Republicans Who Aren’t Really Republicans For Obama

Am I the only one chuckling about the fact that the “Republicans for Obama” being hyped by The One’s campaign is headed up by former Rhode Island senator Lincoln Chaffee? A man who was so frequently at odds with his own party that he actually left the GOP in 2007?
Isn’t it sort of a lie to call someone who isn’t a Republican by his own actions a “Republican for Obama?”

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  • http://Array Brainmaggot

    Well children you have now had your first lesson new world diplomacy trust me right thing was to do nothing. So everyone in congress feeling well to day I hope minds as sharp as ever. Well the rush will soon be on to grab the last of the resources our planet holds I strongly recommend that we get into the game. How is nancy’s glue sniffing problem hope she gets it under control soon (nasty habit). So what is first on to days agenda ah yes the coming civil war so much to plan for so many arrangements to get ready. You see the reason why you should but out of other countries affairs and they may but out of yours. I can only hope that when we start shooting at each other they will refrain from a preemptive nuclear strike (China, Russia or both) I would have to say that that is unlikely at best. Just a few things before I go to day.

    1. what would you take with you if you only had five min. to leave your house.

    2. would you know what to do if grocery’s where no longer in stores.

    3. do you know what to do in the event of a nuclear strike chemical and biologic.

    4. do you have an alternate mode of transportation (bike) if fuel is no longer available.

    5. do you have an alternative heat source for the winter if utilities cut out this winter.

    6. are you physically in shape enough to survive in the urban wilderness.

    7. do you have guns and ammo available and are you willing to use them on friends and neighbors.

  • http://dougeefargo.blogspot.com/ dougee

    We need the freedom to disagree however – nothing is more essential.

    I for one am glad that we have the freedom to disagree in this country, at least until Obama takes office, God forbidden.

  • RebTex

    This report was more to brainwash the fence sitters into leaning towards obama than anything else.

  • http://www.kenmccracken.blogspot.com/ Ken McCracken

    Almost all of you cons here have been at odds with the Republican party. Very frequently I might add.
    You are now chafing about L. Chafee. Does not make sense.

    Yeah, because Chafee was always at odds with the Republican party.

    He had a more liberal rating on issues than many Democrats.

    He truly was a Republican In Name Only.

    I am not one to chastise Republicans for not being conservative enough, but I will make an exception in Chafee’s case because he is such an egregious example.

    I don’t believe in ideological purity tests, and I don’t think being a Republican is a contest of ‘who is more macho conservative’, but Chafee had no Republican virtues whatsoever.

  • http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/entry/homosexuality_is_wrong_-_a_compendium move_zig

    Wasn’t it Reagan who said that those who agree with you eighty percent of the time are not your enemies?

    But yes, there is a datum plane, a Rubicon which, once crossed, shows that you no longer can really call yourself a Republican because you have betrayed too many core principles. It is just this playing so fast and loose with what it means to be a Republican which has come so close to actually destroying the party. It is the RINO which is directly responsible for the severe damage to the name brand of GOP. Chaffee, McCain, Graham and so on. No one knows what it is to be a Republican these days, because those we sent to Washington ended up acting like Democrats in so many ways. Why vote at all if you vote for a Republican and get someone who acts like a Democrat?

    It is pure Leftist propaganda that there are no immutable truths and no one valid fact. For them (as to what others believe) all is debatable and in flux.

    But their actions give proof to the fact that this is just yet another Leftist lie.

    Within their own party, heads roll when a member departs from the Party line, a female speaks against Feminism or a Negro speaks out against reverse racism.

    Hypocritical propagandists.

    Don’t believe it. There is Republican and there is a RINO and there is a difference.

  • docdave

    Republicans for Obama?? You might as well say ‘atheists for Christ’. Has about the same relevence.

  • RebTex

    THis is more reporting on the exodus of the rats from a sinking ship….
    “Aug. 12 (Bloomberg) — Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, picked up the endorsement today of former Republican Representative Jim Leach of Iowa, an important state in the general election.

    “I also have no doubt that a lot of Republicans and independents are going to be attracted to his call for a new era of non-ideological, bipartisan decision-making,” Leach, a former chairman of the House Banking Committee, said on a conference call with reporters…”

    http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aH5Jv25YbDRc&refer=worldwide

  • http://www.kenmccracken.blogspot.com/ Ken McCracken

    Well I will say the infighting among us conservatives is tiring – and I admit that I have contributed to it.

    We need the freedom to disagree however – nothing is more essential.

  • http://www.kenmccracken.blogspot.com/ Ken McCracken

    It has nothing to do with “macho”; it’s all about the principles. You either support them, or you’re willing to sell them out for perceived political advantage.

    Well with some people I really do think it is some kind of conservative pissing contest.

    You don’t have to agree with all conservative principles to be a Republican, but, god damn, you have to agree with at least some of them.

  • Puzzlefeet

    I guess you forgot about Jim Leach of Iowa.

  • RebTex

    As for the labels given to people….
    In my area,there’s nearly never a Republican on any ballot.
    In fact, the Republican Party group for this county only started a couple years back.
    THeir meetings are usually sparsely attended. Some say it’s out of fear of being labeled.

    Occasionally, a democrat will switch labels & run as a Republican just to get further into the election.
    Usually, the democrat ballot is full in the preliminaries.
    .
    .
    Given that, it could be that these guys are actually trying to play to a democrat demographic.
    OR
    It could be that they’re actually wanting obama to win.

  • pparets

    McCracken: You keep missing the key point here. Your views are not only irrelevant, they are “leftie propaganda” because they not in lock-step with 108 who thinks he owns the definitions of ‘conservative’ and ‘truth’.

  • Jeugenen

    POLITICALLY CORRECT AND POLITICALLY HONEST WEB BATTLE SITES
    The vast majority of the politically-correct web sites resemble Pravda in their Marxist propaganda subversive to the family, Christianity, nationalism, and the Constitution; and their distortions of American history, and censorship of opposing information. Earlier they supported either Leiberman Neo-Lib Hillary or Podhoretz Neo-Con McCain; now, after Hillary’s shocking defeat by the Kennedy Liberal, Obama, these Crypto-Neo-Marxists are desperately united behind McCain.
    Predictably, when Obama is finally elected, they will cunningly strive to make him serve their political and economic interests. They will stop their slandering and hate-baiting, and start slavishly ingratiating themselves; then systematically subject him to intensive psychological conditioning, political coercion, and bribery. Some, in early anticipation of Obama’s imminent victory, have already started deserting McCain, back-stabbing Bush, and dressing themselves up in patriotism.
    The politically defeated New York Times, Boston Globe, Washington Post, and USA Today leading these strategic changes are coming up against a powerful new defensive Zeitgeist that is emerging in America. With it, the Age of Politically Correct Speech is ending, and an Age of Politically Honesty Speech is starting. This wonderful patriotic escalation in the Cultural War, a historical turning point, suggests that their change in subversive strategy will provoke increasingly stronger counter-offensives on the many politically-honest web battle sites.

  • robert108

    You don’t have to agree with all conservative principles to be a Republican, but, god damn, you have to agree with at least some of them.

    Which ones are you willing to trade for perceived political advantage?

  • robert108

    Fake, but “accurate”. Just more leftie bullshit, aided and abetted by RINOs.

  • http://dougeefargo.blogspot.com/ dougee

    We need the freedom to disagree however – nothing is more essential.

    I for one am glad that we have the freedom to disagree in this country, at least until Obama takes office, God forbidden.

  • http://www.kenmccracken.blogspot.com/ Ken McCracken

    Can you elaborate on the right to be left alone. That is a new one.

    New to you, anyway. It is just what it says.

    “The makers of the Constitution conferred the most comprehensive of rights and the right most valued by all civilized men–the right to be let alone.”

    -JUSTICE LOUIS D. BRANDEIS

  • Hannitized

    Let’s just say that, for me, free markets, low taxes, smaller government and the right to be left alone are first principles.

    Can you elaborate on the right to be left alone. That is a new one.

  • robert108

    There is no freedom to disagree with 108. Your efforts to be calm and reasonable are precieved him as lefty weakness.

    More bullshit from you, pp! You are free to disagree with me all you want, and you do it all the time, so what you said is demonstrably untrue. I will smack you with the truth, though, so if you can’t take that without squealing or backstabbing, stay away!

  • http://www.kenmccracken.blogspot.com/ Ken McCracken

    Let’s just say that, for me, free markets, low taxes, smaller government and the right to be left alone are first principles.

  • robert108

    …because they not in lock-step with 108 who thinks he owns the definitions of ‘conservative’ and ‘truth’.

    Another falsehood from one with no principles he isn’t willing to sell out. Without your attempts at character assassination, you have no argument. Why is that?

  • Hannitized

    Exactly e,

    This whole nonsense about what far right-wing neocons think is republican and what is not is about as valid as Democrats claiming Lieberman is a Republican.

    They just dont understand that they are ideologists.

  • pparets

    r108:

    another falsehood

    Oh! Then you didn’t say this to McCracken?

    having core principles is not any sort of “purism”; that is leftie propaganda meant to assissinate the character of those with the integrity to stick to their principles.

  • robert108

    Of course I said it, and I meant it, about the leftie trend to try to smear conservatives who stick to their principles. Tell me you really didn’t understand that!
    I never called McCracken a leftie, so you didn’t tell the truth there; I was obviously referring to exactly what I said; leftie character assassination tactics to try to invalidate conservatives. Even you do that, pp. Your occasional use of leftie smear tactics doesn’t make you a leftie, btw, in case you try to nitpick about it. Is that a clear enough differentiation for you?

    That is a new one.

    No it isn’t; Rob said it most recently, and other conservatives have also expressed it. It’s contained in the “limited govt” principle, btw.

  • http://www.kenmccracken.blogspot.com/ Ken McCracken

    Of course, Michelle Obama and her husband, arch leftists that they are, are enemies of this sacred right:

    Barack Obama will require you to work. He is going to demand that you shed your cynicism. That you put down your divisions. That you come out of your isolation, that you move out of your comfort zones. That you push yourselves to be better. And that you engage. Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual, uninvolved, uninformed.

  • http://insanereindeer.blogspot.com/ Kenny

    That is a new one.

    Every one of the 10 amendments in the bill of rights supports this idea. They are all saying “the government can’t do this”. That leftists openly ignore the Constitution, and have been since the 20s, it should be no surprise that the entire idea of the Bill of Rights is “new” to a leftist Democrat.

  • robert108

    None, Robert, but I am not a political purist when it comes to many issues, so I do not adhere to them to begin with.

    Having core principles is not any sort of “purism”; that is leftie propaganda meant to assassinate the character of those with the integrity to stick to their principles.
    All this crap about “ultra”, “rigid” and “extreme” conservatives, along with telling the lie that conservatives are “right-wing” is simply the view of unprincipled people who haven’t the integrity, and are jealous of those who have integrity.
    You will notice that they are unable to come up with any arguments against any of principles of real Americans; they just try to insult us for being principled people.
    The principles of conservatism are only harmful to those who wish to destroy this country.

  • robert108

    Let’s just say that, for me, free markets, low taxes, smaller government and the right to be left alone are first principles.

    Even with that limited list(not including our Constitution, interestingly), every one of those has been, or will be, sold out by the RINOs to curry favor with the Dems. That’s what they call “bipartisanship”.

    It’s “limited govt”, btw; the govt has to be large enough to take care of its legitimate functions, but limited to those functions. Maybe you consider that a meaningless distinction, but not following it is the cause of much of the economic turmoil we are in today.

  • pparets

    There is no freedom to disagree with 108. Your efforts to be calm and reasonable are precieved him as lefty weakness.

  • Brainmaggot

    Well children you have now had your first lesson new world diplomacy trust me right thing was to do nothing. So everyone in congress feeling well to day I hope minds as sharp as ever. Well the rush will soon be on to grab the last of the resources our planet holds I strongly recommend that we get into the game. How is nancy’s glue sniffing problem hope she gets it under control soon (nasty habit). So what is first on to days agenda ah yes the coming civil war so much to plan for so many arrangements to get ready. You see the reason why you should but out of other countries affairs and they may but out of yours. I can only hope that when we start shooting at each other they will refrain from a preemptive nuclear strike (China, Russia or both) I would have to say that that is unlikely at best. Just a few things before I go to day.

    1. what would you take with you if you only had five min. to leave your house.

    2. would you know what to do if grocery’s where no longer in stores.

    3. do you know what to do in the event of a nuclear strike chemical and biologic.

    4. do you have an alternate mode of transportation (bike) if fuel is no longer available.

    5. do you have an alternative heat source for the winter if utilities cut out this winter.

    6. are you physically in shape enough to survive in the urban wilderness.

    7. do you have guns and ammo available and are you willing to use them on friends and neighbors.

  • RebTex

    Here’s more support for obaba from the communist Party USA.
    About 1/2 way down their front page, read the Editorial: Eye on the Prize.
    THe commies want obama rather than McCain.
    http://www.cpusa.org/

  • Bat One

    Barack Obama will require you to work. He is going to demand that you shed your cynicism. That you put down your divisions. That you come out of your isolation, that you move out of your comfort zones. That you push yourselves to be better. And that you engage. Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual, uninvolved, uninformed.

    No president of the United States has any authority to demand any of this nonsense from any of us.

    But then neither Michelle Obama nor her husband is noted for a lack of presumptuousness in any case.

  • ellinas

    A man who was so frequently at odds with his own party that he actually left the GOP in 2007?

    By Rob on August 12, 2008 at 03:44 pm

    Almost all of you cons here have been at odds with the Republican party. Very frequently I might add.
    You are now chafing about L. Chafee. Does not make sense.
    But whatever. As long as you can make points against your political opponents….

  • robert108

    …a new era of non-ideological, bipartisan
    decision-making…

    The Dems are 100% ideological and 100% partisan. Look what they did to poor Joe Lieberman.

  • http://www.kenmccracken.blogspot.com/ Ken McCracken

    None, Robert, but I am not a political purist when it comes to many issues, so I do not adhere to them to begin with.

  • Brainmaggot

    Well children you have now had your first lesson new world diplomacy trust me right thing was to do nothing. So everyone in congress feeling well to day I hope minds as sharp as ever. Well the rush will soon be on to grab the last of the resources our planet holds I strongly recommend that we get into the game. How is nancy’s glue sniffing problem hope she gets it under control soon (nasty habit). So what is first on to days agenda ah yes the coming civil war so much to plan for so many arrangements to get ready. You see the reason why you should but out of other countries affairs and they may but out of yours. I can only hope that when we start shooting at each other they will refrain from a preemptive nuclear strike (China, Russia or both) I would have to say that that is unlikely at best. Just a few things before I go to day.

    1. what would you take with you if you only had five min. to leave your house.

    2. would you know what to do if grocery’s where no longer in stores.

    3. do you know what to do in the event of a nuclear strike chemical and biologic.

    4. do you have an alternate mode of transportation (bike) if fuel is no longer available.

    5. do you have an alternative heat source for the winter if utilities cut out this winter.

    6. are you physically in shape enough to survive in the urban wilderness.

    7. do you have guns and ammo available and are you willing to use them on friends and neighbors.

  • robert108

    I don’t believe in ideological purity tests, and I don’t think being a Republican is a contest of ‘who is more macho conservative’, but Chafee had no Republican virtues whatsoever.

    It has nothing to do with “macho”; it’s all about the principles. You either support them, or you’re willing to sell them out for perceived political advantage.

  • http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ proof_positive

    Isn’t it sort of a lie to call someone who isn’t a Republican by his own actions a “Republican for Obama?”

    Maybe not to the same sort of people who call historic inaccuracies “technically true“?

  • http://www.kenmccracken.blogspot.com/ Ken McCracken

    It’s “limited govt”, btw

    Agreed.

    You made a proper distinction.

  • http://sayanythingblog.com robport

    I guess you forgot about Jim Leach of Iowa.

    Sure. Jim Leach. I’ll give you him.

    But it’s just hilarious that Obama’s “Republicans For Obama” movement has to include, as one of its headline members, a guy who isn’t a Republican any more.

    You’d think, if there are thousands of Republicans out there supporting Obama as the campaign claims, they wouldn’t need Lincoln Chaffee.

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