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Mon Aug-08-11 05:37 PM
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| -A good man died today. And, he was a Republican. |
stevedeshazer |
Aug-07-11 10:16 PM |
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All Republicans pre-Reagan would be considered moderate by today's standards |
wtmusic |
Aug-07-11 10:17 PM |
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Almost |
Jim Warren |
Aug-07-11 10:20 PM |
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Nixon would have been destroyed for even contemplating the idea of an EPA |
wtmusic |
Aug-07-11 10:23 PM |
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True, but Nixon didn't believe in the idea. The EPA was politically popular so he ran with it. |
Kennah |
Aug-07-11 10:50 PM |
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He didn't believe in an idea he came up with? |
wtmusic |
Aug-07-11 10:58 PM |
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Oh jeepers. A professor of wikipeida. |
tabasco |
Aug-09-11 07:36 PM |
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Oh crap. A professor of selective editing. |
wtmusic |
Aug-09-11 09:42 PM |
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Gullible much? |
tabasco |
Aug-10-11 05:08 PM |
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And slaughtered for price controls. . . |
BigDemVoter |
Aug-09-11 06:51 PM |
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Atilla the Hun was moderate compared to today's Roopublicons. nt |
tsuki |
Aug-07-11 11:14 PM |
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I grew up under Ike. |
Jakes Progress |
Aug-08-11 05:36 PM |
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Moderates are still just as useless as the far right. nt |
Modern_Matthew |
Aug-09-11 06:51 PM |
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RIP, Senator. |
PDJane |
Aug-07-11 10:18 PM |
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Sad to hear how republicans used to be |
senseandsensibility |
Aug-07-11 10:18 PM |
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I remember Mark Hatfield... |
kentuck |
Aug-07-11 10:18 PM |
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Yes. |
stevedeshazer |
Aug-07-11 10:22 PM |
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Where are have the Republicans gone whom we could also call friends |
Supersedeas |
Aug-09-11 09:33 AM |
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They are called "Blue Dogs" and we are supposed to hate them. |
Ikonoklast |
Aug-09-11 06:56 PM |
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RIP |
Ohio Joe |
Aug-07-11 10:19 PM |
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Mark Hatfield |
montanacowboy |
Aug-07-11 10:23 PM |
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I remember. He was an old time type. And Oregon is different all |
roguevalley |
Aug-07-11 10:24 PM |
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Right. |
stevedeshazer |
Aug-07-11 10:33 PM |
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Chuck Percy, Bill Scranton, Ray Shaffer, Everett Dirkson |
Botany |
Aug-07-11 11:20 PM |
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+1 |
stevedeshazer |
Aug-07-11 11:28 PM |
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Sorry he should have been on my list. |
Botany |
Aug-07-11 11:52 PM |
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don't forget wayne morse :) |
roguevalley |
Aug-08-11 12:57 AM |
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Jacob Javitz... |
Dennis Donovan |
Aug-08-11 05:43 AM |
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Elihu Root |
Rhiannon12866 |
Aug-08-11 06:05 AM |
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He was an early proponent of US entry in WW1... |
Dennis Donovan |
Aug-08-11 05:30 PM |
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I knew that he was buddies with TR, but you're right... |
Rhiannon12866 |
Aug-08-11 05:38 PM |
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ah, Tom McCall. He's been gone too long. :( |
roguevalley |
Aug-08-11 12:58 AM |
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I used to know Republicans |
handmade34 |
Aug-07-11 10:39 PM |
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I remember him |
trackfan |
Aug-07-11 10:46 PM |
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There was a broader national consensus on decency k*r |
autorank |
Aug-07-11 10:57 PM |
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Exactly right. |
stevedeshazer |
Aug-07-11 11:07 PM |
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Thinking back to civil rights and Senator Dirksen... |
autorank |
Aug-07-11 11:14 PM |
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Everett Dirksen was a reasonable guy. |
stevedeshazer |
Aug-07-11 11:19 PM |
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Yeah, he was one of the good ones |
AnnieBW |
Aug-07-11 10:59 PM |
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R.I.P. Senator Hatfield......a good man, indeed. |
nevergiveup |
Aug-07-11 11:29 PM |
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Compared to the rethugs we have today - almost all of those old |
jwirr |
Aug-08-11 12:47 AM |
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Aug-08-11 12:52 AM |
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yup, he was a good guy |
renate |
Aug-08-11 03:03 AM |
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R-I-P Senator Hatfield |
Raine |
Aug-08-11 03:21 AM |
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Things were so different then. n/t |
Mimosa |
Aug-08-11 05:47 AM |
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"A good man died today. And, he was a Republican." |
Leftist Agitator |
Aug-08-11 10:47 AM |
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How old are you? |
Armstead |
Aug-08-11 10:47 AM |
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"How old are you?" |
Leftist Agitator |
Aug-08-11 01:37 PM |
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Just tell us you have no conscienceness before 1980. |
Jakes Progress |
Aug-08-11 05:40 PM |
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Well, you spelled conscience wrong... |
Leftist Agitator |
Aug-09-11 09:22 AM |
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Not used to the internet yet? |
Jakes Progress |
Aug-09-11 06:48 PM |
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I agree, Jakes. Internet pedantry is characteristic of the very young and inexperienced |
anneboleyn |
Aug-09-11 08:07 PM |
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"LIfe didn't begin with reagan." |
Leftist Agitator |
Aug-10-11 10:58 AM |
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If you fling shit, don't be so touchy about the side spray. |
Jakes Progress |
Aug-10-11 11:30 AM |
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FWIW, it didn't "start with Reagan" |
Xithras |
Aug-09-11 07:03 PM |
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FWIW, I didn't say that. |
Jakes Progress |
Aug-09-11 09:48 PM |
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"The continent of Europe is so wide, mein herr." I think matters are a bit more complex... |
anneboleyn |
Aug-09-11 07:58 PM |
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He would be considered a far left Democrat these days |
Ichingcarpenter |
Aug-08-11 10:52 AM |
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I feel sorry for you. |
WilliamPitt |
Aug-09-11 06:57 PM |
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RIP Senator Hatfield |
kanda |
Aug-08-11 11:12 AM |
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He was a republican back when republicans weren't controlled by the religious right |
LynneSin |
Aug-08-11 11:13 AM |
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Amen! |
BackToThe60s |
Aug-08-11 05:37 PM |
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RIP, Mark Hatfield |
paulk |
Aug-09-11 09:31 AM |
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He was also against intervention in Central America and for the environment |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Aug-09-11 09:34 AM |
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I couldn't see praise of a democrat who passed away happening on that other forum. Could you? |
Shagbark Hickory |
Aug-09-11 09:36 AM |
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K&R RIP, Senator Hatfield. |
femmocrat |
Aug-09-11 10:01 AM |
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He was one of those "coastal Republicans," More liberal or moderate than |
Liberal_Stalwart71 |
Aug-09-11 06:52 PM |
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Senator Santorum once impugned Senator Hatfield's patriotism on the senate floor |
Jack Rabbit |
Aug-09-11 06:53 PM |
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RIP. The last Republican I voted for was Lowell Weicker in 1988 when |
madinmaryland |
Aug-09-11 06:54 PM |
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The idea of a moderate republican... |
awoke_in_2003 |
Aug-09-11 07:22 PM |
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