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Lincoln Chafee Says He's Exploring 2016 Run as a Democrat
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| April 9, 2015
| Carrie Dann
Posted on 04/09/2015 8:00:44 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Lincoln Chafee, a former governor and senator from Rhode Island, says he's exploring a run for the 2016 Democratic nomination.
On a new web site, Chafee, who served as an independent as governor and a Republican in the United States Senate, says he's concerned about "international instability, especially in the Middle East and north Africa."
"Throughout my career, I exercised good judgment on a wide range of high-pressure decisions, decisions that require level-headedness and careful foresight," he added. "Often these decisions came in the face of political adversity. During the next weeks and months I look forward to sharing with you my thoughts about the future of our great country."
"Campaigns are the time for debates about the vision of our future and for voters to assess the character and experience of those offering ideas," he says in a web video.
Chafee became a Democrat in 2013, when he faced a difficult path to re-election as governor amid low approval ratings. He later announced that he was dropping out of the gubernatorial race.
TOPICS: Extended News; Government; Israel; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Rhode Island; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2016; 2016demandprimary; chafee; chafee2016; democratprimary; iran; israel; lincolnchafee; rhodeisland; waronterror
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
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posted on
04/09/2015 8:01:07 AM PDT
by
fwdude
(The last time the GOP ran an "extremist," Reagan won 44 states.)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
He was a Rat before, he just lied about it.
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posted on
04/09/2015 8:02:07 AM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(True followers of Christ emulate Christ. True followers of Mohammed emulate Mohammed.)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Well, I remember him voting like a Democrat in the Senate, so I guess something like this is fairly anti-climatic.
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posted on
04/09/2015 8:02:46 AM PDT
by
OttawaFreeper
("Keeping your stick down used to be a commandment, but not anymore" Harry Sinden, 1988)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
His father practically gave him that Senate seat, and he ended up not being able to win re-election to the governor's seat that the voters accidentally gave him.
This guy should be waiting tables in a Newport seafood restaurant.
To: Cincinatus' Wife
“Lincoln Chafee, a former governor and senator from Rhode Island, says he’s exploring a run for the 2016 Democratic nomination.”
This article leaves out a key piece of information. Nomination for what?
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Further proof that freedom of speech makes it easier to identify the idiots.
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posted on
04/09/2015 8:05:34 AM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
("He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative." G.K .C)
To: Blood of Tyrants
He was a Rat before, he just lied about it.And, of course, John Cornyn, then chairman of the NRSC and now no.2 man in the Senate, supported him in that lie.
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posted on
04/09/2015 8:05:56 AM PDT
by
Paine in the Neck
(Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
To: Repealthe17thAmendment
No he shouldn’t; waiting table requires responsibility.
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posted on
04/09/2015 8:07:27 AM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
("He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative." G.K .C)
To: Paine in the Neck
One thing positive accomplished in that campaign is that it convinced all but the hopelessly stupid that NRSC was little more than a RINO preservation fund.
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posted on
04/09/2015 8:08:23 AM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: Steven Scharf
Nomination for what?Gay wedding cake baker?
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Lincoln Chafee - dumb as a bag of rocks. Maybe dumber even than that Kennedy idiot next door.
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posted on
04/09/2015 8:21:06 AM PDT
by
Psalm 73
("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Funniest news article of the day!
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posted on
04/09/2015 8:22:06 AM PDT
by
Cincinatus
(Omnia relinquit servare Rempublicam)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
I’m announcing today too.....why not?...lets all run for president....
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posted on
04/09/2015 8:24:20 AM PDT
by
cherry
To: Cincinatus' Wife
They are all starting to smell blood in the water. Hillary’s. :-)
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posted on
04/09/2015 8:24:20 AM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
So is he flogging a new book, or trying to gin up donations for some liberal think tank he sponsors?
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posted on
04/09/2015 8:26:22 AM PDT
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Chafee was the beginning of the rift between GOP-e and Conservative voters.
We KNEW he would jump to the RATS but we were told to support him anyway.
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posted on
04/09/2015 8:27:29 AM PDT
by
Zathras
To: Cincinatus' Wife
That’s the party he has always belonged in.
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Lincoln Chafee is the male version of Marie Harf.
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posted on
04/09/2015 8:30:26 AM PDT
by
Sgt_Schultze
(If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
He should stick to his other job - shoeing horses..
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posted on
04/09/2015 8:33:15 AM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(Let us now try liberty)
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