Bob Corker was once a Democrat, and not a conservative Democrat who switched parties out of principal, but an opportunist who changed positions.
He helped shape then-Gov. Don Sundquist's disastrous fiscal policies (including instituting a state income tax) and tried to thwart pro-life legislation. He only recently embraced pro-life views, out of political expediency.
Ed Bryant is the best candidate in the running, both ideologically and geographically.
So - because he swapped registration to vote in two primaries, he is now a former Democrat? I can find no record that he ever held office or voted in a general election while registered as a Democrat. Perhaps I am missing something, but I looked pretty hard.
What this really sounds like is that the people throwing around the RINO tag are one issue voters focused solely on right to life matters. So, if someone is not 100% in line with the right-to-life coalition then they, of course, must be horrible people and not worthy of our support. As far as I can tell his only deviation from the RTL party line is that he would support exceptions for incest and rape.
I think healthy debate is a good thing, I think cross examination of records and positions is a good thing. But this insanity that has come about where good intentioned people are now insisting that everyone toe a specific line on every issue has the potential to be the downfall of the GOP.
If they all think the same, how can we expect debate? How can we expect reasonableness to prevail? If all we do is send clone after clone to the House and the Senate we will get bad ideas turning into legislation, and they will pass, and we will have ourselves to blame.
The main reason the RNC and likely our president and a few others want Corker in the senate is the same reason Taxquist wanted him in his Cabinet. The want him as a yes man to push in Universal Health Care or National Health Care into the hands of corporate management {HMO's}. In 1994 the GOP was cursing Hillary Care. Today they embrace it offering their version to benefit their backers {HMO's} The GOP and DEMs are now only arguing over which corporation wins the management contracts.
Yea even senator doctor bought into it by taking Blueprints from Hillary Care and calling it Medicare reform.
Clintonfatigued wrote:
> Ed Bryant is the best candidate in the running, both ideologically and geographically. <
Damn right! And he's an Ole Miss graduate, which makes him even better. Hotty toddy!