Posted on 09/17/2010 11:40:40 AM PDT by Nachum
4:50 p.m. - Few Republican lawmakers were as stung by Rep. Mike Castle's surprising loss to his conservative GOP opponent as Maine Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe.
In a hallway just off the Senate floor Thursday afternoon, she sounded off about her place as a moderate in the GOP, and voter anger she says she understands.
Visibly sad, Snowe called Castle "an outstanding public servant who was committed to the common good of his state and country."
The longer Snowe talked about the state of the GOP and the Tea Party movement, the more riled up she got.
"Understand, there are a lot of issues that, for example, in the Tea Party that they raise that are legitimate issues. Did we abandon our basic principles of fiscal responsibility? Absolutely. I was arguing those points during the Bush administration," Snowe said emphatically, "I made those very arguments."
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SOunds like someone trying to surf the wave instead of getting swamped by it when her time comes...
Snowe ignores her part in rubber stamping obamaspending.
I think this is Snowe doing a bit of CYA. She could lose in a primary too.
“SOunds like someone trying to surf the wave instead of getting swamped by it when her time comes...”
Her time is 2012. We can put up a good conservative to challenge her in 2012.
You're next.
Maine Republican Sen. Olympia -
I wish I could say that she has a Snowe ball’s chance in hell for the next election, but she is from Vermont.
With any luck, she could be next in the next elections.
Snowe is a lying, evil liberal who happens to run on the R line.
Yeah, because we're gunning for YOUR Rino ass the next chance we get.
Fixed it for you.
Thanks, Olympia. How much did your aisle-crossing cost the citizens of this country? A trillion dollars and their constitutional liberties? Thanks a lot.
Wonder if her worry has anything to do with this:
63% say trade out Snowe
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2588455/posts
LOL, yeah, Olympia...you were so damn conservative.
Look, if she REALLY DOES “get it”, then I applaud her.
She has a year or two to get her fiscal ass in order, right? So let’s see if she does get it.
Otherwise, she’ll face the same electoral fate as that moron Murkowski.
I do not believe in condemning someone who claims to “get it”. Olympia Snow says she does.
Let’s see.
They’re coming for you Olypmia. Enjoy your last 2 years in office.
Yeah..this BS coming from the very one who moved Obamacare out of committee in the Senate, blabbering this “..when history calls” gibberish.
She’s trying to do a CYA becauise SHE’s up for reelection on 2012. She needs to be retired like Murkowski, Bennett, Castle, et.al.
Oh man, something must be in the air today. I just put a link to that song up on another thread today.-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFHJ41ktt3Q
Hey lady - you’re next.
And now during the Obama Administration she is voting to approve those expenditures. That's the same thing the Democrats are doing.
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