A lot of Frist bashing. I agree it was wise of him not to run for President. He has no national constituency or issue to rally support so he would have been wasting time and money.
However, before we call him a RINO and other silly things we should remember that it was Bill Frist who came out a very successful medical practice in 1994 and beat the disaster that was Jim Sasser. A Carter Democrat who was a bumbling big government weak on national defense dolt. Frist rid the state and the nation of that hack sending him packing for China. It was Frist that helped recruit and campaign for the candidates who took the U.S. Senate back in 2002 he also rid us of Puff Daschle.
We should thank him for his service.
However, before we call him a RINO and other silly things we should remember that it was Bill Frist who came out a very successful medical practice in 1994 and beat the disaster that was Jim Sasser. A Carter Democrat who was a bumbling big government weak on national defense dolt. Frist rid the state and the nation of that hack sending him packing for China. It was Frist that helped recruit and campaign for the candidates who took the U.S. Senate back in 2002 he also rid us of Puff Daschle.
We should thank him for his service.
Agreed. He'd be a poor candidate, but he's a good man, and deserves our thanks.
I mean, I admit he wasn't great, but can anybody here name a Senate Leader we have EVER liked? The reason is our expectations are totally unrealistic. Did we like Lott? Dole? I mean, look at DU, they hated Dashle almost as much as we did, and for a lot of the same reasons.
Bottom line, their job is essentially hurding cats. Not a job that lends it's self to getting much thanks.
I also agree that Frist was not a great Majority Leader, but that is by no means his fault entirely. In theory he had a 55-45 majority, but in practice he didn't have a working majority because (1) The 'Rats abused the filibuster (2) there weren't 50 votes to stop the 'Rats abuse of the filibuster (3) too many of the 55 were not exactly willing to be led by Frist or anyone else.
The politician hasn't ever been born who could have kept McCain in line. Or Voinovich. Or the Maine Gals. Or Specter. Or Chafee. Or Hagel. Or Warner. Or DeWine. Or Graham.
The real question is WHY did the Republicans elect a Majority Leader who was leaving at the end of 2006 anyway? Isn't such a man by definition weak?
The answer is that it served the interests of the prima donnas listed above to have a weak leader that would allow each of them to take turns hijacking the Senate.
In retrospect, the Senate did manage to get most of the President's Conservative Judges through including the two big SCOTUS nominations. I can't be too critical of Frist -- or Specter, for that matter -- because they did come through where we needed it the most.
I agree.
What the hell is the matter with you.
FR is the place where you never say thank you for anything.
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