THANK LINCOLN CHAFEE (R-RI)

[shireen]

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/30/politics/politicsspecial1/30cnd-alito.html

"Senator Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island today became the first Republican senator to oppose the nomination of Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. to the Supreme Court."
...
"Judge Alito has outstanding legal credentials and an inspiring life story," Mr. Chafee said, in a statement released by his office. "However, I am greatly concerned about his philosophy on some important constitutional issues."


Well, here's one Repub. with his head screwed on right regarding ScAlito!

Website: http://chafee.senate.gov/
Email: http://chafee.senate.gov/webform_original.htm

[LeftNYC]

1. A vote for cloture is like a yes vote in this case...nt

[shireen]

6. true but

he's still voting "no" for Alito on the SC. That is still significant, coming from a Repub who appears to have a spine of some sort.

[Chico Man]

19. He's only worried about reelection this fall

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

41. Not significant at all.

[dsc]

2. too little too late

No filibuster no good.

[shireen]

4. all I'm saying

is that we need to acknowledge the people who did the right thing.

[Dave Sund]

8. It's not the right thing

It's the politically expedient thing. He knows his "No" vote doesn't mean anything, but he's in serious danger of losing his race right now. He's got to pretend to be pro-choice enough so he doesn't lose the monumentally stupid endorsement he got from NARAL.

[shireen]

10. it does mean something!

that he's an independent thinker who respects the constitution. We should be encouraging that.

Voting for closure sucks, but this guy is not all bad -- he's at least voting against Alito.

[MADem]

13. It's cloture, not closure--the only closure that happened today is the

closure of the door of democracy right in our faces.

I don't expect a Republican to do any different, but don't ask me to reward the sumbitch for it. He should have voted with the brave Dems, if he plans on voting against the guy. Anything else is just strategic voting for the gophers who don't get it. It's sop for the dumb masses.

[dsc]

11. They need to have their nozes rubbed into that endorsement

They force us to make a pro life Democrat withdraw. Then they stabbed us in the back with that endorsement. Fat lot of good it did.

[patrioticliberal]

3. No. FUCK CHAFEE

DICKHEAD

[saltpoint]

5. I'm disillusioned with Lincoln Chafee. He is not my idea of a progressive

stand-alone thinker. He caves in to Bush way, way too often.

I would like to see a liberal Democrat replace him in the November Senate election in Rhode Island.

[shireen]

9. fine but

at least acknowledge him for doing the right thing on this critical Alito SC appointment vote!

[lakeguy]

12. today was the real vote.

tomorrow is just window dressing so the traitors can say they didn't vote for him even though they failed us by not supporting the filibuster, the only way to keep scalito off the court.

[Justitia]

23. bingo, and I WILL thank him for doing the RIGHT THING.

I really cannot believe all the negative responses to him that I am reading.

People, this senator voted with us when TOO MANY 'democrats' did not!

I always believe "never trust a republican", but Chafee did something VERY RIGHT today and we should recognize that and give credit where credit is due.

Geez!

Now back to our own "dems" and kicking them in the balls!

[alcibiades_mystery]

26. He did not vote with us?

What bizarre set of facts are you even spewing. He voted for cloture, which means he voted against the filibuster. Whatever he does in the confirmation vote is utterly fucking irrelevant at this point. WTF are you even talking about????

[Justitia]

28. He DID NOT! He is the ONLY REPUB who voted against cloture!

Why does everyone on this thread have this so confused?

[alcibiades_mystery]

30. BZZZZZT

Wrong.

[Lena inRI]

15. Matt Brown or Sheldon Whitehouse will win. . .

it's a sure bet. . .trust me.
:kick:

[Chico Man]

54. I'm thinking of supporting Whitehouse

He came to a few of the RI for Dean meetings.

[Lena inRI]

55. Learning about both for now. . .

keep an open-mind, ChicoMan. . .you can be sure I'll pick the one that isn't afraid to speak for us IN SPITE of the PRESSURES from the ole DNC/DLC crowd.

:toast:

[Township75]

7. If they voted against the fillibuster, what the fuck does it matter.

Seriously, who the fuck cares if Alito gets 51 votes tomorrow or 100?

As a former Rhode Island resident, I can say that Chafee is a piece of shit like the state he reprsents!

[Chico Man]

17. Hey there are people here that still live in RI

[Justitia]

25. You're mistaken I think - Chafee voted IN FAVOR OF THE FILIBUSTER. -nt

[alcibiades_mystery]

29. NO...you are mistaken

He voted for cloture, which means he voted AGAINST the filibuster. Get your facts straight.

He's a RUBBER STAMP Republican slimefuck and is only voting no on the confirmation through an act of half-assed political cowardice.

[Justitia]

32. I WATCHED IT MYSELF - HE VOTED NO TO CLOTURE. -nt

[alcibiades_mystery]

33. Your eyes were deceiving you

Chaffee voted AYE, for cloture. Get a clue.

[tsuki]

14. Empty gesture. He voted aye on cloture. It's cover for the liberal

state that he is from.

[Justitia]

27. HE DID NOT! He is the ONLY REPUB who voted AGAINST cloture!

The vote against the nazi is tomorrow!

[alcibiades_mystery]

35. BZZZZT: Chaffee voted FOR CLOTURE

Disgusting.

[Justitia]

37. I find your behavior disgusting. Jesus Christ. -eom

[alcibiades_mystery]

39. As I find yours

Spreading lies about Chaffee, etc.

[Justitia]

42. Spreading lies? Damn, YOU ARE REALLY SOMETHING. -eom

[alcibiades_mystery]

44. That's what they are

Falsehoods that you continue to spread even after learning that they are false. That's a lie, Justitia.

[Justitia]

46. Prove me wrong and I will post my error - for everyone else's benefit.

I will admit if I made a mistake for the benefit of my other DUers, but your behavior MAKES ME SICK.

[alcibiades_mystery]

48. Here you go

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/30/politics/politicsspecial1/30wire-rollcall.html

YOU are fucking wrong, and your behavior sickens me as well, I assure you.

The 72-25 roll call by which the Senate voted to end debate on Samuel Alito's Supreme Court nomination.
Skip to next paragraph

Go to Complete Coverage

On this vote, a "yes" vote was a vote to end the debate and a "no" vote was a vote to filibuster the nomination.

Voting "yes" were 19 Democrats and 53 Republicans.

Voting "no" were 24 Democrats and one independent.

Alabama

Sessions (R) Yes; Shelby (R) Yes.

Alaska

Murkowski (R) Yes; Stevens (R) Yes.

Arizona

Kyl (R) Yes; McCain (R) Yes.

Arkansas

Lincoln (D) Yes; Pryor (D) Yes.

California

Boxer (D) No; Feinstein (D) No.

Colorado

Allard (R) Yes; Salazar (D) Yes.

Connecticut

Dodd (D) No; Lieberman (D) Yes.

Delaware

Biden (D) No; Carper (D) Yes.

Florida

Martinez (R) Yes; Nelson (D) Yes.

Georgia

Chambliss (R) Yes; Isakson (R) Yes.

Hawaii

Akaka (D) Yes; Inouye (D) Yes.

Idaho

Craig (R) Yes; Crapo (R) Yes.

Illinois

Durbin (D) No; Obama (D) No.

Indiana

Bayh (D) No; Lugar (R) Yes.

Iowa

Grassley (R) Yes; Harkin (D) Not Voting.

Kansas

Brownback (R) Yes; Roberts (R) Yes.

Kentucky

Bunning (R) Yes; McConnell (R) Yes.

Louisiana

Landrieu (D) Yes; Vitter (R) Yes.

Maine

Collins (R) Yes; Snowe (R) Yes.

Maryland

Mikulski (D) No; Sarbanes (D) No.

Massachusetts

Kennedy (D) No; Kerry (D) No.

Michigan

Levin (D) No; Stabenow (D) No.

Minnesota

Coleman (R) Yes; Dayton (D) No.

Mississippi

Cochran (R) Yes; Lott (R) Yes.

Missouri

Bond (R) Yes; Talent (R) Yes.

Montana

Baucus (D) Yes; Burns (R) Yes.

Nebraska

Hagel (R) Not Voting; Nelson (D) Yes.

Nevada

Ensign (R) Not Voting; Reid (D) No.

New Hampshire

Gregg (R) Yes; Sununu (R) Yes.

New Jersey

Lautenberg (D) No; Menendez (D) No.

New Mexico

Bingaman (D) Yes; Domenici (R) Yes.

New York

Clinton (D) No; Schumer (D) No.

North Carolina

Burr (R) Yes; Dole (R) Yes.

North Dakota

Conrad (D) Yes; Dorgan (D) Yes.

Ohio

DeWine (R) Yes; Voinovich (R) Yes.

Oklahoma

Coburn (R) Yes; Inhofe (R) Yes.

Oregon

Smith (R) Yes; Wyden (D) No.

Pennsylvania

Santorum (R) Yes; Specter (R) Yes.

Rhode Island

Chafee (R) Yes; Reed (D) No.

South Carolina

DeMint (R) Yes; Graham (R) Yes.

South Dakota

Johnson (D) Yes; Thune (R) Yes.

Tennessee

Alexander (R) Yes; Frist (R) Yes.

Texas

Cornyn (R) Yes; Hutchison (R) Yes.

Utah

Bennett (R) Yes; Hatch (R) Yes.

Vermont

Jeffords (I) No; Leahy (D) No.

Virginia

Allen (R) Yes; Warner (R) Yes.

Washington

Cantwell (D) Yes; Murray (D) No.

West Virginia

Byrd (D) Yes; Rockefeller (D) Yes.

Wisconsin

Feingold (D) No; Kohl (D) Yes.

Wyoming

Enzi (R) Yes; Thomas (R) Yes.

[Justitia]

49. So why couldn't you have done that without the nasty attack?

According to the article, I am indeed wrong and it was simply that I misheard the vote as I was scribbling them all down fast and furiously.

I have NO OBJECTION to being shown when I am in error.

Your fucking attitude must sure make you a real party to be around, fuck me!

[alcibiades_mystery]

51. I really

could give a fuck less what you think. I corrected your error, and that's that.

[Chico Man]

16. Chaffee knew Alito is going to get in

His yes vote to end cloture was pretty telling

By voting no on Alito he pretty much wraps up his re-election. No one is going to bring up his vote on cloture.

[Justitia]

31. Where are you getting this stuff? ONLY REPUB WHO VOTED NO!

[alcibiades_mystery]

34. How fucking wrong could you be?

More wrong? Doubtful.

[Justitia]

36. And how fucking RUDE can you be? Geez!

[alcibiades_mystery]

38. That's what happens when you keep spreading FALSE information

Are you even going to admit that slimefuck Chaffee voted for cloture, thereby spitting on any and all NARAL support he may have received? You know., I get pretty rude when the future of my daughter is put in jeopardy by cowardly fucking pigs like Chaffee, especially when I send money to the organization that he hoodwinked into supporting him.

[Justitia]

40. So what - you unleash a torrent of vitriol onto a msg board?

I did watch every minute of the proceedings today, and I am willing to allow for the possibility I could be entirely wrong about the vote I heard. The formal records I normally record from are not up yet.

BUT GODDAMN!

Instead of maybe pointing out that I have made some kind of honest mistake and am genuinely confused, I get some FUCKING OVER THE TOP RUDE ATTACK.

You need to channel your shit where it belongs, and that is not on me.

:mad:

[alcibiades_mystery]

43. Too bad for you

Now everyone here knows that your claims are wrong, and you'll remember that you're wrong. Thanking Lincoln Chaffee based on your wrong fucking view of things. That's just dandy. Don't like it? Too fucking bad.

[Justitia]

45. Why don't you post the official record of his vote?

I have never had the displeasure of meeting someone as GROSSLY RUDE & BELLIGERENT as you on DU and I've been here a very long time.

[alcibiades_mystery]

47. Read it and weep

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/30/politics/politicsspecial1/30wire-rollcall.html

Voting "no" were 24 Democrats and one independent.

Alabama

Sessions (R) Yes; Shelby (R) Yes.

Alaska

Murkowski (R) Yes; Stevens (R) Yes.

Arizona

Kyl (R) Yes; McCain (R) Yes.

Arkansas

Lincoln (D) Yes; Pryor (D) Yes.

California

Boxer (D) No; Feinstein (D) No.

Colorado

Allard (R) Yes; Salazar (D) Yes.

Connecticut

Dodd (D) No; Lieberman (D) Yes.

Delaware

Biden (D) No; Carper (D) Yes.

Florida

Martinez (R) Yes; Nelson (D) Yes.

Georgia

Chambliss (R) Yes; Isakson (R) Yes.

Hawaii

Akaka (D) Yes; Inouye (D) Yes.

Idaho

Craig (R) Yes; Crapo (R) Yes.

Illinois

Durbin (D) No; Obama (D) No.

Indiana

Bayh (D) No; Lugar (R) Yes.

Iowa

Grassley (R) Yes; Harkin (D) Not Voting.

Kansas

Brownback (R) Yes; Roberts (R) Yes.

Kentucky

Bunning (R) Yes; McConnell (R) Yes.

Louisiana

Landrieu (D) Yes; Vitter (R) Yes.

Maine

Collins (R) Yes; Snowe (R) Yes.

Maryland

Mikulski (D) No; Sarbanes (D) No.

Massachusetts

Kennedy (D) No; Kerry (D) No.

Michigan

Levin (D) No; Stabenow (D) No.

Minnesota

Coleman (R) Yes; Dayton (D) No.

Mississippi

Cochran (R) Yes; Lott (R) Yes.

Missouri

Bond (R) Yes; Talent (R) Yes.

Montana

Baucus (D) Yes; Burns (R) Yes.

Nebraska

Hagel (R) Not Voting; Nelson (D) Yes.

Nevada

Ensign (R) Not Voting; Reid (D) No.

New Hampshire

Gregg (R) Yes; Sununu (R) Yes.

New Jersey

Lautenberg (D) No; Menendez (D) No.

New Mexico

Bingaman (D) Yes; Domenici (R) Yes.

New York

Clinton (D) No; Schumer (D) No.

North Carolina

Burr (R) Yes; Dole (R) Yes.

North Dakota

Conrad (D) Yes; Dorgan (D) Yes.

Ohio

DeWine (R) Yes; Voinovich (R) Yes.

Oklahoma

Coburn (R) Yes; Inhofe (R) Yes.

Oregon

Smith (R) Yes; Wyden (D) No.

Pennsylvania

Santorum (R) Yes; Specter (R) Yes.

Rhode Island

Chafee (R) Yes; Reed (D) No.

South Carolina

DeMint (R) Yes; Graham (R) Yes.

South Dakota

Johnson (D) Yes; Thune (R) Yes.

Tennessee

Alexander (R) Yes; Frist (R) Yes.

Texas

Cornyn (R) Yes; Hutchison (R) Yes.

Utah

Bennett (R) Yes; Hatch (R) Yes.

Vermont

Jeffords (I) No; Leahy (D) No.

Virginia

Allen (R) Yes; Warner (R) Yes.

Washington

Cantwell (D) Yes; Murray (D) No.

West Virginia

Byrd (D) Yes; Rockefeller (D) Yes.

Wisconsin

Feingold (D) No; Kohl (D) Yes.

Wyoming

Enzi (R) Yes; Thomas (R) Yes.

[Justitia]

50. Once again - sorry to make a FUCKING MISTAKE. Can I have my head back now

or are you not done being a total dick to me yet?

[alcibiades_mystery]

52. Oh, I'm done

Now that you've stopped spreading falsehoods, I'm well and truly finished with you.

[Chico Man]

53. Only because of his re-election here in RI

Get it?

[Idioteque]

18. I don't care what people say about Chafee, I like the guy.

Yeah I'm a little pissed that he voted for cloture but I still hold him in high regard for being the only Republican Senator to vote against the Iraq war.

[Chemical Bill]

59. I might like him if he didn't have an (R) after his name. n/t

[The Magistrate]

20. He Must Still Be Defeated, Ma'am

He assists Frist in maintaning majority leader status, and at bottom, that is the only important consideration. The "moderate" Republicans are the most vulnerable to replacement by string Democratic candidates, and fire must be concentrated upon them when they run for re-election.

"No quarter!"

"LET'S GO GET THOSE BUSH BASTARDS!"

[Teaser]

21. Fuck Lincoln Chafee

That human spooge? Thank that waste of a Y chromosome?

He's a piece of dung. I can't wait for that motherfucker to lose, either in the primary or the general.

He's target #2 as far as I'm concerned, target #1 being Holy Joe Lieberman.

[upi402]

22. I wrote him! He listened maybe?

Good for him.

[FreedomAngel82]

56. I wrote him too

I did send a thank you because either way, whether for re-election or not, I still think he took a chance.

[Name removed]

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[Lena inRI]

57. Bwaaaa.. .don't hold anything back!

beautifully said, alcibiades. . .and you gave me a cathartic relief just reading it!

Chafee will be gone!
:woohoo:

[Blaukraut]

58. Thank you. I agree completely n/t

[obreaslan]

60. Hmmm, If it wasn't for the "R" after his name.....

We'd all be screaming he's a traitor.


So why should I thank him?

[mattclearing]

61. Yay for Republicans!!!!!

:eyes:

[Not_So_Right_Wing]

62. FU Chafee...

do us a favor and do what your father did...take a dirt nap!

[Strong Atheist]

63. .

:popcorn:

[Ignacio Upton]

64. Fuck him

I want Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) or Senator Matt Brown (D-RI)