You’re thinking of the Post’s she-Dana, Priest. Milbank’s their metrosexual Dana.
Posted on 07/25/2006 7:40:53 AM PDT by MurryMom
The candidate, immersed in one of the most competitive Senate races in the country, said down for lunch with reporters yesterday and had this to say on the Iraq war: "It didn't work. . . . We didn't prepare for the peace."
On the response to Hurricane Katrina: "A monumental failure of government."
On the national mood: "There's a palpable frustration right now in the country."
It's all fairly standard Democratic boilerplate -- except the candidate is a Republican .
"For me to pretend I'm not a Republican would be a lie," he reasoned. But to run as a proud Republican? "That's going to be tough, it's going to be tough to do," he said. "If this race is about Republicans and Democrats, I lose."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
This coward has to be the limosuine liberal Lincoln Chafee.
Unless of course Milbank was making stuff up.
You’re thinking of the Post’s she-Dana, Priest. Milbank’s their metrosexual Dana.
http://tks.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NmE5NjFhOTAzOTUzOWZlMmQ2ZmM2M2NlNWUyNTc0MTY=
Sorry, I was a minute too late.
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Hmmm. That line from an unnamed GOP Senate candidate sounds familiar 07/25 09:54 AM I'm not saying that I know the unnamed Republican Senate candidate that is referred to in Dana Milbank's column, and is being discussed in the Corner.
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But a smart guy told me to look hard at a certain quote from the candidate, and I noticed something.
From today's Milbank column:
The candidate looked the part of the contender, wearing a monogrammed shirt, his French cuffs sprouting cuff links coordinated with his necktie. He ate carefully, removing the gelatinous yolk from the four-minute egg in his salad. But he spoke with little caution as he ladled a heaping portion of criticism on his own party.
"In 2001, we were attacked and the president is on the ground, on a mound with his arm around the fireman, symbol of America," he said, between bites of hanger steak and risotto. "In Katrina, the president is at 30,000 feet in an airplane looking down at people dying, living on a bridge. And that disconnect, I think, sums up, for me at least, the frustration that Americans feel."
From a Robert Novak column, back on May 29:
But at Prince George's Community College with Principal Myrick at his side, [Republican Lt. Gov. Michael S.] Steele whacked President Bush's educational policies (especially defunding support for low-income college students). In his brief remarks, he could not find anything favorable to say about the president.
He was even tougher on Bush in talking to me: "In the eyes of blacks, [Hurricane] Katrina was a 9/11 event. You didn't fly over 9/11. You got on the ground in the rubble. You should have been on the ground for Katrina." Republican regulars don't mind this sort of talk. They know Steele, their former Republican state chairman, from fish fries all over the Free State. He can say whatever he wants to score a historic victory of national proportions.
I'm just sayin'.
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Since when Chaffee switched to Republican party!!!
It's "sat down" and it's correct in the original article; something got changed when it was posted over here.
Great minds .... (read The Corner!)
Steele of Maryland?
Interesting- I thought that it could be Steele, given that MD senate race is very close right now, depending on whether Cardin or Mfume is nominated on the Dem side. Maryland is a very blue state and Bush is unpopular here. Still, he should be able to say what he feels on the records, instead of anonymously to a reporter. I would lose a lot of respect for him if it turns out to be him.
I hope it is Linc Chaffee. It could not be Senator Santorum, Senator DeWinn, Senator (Montana), and I know that Rep Harris would never so I believe that everyone is right about Linc Chaffee. My question to him is why he did not give his name? I would think in a liberal state it would not matter as much. Is he just a skunk or something? I believe in standing up to what you believe whether I agree with it or not. For example, I can't stand Barney Frank up in Mass I don't agree with a single issue that he does but at least when th e dribble comes out of his mouth he means it. I now put Senator Chaffee below my respect for Frank (which is negative to zero). Can you imagine Chaffee's respect level...below pond scum.
Sad, another weak man whining to the enemy (reporters).
Where are all the REAL men in this country??
Perhaps by not providing the name, he's sending the message that there could be any number of candidates who are like this, and the guesses on this board would tend to confirm that.
It's not Chafee. The article indicates the candidate is conservative on the issues like stem cells and marriage.
What a nasty piece of work that guy is.
That's an acute case of BDS for you right there.
"The candidate gave the luncheon briefing to nine reporters from newspapers, magazines and networks under the condition that he be identified only as a GOP Senate candidate. When he was pressed to go on the record, his campaign toyed with the idea but got cold feet. He was anxious enough to air his gripes but cautious enough to avoid a public brawl with the White House."
It will be interesting to see WHICH of the nine
reporters divulges his identity first! If there's
one thing you can bank on, it's reporters telling
ALL they know, never mind the veiled clues!
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