If a GOP congressman turns against Bush, how would you react?

[Slaughtermeyer]

If you were informed that a Republican congressman running in your district had publicly praised an anti-Bush video which accuses the Bush administration of deliberately allowing 9/11 to happen, would that knowledge make you more likely or less likely to vote for that Republican?


The question in this poll is not completely hypothetical, Republican Curt Weldon (PA-7th) has done it at a Town Hall meeting, for details see: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1701182

[POAS]

1. Things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmm

Now if he changed his party affiliation and wrote and submitted articles of impeachment I'd give him a second look!

[Totally Committed]

2. There are no "good" Republicans. Period.

Anyone who votes or has voted to enable this administration's immoral and illegal agenda needs to go. I repeat, there are no "good" Republicans.

That also goes for DINOs.

TC

[acmejack]

6. I would have to agree.

The enabling of the past is inexcusable, too many grievous transgressions against the People have been committed to be overlooked. It is far too late to have a change of heart and now be accorded friend of the People status, not after all the injurious legislation this administration and the compliant legislature has ramrodded trough to our great detriment.

I am solidly aligned with TC here.

[Totally Committed]

9. The time for surrender is up, my friend....

Thanks for the support! Show them no pity!!!!

TC

[ClassWarrior]

11. In fact, anybody who's EVER disagreed with me on ANYTHING...

...should be put to death. And then drawn and quartered and hung in the public square.

Damn them all for their lack of perfection!!! DAMMNNNN THEMMMMM ALL TO HELLLLL...

(This one-act performance is a public service of the DUDQ...)

NGU.

[Totally Committed]

14. So, if you feel that way, why are you pushing for Bryan over

Sensenbrenner? If you feel that way, why have Cindy as your avatar? Because you have opinions, too. And, they matter to you. And, you'd feel pretty disrespected if someone wrote a post as belittling as the one you just wrote in response to mine.

I won't go tit for tat with you, but I will say, that was a mighty unkind response to a sincere opinion. (And, that's all it is... an opinion.) My advice: save the acid for a real enemy.

TC

[no_hypocrisy]

12. *Sigh!* There USED TO be . . . Millicent Fenwick. n/t

[Totally Committed]

15. She was a pistol!

There are no more like her, or even nearly like her today.

TC

[no_hypocrisy]

17. I know! That's what makes the current state of affairs harder to accept.

I like to imagine her puffing on her pipe, showing the dems how to oppose bad policy.

[William Seger]

13. Ditto.

Doesn't matter if they are truly evil, merely opportunistic, or just plain stupid -- there are no "good" Republicans.

[calico1]

3. I think that the Congressman had the moral

obligation to speak up. He is just doing the right thing, rather than continue to pretend that Bush is right, like the rest of them. I have more respect for a Republican that does that (especially considering this Administration) but that doesn't mean I would vote for them.

[Cyrano]

4. Any Republican turning against Bush now would probably be doing so

because it's an election year.

That aside, they've aided and abetted so many of Bush's crimes, letting them off the hook now would be like turning loose a murderer's accomplice because he or she had repented.

I truly believe that the Republican party, as it exists today, is the biggest threat to our country. Their insanity started with Ronald Reagan and has only gotten worse. Republican voters must be made to see what's been done in their name and start voting for people who are more moderate. I'm not insisting that they change parties, but that they find respectable people to represent them.

[liberal N proud]

5. I would be shocked n/t

[moobu2]

7. I’d know

they were only doing that for cynical political reasons so it wouldn’t generate any respect or anything on my part. If they were still Republicans after everything that’s happened over the last 6 years I could care less what they do.

[NNadir]

8. I have never voted Republican in my life. I'm not about to start now.

They are worse than they have ever been, and they haven't been good since Teddy Roosevelt left office.

[no_hypocrisy]

10. How would I be able to tell whether s/he were truly sincerely versus a

plot by Karl Rove to lull me into complacency in order to win one more vote?

[bluerum]

16. I. Will. Never. Vote. Republican. NEVER!

Heck - I have a hard time voting democratic sometimes.

[napi21]

18. It wouldn't affect MY vote, but here in Ga. it would affect the Pub vote!

Lots of people here blindly support Shrub, and get very upset with you when they find out that you don't. If another Pub candidate opposed Shrub, I suspect he'd loose the locals vote for sure!

[mntleo2]

19. I Would Not Vote For Him Still, But ...

...if he won and got the office, I would be more supportive of him than I would of some Sctepping Vith Heinreich Repibulican who cannot admit the truth when it is staring right at us. I would fight that all the way and be much more suspicious of anything he did.

I have often thought about the elephant in the living room analogy on a small scale and a large one. Most of the time for all of it IMO, it is because of fear that people will not acknowledge the elephant is there. This can be fear of change, fear everyhing will fall apart, fear of revenge, a lot of different fears, but fear none the less. In the case of someone running for office to represent me and all the other people he would represent, if he refused to acknowledge it, I could not trust he was in anyone's corner except his own. Becausefrom where I sit I think people who refuse to acknowledge the elephant in the living room are afraid everything will fall apart for themselves (their careers, and lifestyle), and are really out for themselves and damn the rest of us. If he at least acknowledges it, then he is at least having the courage his other party members do not and that shows integrity. If he won he would have more of my trust and support.

One question I have though; is this candidate acknowledging what his opponent the Dem candidate has not? If that is the case, then I might have a little conversation with my Dem candidate and let them know you like his opponent's stance on this issue a lot and why you might consider voting for him instead.

I have not voted Republican EVER in my life. But I might if there was one who stood up with integrity and was a better candidate than the Dem in my district and if it did not threaten the balance in the Democrat's favor as it is right now (and maybe if it did I don't know I am always looking and asking questions as I think that is what a thoughtful voter does). A better Republican has never happened though ~ and I have been voting for almost 35 years.

Cat In Seattle

[Orangepeel]

20. *hypothetically*, if I already thought that congressman was a nutcase

I'd write it off.

[TheFarseer]

21. More likely to vote for him BUT

It would still be on an individual basis which is how I vote in every election. I certainly would not vote for a bush-bot though.

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

22. PUKE: Curt Weldon "On the Issues"

From "On the Issues" website

Voted NO on allowing human embryonic stem cell research. (May 2005)
Voted YES on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions. (Apr 2005)
Voted YES on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime. (Feb 2004)
Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother’s life. (Oct 2003)
Voted YES on forbidding human cloning for reproduction & medical research. (Feb 2003)
Voted YES on funding for health providers who don't provide abortion info. (Sep 2002)
Voted YES on banning Family Planning funding in US aid abroad. (May 2001)
Voted YES on federal crime to harm fetus while committing other crimes. (Apr 2001)
Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortions. (Apr 2000)
Voted YES on barring transporting minors to get an abortion. (Jun 1999)
Rated 0% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record. (Dec 2003)

Voted YES on making the PATRIOT Act permanent. (Dec 2005)
Voted YES on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage. (Sep 2004)
Voted YES on protecting the Pledge of Allegiance. (Sep 2004)
Voted YES on constitutional amendment prohibiting flag desecration. (Jun 2003)
Voted YES on banning gay adoptions in DC. (Jul 1999)
Voted NO on ending preferential treatment by race in college admissions. (May 1998)
Supports anti-flag desecration amendment. (Mar 2001)
Rated 7% by the ACLU, indicating an anti-civil rights voting record. (Dec 2002)

Voted YES on replacing illegal export tax breaks with $140B in new breaks. (Jun 2004)
Voted YES on Bankruptcy Overhaul requiring partial debt repayment. (Mar 2001)
Rated 96% by the US COC, indicating a pro-business voting record. (Dec 2003)


There's more to see at http://www.ontheissues.org/PA/Curt_Weldon.htm