Full list of Republicans who will be gone when Congress ends tonight

[Greeby]

This a full list of retired/defeated/resigned:

House
JD Hayworth (AZ)
Jim Kolbe (AZ)
Richard Pombo (CA)
Joel Hefley (CO)
Bob Beauprez (CO)
Rob Simmons (CT)
Nancy Johnson (CT)
Mike Bilrakis (FL)
Katherine Harris (FL)
Mark Foley (FL)
Clay Shaw (FL)
Butch Otter (ID)
Henry Hyde (IL)
Chris Chocola (IN)
John Hostettler (IN)
Mike Sodrel (IN)
Jim Nussle (IA)
Jim Leach (IA)
Jim Ryun (KS)
Anne Northup (KY)
Joe Schwarz (MI)
Gil Gutknecht (MN)
Tom Osborne (MT)
Jim Gibbons (NV)
Jeb Bradley (NH)
Charles Bass (NH)
Sue Kelly (NY)
John Sweeney (NY)
Sherwood Boehlert (NY)
Charles Taylor (NC)
Mike Oxley (OH)
Bob Ney (OH)
Ernest Istook (OK)
Melissa Hart (PA)
Curt Weldon (PA)
Mike Fitzpatrick (PA)
Don Sherwood (PA)
Bill Jenkins (TN)
Tom Delay (TX)
Mark Green (WI)

Senate

Jim Talent (MO)
Conrad Burns (MT)
Mike Dewine (OH)
Rick Santorum (PA)
Lincoln Chafee (RI)
Bill Frist (TN)
George Allen (VA)

:toast: :party: :popcorn: :beer:

[cureautismnow]

1. Start the Chant

NA, NA, NA. NA, NA, NA. HEY, HEY, HEY, GOODBYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:woohoo: :applause:

[Patchuli]

2. I am sorry only about Chafee...

I think he's a good man who votes his conscience.

Loved your party! LOL!

[Cha]

11. Yes, he voted against the

IWR.. Something good will open for him..just not the Senate at this time.

[SharonRB]

13. Yeah, I wouldn't have minded keeping him around

[HockeyMom]

23. Maybe he will switch Parties

and run again? I would definitely trade him in for Lieberman.

[liberaldemocrat7]

29. Sorry, but Chafee helped congress pass that awful Medicare Part D.

Chafee provided the vote to allow Medicare Part D to get passed. That turned out a meager prescription drug benefit for middle class disabled and retired people.

The Republicans shanghaied the already covered medicaid beneficiaries to Medicare Part D to hide the meagerness for middle class people who did not have the drug benefit yet.

Good to see Chafee go. I hope Rep. Steve Israel, a Democrat loses in 2008 as he also voted for this fiasco and lives on Long Island where I do. No he's not my representative. I have the IRA terrorist supporting Republican Peter King as my representative.

[Cha]

35. peter king squeeked

in, no? Maybe the next time is gold?

[hyphenate]

58. For me, Part D is crucial

I am disabled, and getting Medicare, but none of my prescriptions would be covered if it weren't for Part D. I don't get Masshealth anymore, because I have too much "income" for my disability, and my medications would be upward of $500+ a month otherwise. (How anyone taking in $13,000 a year for income could ever be construed as "too much" is beyond me) But the state and feds help those of us who can't afford it, and for that I am grateful. In California, I lived with diabetes, heart disease and other major illnesses for 3 1/2 years without health or drug coverage, and of course I nearly died more than once. Massachusetts has some worthy programs, however, and at least I can say I have a lot higher quality of life as a result.

[virgdem]

63. My condolences to you...

for being saddled with King. He is truly despicable. BTW, where on the Island are you? I'm from Hicksville, now live in Virginia Beach, VA. I do miss the City and the Island for the variety of things to do, but not the crowds, traffic or crime.

[hyphenate]

56. As a New Englander

I think he's probably been a lot more liberal than a lot of Southern Democrats. I've also heard tell that he would be a Democrat anyhow if it weren't for the Repubs being the party of his famous father, and I've also heard he might be considering changing parties sometime in the future. With Chafee, I think that would be a good idea, because he would be meaning it, not switching so much for completely political reasons, but because his views would echo the party.

[waiting for hope]

3. Bye-Bye...

:hi: and please let the door hit your collective asses on the way out. And to you Senator has been Macacawitz, I hope you have a very successful career in the KKK.

[NMDemDist2]

4. sure wish Mean Jean Schmidt was on that list but still

it's a goodie!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. What a lovely list. I will especially enjoy the absence of:

D Hayworth (AZ)
Richard Pombo (CA)
Katherine Harris (FL)
Mark Foley (FL)
Henry Hyde (IL)
Gil Gutknecht (MN)
Bob Ney (OH)
Curt Weldon (PA)
Tom Delay (TX)
Jim Talent (MO)
Conrad Burns (MT)
Mike Dewine (OH)
Rick Santorum (PA)
Bill Frist (TN)
George Allen (VA)

Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey, goo-ood bye!

:party: :beer: :toast: :woohoo:

[Lasher]

45. We are the champions - my friends

And we'll keep on fighting - till the end -
We are the champions -
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause we are the champions - of the world -

Buh bye, Publican majority! Buh bye!


:applause: :rofl: :headbang: :hi: :beer: :toast: :-)

[Richardo]

6. Nice work -

but Pombo is from CA :thumbsup:

[Richard D]

7. We're trying to have him exiled

[Greeby]

10. Oops, corrected

Thought I'd made a mistake somewhere :blush:

[burythehatchet]

8. a genuinely impressive assortment of

dicks, douchebags and prime assholes.

[Idioteque]

9. I'll miss Leach and Chafee...

...the rest of them can go to hell.

[MichiganVote]

12. Other than a couple...so long losers and good riddance

[malaise]

14. I'm

loving it.:rofl: :party: :toast:

[Greybnk48]

15. Yippee! Mark Green is GONE!

Sorry about Chafee.

[undeterred]

28. And John Gard will be gone from State government

Nice voting, Wisconsin!

[lonestarnot]

16. Good fucking riddance! Now drink that beer and pass the ammunition!

:toast:

[muntrv]

17. Great to see them go. How many of 'em will return as lobbyists?

[havocmom]

18. Guess it's time to put champagne on ice

:woohoo:

[cool user name]

19. My extra special moment of extreme happiness list:

House

Katherine Harris (FL)
Tom Delay (TX)

Senate

Rick Santorum (PA)
Bill Frist (TN)
George Allen (VA)

[karlrschneider]

20. I'd give my left nad to see my 2 senators names in that list.

(Oklahoma)
:puke:

[Mira]

22. Me too - I am not proud of my two - NC n/t

[ncrainbowgrrl]

47. Yep. Our 2 senators are certainly not representing me.

Glad I have David Price as my rep!

[proud2BlibKansan]

31. Same here

[mzmolly]

21. I'll toast to that!

:toast:

[blm]

24. I'll toast that news. Thanks for the list Greeby.

.

[Cooley Hurd]

25. Rep. John Sweeney (dRunk-NY) - goobye!

:bounce::party:

[undeterred]

26. mark green you slug

go home and cry

[cally]

27. I've been wanting a list like this

Thank you. Many of the worst are gone. :bounce:

[Supply Side Jesus]

30. That list of Senators

makes me feel all warm and fuzzy.

[Eric J in MN]

32. Conservative radio host Michael Medved...

...was skeptical that there was a Congressman named "Chris Chocola."

In a few weeks, there won't be any such Congressman.

[hyphenate]

59. Is he a Count, BTW?

:rofl:

[LeftishBrit]

62. "Chocola?"

Sounds a lot sweeter than he probably is!

Isn't there someone in Congress called Crapo? Mind you, we have an MP called Balls.

[tinfoil tiaras]

33. K/R

:woohoo: :woohoo: :bounce: :bounce:

[Eric J in MN]

34. Mike Fitzpatrick (R-PA) is the biggest surprise for me.

I thought Patrick Murphy (D-PA) was too immature looking to win, and he should wait 10 years to try again.



Patrick Murphy


But he'll be Congressman Patrick Murphy next month.

[Cha]

37. They just had a baby!

And he got the Michael J Fox endorsement!

Gawd, he's perfect!

http://www.murphy06.net/index.php

[Raine]

36. Don't let the door

hit your asses on the way out! :evilgrin:

[roody]

38. Did Frist lose or leave voluntarily?

[ellenfl]

39. frist left voluntarily as did hefley

along with harris, foley and delay, sorta. :evilgrin: hayworth, kelly and macacawitz, on the other hand, went out kicking and screaming. :nuke: :rofl:

ellen fl

[proud patriot]

40. na - na - na -na

hey..hey..hey

good-bye

:hi:

[Octafish]

41. Thass jussa start.

Proud to be KBR 13.

[Gemini Cat]

42. Maybe in '08 Pence, Mean Jean and King will be gone as well.

Three ass-hats that need to be sent packing!

[badgerpup]

43. Tom Osborne in Montana???

Denny Rehberg is our one and only rep in the House...we don't have enough people to justify more than one...
and he's a repub. :puke:

[nicknameless]

44. Great cause for celebration

:party: :toast: :patriot:

Nominated

[DarkTirade]

46. IMO that list isn't long enough... but it's better than nothing. :)

[Stardust]

48. What a lovely list, Greeby. Happy New Year!

[Hubert Flottz]

49. I'll bet the list will be much longer in 2008!

The sleeping Giant is awake!

[The Count]

53. Don't forget 2007 - some trash will be taken out then!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_elections,_2008#Republican_incumbent_races

[Philosoraptor]

50. S W E E T !!!!!!!!

[jazzjunkysue]

51. I hate to quote Donald Trump, but, "YOU'RE FIRED!" n/t.

[The Count]

52. Thanks, Santa!

Nice grab bag!

[progressoid]

54. HA HA!

[spanone]

55. Now is when they REALLY start making the BIG money.

Lobbying jobs abound with the kind of 'access' these folks can provide.

[WilliamPitt]

57. Laaaggghhhllll...

[hyphenate]

60. I don't know about any of you guys

But I am just as gleeful with the puke losses as governors--here in Massachusetts with Romney and Healey gone, and the other idiot Bush in Florida.

[LeftishBrit]

61. Glad that there are so many going!

And that they include horrible evil characters like Delay and Santorum and Allen.

And also some quite revolting governors being replaced by Dems, esp. the disgusting Mitt Romney.

I hope that things really change now. Bush needs an Opposition, and does NOT 'deserve a Congress that will work with him' like Cheney said.

I assume most of these people are being replaced by Dems. I remember, though, that there was one moderate Republican who was dumped in the primary for a far-right-winger (interesting that there were no shrieks from Cheney et al about HIM being 'purged and abandoned'). Did the right-winger win, or did a Dem get that seat?

[Pacifist Patriot]

64. *sigh* Great list, if only Dave Weldon could have been on it. Oh well.

Party on!

[marmar]

65. Take out the papers and trash.....

A demon's list, it is.....

When DeWine and the rest of them gave their little goodbye speeches this week on CSPAN, I was in tears....OF JOY!!! :party: :toast: :woohoo: :headbang: :bounce:

Fuck off, and don't come back.

[deadparrot]

66. A special "au revoir" to Jim Talent, from my home state.

So long, asswipe.

[depakid]

67. Richard Pombo (CA)

That one was music to my ears.

I rarely use the word "evil," but in that man's case,it applies.

[Contrite]

68. ONE MORE: Congressman Mark Kennedy, Minnesota

Democrat Amy Klobuchar kicked him to the curb in the Senate race!