Republicans you actually like?

[KingFlorez]

I know this is a hard question for some DUer's but, I have a couple of people I like.

Former Rep. Connie Morella (she was a RINO though)
Rep. Joann Emerson (only because she supported stem cell research going against the administration)

[ruggerson]

1. Chris Shays

[maine_raptor]

2. Joe Lieberman?

Does he count?

[Lori Price CLG]

15. LOL! Yes, as a Republican, I would say I like him. I detest him, as a Dem.

[MrScorpio]

3. William Milliken - Former Gov of Michigan

All around good guy (I'm serious)

[etherealtruth]

14. Agreed

He was from a time when republicans were conservative, but not necessarily hatemonger ring fascists.

[5thGenDemocrat]

69. I was going to say "Bill Milliken" too

He was a truly liberal Republican and the best governor Michigan's had in my lifetime, along with G Mennen "Soapy" Williams (1950-61), who I don't remember as governor (I'll be 49 on October 4).
John
Don't forget to mention Saginaw sometime on one of your lounge posts, Mr S.

[Arkana]

4. Chuck Hagel.

He has at least made an attempt to stand up to the Crawford Crapster and ask for a timetable for withdrawal.

[FreedomAngel82]

72. He's okay but I still don't trust him personally

ES&S machines and he's a long time Bush family friend and was Bush's originial choice for VP but the GOP officials wanted Cheney. I used to like McCain and still like him as a person but not as a politician.

[cynatnite]

100. Check his voting record

It's completely RW crapola. He's might be running for pres and is playing the moderate republican to potential voters.

[AspenRose]

5. Richard Clarke

William Cohen

oh and Larry Johnson.

I'm married to one. Sometimes I don't like him much!

[FreedomAngel82]

73. LOL

My dad. ;) He's still a republican. Very old school. Nothing like these new kind.

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

6. Gov Jodi Rell of CT n/t

[julialnyc]

17. me too and people jump down my throat when I say I like her

but after living in CT for the past year and reading local politics I think she is better than some democrats

[Lori Price CLG]

23. I agree, especially when she stopped the random backpack searches...

...from the trains that operate between Conn. and NY. She has carried out other positive actions for the state, as well.

Lori Price

[against all enemies]

111. She's a nice lady, but she should not be governor.

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

117. Shes doing a good job cleaning up the mess

Rowland left her with. I can't think of any reason she shouldn't be governor

[Massacure]

7. Eisenhower, even though he is from before my time.

[Lori Price CLG]

18. Oops, I meant to reply to #6 w. this comment, I'll repost. n/t

[FreedomAngel82]

74. Oh yes!

I've always liked him cause of his stances on the enviornment. Gotta love the teddy bear!

[Lydia Leftcoast]

8. Senator Mark Hatfield, an old-fashioned Republican from Oregon

the only Republican I ever voted for: anti-war and pro-environment. Now retired.

[yurbud]

13. Hatfield was to the left of most of today's dems

[melody]

38. yeah, but it was hell sitting through his poli sci classes

He was a professor of mine when I was in college. Yikes.

Still, he's an actual Republican, as in "we want to protect the minority against the majority" not "we must destroy the minority so there will only be the majority".

[yurbud]

45. Where did he teach?

[melody]

51. Cal State Long Beach and LB College back in late 70s/early 80s

[BlueIris]

62. GOT to love my Mark Hatfield. He spoke at my h.s. graduation.

Still not sure how our principle managed to talk him into it.

[SeattleGirl]

77. I always liked Hatfield

I lived in Oregon before he retired.

[mitchum]

9. Dead men do no more mischief

hmmmm...those kind

[mod mom]

Abraham Lincoln is the only one I can come up with.

[Arugula Latte]

29. Yep. Abe. Last good Republican, IMO. nt

[TankLV]

53. I thought it was only for living/current ones.

If any are considered, then Teddy R & Lincoln.

None alive today.

[Arkana]

89. Theodore Roosevelt--last good Republican President.

He distrusted big businesses, and made great strides to break the monopolies some of the huge corporations had on utilities. A man who loved his kids and genuinely cared about his fellow Americans.

[hootinholler]

128. I was thinking Ike as the last good (R) Prez.

But I'm not that intimate with his administration.

-Hoot

[Wizard777]

10. John McCain and Tom Ridge. n/t

[ncteechur]

110. Tom Ridge--yes McCain-hell no-I did like him but now he is a sellout!!

[hlthe2b]

11. the (long) dead ones?

:evilgrin:

[proud patriot]

12. Scott Ritter

and my Grandparents

[globalvillage]

16. Arlen Specter is not bad

when compared to Rick Santorum.

[babylonsister]

19. Specter for me, too. We HAVE to get

that stem cell research passed.

[DemGirl7]

24. Even through I hate Republicans...

Specter is one that really doesn't piss me off, and isn't as bad as the others

[madaboutharry]

31. He pissed me off good during

the Anita Hill hearings. He acted like a real asshole towards her.

[DemGirl7]

39. Of course he did....

but I meant he doesn't piss me off most of the time... I still hate him, but not that much as the others.

[anitar1]

115. I watched those hearings and would never trust Spector.

Besides he is a real pork barrel guy. Contemptible human being, IMO. edit for spelling

[maine_raptor]

28. NEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Specter, the man most responsible for the JFK Assassination cover-up. Chief Counsel for the Warren Commission. Inventor (in full sense of the word) of the Single Bullet Theory.

"To say that President Kennedy and Governor Connelly were hit by separate bullets is synonymous with saying that there was more than one assassin." - Arlan Specter 1967.

[globalvillage]

46. I hear you

but consider that we have two senators in PA, and the other is Rick (soon to be ex-senator) Santorum .
I think Specter's cancer has had some impact. He seems 'different'.
I can only hope that he's changed.
We'll see.

[maine_raptor]

47. Only if he renounces the SBT and comes clean before he dies.

Then maybe, I'll forgive him.

[FreedomAngel82]

75. If that is true

hopefully before he someday dies he'll tell the truth on what he knows about Kennedy. For him to come up with the single bullet theory he must know more.

[distantearlywarning]

49. Specter is ok. Could be a lot worse.

At least he's not a raving religious nutjob.

[cynatnite]

101. I actually like Specter even with his RW ways n/t

[stevietheman]

112. I've always thought Specter was a sane one amongst the insane. n/t

n/t

[AlinPA]

20. My son-in-law. n/t

[Qibing Zero]

21. I think this one time for about five minutes,

I thought McCain was kinda cool. I think it was when he was talking about campaign finance or something. All I remember is it didn't take long for him to make me dislike him again.


Oh and Nixon's head on Futurama. Yessir...


Actually there are a few libertarians which I agree with about half of the time (when they're talking about personal freedoms at least - I couldn't disagree more when they go into economics), but other than that I really can't think of any. Hell, I don't really like a lot of dems for that matter, as I'm probably farther left than most. =P

[Blue_In_AK]

22. The very best Republican that I ever knew of

was the late Governor Jay Hammond of Alaska who passed away just a few weeks ago. He was truly a man of the people, with a big heart, a quick wit, and the generosity and foresight to set up the Alaska Permanent Fund so that the state's oil wealth would be distributed to all Alaskans, not just the ones at the top. I think every Alaskan was sad the day he died.

http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/6777146p-6666290c.html

[BlueJac]

25. Ron Paul, R, Texas

Great speech on just pulling out of Iraq. Called GW a neo-con...gotta like that!

[La Coliniere]

43. Check out Ron Paul's speech

"Neoconned". He nails that group of thugs. On social policy, well he simply hates all government handouts. You know, the "welfare" state. He's enlightened about some things, and entirely neanderthal on others, IMHO.

[FreedomAngel82]

80. He's not a real republican

He's a libertanin who changed parties to get elected cause he lives in Texas.

[TahitiNut]

93. Yep. Ron Paul (TX-RINO)

:shrug:

[ruggerson]

26. As he grew older, Goldwater became a libertarian

and no matter what you thought of him, the man was honest and sincere.

[ZombieNixon]

27. Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson.

A Libertarian RINO. He was a bit incompetent, but personally I liked him.

[Quixote1818]

92. He sure liked to cut money for Education

but he did balance the Budget during a recession when States like California were in the Red by billions. I could live with Johnson mostly because he was socially liberal and understood the drug problem needed a medical solution and NOT a legal solution.

[ZombieNixon]

96. Yeah, that's what I liked about him.

More or less the same things I like about Libertarians in general.

[freethought]

30. John McCain, Chuck Hagel, Olympia Snow, and William Weld

I can respect and/or tolerate these republicans. One note on William Weld, I always thought he was a pretty good guy, one of those classic old-school republicans. In some respects he was a good counter balance to the all Democrat/all the time Mass legislature who sometimes need a good kick in the ass. I actually think he would make a good Dem albeit a conservative one. His biggest problem is that he seems to get board easily and that hurt him in Mass. I think that New Yorkers are probably already on to him with respect to this.

[RepublicanElephant]

32. uh...

...ummm
...uh, uh....
hold on...



uh...
ummm...
wait...



uh...
let's see...


ummm...
uh...

[KayLaw]

33. Ron Paul?

My husband likes someone down here -- Bill Young. I never cared. . .I always registered as Independent before we move to this part of Florida.

[HillDem]

34. Susan Collins

She has a higher approval rating among Dems than from her own party! Plus, she is such a good neighbor..

[maine_raptor]

41. Not with this Maine Dem

She refuses to investigate the missing $8.8 Billion taxpayer dollars. She'll be part of the GOP cover-up of Katrina.

[freethought]

59. I agree,

Collins is very good at marketing herself as a moderate GOP with an independent streak, kind of in the mold of John McCain. The reality is that she pretty much tows party line. I am sure she has her own ambitions and is not going to jeopardize them.

[Extend a Hand]

35. ron paul and roscoe bartlett

make sense on a number of issues.
Ron Paul spoke out very strongly against the patriot act
and Roscoe Bartlett has been working to raise awareness of peak oil.

[hootinholler]

129. Bartlett isn't a neocon, but he is very conservative...

I've voted against him for 15+ years.

-Hoot

[Lori Price CLG]

36. Senator Lindsey Graham, of S.C. During the Abu Ghraib scandal, he

openly called the soldiers, etc., who tortured the detainees, 'terrorists.' I admire him for actually standing up for what he believes, and does not seem to care about polls or what his GOP cohorts think of him. Yes, Graham *is* rightwing on many issues, but at least I know in my heart, he is not bought and sold by the corpora-terrorists and/or the Bush regime.

Since he has integrity, maybe someday, he will change his viewpoints on some of the cultural issues.

Lori Price

[Cocoa]

63. I was impressed with Graham as well

on that one issue, and little else.

Similarly, I am impressed with Sam Brownback's work on Darfur, and again on nothing else.

[FreedomAngel82]

83. Every once in a while

they'll do something nice and that you like. Then they turn around and tow the party line. *Sigh* I wish we could have more real independents sometimes in both the house and the senate. Might be good for then when we have another party in control like this there'd be some true balance.

[Oeditpus Rex]

37. Former CA state Senator Bruce McPherson

Champion of the environment, particularly the coast. Didn't blow smoke up your ass.

Only Pub I ever voted for more than once.

[tularetom]

40. Bill Clinton

When he's not kissing poopy bush's ass

[melody]

42. John Anderson and Barry Goldwater

John Anderson, that's a name from the past, hm?

[IntravenousDemilo]

44. Gerald Ford (nm)

[maine_raptor]

56. See Post #28

He was in on it too. Plus he pardoned Nixon.

[Marr]

48. Lou Dobbs isn't bad. Not a politician, of course.

But he reminds me of the days when conservatives were reasonable, and made logical arguments with facts.

[TexanDem]

76. Agree - he's a decent human being. I almost trust him!

[FreedomAngel82]

85. Same here

I've seen him a few times and he's okay.

[txindy]

50. Alex P. Keaton

That's about it. ;)

[Lecky]

84. LOL n/t

[TankLV]

52. Can't think of a single one. They're all for their Party first, Country

LAST.

Can't stand a single one. They're all crooks and liars.

[katsy]

54. I don't know any Republican politician personally...

so I won't go so far as saying that I "like" any gop hack. I have no warm feelings of tolerance towards any gop politician.

As far as I'm concerned, if the Democrats can sway any of these neocon lightweights to block their neocon brethren, congrats to the Dems.

[NYCGirl]

55. For some unknown reason, I've always liked John McLauglin.

[jackster]

57. John Dean

and..... Dwight Eisenhower

oh yeah and I guess I'd have to include my family

[Thrasybulus]

58. If that Republican investigating the Plame leak

indicts Rove, I will like him very much.

[Cocoa]

61. you beat me

:-)

[FreedomAngel82]

86. Oh yes

Very much. I think there is a very big chance with his record. Oh and also other family members of mine I forgot. :)

[Stinky The Clown]

113. He's not a republican .... and never was

His connection to the republicans is that he was appointed by republicans. That's it.

[Cocoa]

60. Patrick Fitzgerald

:bounce:

[BlueIris]

64. Yep. He rules.

:-)

[TallahasseeGrannie]

65. My dad

and I respected Bob Dole, though I didn't vote for him.

[BlueCollar]

66. dead ones aren't bad...eom

[greendog]

67. "Fighting Bob" La Follette

He started out as a Republican. He ran for the Presidency with the Progressive Party.

http://www.fightingbob.com/aboutbob.cfm

[never_get_over_it]

68. I can't tell you the number of times I called

Connie Morella's office and BEGGED her to change parties - in the ene it did her in - I wan't in her district - across the river from her - but I had several friends who loved her but voted Democratic because of the numbers in the House - she really should have changed parties....

[Seeking Serenity]

70. My husband!

He's a sweety, snuggly bear!

:loveya:

If he were to run for office, I'd actually have to vote Republican (I'd have a good reason to).

[FreedomAngel82]

71. My last mayor was okay

He was okay and did an okay job with my town. He's now running for Bill Frist's seat. His name is Bob Corker and he's friends with my town's governor Phil Bredesen (democrat and no he's not a DLCer thank goodness!) and even once called Frist a cat killer. I give him props for that man.

[SeattleGirl]

78. Sam Reed, Washington's Secretary of State

Lots of you know about the mess our Governor's race turned out to be this last election. Reed was getting a lot of pressure from the neocon's to find things wrong with the Dems but not with the Repugs. He refused to fold -- doing his job is more important than pleasing the members of his team. He's not a "party before the people" kind of guy.

[Ksec]

79. I dont hate Ron Paul, Susan Collins but I dont like them either.

[CrackpotAmerica]

81. I like Ben Stein

I had the pleasure of speaking with him once about politics.

It was an actual conversation, devoid of any Mehlmanisms.

[deadparrot]

82. Arnold Vinnick...

Okay, so he's a fictional character that's played by a bleeding heart liberal. Deal with it. :)

[VADem11]

88. Me too

Vinick even though he's on the west wing is the only republican that I could ever deal with. I'm glad that Alan Alda is a liberal in real life though.

[StellaBlue]

87. Just my dad.

Oh, and Bill Clinton.

[Cleita]

90. Weapons inspector Scott Ritter. He told us Saddam

had no weapons of mass destruction. He was the victim of character assassination from the Bush administration for not playing along with their agenda. He has always claimed he was an American first and a Republican second. I say he is a true American patriot.

[Quixote1818]

91. Larry Johnson former CIA agent.

He rocks! Of course Joe Wilson!

[autorank]

94. Charles Mathias, R, MD (dec.) & my father, RIP (who switched at the end).

[DanCa]

95. Okay here's a few Joe Liberman (kidding)

I like Arlene Specter ,Larry Johnson and I respect John Mccain's Military Record. I dont Like his legislative means but I can't fault his military record nor him personally.

[Greyhound]

97. Used to like McCain, but he's suffers under the delusion

that the RNC will let him be prez someday, and sold his soul. :evilfrown:

[cynatnite]

103. McCain used to be the only repub I'd vote for until 2004...

that is until he sold out. :grr:

[leftofthedial]

98. one misguided guitarist I know

the rest of them could all die tomorrow and I wouldn't grieve.

[gulfcoastliberal]

99. Apply your favorite "lawyer" joke here

What's the difference between a republican and a catfish? One is a scum eating bottom dweller, the other is a fish.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

102. Olympia Snowe, Paul O'Neil, Richard Clarke,

[Independent_Liberal]

104. John McCain, Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe, Chuck Hagel, and Ron Paul.

I also like former Senators Barry Goldwater and Howard Baker.

[Independent_Liberal]

105. I also like Karl Schwarz...

Author of "One-Way Ticket to Crawford, Texas."

[leanin_green]

106. Who was Clinton's second term Sec of Defense? Cohen was it?

I always thought he was a level headed Republican, someone who still used reason and could be counted on to do the right thing.

[KharmaTrain]

120. William Cohen

Former Repugnican Senator From Maine

[KharmaTrain]

121. Theodore Roosevelt Anyone???

The first Progressive of the 20th Century...and he's not listed here?

Oh the shame. But I'm glad to see "Battling Bob" in the list.

[lpbk2713]

107. I would have liked to have met Everett Dirksen, R - Illinois

He came from a time when repubs were not as evil as they are today.

He seemed like a real character. He is widely given credit for the line ..... "A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon, you're talking real money."

[anitar1]

116. I had forgotten Dirksen. I liked him too. He was one of the

best conmen I have ever seen. I throughly enjoyed his speeches.The man had a certain charm that was hard to resist.

[Sgent]

108. One of my favorite

Presidents of all time was a R

Teddy Roosevelt. That said, he's got more in common with the D's today than R's.

[Wapsie B]

109. Richard Johnson, former State Auditor of Iowa

He wasn't afraid of telling the people what bullshit Terry Braindead's budget was. He was one Iowa republican I could trust. Fred Grandy too.

[Lisa]

114. my Uncle Aaron in Florida

A real old-school conservative. He refused to vote for Bush.

He always used to put money in his Christmas cards to us, even though we told him he should buy something for himself.

[liberalitch]

118. My neighbor geoff is okay.....

He smokes a lot of pot and listens to C&W all the time.

[Toots]

119. David Gergen is about the only Republican who's views I respect

I don't agree with him all the time but he is honest and tells it like it is.

[immoderate]

122. Clint Eastwood

He made "Bronco Billy" and "Bird." Have no notion how he was as mayor of Carmel.

--IMM

[trapper914]

123. Sen. Richard Lugar

...because he's not a Kool-Aid drinker. Works with the Russians on disarmament, and was one of the few Republican voices prior to the war that was making any sense at all.

I may not agree with him often politically, but I've always felt he was a man of honor who stands for his belief system...not necessarily the party's.

(edited for grammar)

[stlsaxman]

124. Jack Danforth was/is a decent man.

if he were on the ballot against Hillary, I might not think twice.

[iconoclastic cat]

125. Being a Republican is such a stain right now, I just can't get past it.

This has led to some tense family gatherings, I might add.

[faithfulcitizen]

126. Dick Lugar.

[LWolf]

127. Ben Westlund

http://www.leg.state.or.us/westlund/home.htm

[all.of.me]

130. hillary clinton?!?!

she'd be likeable if she was a republican. i actually can't stand her, though. i don't trust her.

[Obamarama]

131. Republicans I actually like? There is no such creature.

ANYONE who identifies as a Republican is viewed by me as an enemy of my freedom and civil rights. Period. That includes family members.

[wellstone_democrat]

132. Chafee---but I grew up with him

Really I was friends with his sister who died in a terrible accident when we were still in school but I've known Linc forever. No longer in touch with him at all personally but he's a decent guy.

Yes, he is a Republican and no, I'm not delighted with all of his actions or stands but overall he's still a NE old-line Republican and I'll take those over the new model anyday.

[proud2BlibKansan]

133. Nancy Landon Kassebaum

former US Senator from Kansas.

[Bleacher Creature]

134. Jim Leach of Iowa is a good one.

[nvliberal]

135. None of them currently in office.

The fact anybody would have an "R" after his or her name given the extremism of the party makes me automatically distrust them.

Now somebody like Jim Jeffords, who has the integrity to see right through this sham of a political party, is different.