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carpetbagger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-25-05 11:50 PM
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42. The dem would vote for cmte chairs who would investigate.
Even if I were a purist on the war, I would find a pro-war democrat more useful in ending the war than an anti-war republican. For God's sake, Lincoln Chaffee is chairman of the subcommittee of the foreign relations committee that oversees that mess.
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  -Which would you vote , a Pro-war Democrat or an Anti-war Republican? Walt Starr  Sep-25-05 07:40 PM   #0 
  - Important as the war is,  ayeshahaqqiqa   Sep-25-05 07:43 PM   #1 
  - I look to the n umbers in the caucus  Walt Starr   Sep-25-05 07:45 PM   #3 
  - Remember 1968. Humphrey was pro-war.  Walt Starr   Sep-25-05 07:44 PM   #2 
  - There was no "uggh, not this again" button  Mr_Spock   Sep-25-05 07:46 PM   #4 
  - Bogus question.  smoogatz   Sep-25-05 07:47 PM   #5 
  - Pat Buchanan?  wuushew   Sep-25-05 07:49 PM   #7 
  - Okay--that's one.  smoogatz   Sep-25-05 07:58 PM   #16 
  - Lincoln Chaffee  saracat   Sep-25-05 07:54 PM   #13 
  - If he's a Republican, Hillary's a liberal  smoogatz   Sep-25-05 07:56 PM   #15 
  - Seriously. Buchanan doesn't count.  wallwriter   Sep-25-05 07:59 PM   #17 
  - Ron Paul (R-Texas) voted against the war. n/t  Meeker Morgan   Sep-25-05 08:15 PM   #19 
  - Chuck Hagel  NewJeffCT   Sep-25-05 10:01 PM   #32 
  - Can we also assume  wtmusic   Sep-25-05 07:48 PM   #6 
  - It's fair to assume that the party pretty much disowns him/her  Walt Starr   Sep-25-05 07:51 PM   #9 
     - the Republican then  wtmusic   Sep-25-05 07:53 PM   #12 
     - Moderate on every other issue?  sandnsea   Sep-25-05 09:12 PM   #29 
  - I would not trust the Republican to stay Pro-Peace  tomg   Sep-25-05 07:50 PM   #8 
  - how would one rather die  G_j   Sep-25-05 07:51 PM   #10 
  - Good question, made me think -  Kali   Sep-25-05 07:52 PM   #11 
  - Pro-war Democrat  Piperay   Sep-25-05 07:55 PM   #14 
  - I'd have to pass on both, 3rd party would be only option  ngant17   Sep-25-05 08:10 PM   #18 
  - I'm confused. What is the purpose of this poll, really?  Beam Me Up   Sep-25-05 08:19 PM   #20 
  - Oh really?  Walt Starr   Sep-25-05 08:27 PM   #24 
  - I stand corrected. I obviously didn't read the question closely enough.  Beam Me Up   Sep-25-05 08:50 PM   #26 
  - Bingo!  sellitman   Sep-26-05 08:20 AM   #44 
  - I'd Vote For the Republican...  tlsmith1963   Sep-25-05 08:23 PM   #21 
  - Based solely on that question,  mmonk   Sep-25-05 08:25 PM   #22 
  - I will not vote for a pro-War Democrat  kenzee13   Sep-25-05 08:26 PM   #23 
  - Plenty of supposedly pro-war democrats ...  Laelth   Sep-25-05 08:38 PM   #25 
  - I like to vote, it would depend  mandyky   Sep-25-05 08:58 PM   #27 
  - Ending the war does not earn us much if we lose choice and the economy.  BlueIris   Sep-25-05 08:58 PM   #28 
  - It depends where they stand on labor issues really  Zuni   Sep-25-05 09:19 PM   #30 
  - For The Democrat, Mr. Starr  The Magistrate   Sep-25-05 09:53 PM   #31 
  - It would be hard, but I'd vote for the pro-war Democrat  mvd   Sep-25-05 10:09 PM   #33 
  - You can't trust a repub to hold true to an anti-war pledge.  lateo   Sep-25-05 10:10 PM   #34 
  - neither. if those were my options i would abstain from voting nt  jonnyblitz   Sep-25-05 10:12 PM   #35 
  - Party affiliation doesn't mean much to me. Policy does. nt  bemildred   Sep-25-05 10:14 PM   #36 
  - would you rather...  genevat   Sep-25-05 10:17 PM   #37 
  - Lincoln Chafee was the ONLY Anti-war Republican  Quixote1818   Sep-25-05 10:17 PM   #38 
  - There are pro-war Democrats and then there are those  LittleClarkie   Sep-25-05 10:31 PM   #39 
  - I would never, ever vote Republican  davekriss   Sep-25-05 10:44 PM   #40 
  - I might not vote Dem  Skittles   Sep-25-05 10:49 PM   #41 
  - The dem would vote for cmte chairs who would investigate.  carpetbagger   Sep-25-05 11:50 PM   #42 
  - Given a choice like that  The Traveler   Sep-26-05 12:15 AM   #43 
  - The Republican would seem to be the more honest candidate...  Dob Bole   Sep-26-05 08:26 AM   #45 
 

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