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The GOP's "least disappointed" loser
The Seattle Times ^
| November 30, 2006
| David S. Broder
Posted on 11/30/2006 2:41:26 PM PST by neverdem
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posted on
11/30/2006 2:41:27 PM PST
by
neverdem
To: Gabz
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posted on
11/30/2006 2:42:11 PM PST
by
neverdem
(May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
To: neverdem
"crafting the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act"
What a piece of refuse that is. Glad he's gone.
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posted on
11/30/2006 2:43:19 PM PST
by
MeanWestTexan
(Kol Hakavod Lezahal)
To: neverdem
The only bills of significance I can think of passed by this Congress were the anti-gambling one and the anti-horse meat one.
We still can't drill in ANWR or off the coast. The money we spend to keep our gas tanks full still filters down to the madrassas.
The Pubs deserved defeat.
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posted on
11/30/2006 2:45:44 PM PST
by
Tribune7
To: neverdem
Maybe it's foolish, but I think being able to gamble that way from the comfort of your home could be pretty risky for those who are addicted to gambling. I enjoy gambling, but I would never want to do it from my home, it's too easy, too convenient, and with the annonymity the internet provides, you don't know whether it's fixed or not.
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posted on
11/30/2006 2:46:08 PM PST
by
psjones
(u)
To: neverdem
What nannystatism? The government just wants to make sure all gambling occurs in places where it gets it's cut of the vig, er, I mean, it's share of the taxes. The Godfather wouldn't have let any outsider horn in on his numbers racket, either. "It's just business."
To: neverdem
A post-election survey paid for by the gambling group found a net 5 percent swing against Leach attributable to that issue. Proof that stupidity is occasionally punished.
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posted on
11/30/2006 2:46:44 PM PST
by
glorgau
To: neverdem
He lost for the same reason all the others lost. Conservatives tired of outright traitors stayed home on election day.
In one to two more cycles, it will go back GOP again. Iowa has long been known for sending an all GOP Delegation with exceptions from time to time.
When you abandon or abuse or take for granted your base, you lose.
Good riddence.
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posted on
11/30/2006 2:47:10 PM PST
by
Waywardson
(Carry on! Nothing equals the splendor!)
To: psjones
Maybe it's foolish, but I think being able to gamble that way from the comfort of your home could be pretty risky for those who are addicted to gambling. I enjoy gambling, but I would never want to do it from my home, it's too easy, too convenient, and with the annonymity the internet provides, you don't know whether it's fixed or not. Good point, but not one in favor of having governments regulate this activity. Addiction is its own punishment.
To: neverdem
Good riddance to a RINO, Leech (sic).
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posted on
11/30/2006 2:59:54 PM PST
by
Gritty
(People writing laws for my own good are more dangerous than a truck full of cigarettes-S Sebelius)
To: everyone
Internet gambling is an extremely stupid issue for people to base their votes on, given all the truly big stuff Congress deals with, or doesn't deal with. Jim Leach will not be missed, however -- by any real Republicans.
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posted on
11/30/2006 3:02:01 PM PST
by
California Patriot
("That's not Charlie the Tuna out there. It's Jaws." -- Richard Nixon)
To: psjones
"Maybe it's foolish, but I think being able to gamble that way from the comfort of your home could be pretty risky for those who are addicted to gambling."
Lots of things are unsafe --- what we eat, drink, do.
Do you REALLY want Washington telling you what you can and cannot do in your own home --- FOR YOUR OWN GOOD?
Heck, reading the Bible cause intolerance! We must put a stop to that!
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posted on
11/30/2006 3:09:11 PM PST
by
MeanWestTexan
(Kol Hakavod Lezahal)
To: California Patriot
Congressional Wildlife Update:
Black RINO (extinct)
White RINO (endangered)
Keep it up, hunters! Only a few of them left.
To: OldGuard1
The Elite Rino is the top prize! Plenty of them around.
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posted on
11/30/2006 3:16:22 PM PST
by
samadams2000
(Somebody important make....THE CALL!)
To: psjones
The online gambling ban should have been its own seperate bill, instead of sneakily attached to the ports security bill. That's the issue that most people have about this, IMO. There should have been debate about it and let people get their input in.
Typical Republicans, they don't have the guts to even do this right. That right there just highlighted how pathetic & gutless Republicans are when it comes to politics.
To: neverdem
Yeah. He lost because he opposed internet gambling. Uh huh. Couldn't have anything to do with his opposition to the war or anything, could it?
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posted on
11/30/2006 3:55:53 PM PST
by
IronJack
(=)
To: Waywardson
Moron. Or maybe I should have said "moran" since spelling is beyond you as well as thinking.
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posted on
11/30/2006 4:10:12 PM PST
by
publana
(yes, I checked the preview box without previewing)
To: neverdem
What a tool...now an unemployed tool!
Opposed the war...
Authored an internet gambling bill...
A republican...
See, that's why I'm an independent!
GSD
To: IronJack
Yeah. He lost because he opposed internet gambling. Uh huh. Couldn't have anything to do with his opposition to the war or anything, could it? "A post-election survey paid for by the gambling group found a net 5 percent swing against Leach attributable to that issue."
IIRC, the margin was 3%. Was his opponent for the war?
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posted on
11/30/2006 4:22:10 PM PST
by
neverdem
(May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
To: neverdem
The stupidity of that bill was that they didn't couldn't even figure out that in less than a week after implementation of that bill, the online casinos figured out a way to bypass it. IDIOTS.
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posted on
11/30/2006 4:32:02 PM PST
by
Hildy
(RUDY GUILIANI FOR PRESIDENT IN 2008)
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