Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

Republican heroes

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread
This topic is archived.
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (Through 2005) Donate to DU
 
alonso_quijano Donating Member (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-04 11:52 AM
Original message
Republican heroes
Richard Clarke
Paul O'Neill
Scott Ritter

Who else am I missing here? I'd like to have a big honking list of Republicans whose patriotism and decency have trumped their partisanship.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
DarkPhenyx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-04 11:55 AM
Response to Original message
1. Clarke is an independant.
He has said so himself.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
alonso_quijano Donating Member (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-04 12:17 PM
Response to Reply #1
8. The media has called him a "registered Republican"...
However, it seems things aren't so cut-and-dried. From _Salon_:

Conason: Is it true that you're a registered Republican, as someone told me yesterday?

Clarke: Well, I vote in Virginia, and you can't register as a Republican or a Democrat in Virginia. The only way that anybody ever knows your party affiliation in Virginia is when you vote in a primary, because you have to ask for either a Republican or a Democratic ballot. And in the year 2000, I voted in the Republican presidential primary. That's the only record in the state of Virginia of my interest or allegiance.

Conason: Will you tell me whom you voted for in the Republican presidential primary in Virginia in 2000?

Clarke: Yeah, I voted for John McCain.

So, I guess he's not a registered Republican, but he does seem to self-identify as a Republican. Or did, until the goons who took over that party started their latest round of slander.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
DarkPhenyx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-04 12:21 PM
Response to Reply #8
10. Only thing I have heard from him on it is...
...that he is an Independant. *shrug* It is worth noting that in 2000 the Democrats really didn't have a primary to speak of. As VP Gore was pretty much a shoein.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
right is wrong Donating Member (67 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-04 11:55 AM
Response to Original message
2. Joe Wilson
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-04 11:55 AM
Response to Original message
3. It seems to me that the word 'hero' is being overused...
...to the point where it's becoming meaningless. I've seen 'hero' cops, firemen and soldiers...but calling politicians heros for telling the truth is going a bit overboard. It's their friggin jobs and duty to tell the truth.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Drifter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-04 11:55 AM
Response to Original message
4. Former Repuke ...
Jim Jeffords

Cheers
Drifter
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-04 11:57 AM
Response to Original message
5. clarke has worked for dems as well
i think he is just a civil servant willing to work for both repubs and us.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Drifter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-04 11:58 AM
Response to Original message
6. John McCain ...
not because he is Repuke.

His bravery and steadfast loyalty in Vietnam is 2nd to none. He is a true hero. I just wish he would come to his senses and get the hell out of the Party of Chickenhawks.

Cheers
Drifter
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Gruenemann Donating Member (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-04 12:13 PM
Response to Reply #6
7. Maybe McCain has been trying
to reform the party from within. I have a good friend who has always been active in rethuglican caucuses, conventions, primaries, etc, but when the general election came around she always voted against the bastards. She was trying to reform them from within. HOWEVER, this year, for the first time in her life, she voted in the Democratic primary. She has given up on having any impact on the repukes. Maybe as you suggest McCain will do the same.

Nice to see a fellow Zappatista in here.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
mobuto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-04 12:20 PM
Response to Original message
9. Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt
Henry Stimpson, Thomas E. Dewey, William Cohen, and, with all due respect to Senator Kerry, William Weld. Could probably name a bunch more.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-04 12:23 PM
Response to Original message
11. Jim Jeffords
Does he count even though he's not a Republican anymore?

How about Kevin Phillips?
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view 
this author's profile Click to add 
this author to your buddy list Click to add 
this author to your Ignore list Fri Dec 27th 2024, 10:35 AM
Response to Original message
Advertisements [?]
 Top

Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (Through 2005) Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators


Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC