The Myth of the Moderate Republican

[kliljedahl]

Andrew Foster Altschul
01.26.2006

"When you talk about judges who would change the right of a woman to choose, overturn Roe vs. Wade, I think that is unlikely... I would expect the president to be mindful of the considerations which I am mentioning." - Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa)

"It is my opinion that John Bolton is the poster child of what someone in the diplomatic corps should not be... The United States can do better than John Bolton." - Sen.
George Voinovich (R-OH)

"We commit to oppose the rules changes... which we understand to be any amendment to or interpretation of the Rules of the Senate that would force a vote on a judicial nomination." - The "Gang of 14" (including seven Republican senators)

What do unicorns, J.T. LeRoy, and moderate Republicans have in common?

They don't exist.



Keith’s Barbeque Central

[DaveinMD]

1. great post

People here would rather criticize Democrats than Republicans. Time for that to change.

[NewJeffCT]

2. A long time ago, in an era far far from ours

there were moderate Republicans - Lowell Weicker of Connecticut, Nelson Rockefeller, the previous Chafee...

[DeepModem Mom]

3. Yes -- they, somehow, keep these people on a very short leash. It's...

frightening when you think about it. God bless Jim Jeffords. He escaped early on.