Posted on 01/26/2002 9:02:04 AM PST by umbra
Senator Jesse Helms (Republican-NC) 'has steadfastly avoided taking sides' in past GOP primaries, but he 'is about to bend his rule some--if not outright break it.'
Helms is scheduled to address CPAC on 1/31, and he 'has invited Elizabeth Dole to introduce him.'
Helms apparently plans to 'lavish her with praise.'
Helm's spokesman Jimmy Broughton 'wouldn't say whether Helms plans to endorse Dole, suggesting: 'Stay Tuned.'
One of Dole's GOP rivals, atty Jim Snyder,: "All this pomp and circumstance is to expected for someone who's been in Washington for so long.'
No, she's going to be of a variety much worse. Giver her three weeks to two months top in Washington and she will have
1)be seen at a majority of Sen John 'Catch that Ambulance' Edwards press conferences giving 'bipartisan' support from everything including abortion and taking the guns out of the hands of the public
2)have her picture taken at least three times with Hitlery at one of her 'for the children' crusades and
3)call a RINO of the Specter/Snowe/Collins variety too conservative and not caring about the average American.
This woman is just using the Republican party as a way to get elected into office. Taking Jesse's seat is a cake walk and she won't even really have to campaign for it. It's being handed to her. She is a carpetbagger on a scale worse than Hillary IMO
Because her opponent will most likely be one of Satans henchmen (who will have all the demons Carville, McAuliffe, Lahane, Fabiani, Tamber et al at his disposal) and this seat is FAR TOO IMPORTANT to lose.
Jesse realizes this I just hope the rest of you start too realize it as well!
Everything you said about Dole is true but ALL and I repeat ALL the Rats will vote for Bowels if Republicans DON'T support the nominee (WHOEVER IT IS) the seat is as good as lost.
I don't know about the rest of you but I AM SICK AND TIRED OF ALL THE RATS REPRESENTING NC!
AND I WANT TO PUT A STOP TO IT IN NOV!
She is on record as saying she believes the drinking age should be 25!
I don't support Democrats who believe in the nanny-state, and I certainly won't support Republicans who do.
The bottom line, however, is that your way of thinking is doomed to fail. I happen to think it's just a convenient excuse to be a victim, to blame problems on other people's action instead of your own inaction. It's easy to not vote. It's the lazy man's way, the convenient way. It's more challenging, more rewarding in the end to work for what you want. And you may as well realize that nobody gets everything they want in a democracy, when people of various backgrounds and beliefs have a vote that counts just as much as yours. Not voting doesn't count as work, or even a form of protest, unless you organize and actively recruit other people to boycott.
Patrick Henry wasn't a passive victim. Patrick Henry did something for this country. You're not doing anything, so don't insult the memory of Patrick Henry by identifying your cause with his.
Liddy Dole Wins Support in Carolina
Elizabeth Dole has been quietly charming the voters in North Carolina and leads the pack to replace Jesse Helms next year in the U.S. Senate. And the Tarheel native is proving she's no Hillary Clinton carpetbagger.
At "events around the state, Mrs. Dole, 65, has been received like the celebrity she is, attracting outsized crowds in tiny towns," and she leads all polls, the New York Times reported.
One Republican opponent "has attacked Mrs. Dole on perceived shifts in her position on gun control, a critical issue to conservatives. While campaigning for president in 1999, Mrs. Dole opposed laws allowing people to carry concealed weapons and supported legislation to ban assault weapons," the Times said.
"Now facing a more conservative electorate, she wrote to the North Carolina Rifle and Pistol Association pledging to 'oppose restrictions on the ownership of firearms that penalize the law-abiding citizen.' In the interview, she described herself as 'a strong supporter of the Second Amendment,' and said the assault weapons ban appeared to have had little effect on crime and should not be extended or expanded until studied further.
"She also said she would have 'no trouble supporting' North Carolina's concealed weapons law, which requires passing a gun safety test before being allowed to carry a concealed weapon and restricts where guns can be carried," the newspaper reported.
Steve Odom, the Republican sheriff of Graham County, said he was satisfied with her stand on the issues. "I don't know that the Republican Party could ever find someone to replace Jesse Helms, but Elizabeth is conservative enough for me."
She has maintained close ties to the state in the decades she has lived in Washington, and recently took title to the house in Salisbury where her 100-year-old mother lives.
"Of course, they tried to pack her off as another Hillary," Chester W. Crisp, the Republican chairman in Graham County, told the Times. "But she's not. She's a native North Carolinian, so she's our own flesh and blood."
Elizabeth Dole did say some things about gun control. Assault weapons should be banned, she argued, noting, correctly, that "you don't need an AK-47 to defend your family." Gun-show vendors should require a three-day waiting period for buyers. And "it's wrong," she declared, "to let people carry concealed weapons."
BUT i still wouldnt vote for her
NOPE AP dont vote dem never has never will..... id vote third party before id vote dem and i have .....you can vote for her and when she flips back i dont wanna hear ya WHINE like most do
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