Chafee blames loss on Rhode Island's party-ticket ballot

Waterbury Republican-American ^ | November 11, 2006 | Eric Tucker

[Ol' Sparky]

Excuses, excuses...You're a loser, Lincoln.

[BusterBear]

He lost because the New Hampshire voters could see he was a weakling with no principles. Better to vote for a dog - at least you know which way the dog is going to jump. Same thing with Kean.

[HitmanLV]

It couldn't possibly have been him! :-)

[TankerKC]

"I don't know that there's a good or a bad or a right or a wrong,"... "It depends on your perspective."

Well, of course. Right and wrong ALWAYS depend on your perspective. !!!</sarcasm>

[digger48]

Indiana went from 7 (R)- 2 (D) to 4(R)- 5(D)

The media has helped pave the way for Bayh with this years campaigning, also

[fish hawk]

Question: What's the difference between a crybaby RINO and a liberal Democrat?

Answer: absolutely nothing

[Mo1]

About the only good thing to come out of this mess is that bleeping jerk is GONE!!

[windsorknot]

Lincoln, walk over to the Reflecting Pool to see who is to blame. It's close to the other Lincoln who was a real Republican.

[libs_kma]

"Typical Lib.

When libs lose, they blame everybody else but yourself.

Repubs lose, then try to find out why they lost and move on.

Ain't it the truth! Notice how there are absolutely no tales of widespread dis-em-enfranchisement? No cold and rain only in the dim precincts? And also unlike 2004, no reports of people seeking treatment for post-election stress disorder? Guess the moonbats are the only one weak enough to need that kind of pick me up when they lose.

Rush touched on this the other day too.

[RGSpincich]

wah! Nobody likes a traitor not even the traitorees.

[mtairycitizen]

I think it boils down to this.

Conservatives try to solve their own problems. I want to be left alone. I fight to keep the govmnt out of my life. When my side looses, I can move and live on to fight another day. I was disappointed with the election, but can live without thinking that the govmnt Will solve all my problems.

Libs seems to think govmt exists to serve them. They also
think that they have a right to exist on the public dime. And when they win,
they think all their problems will be solved as well as poverty, world hunger, and the environment will be saved.
SO when they lose, they need therapy.

[OKIEDOC]

Maybe Mr Chafee you should change your name from Lincoln to Edsel.

You are a turn coat and in my opinion worthy of defeat by voters in your state that are of the Cut and Run ilk.

How disappointed Mr. Chafee you must have been to learn that all your sucking up to Democrat principals Let You Down come election time.

Now that is funny kind of payback in my book.

In my lowly opinion many Eastern voters, especially the kind that supported your opponent and Charlie Rangel are dunder headed twits who think only of themselves and not of their country.

A Rat is a Rat no matter how many times you try to spell it Republican.

[napscoordinator]

You know what? I am beginning to really despise this guy. He is the only one who is complaining about being a LOSER!!!!! Senators Santorum, DeWine, Talent, and Allen have treated their "hiccup" in a very mature manner. The guy we are most glad left won't go away!!!!! Ugh!!!

[hnj_00]

what an a-hole....Ann Coulter was so right....they shot the wrong Lincoln!!!

be a man...stand up and say one lib/dem lsot to another lib/dem!!!!!

[Sam Clements]

Lincoln Chafee is a LOSER. I hope he goes over to the RATS.
It is hard to believe that John Chaffee raised this little turd.

[BillyBoy]

>> We have party line ballots too but that doesn't cause me to vote straight ticket. I vote taxpayers party on school administration type races. <<

A bunch of "blind party loyality over country" people have been on FR cheerleading for everyone to vote "straight ticket Republican" regardless of who the candidate is. It's that kind of thinking that got us Jeffords and almost got Senator Chafee re-elected so he could caucus with the Dems. By blindly voting for ANY "R", all they're doing is using GOP money to electing liberals who with carry out the Democrats agenda.

I voted 90% Republican last week, but I did so because the INDIVIDUAL candiate in EACH race who happened to be better was the Republican. 90% of the time, the Republican IS better, but voters should be educated and informed to know where their candidates stand in every office to determine that.

I have no respect for people who blindly punch "D" or "R" on the ballot and do not give a crap whether the person for each office is honest, qualified, conservative, etc. Straight party voting gives us lying corrupt scumbags like Jim Jeffords (R), George Ryan (R), Robert Toricelli (D), Alan Heveri (D), etc. How did they win? Their voters didn't even notice they were running -- all they cared was whether they had a "D" or "R" next to their name.

[cherry]

I love how these political pundits who would normally go against anything that gives one candidate a huge advantage, especially if a PUb, try to defend this obnoxious voting system....

the voters , my fellow citizens, are stupid, most of them...stupid or ignorant of lazy thinkers.....

[cherry]

there has got to be billionaires out there who think conservatively ...why are they not buying up and managing more of the media, newspapers included...

[VictoryGal]

Wow. How Dumb-o-crat of him. Call the waaaambulance.

On second thought, *do* let the door hit ya on the way out, Suzy Chafee.

RINOs like him are why we're looking at a bleak 2 years.

[cherry]

Billy boy....the time to ensure that you are voting for a "conservative" candidate is not at election time...its at primary time....

spend more time and money backing candidates that you approve of before the general election....

the political scene is a sad state of affairs, but electing Rats, who are clannish and support each other to a fault, who never throw anyone under the bus... you vote for a Rat congressman, you are voting for Rat judges and rat appointees.... the old Rat party wasn't like that ...I suppose there was time when they really did speak for the little people.....