc costanzo

Who in the hell cares?

If he'd been the lone GOP to winner to keep us in control of the Senate, it would be important.

Now he's just another voter in a solid Rat state.


14 posted on 11/09/2006 7:27:08 PM PST by Dog Gone (uit)
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"I just haven't even thought about where my place is"

Right now it is on the bench, pal. Take a donut break and maybe do a few furniture commercials. I heard there is a county commissioner opening coming up. I heard roads are hell up there.


15 posted on 11/09/2006 7:27:11 PM PST by Tulsa Ramjet ("If not now, when?" "Because it's judgment that defeats us.")
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To: tomnbeverly

I am amazed at accusations that Bush didn't work with Dems. My memory is that it was Dem strategy to obstruct, beginning with Tom Daschle.


16 posted on 11/09/2006 7:28:07 PM PST by ClaireSolt (Have you have gotten mixed up in a mish-masher?)
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To: marc costanzo

Stinkin' Lincoln left the GOP many moons ago.


17 posted on 11/09/2006 7:28:08 PM PST by windsorknot
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Maybe he can get a job as a masseur at the Senate gymnasium.
18 posted on 11/09/2006 7:28:19 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee (Anything a politician gives you he has first stolen from you)
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He said his loss may have helped the country by switching control of Congress.

Wow? With soldiers like this, how can the conservative movement lose??????????

19 posted on 11/09/2006 7:28:21 PM PST by ErieGeno
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To: marc costanzo

If we had to lose....I'm glad this POS was one that got flushed


20 posted on 11/09/2006 7:28:26 PM PST by digger48 (there went breakfast)
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