[oldbill]

Nobody called you or other posters "apostate".

The term was directed to "Republican" office holders who have turned their backs to the conservative base.

Tell me, who is the apostate: a sincere conservative poster who has a different way than others on how to advance the conservative cause, or a Lincoln Chaffee who did not even vote for his own President and brags about it?

But the tenor of many posters here is that Chaffee must get our unconditional support. I think not. He is an apostate.

[pollyannaish]

That was not the general interpretation at the time, but I am open to believing it was miscommunication. Whatever you like. It is a petty argument.

Please understand: Chaffee gets my "conditional" support because we need him to retain leadership. Period. He won whatever primary he had as determined by the voters in his state.

Another day, another situation, perhaps another vote. I don't know. To say he gets our unconditional support is to completely misunderstand every point on this thread. He may be apostate, but that would be to assume he once was not. And I don't believe that for a second.