Posted on 07/16/2007 6:21:49 PM PDT by Krankor
After watching the top five Democratic candidates for president speak before a trial lawyers' group Sunday, attorney Jim Ronca of Philadelphia, a staunch Republican, became certain of one thing: He is not going to vote Republican in the 2008 presidential election.
He will support the Democrats.
"I'm not only going to vote Democratic, I'm going to financially support the Democrats," Ronca said after a luncheon forum of the American Association for Justice, featuring Gov. Bill Richardson, Sen. Barack Obama, former Sen. John Edwards, Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Joe Biden. "The Republicans in Washington are an embarrassment."
Ronca said he was impressed with the Democrats' opposition to recent decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, the refusal of the White House to hand over documents related to the firing of federal prosecutors, and the war in Iraq.
All of the Democrats used most of their 20 minutes allotted to excoriate the Bush administration, with Clinton noting:
"President Bush has campaigned as a compassionate conservative. He is neither. His is the most radical presidency we have ever had."
Wants 'diverse' top court Richardson, governor of New Mexico, said he would give the John Roberts' led Supreme Court a grade of "D-minus," noting the court's decisions seemed to reverse previous precedents such as 1954's Brown vs. Board of Education -- which attempted to desegregate schools.
Richardson said he would like to see a Supreme Court that "looked like this country, that would be diverse." (The Supreme Court is comprised of white men, except for Justice Ruth Ginsburg and Justice Clarence Thomas, an African American.)
'Right to choose in jeopardy' The five Democrats also talked about the necessity for a rapid conclusion to the Iraq war, although Clinton said the withdrawal "has to be done in a careful, thoughtful, deliberative manner."
They agreed on the need for universal health care, with Obama outlining his idea for small businesses and individuals to be able to buy in to pools to get group rates.
Edwards -- who as a former trial lawyer received the warmest applause -- talked, too, about the narrow 5-4 decisions of the Supreme Court, noting that the court's decision to uphold the Partial Birth Abortion Act "puts a woman's right to choose in jeopardy."
Edwards talked about his theme of poverty in America and the 45 million people who do not have health coverage, and he said the minimum wage should be raised even more, up to $9.50 an hour and be indexed to inflation. He also supported the idea of early childhood education and equality in schools. "If you live in a rich suburb, the odds are your kids are going to go to a good public school," he said. But the reverse holds true "if you are poor" and live in the inner city.
Biden expressed the need for automobiles to have better gas mileage and said if he became president, he would mandate that all vehicles used by the administration get 40 mpg.
He vowed he would "pillory" the insurance and pharmaceutical industries if they tried to lobby again against universal health care.
Uncertain about Obama Clinton said her first priority, after ending the war, would be to balance the budget, noting the weakness of America's finances has undermined its global influence.
Ronca said he was impressed by Obama's "presence" but not certain "about the substance underneath," but his friend, Ted Oshman of New York, said he "was surprised all the candidates "were so strong.
"I couldn't eliminate one of them."
Your link has a problem.
Am I more tired than I thought, or is this thread title
ambiguous. The main title says one thing and the parenthesis says another.
Or am I crazy?
Umm...you’re crazy?
Go to opensecrets.org and do a search on James Ronca
http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/index.asp
This idiot couldn’t have been too “staunch” of a Republican if he is going to vote for and finance the ‘RATS in 2008. He’s nothing but a lying, bottom-feeding trial lawyer who has always been a “staunch” ‘RAT. I’m a “staunch” Republican and there aren’t enough jury awards in the world to get me to ever vote for a Commie ‘RAT.
LLS
He might be a republican.
He is farther to the right than a substantial number of congressmen.
LLS
>>Actually the last two Rasmussen and Gallup polls had Republicans increasing and fewer claiming dim alignment. Brit had a segment on it a couple of weeks ago.
LLS<<
I have not been looking week by week or month by month but rather comparing 6 years ago with now. On that basis Republicans have decreased with most losses to independents the public doesn’t love the Democrats either.
I did a search of the author, Jennifer Hunter, of the article and found this:
http://newsbusters.org/node/13585
Chicago Sun-Times Touts ‘Republicans’ for Obama
Posted by Michael M. Bates on June 19, 2007 - 18:44.
In today’s Chicago Sun-Times, columnist Jennifer Hunter writes of:
“an interesting phenomenon that has arisen over the last few months: a trend of moderate Republicans who want to vote for Barack Obama. It may seem counterintuitive, conservatives supporting a candidate who wants to tax the wealthy and embrace the conventions in the Kyoto Accord, but there is something in Obama’s message about ridding politics of partisanship that is appealing to these Republicans.”
In the first sentence, moderate Republicans are backing Obama. By the next, they’ve become conservatives. You’d think Ms Hunter, who is married to the newspaper’s publisher, would know - as most people do - that moderate Republican isn’t synonymous with conservative.
Miss Hunter identifies three supposed Republicans now backing Barack Obama. The operative word here is supposed. One of the three voted for John Kerry in the last presidential election. Yet another says she didn’t vote for President Bush in 2004. There’s no indication as to how the other “Republican” voted in 2004.
Yes, it’s apparent those conservative Republicans are eagerly jumping on the Obama bandwagon. Just ask the mainstream media. They’re really on top of those interesting phenomena.
She's the wife of the publisher. She got her columnist job through nepotism. And she's a flaming lib.
O.K., after re-reading a couple of times, I got it.
Guess I’m more tired than I thought. Bedtime.
To the Sun-Times and trial lawyers, this *IS* a sign of being a staunch conservative Republican.
In related news:
The GOP Big Tent is right-sizing itself. WooHoo!
All Democrats, except for one Pennsylvania state senator, and Al D’Amato and Arlen Specter, who are nearly as stauchly Republican as Mr. Ronca.
I can’t decide who is the bigger liar — the lawyer or the reporter.
Thanks for the ping!
Look at it this way... dims come in for leadership at 14% or less... Republicans came in a 34%. People dislike both... they hate dims much more.
LLS
Who is this ash hole and who cares what he does?
Not according to his FEC donor records, if I've got the right guy....
Ronca appears to be a dim bulb.
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