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The evidence you present is spotty at best. And even if so, that doesn't make him a RINO.

He was the best man for the job in terms of experience, and in terms of how easily he won the seat. Since then, he's had a solid voting record. I'm not going to get into some kind of personality debate as to if he's an effective manager or tactition or whatever, but I think it's a bit naive to think that a former 2 term Governor wasn't a better bet when you are trying to win back control of the senate then a Congressman who hadn't won a statewide office.

And if anybody has a legitimate reason to be upset with him in the Senate since his election, I haven't heard it.

The evidence you present is spotty at best. And even if so, that doesn't make him a RINO.

Ok here you go then try these reasons. Like I said I live here and these were news articles I remember when they happened. Lamar Alexander's Skeleton Closet What got him elected was voters with very short memories and being a former Bush SR Cabinet Member. You don't live in the city that got stuck with the Whittle Communications building, The US Pavilion, the Sunsphere, a debt that our grandkids will pay on because of it, etc. Alexander had some very questionable deals. His association with the Butcher Brothers among them.

So what do I know about politics? Well let's put it this way. If those banks had not failed Bill Clinton likely would not have ever been POTUS but neither would had Lamar. So guess who was being readied for a political career? Hint Alexander defeated him once and got his campaign financial support for the second term as governor. Local, state, & regional politics, had a few key persons pulling the puppet strings in both parties.

What you don't know is during the early 1980's both parties shafted this area with questionable deals.

Here's you another one. Bryant Says Tennesseans Taxed Enough Funny thing about this is we now have a Liberal Dem governor and he has not tried to put through a state income tax. Poor management on the part of former governor Sundquist-R was the reason the state income tax issues came up Taxquist was with this like many other liberal issues obsessed with trying to push it through. So hey Lamar was the state income tax actually needed or where you just returning favors to friends by supporting it? Lamar is not now nor ever has been a Conservative.

Like I said before Bryant should have had Alexanders Senate Seat and George W Bush was one of the biggest reasons he didn't get it.

The evidence you present is spotty at best. And even if so, that doesn't make him a RINO.

That's standard operating procedure for cva66snipe. He won't address what you are saying, but try to make it look like he is by changing the context of the discussion. You keep discussing his voting record, and he is not, but still acts like he is debunking what you say. You weren't fooled, I see, and if you keep on not being fooled by it, you'll get profane, tantrum-like private messages from him in your Freep mail as I did.

He was nasty like this to a lot of people, which is why he got banned for a time. Just be prepared if you plan to engage him. I can see from his discussion with you he hasn't changed a bit with the tactics of phony discussion.