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Former Vermont Senator, Jeffords Dies at 80
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| August 20, 2014
Posted on 08/20/2014 3:45:40 AM PDT by Din Maker
The former U.S. senator from Vermont who in 2001 tipped control of the Senate when he quit the Republican Party to become an independent has died. James Jeffords was 80.
Jeffords had announced in 2005 that he would not seek a fourth term, citing his and his wife's health problems. His wife, Liz, died in 2007.
Jeffords served more than 30 years in Washington. He won election to the House in 1974 as a Republican.
He was the only Republican in the House to vote against President Ronald Reagan's tax cuts in 1981. A decade late, upset with President George W. Bush's opposition to the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, Jeffords decided that was the last straw. In May of 2001, he declared he would leave the Republicans and caucus with the Democrats.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: jeffords; jimjeffords; obituary; searchjeffords
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"Jumping Jim" Jeffords is dead. Well...... no comment.
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posted on
08/20/2014 3:45:40 AM PDT
by
Din Maker
To: Din Maker
He was the only Republican in the House to vote against President Ronald Reagan's tax cuts in 1981.Ol Jumping Jim was really running under false colors at the time.
Jeffords served more than 30 years in Washington.
Part of the problem with our government right there.
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posted on
08/20/2014 3:52:35 AM PDT
by
from occupied ga
(Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
To: Din Maker
He jumped in 2001 because he believed too much what the ComPost and NY Slimes said. A year later he was in the minority. Sadly, no one is remembering who he was, although at the time the liberal rags he believed said he would go down as one of the most remembered; in other words they lied.
To: Din Maker
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
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posted on
08/20/2014 3:56:12 AM PDT
by
sauropod
(Fat Bottomed Girl: "What difference, at this point, does it make?")
To: Din Maker
Read the comments on the story
here if you're having trouble throwing up.
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posted on
08/20/2014 4:02:04 AM PDT
by
from occupied ga
(Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
To: Din Maker
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posted on
08/20/2014 4:07:00 AM PDT
by
fortheDeclaration
(Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
To: KC_Conspirator
That was sweet, when the next mid-term made him irrelevant.
What a POS; good riddance.
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posted on
08/20/2014 4:11:19 AM PDT
by
kearnyirish2
(Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
To: Din Maker
Prayers to his family and friends.
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posted on
08/20/2014 4:17:50 AM PDT
by
napscoordinator
(I guarantee every FRiend Misses the lost opportunity of a President Santorum!)
To: Din Maker
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posted on
08/20/2014 4:21:35 AM PDT
by
ScottinVA
(If it doesn't include border security, it isn't "reform." It's called "amnesty.")
To: napscoordinator
“friends?”
He had some?lol
sorry to pile on- he did leave the repugs for the
Demon party-they promised him the WORLD-and ALL the people-
Got nothing in the end
As far as I know- both parties ran away from this loser
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posted on
08/20/2014 4:25:54 AM PDT
by
mj1234
To: KC_Conspirator
IIRC, he also inquired about returning to the GOP after the 2002 elections. Trent Lott said, “thanks, but no thanks.”
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posted on
08/20/2014 4:26:36 AM PDT
by
ScottinVA
(If it doesn't include border security, it isn't "reform." It's called "amnesty.")
To: Din Maker
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posted on
08/20/2014 4:30:09 AM PDT
by
cynwoody
To: Din Maker
Looks like he’s made his final jump to ‘the other side’...
I won’t speak ill of the dead, but I sure had no use for this guy when he was alive.
Condolences to the family.
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posted on
08/20/2014 4:31:36 AM PDT
by
DJ Frisat
(Proudly providing the NSA with provocative textual content since 1995!)
To: Din Maker
And he aint gonna jump no more.
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posted on
08/20/2014 4:36:30 AM PDT
by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
To: Din Maker
I wonder how his brief “caucus” with Saint Peter went.
To: Din Maker
Jeffords served more than 30 years in Washington.How is this a good thing?
Term limits. I'm thinking no more than 12 years in the House and/or Senate. If you can't make a statement in 12 years, you should not have been elected.
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posted on
08/20/2014 4:48:57 AM PDT
by
upchuck
(It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care.)
To: Din Maker
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posted on
08/20/2014 4:57:50 AM PDT
by
ontap
To: Din Maker
Jumpin’ Jim Jeffords, the Vermont Dairy Queen. Took the Senate from Republican to Democrat control without bothering the American people with a vote on the matter. Good riddance and RIP.
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posted on
08/20/2014 5:35:51 AM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
To: ScottinVA
Jumping Jim will not be missed.
Does this leave just one left of the infamous “Singing Senators”?
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posted on
08/20/2014 5:39:45 AM PDT
by
elcid1970
("In the modern world, Muslims are living fossils.")
To: Din Maker
The former U.S. senator from Vermont who in 2001 tipped control of the Senate when he quit the Republican Party to become an independent has died. James Jeffords was 80.Let me guess.
He jumped to his death.
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posted on
08/20/2014 5:46:46 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(First we beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them.)
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