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Scott Brown ‘Yea’ on New START
National Review Online - The Corner ^ | 12/19/2010 | Andrew Stiles

Posted on 12/20/2010 2:53:39 PM PST by Fury

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To: Java4Jay

A book called, “Trickle Up Poverty” pages 269 to 274. I just read it a week ago. Pick it up. It’s a great read.


181 posted on 12/21/2010 7:54:24 AM PST by Sprite518
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To: Fury

So with this vote he alienates conservatives AND liberals were never on his side to begin with.

This is what RINOs don’t understand, they will never be accepted by liberals. They demand only someone who is as kooky as they are.


182 posted on 12/21/2010 7:54:29 AM PST by Weird Tolkienish Figure
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To: hattend

My feelings exactly. Russia would not agree to it unless they had an opt out option. Of course we do not have one.


183 posted on 12/21/2010 7:55:26 AM PST by Sprite518
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To: Sidebar Moderator

As there is a new story about Republican votes for START, perhaps this could be moved out of Breaking News.


184 posted on 12/21/2010 7:55:46 AM PST by Fury
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To: mnehring

One of the commenters on National Review put it well. “The GOP is the party of Olympia Snowe”. I say, 3rd Party your table is ready.


185 posted on 12/21/2010 8:45:57 AM PST by Windy City Conservative (Kyle Smith)
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To: screaminsunshine

RINOs are the Ex-Lax for Liberal Legislation.


186 posted on 12/21/2010 8:47:04 AM PST by Windy City Conservative (Kyle Smith)
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To: jwalsh07
He’ll still lose in 2012.

Exactly.
Brown's only hope was to solidify a conservative base and he has gone in the opposite direction. It's almost as if he just doesn't care. Oh well... I don't either.

187 posted on 12/21/2010 8:52:54 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: bwc2221

actually he is not. i would rather have coakley at this point. brown has become the worst of the worst - a RINO. I respect libs more than RINOs because at least they don’t pretend to be something they are not.


188 posted on 12/21/2010 8:59:58 AM PST by mechanismofaction
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To: bwc2221

actually he is not. i would rather have coakley at this point. brown has become the worst of the worst - a RINO. I respect libs more than RINOs because at least they don’t pretend to be something they are not.


189 posted on 12/21/2010 9:00:06 AM PST by mechanismofaction
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To: Fury

It’s time to STOP START!


190 posted on 12/21/2010 9:02:48 AM PST by 2harddrive
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To: LiteKeeper

The GOP calls regularly for money and yesterday I told them again, loudly, “When you get the RINO’S out of the party, call me and I will see about support”. To date, I see nothing but talk. So far the lame duck congress has been highly successful....gutting the military is the last dog. The Stark Treaty will put the US in third world area....exactly where Obama and his boys intended us to be.


191 posted on 12/21/2010 9:18:04 AM PST by cousair
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To: Fury
Scott Brown won't win reelection in ‘12, and there's nothing that he can do about it. Besides, Massachusetts and true conservatism haven't existed together for a very long time. D's and RINOS are it in Massachusetts, and any true conservative candidates running for anything in Massachusetts usually end up losing almost all of the time. It continues to be a waste of time to run as a true conservative in Massachusetts. Sigh.
192 posted on 12/21/2010 11:57:21 AM PST by johnthebaptistmoore (If leftist legislation that's already in place really can't be ended by non-leftists, then what?)
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To: johnthebaptistmoore

He’s Teddy Lite.

Except that he will be a one-term senator.


193 posted on 12/21/2010 12:06:34 PM PST by Palladin (Stand and fight.)
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To: Diogenesis

That cartoon is right on point. There are a good number of honest conservatives who buy the argument that it’s worth it to elect RINO senators in blue states to swell GOP numbers in the Senate, because only RINOs can win in New England and somer other places. They are mistaken, even if well-intentioned. When a Republican majority depends on RINOs, the only legislation that can pass will be full of liberal RINO fail, and all Republicans, solid conservatives included, will pay the price for it.


194 posted on 12/21/2010 12:22:49 PM PST by eater-of-toast ("It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones." -- Calvin Coolidge)
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To: PzLdr
Donating to his campaign has to be close to the worst $100.00 I ever spent.

The prospect of the GOP taking Ted Kennedy's seat would be exciting in any season, and in January it was a real morale-booster for conservatives at a time of Rat dominance. What Brown's RINO fail teaches us is that we need to vet our candidates more carefully to make sure that they're solid conservatives, and not give in to the emotion of the moment and the temptation to take a win, any kind of win, in a blue state.

195 posted on 12/21/2010 12:41:43 PM PST by eater-of-toast ("It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones." -- Calvin Coolidge)
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To: rlmorel

So, am I to understand that you saw his very liberal voting record and support of Romneycare and *still* voted for him, even funded him? I considered making calls until I saw his voting record, it screamed RINO. I commented on it then, and felt like I was in the minority, now I see I am still in the minority. That’s fine with me. I am disappointed that I made an assumption about you, I was hoping I would hear a lot about people who stand up and say, I made a mistake I intend to fix fix. Not a personal attack.


196 posted on 12/21/2010 1:36:25 PM PST by momincombatboots (In a few months I will be Ore..Gone! Look out Crater Lake, here we come!)
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To: caww

I must say CAWW, is that *truly* the best we can expect from Mass? I should hope the people are above such broad generalizations. That to me is like saying, well he is hopelessly addicted, might as well accept it and stop trying to get through to effect a change. How can we do that? Same as everything else, personal relationships. We have an over- abundance of Mass folks migrating to NC, they are truly above us, just ask LOL. However, after a couple of years they begin to see they can rely on others time after time and not the government or anything else.


197 posted on 12/21/2010 1:42:23 PM PST by momincombatboots (In a few months I will be Ore..Gone! Look out Crater Lake, here we come!)
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To: PGR88

Brown will suffer the same fate as former GOP congressmen Joseph Cao in Louisiana (supported Obamacare) and Charles Djou in Hawaii (supported repeal of DADT). He was elected because he was perceived as a change from the previous incumbent, not because they wanted a GOP version of Ted Kennedy. His only hope would have been to vote conservatively on bread and butter issues important to the blue collar constituents. Instead, he wants to be invited to cocktail parties at Harvard.


198 posted on 12/21/2010 2:06:23 PM PST by littleharbour
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To: momincombatboots

Where are you from, if you don’t mind my asking?


199 posted on 12/21/2010 2:53:01 PM PST by rlmorel ("If this doesn't light your fire, Men, the pilot light's out!"...Coach Ed Bolin)
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To: Palladin

He will be less than one term: Just two years.


200 posted on 12/21/2010 3:31:32 PM PST by johnthebaptistmoore (If leftist legislation that's already in place really can't be ended by non-leftists, then what?)
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