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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No right minded conservative would notice anything different.
5.56mm
"Oh no this is horrible news... LOL!"
ROFL
THIS IDIOT HASN'T BEEN A REPUBLICAN IN YEARS!
GOOD RIDDANCE!!!!
THIS IDIOT HASN'T BEEN A REPUBLICAN IN YEARS!
GOOD RIDDANCE!!!!
Just checking in to see if Chafee left yet!
Lincoln has left the room.
If he would leave tomorrow, we could get Bolton out of committee and to the floor of the Senate, because we'd knock Chafee off the committee and we'd have a 1-vote margin. That way Chafee doesn't have to change his vote.
Then we just need to get the democrats who realise Bolton is doing a good job to vote not to filibuster, and Bolton can get the job we all need him to do.
This sorry excuse for a man is every Dad's worst nightmare.
How did John Chaffee ever get stuck with this kid?
Dear Lincoln (and btw, pls change your name)
YOU LEFT THE REPUBLICIAN PARTY A LONG TIME AGO
and
DON'T LET THE DOOR HIT YOU IN THE A$$ !010000000000000000000000000000
Buh, bye. Don't let the door hit you on the butt on the way out.
Uhh, John Chafee was pretty damn liberal too. Maybe not quite as liberal as his son, but pretty liberal.
However, he was also was loyal and a team player whenever he could be. He certainly was better then his son, but he wasn't exactly great on ideology.
He's a senator?
That sound you here is John Chaffee rolling over in his grave.
Linc seems to think he has a political future.
More like a news pundit future. I wouldn't be surprised if Linc joins Buchanan and Scarbourgh to bash Bush on MSNBC.
I predicted before the election that this would happen and I was told that there was no way. Fortunately, he's not around after January anyway, so who cares about him?
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