Well guess it is a two edged sword at that and it cuts both ways. Only know if I had signed that guy's petition, and he had double crossed me I would see him in court for breach of contract - for everything is a contract. When you sign the nominating petition to put someone on a ballot, you sign your name - the candidate has already signed his name - and this makes it a contract - you both agree to support in this instance, it would be the Republican Party. So anyone who signed his petition as a Republican and expected a Republican to be his or her representative in the Senate I think could sue this old devil .....but then in the wings, you do not know what is happening - maybe a democrat or two waiting in the wings to turn Republican? Once elected you can vote as you please, for the issues are the question subject to impartial bargaining and cross over ...... this guy should resign and then run as Independent - but Bob Smith sure came home in a hurry, for its cold out there in the badlands. Still think you could get them on breaking a contract for everything signed by two parties, or three, etc., is a contract. No way today, I would sign a petition for a Democrat to get on the ticket unless it would be because there is no democrat party any more.....our good candidates including George Wallace, were all gunned down. That is why I am today voting Republican; did you know the right wingers are the only ones who have always claimed a conspiracy gunned down JFK and RFK and MLK..... Read Gideon's bible - reading along is like - gee whiz, just like the movie Hoosiers - as Danny Quayle said - for in Hoosiers, he saw what was once the great state of Indiana. Saba
To unsubscribe send "leave chuckmuth" in body of message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or hit reply with "remove" in subject or go to http://www.incor.com/l10003/newsletter.htm to remove X-ListMember: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] ********************************** Don't Let the Door Hit Ya On the Way Out Assuming he does what everyone says he's gonna do tomorrow... I hate to take a position contrary to popular opinion (OK, no I don't), but I just can't get worked up over Sen. Jeffords leaving the GOP. Looking at his voting record, it's hard to make the case he was ever WITH us in the first place. But let's take a look at this from some different points of view anyway. First, Jeffords spit in the face of the party's leader, President Bush, embarrassing him on his single, most important piece of legislation. To their credit, the Bush folks played hardball and showed Sen. Jeffords that actions have consequences. Jeffords likewise gave it back by vamoosing. While playing hardball may have resulted in this setback in the short run, it sent an important message to the rest of the GOP team which will benefit us in the long run. Some are already criticizing the White House for being too tough on Jeffords. Wrong. They did the right thing. You can't let one liberal Republican hold the rest of the party and the nation hostage because he wants some social milk support program. The White House should NOT back down or regret its decision to play hardball with Jeffords … and we, as party loyalists and activists, should stand firmly with the President on this one. Now, I'm already seeing a lot of hate e-mails blasting Jeffords as a Benedict Arnold traitor for switching parties. Yes. But a word of caution on this kind of attack. At last count, some 400+ elected Democrats have switched parties since Clinton/Gore were elected in 1992. Such switches in some states have resulted in the GOP gaining the numerical majority in various legislative bodies. Wooing conservative Democrats to the Republican ranks has been extremely beneficial to our side … including Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell. Had he not switched a few years ago, we'd have already been in the minority without the Jeffords defection. The number of R's bolting the GOP has been miniscule by comparison. I understand and appreciate the anger you all feel when it happens to us, but that's political reality. So let's not become so vitriolic over this one incident that we scare away additional converts to our side down the road. After all, we're aggressively courting Democrat Sen. Zell Miller right now to come over from the dark side to balance this out. Let's put our energy into something positive by courting Miller rather than bashing Jeffords. He's gone (or likely will be shortly after this e-mail goes out). See ya. Adios. Sayonara. Don't let the door hit ya on the way out. What's done is done. We need to move on. Sure, life is going to be much tougher if Daschle & Company gain control of the Senate. But we still have the White House and the House. We're not out of the game because of this. Far from it. Just have to work a little harder. And this could actually be a blessing in disguise. Much of our party's conservative base has become disillusioned with the party because of liberal Republicans like Jeffords. Thinning the herd could actually be a good thing. A bad apple like the Vermont senator has been spoiling the whole GOP barrel for years. With him gone, maybe some of our base will come back. Out with the lemon … in with the lemonade. And at the risk of getting myself in the proverbial dog house with the party establishment again (like I ever get out), maybe losing control of the Senate opens the door for new GOP leadership in that body. Lord knows it's been the GOP Senate that has killed more Republican momentum and conservative legislation than Bill Clinton and Al Gore ever did. Remember, it was the GOP Senate that reopened the government way back when. And it was the GOP Senate that sold out the House Impeachment Managers and let Clinton off the hook for perjury. And it was the leadership of the GOP Senate that lost so many races last year that we ended up with the 50-50 tie in the first place. And on, and on, and on. Hopefully Republicans in the Senate will take this opportunity to reassess its leadership. Perhaps it's time for Trent Lott to step down and let someone else take a whack at the job. Fair or not, this debacle took place while he was at the helm. When a team does badly, it's the coach that's the first to go. Maybe Sen. Lott needs to look at what Speaker Gingrich did following the poor results of the 1998 elections and do what's in the best interest of the party. It's the honorable thing to do. And if we're going to be in the minority anyway, maybe there are a few more elephants who need to be culled from herd, as well. Any nominations? Fact is, short of Vermonters recalling him (unlikely), there ain't much we can do to Jeffords over this. He's not up for reelection for quite a while. What we CAN and SHOULD do is buckle down and get to work winning back control next year … and by a sizable margin so the other liberal Republicans can't blackmail us and hold our legislation hostage again in the future. This is a wake up call folks. Vent some steam. Hurl some expletives Jeffords' way. Get it out of your system … then let's get back to work. And that's all I have to say about that. Chuck Muth GOP News & Views **************************** **************************** Published by: Chuck Muth, Editor 3659 Scotwood Street Las Vegas, NV 89121 Phone: (702) 454-0350 Fax: (702) 454-7798 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The opinions and views expressed in GOP News & Views reflect those of the writers, editors and columnists therein and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the sponsors, advertisers heck, even some of our readers. 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