Posted on 02/08/2009 5:43:28 PM PST by Jim Robinson
The three Republican senators supporting President Barack Obamas $827 billion stimulus bill are drawing the wrath of many conservatives who say the massive spending in the plan could tip the country into depression.
Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine, and Pennsylvania's Sen. Arlen Specter were lambasted on conservative Web sites throughout the weekend, and were the subjects of angry calls by many of their constituents, according to reports.
Arlen Specter is DONE, wrote a blogger named steelfish on the FreeRepublic Web site. He won his last primary by less than 1 percent against a real conservative of Pat Toomey. And only because the President Bush came to PA and campaigned for him.He is DONE.
They are frauds. RINOS (Republicans in Name Only), wrote a blogger named Croupier101 on the Fox News blog site.
On TV news shows Sunday, their Republican colleagues distanced themselves and downplayed their significance as Republicans in helping the president pass his package.
"This agreement is not bipartisan," Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., told CBS' "Face the Nation."
"I've been in bipartisan agreements, many. This is three Republican senators. Every Republican congressman voted against it in the House, plus Democrats. And all but three Republicans stayed together on this. That's not bipartisanship. That's just picking off a couple of senators," McCain said.
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, who as head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said the trios support must have been disappointing to Obama, who has staked much on his ostensible ability to transcend the partisan divide.
"Having three Republicans, potentially, support it in the Senate out of 535 members of Congress is hardly a bipartisan effort. I think it's a disappointment -- surely must be for President Obama," Cornyn told "FOX News Sunday."
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Steele should guarantee no support in reelections if these traitors follow through with their stated intentions.
Syncro, thanks for the ping. I had no idea I was quoted on that site. Now Steelfish and I can get together and bask in our 15 kilobytes of fame!
You are so right. Specter has always been a snake. As far as Bush helping him get reelected, I don’t trust Bush either. Only he and Specter know why Bush went to PA for him.
I think you are also right when you say that McCain must be ticked off that anybody beat him in crossing the aisle to help the Deomocrats. That is his single claim to fame. I want to see that little mutt out of office too.
I have a feeling 2010 is going to be a good year.
Dont worry, repub party here in Colorado already targeting that one. As well as a vulnerable D governor running in 10. Hopefully it will be a good year in Colorado.
It sure is past time for payback. These traitors are a disgrace to decent people. Boehner, McConnel, Graham, all of them should be tossed out. It is just a shame that there is nothing else that can be done to pay them for their treachery. They belong in jail, or perhaps riding on a rail.
We have been told for too long that the alternative to these RINO slime balls is having radical leftist Democrats in power. I now understand that the difference in having RINOs or Democrats amounts to the difference between a quick death and lingering sickness until death.
Barack Obama is president. Can it get any worse? He may even prove to be the answer to the creeping degeneration of American society. He is such an egotistical and inept fraud that it is possible even the morons who voted for him may wake up.
In any case, Bush is back in Texas, but the snakes who tried to force amnesty on us are still in office. Now, suddenly, they are stand up guys. Punishment is due.
‘great quarterback, but personal life is far from desirable. Big time womanizer before and after he was divorced. I think there are way too many skeletons in that closet. We have much better people to run. I for one would have a very hard time holding my nose and voting for Elway
Dead pork. (And somewhere under that pile is a stimulus check.)
Arlen is DUMB as well as DONE!
See post #99...."Bye, -bye,-Bayh"!!! ...Get on the phone Indiana Freepers!
Thanks for the ping -
Consider him FReeped - from Lake County, no less.
I don't know about this; but my GUT FEELING is that in NO way will they raise taxes to actually PAY for all this; so they WILL merely print more paper (used to be called MONEY).
If you have ANY assets that are based on MONEY, I'd recommend changing them to GOLD or something that retains value in an inflationary period.
I will certainly be voting against Evan Bayh. I always have. Unfortunately, there are plenty of Dems and Republicans in Indiana that will vote for him.
and politics-as-usual will continue as long as enough people think there is a notable difference between Repubs and Dims ...
It was a DFAS (Dept of Defense Accounting) office in Limestone, Maine.
“I project that Collins and Snowe are in for a heap of trouble next time an election comes around.”
they will both be beaten by an illegal Somali immigrant running on teh Dem ticket with teh slogan, “CHANGE”.
This is Maine, without welfare, SSI, and government largess, most of the state would close down.
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