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March 28, 2008 03:23 PM UTC
35 Comments
Considering Bill Owens engineered Big Oil Bob’s primary defeat in 2004–and Bob returned the favor by rallying the grassroots against Owens after the guv’s wife got sick of the philandering and walked out–this is certainly some rehabilitation.
He can be true to what he believes – and lose. Or he can say whatever sells best and have a good chance.
Clearly winning comes before being true to his beliefs. Totally reversing himself on all his values can be very effective – just ask Mitt Romney.
Effective how?
Come again.
Probably. At least I hope so. Guess my Irony-O-Meter needs some oil, or something.
if David had said that Romney has reversed himself on his “stated positions” rather than “values.”
Is that better?
I wasn’t following the thread quite right.
In the immortal word of Emily Litella, “Never mind.”
We shouldn’t count “Mittens” out quite yet. He’s been doing a good amount of high quality, ass-kissing to try to land the VEEP nod from McCain.
I’m not sure what such a selection would do to the James Dobson gang. They would have a ticket consisting of an Episcopalian RINO who sounds almost like a secular humanist running with an LDS V.P.
What’s a Bible Thumper to do?
I knew it. But then again, unlike twas, I had coffee this morning. 🙂
Lord, this day is dragging on.
I can’t wait for it to be over. I’m lazy today. I think it’s the barometer. We’re supposed to get 1/2 foot of snow where I live this weekend and I am so over winter.
And a good one at that, as per usual with DavidThi808.
Wait, but Romney won here…Crap!
Mark Udall’s comments on gun control were Kerryesque.
I’m against gun control but voted for it. Or was it vice-versa.
Another funny guy from Boulder
Udall made it clear that he was voting against the federal government overturning the District of Columbia’s locally-voted gun ban because he believed the locality should have the right to make its own rules.
You conservative types are all about local government and “freedom from the feds” unless the locals dare to vote against your position: then you’re suddenly all in favor of federal dictatorship.
The Republicans are all about flexing the muscle of the Federal government whenever a locality does something they don’t like. Just ask Terry Schiavo.
That’s why extreme conservatives like Bob Schaffer are known as reactionaries. To them, the Federal government should never set national policies, it should only overrule local ones–particularly if it makes James Dobson and Richard Mellon Scaife happy.
A state legalizes abortion? Ban it nationally. A state legalizes same-sex marriage? Ban it nationally. A state legalizes the Ten Commandments in every classroom? That’s state’s rights. A state legalizes segregation? That’s state’s rights.
Federalism is a perfect system, but only in regards to issues that Republicans agree with. If it’s one of those other issues, then Federalism might as well be secular humanism.
We all have programs we don’t think should be so well funded, or vice versa, yeah? So admit it and stop screaming nanny government at every bill/idea that comes from the left, Federal and State.
What the hell is that? Something like a Zell Miller liberal?
Owens and McCain have been villified by the right wingers as the epitome of RINO-ness, and now Shifty wants to emulate them?
Bob Schaffer hates Free Speech!!!!!
He’s dressed like a high-school guidance counselor, not a Senatorial prospect. Call the fashion police!
He was standing proudly by John McSamethis week. BS is full of BS.
Both have an aversion to condoms.
Bob Schaffer said the following on his campaign website in 2000, the last time he ran for the U.S. House:
“Republicans defend religious freedom. Democrats incinerate religious zealots and their children.”
“Republicans enjoy free speech. Democrats enjoy desecrating the Virgin Mary’s image at the public’s expense.”
“Republicans are for a clean environment. Democrats set big forest fires in New Mexico.”
A person who thinks like this and who has published these statements has no business in the United States Senate, not because he is a so called conservative or because he is a Republican, but because he simply cannot think about or grasp what is really important. People like Mr. Schaffer who believe things like this are in another world far away from the day to day life the rest of us lead.
Mr. Schaffer’s accusation that Democrats are torching forests in New Mexico, whether he said it in 2000 or 2008, is a ridiculous statement and shows a clear lack of understanding about what is important for public officials to concentrate on.
These kinds of statements don’t represent public policy or even good campaign politics. His statements are just plain crazy. I cannot support someone who believes that members of the other party support burning New Mexico’s forests to the ground. It is impossible to take Mr. Schaffer seriously.
He made these statements and he has has to live with them and explain them. Calling himself a Bill Owens/John McCain Republican is an inadequate explanation.
proof that this guy is nuts!
campaign web page where he made these statements he added the following:
Privacy Statement
Copyright 2000 Bob Schaffer for Congress
In other words, Mr. Schaffer is claiming that these statements are his intellectual property or the intellectual property of his campaign. He is claiming they are his statements, his thoughts, owned by him and protected by copyright laws. There is simply no way for him to disown them. Apparently, he was attempting to protect them as his own for the entire 28 years that a copyright is valid. In this case, through the year 2028.
Copyrights don’t expire in 28 years. Thanks to the wonders of the RIAA, MPAA, and others, Copyright now extends 70 years past the death of the author for individual copyrights, or the shorter of 120 years past creation / 95 years past publication for works of hire.
I guess I need to change my party registration immediately.
I “enjoy desecrating the Virgin Mary’s image at the public’s expense.” Do it all the time. (This site needs sound effects, this would be an appropriate place for a foghorn.)
To Republican 36:
I understand your frustration and have some advice…
…vote Democrat!
None of us are weird or a pain in the ass, ever. Really.
In the case of Larry Craig – literally so…
Or three?
It was a bunch of school children thanking “Shifty” for school choice.
It remind me of that scene from “Evita” when all the children were serenating that other ruthless fascist, Eva Peron.
The ads are being paid for by US Term Limits. Because term limits and charter schools are so totally related.
They would have been better off running a term-limits ad, crowing about how Schaffer, unlike McGinnis, Tancredo and scores of other Repubs, had the integrity to keep his promise on term limits.
After all, by his own words, that is his biggest achievement as a U.S. Rep.