Senator Lugar-- what's he like?

[ailsagirl]

He seems affable enough-- is he really? I know nothing about him...

[Pirate Smile]

1. He is one of the decent Republicans.

[ailsagirl]

2. Thanks for that-- but... does he go along with the "agenda?"

[Pirate Smile]

8. He is not a neocon and he has been critical of this Administration.

[Warren Stupidity]

14. i met him in the early 80's

and he seemed decent and intelligent back then and seems to have remained so. However he does 'go along with the agenda', which at this point is clearly a contradiction to "decent and intelligent". Then again only two democrats on the senate foreign relations committee didn't 'go along with the agenda'.

[rpannier]

3. i lived in Indiana a while back

He's a good man, a nice guy. He's the only Republican I've ever voted for.

[WI_DEM]

4. all I know is that he is regularly called "respected by members

of both parties." He is a conservative old style Indiana Republican. I don't view him necessarily as the evangelic conservatives who control the party.

[ailsagirl]

9. Honestly, I thought he was a Dem because he seemed so

kindly and reasonable. I don't mind the "Old Guard" republicans so much-- only, I'm afraid there aren't many left. (That's what my representative told me, anyway.)

[JI7]

5. he is a good guy, nothing like the right wing pukes

like Tom Delay,Bill Frist etc.

Lugar is a conservative but the type that most of us would still feel comfortable with as President, especially in the area of foreign policy.

[liberalpragmatist]

7. He's a good guy - I've shook his hand before

nt

[ailsagirl]

10. OH GOD I HATE THOSE GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!

My stomach just churns when I hear those names... those bastards.
(DeLay, Cheney, Ashcroft, etc. etc. etc.)

[Leilani]

6. Old-time Republican

Tries to work with Dems...gave each questioner as much time as he or she wanted.

He wasn't a cheerleader for the war...he's not a neocon.

Conservative, but of the old school.

[moggie12]

11. I was very impressed by his handling of Rice hearing

I thought he was very fair, and he also asked Condi good questions and followed up with her on questions Democrats raised. I actually sent him an e-mail thanking him.

I read somewhere that moderate Repubs thought he should get the SOS job. Too bad Bush is such a moran -- I'd feel much, much better with Lugar in the job.

[Up2Late]

12. Lugar Sucks!

He was my Junior Senator when I was growing up.

:puke:Lugar SUCKS!

[Chipper Chat]

13. Two Democrat "thumbs up" for Dick Lugar.

He has always received my vote for Indiana Senator.

[JitterbugPerfume]

18. I respect him

and I vote for him

[Benhurst]

15. A little history: When Ferdinand Marcos tried to steal his last

election, The Gipper's first reaction was to tell the voters in the Phillipines to stop whining.

Lugar was a major factor in forcing the Reagan administration to finally withdraw its support for the dictator (an old friend of the Reagans) and negotiate Marcos's departure.

He is a righteous Republican.

[GregD]

16. He looked like he was holding his Birthday Party this morning -

smiling, laughing and having a helluva time.

[zulchzulu]

17. He's one of those decent, bipartisan rOld School Moderate Republicans

Not a bad guy, At all. Somewhat of a hawk...but not bad for a Repug.