3 Cheers for John Warner!

[AlecBGreen]

you may being going :crazy: over the title but read below for an explanation. Ive said it once and Ill say it again...If Virginia has to have a Republican senator, Im glad we have a guy like John Warner. This is a snip from the dKos main page.

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House GOP attack on MoveOn.org fails--for now.
by georgia10
Sun Dec 18, 2005 at 10:01:24 PM PDT
Liberal groups like Moveon.org outraised similar GOP groups in the last election. Intimidated by Moveon.org's success, the right has sought to weaken its influence by (1) painting it as a fringe, "far-left" group, and (2) passing legislation which would slash the group's finances. Specifically, the House GOP sought to limit individual contributions to such groups.

...

Enter Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John Warner (R-VA), who refused to sign off on the defense bill unless the campaign finance provision was removed.

:yourock:

[Captain Hilts]

1. Warner is a good guy.

I don't always agree with him, but he's got some integrity.

AND he knows where Norfolk is.

[abluelady]

2. He Needs to Remember More Than Norfolk

Judge Alito should be voted down if not at least filisbustered. As one of the "14" Warner should come forward.

[Eurobabe]

3. John Warner isn't that bad

I agree, we could & do have worse, like George Allen (bwahahaaaa!!!!!)

[Mike Daniels]

4. If not for Warner, Oliver North would have beat Robb and now be a Senator

Polls showed that Warner's "candidate" Marshall Coleman's support came almost exclusively from Republicans.

Coleman's percentage of the total vote more than outnumbered the slim margin that Robb had over North after all votes were counted. So, without Coleman's involvement you would have seen North defeat Robb.

[captain disgruntled]

5. Yeah, well, I wrote to him to protest against openingANWR

to oil drilling, and got back a lecture about how important it is for America to achieve energy independence--well DUH, you old git. That's why I suggested we put some of this vaunted American know-how and ingenuity to exploiting RENEWABLE sources.
Bah.

[abluelady]

6. He is an old man.

We need young Dems who know how to think outside the box and get things done. We can't keep beating a dead horse. We must use new technology for energy. Just think about all the money wasted in Iraq that could have gone for innovative breakthroughs. Makes you want to puke.

[Virginia Dare]

7. At least he answers your letters..

Allen doesn't even have the common decency to do that--PR*CK!

[FSogol]

8. I got a letter from Allen once. It essentially said he didn't care for

my views and would proceed anyway.

[Catchawave]

9. At least you got a letter !

He's never responded to mine and I do write as a "concerned constituent" rather than a democrat. Wonder if he'll hit me up for a donation...heh.

Edit to add that I always get very polite replies from John Warner.