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Dole Is Palatable To Many On Right
The Raliegh News-Observer ^ | 11/20/01 | Rob Christensen

Posted on 11/20/2001 6:45:36 AM PST by Gothmog

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NC GOP should get ready to be disappointed. If she shifts her views while running, what is going to stop her from shifting her views right back once she is in office.
1 posted on 11/20/2001 6:45:36 AM PST by Gothmog
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To: Gothmog
She certainly isn't palatable to me.
2 posted on 11/20/2001 6:55:06 AM PST by Ratatoskr
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To: Ratatoskr
Agreed. She's a commie.
3 posted on 11/20/2001 6:58:55 AM PST by Garrisson Lee
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To: Gothmog
"She is a person whose Christian beliefs and principles are unquestioned."

I question them. So I guess the statement's in error.

Dan

4 posted on 11/20/2001 7:00:06 AM PST by BibChr
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To: Garrisson Lee
You're absolutely right. Her Democrat opponent would be the better choice. Let's do all we can to keep the Dems in control of key committees in the Senate.
5 posted on 11/20/2001 7:10:19 AM PST by Russ
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To: Gothmog
...only GOP presidential candidate to voice support for three-day background checks for guns bought at gun shows. She opposed laws allowing the carrying of concealed weapons, supported bans on assault rifles and on armor-piercing bullets, and supported laws requiring trigger locks on guns.

How do you overcome that? I guess she's saying the right things now, but if she's elected, anyone want to bet she votes to renew the assault-weapons ban when it comes up in 2004?

6 posted on 11/20/2001 7:12:27 AM PST by freedomcrusader
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To: *bang_list
bang list bump!
7 posted on 11/20/2001 7:25:35 AM PST by freedomcrusader
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To: Gothmog
I don't trust Elizabeth Dole. I think she is rabidly anti-gun, and she's currently trying to pull an Al Gore. By that I mean she's trying to fool everyone, and once she is elected we'll see her true colors! Liddy Dole is an anti-rights, moderate Republican.
9 posted on 11/20/2001 7:42:55 AM PST by Destructor
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To: Zadokite
What's the difference? Well, to begin with, by electing Republicans (yes, even RINOs) it allows the committees to be majority Republican and chaired by Republicans. It gives the conservative Republicans in the Senate greater power to advance our agenda.

If the Republicans regain control in 2004, and by more than one or two seats, it will make it much easier for Bush to get his judicial appointments through, for one thing. Not to mention if he needs to appoint someone to the Supreme Court.

I'm no more satisfied with the prospect of Dole in the Senate than you are but since it's a numbers game and not an ideological game that determines where the power resides then our first order of business is to get as many Republicans elected as possible.

10 posted on 11/20/2001 7:59:16 AM PST by Russ
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Well, to begin with, by electing Republicans (yes, even RINOs) it allows the committees to be majority Republican and chaired by Republicans.

You say this as if it were something conservatives should welcome. Strange.

11 posted on 11/20/2001 8:04:12 AM PST by Romulus
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To: Gothmog
Dole is not palatable to me, she is a dyed in the wool Rhino.
13 posted on 11/20/2001 8:12:27 AM PST by Texbob
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To: Gothmog
I wonder if anyone knows if the guys who are also running have websites up. I'd be willing to cough up a couple of bucks to make libby go away.
14 posted on 11/20/2001 8:38:48 AM PST by Sci Fi Guy
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To: Sci Fi Guy
Beats me. NC Freepers may know.
15 posted on 11/20/2001 8:42:35 AM PST by Gothmog
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"Dole has shifted her whole tone with regard to gun control, and changed positions on such issues as laws allowing the carrying of concealed weapons and the ban on assault weapons." (Raleigh News & Observer)

Which Liddy Dole is the real Liddy Dole? The new pro-gun Liddy Dole - or the one who's a candidate only because she's the trophy wife of the retired RINO senator who brought us the "assault-weapons" ban?

If elected, will this carpetbagger flip-flop again on guns - and on all social issues - the moment she takes office?

At least we all know what Jim Parker stands for; he's one of us - and always has been - on gun issues.

Is Liddy Dole's recent voter registration in this state illegal?

16 posted on 11/20/2001 8:45:22 AM PST by glc1173@aol.com
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To: Destructor
My brief against Liddy is that she was a professional bureaucrat- an unelected ( hence unaccountable ) meddler.
( recall that 3rd taillight on your car? Liddy's idea...)
I hear she is a charming person in person... but let's try a web search--

Presidential Candidate Elizabeth "Liddy" Dole -- The Dark ...
... Liddy Dole's $875,000 in Payoffs for "Speeches". Elizabeth ... -----Back
to the top. Elizabeth "Liddy" Dole: "Ambitious ...

Liddy Dole Articles
... Liddy Dole Index. ... Don t bother looking: There s no dirt on Liddy Dole - 07.22.99.
New Elizabeth Dole Elementary School racing clock to opening day - 07.19.99. ...

BLOOD TRAIL: BLOOD MONEY -- Liddy Dole's Red Cross runs ...
... BLOOD MONEY -- Liddy Dole's Red Cross runs amok Katherine Eban Finkelstein
The New Republic; Pg. 17 AUGUST 12, 1996. ...

Liddy Dole Swings to the Left while Feinting to the Right. ...
... Liddy Dole Swings to the Left while Feinting to the Right. Politics/Elections Opinion
Keywords: DOLE, LIDDY, EDUCATION, STWOA Source: Self Published: 01/15/99 ...

Choosing a President -- Dole
... many normal working folks have to drive old clunkers. Liddy Dole fits right in with
that culture. She started in government as Deputy Assistant to President ...

Fiedor Report on the News A Weekly View from the Foothills ...
... get to be the business of government, anyway? Easy. It started with Secretary of
Transportation Liddy Dole. She was little more than a good socialist worker-bee ...

17 posted on 11/20/2001 8:54:31 AM PST by backhoe
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To: Gothmog
"Jesse Helms' shoes are going to be hard to fill, but I believe Mrs. Dole's small feet will fit in his shoes very well," said Vance, a 70-year-old Republican from Jacksonville.

Let the coronation begin!

Dole is weak gruel compared to Jesse. She will not fill his shoes in any appreciable way but in this media-driven society where media-Liberalism is King, the Dole Bandwagon is what the establishment Republicans are jumping onto, given the threat of another loss. Jesse Helms' shoes are going to be hard to fill (Robin Hayes would be the best Republican to do it). Indeed, the best hope to hold the seat will be the tiny feet of Ms Dole, and even that is problematic. The Republican establishment will assure Hayes won't even get the chance.

John Edwards has proven Liberal Trial Lawyers are admired, even in the South, if they are slick enough, have a smooth southern accent, and mouth the "right" words! North Carolina is changing and has an increasing number of Eastern-Style liberals to vote along with the yellow-dog Democrats.

That extra congressional seat NC picked up in the 2000 census? Expect it to be filled by a Democrat for sure, and that is all that will be lost if we are lucky. The battle in the Legislature for only that loss is far from over! In addition, Robin Hayes' seat is a targeted Republican seat the Democrats are busy gerrymandering into their column. They have an excellent chance of succeeding. They also came very close to also getting rid of Charles Taylor by outrageous gerrymandering until the citizens in his district rose in loud protest and nearly threatened a lynching at the state capital. But they still might get Taylor's Republican seat if the Democrat Senate has it's way - and it may. The 2002 redistricting has been a disaster for Republicans and the bleeding is far from over. We could lose up to three seats for sure, instead of just one.

North Carolina is again going to be a firmly Democrat state and soon. Dole won't/can't stop the process. She is too weak along with the rest of the Republicans. The Democrats are on a roll here. Too many Eastern Liberals have moved here in the past ten years. That is the story all over the country (in the West, it's California Liberals).

The cancer has metastaicized in America.

18 posted on 11/20/2001 8:55:32 AM PST by Gritty
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To: Gothmog
Isn't she responsible for the forcing the states to raise the drinking age to 21 by threatening the withholding of Fed Highway Funds?

That kind of strongarm federal bullying of the states doesn't sound too Republican to me.

NC oughta tell Liddy to take a hike.

19 posted on 11/20/2001 9:01:10 AM PST by LN2Campy
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"The Democrats are on a roll here. Too many Eastern Liberals have moved here in the past ten years."

Bull - Bush's 13-point win last year in a 25%-black state means Bush (mathematically) must have won virtually every European-American vote, female as well as male, married or unmarried, rich or poor, young or old, urban as well as rural (Bush won both Mecklenburg and Guilford Counties - the Charlotte and Greensboro areas), highly-educated or high-school-dropout, straight or gay or lesbian, registered Democrat or registered Republican.

The GOP wins here - overwhelmingly - but only when it gives voters a clear choice, not an echo.

Is Liddy Dole's recent voter registration in North Carolina even legal?

20 posted on 11/20/2001 9:06:35 AM PST by glc1173@aol.com
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