OMG! SUNUNU SAYS HE WILL BREAK WITH BUSH!!!

[berni_mccoy]

Ok, let me give some background. Every issue that has come up in the past 6 years that I've written about to this BushBot, I got a response letter that read like it was written by Karl Rove himself.

Sununu is wrapped up in the Abramoff Scandal to boot.

And now he says (as reported on WMUR, NH's ABC station) he can't support an increase in troops!?!?!?! WTF?!?!

Hell must be in the Atlantic because it's getting the same incredible ICE STORM we just got here in NH!!!!

[graywarrior]

1. What's daddy gonna say?

[brooklynite]

13. Probably the same thing Daddy Bush is saying...

[H2O Man]

68. Right.

Exactly.

[lonestarnot]

2. At least he won't be part of the shit storm egh?

[aquart]

3. My mouth is open wide, startled. Jaw on the floor.

[villager]

4. Good lord. This is the first time I've thought impeachment was actually a possibility

They really are all leaping off the ship...

Jr. will be going plainly bonkers for all to see, soon enough...

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

45. Impeachment is possible. "Off the table" IMO is just politics

If Harry Reid tells Pelosi there are the votes in the senate, IMO, there will be an impeachment resolution introduced in the house in less than a week.

Impeaching these guys for fun, like the pugs did Clinton isn't worthwhile. They have to be removed or there is no point in it.

[GOTV]

58. Absolutely! When we have the Senate, Impeachment can begin n/t

[porphyrian]

5. And he's got three times the number of 'u's in his name...!

I'm putting money on his being worried about what's going to come out of all the investigations and he's trying to hedge his bets, for mercy if nothing else.

[originalpckelly]

6. WOWZA!

:wow:

Now that means Bush's ass kissers are really starting to take him on. :wow:

[crim son]

7. Olympia Snowe of Maine has gone against him too!

For the first time in a long time, she's done something right and I intend to write and thank her.

[Faryn Balyncd]

15. I already have.

(written her, that is.)

I would imagine she would appreciate any words of appreciation.

Maybe this can keep rolling and get up to 60-40 or so. If anything is going to happen regarding funding, this non-binding resolution, much easier, needs a decisive win.

These GOP votes are essential, because without any, the vote would be a sure loss. (Lieberman for sure, and possibly Ben Nelson would be voting for the escalation.)

[crim son]

19. Excellent. I'd better get on it, then

before she changes her minD. :toast:

[Cha]

66. If nelson does I hope he

gets his ass in sling because of it. lieman has been lost to the mfbush cabal forever.

[MidwestTransplant]

33. Ask her to switch parties while you are at it.

[crim son]

I have asked her over the years to do a lot of things

and she is a Republican through and through. I am not certain what makes her "moderate" unless it's gestures like this one, made once a decade, when public opinion so presses that she believes she has no choice. She would not switch parties, in other words.

[MoonRiver]

49. What's the matter with Maine?

Seriously, TWO Repug Senators in a Northeastern state??
:wtf:

[Little Wing]

8. Please post the test of the letter

remove names, but I'd love to hear it

[UrbScotty]

9. Y'know, he does face the voters in 656 days (nt)

[Tesha]

52. Bingo. He needs to umm, "revise" his image. (NT)

[MADem]

10. He's as craven as his daddy, but he doesn't pester women like his paw did.

So he must be the new, improved model by comparison. Opportunism, it's in the genes, I guess...

You didn't lose power, I take it--lucky break--some of those poor folks were having it rough.

[Rainscents]

11. OMG... Bush is finished!!!

[Orsino]

59. Calm down, folks. This is bargaining.

The calls to end the war having grown too loud to ignore, they will let themselves be talked out of another escalation in order to maintain the status quo. Meanwhile, discussion of pulling the plug completely on the war has been effectively derailed, and a few Republicans appear to have distanced themselves from Loser Boy while still supporting the same corporate masters.

[janx]

12. OK so now we have

Hagel
Snowe
Sununu

Who else?

[hatrack]

Brownback, Gordon Smith.....

nt

[janx]

21. Thanks! I'd forgotten about Smith,

and I didn't know about Brownback.

So

Smith
Brownback
Hagel
Snowe
Sununu.......... so far......!

[Bjorn Against]

29. Add Coleman to that list

Used to be a total Bushbot and now he is running away.

[janx]

31. "running away" ...

:rofl: I love it!


Coleman
Smith
Brownback
Hagel
Snowe
Sununu
Voinovich (?) from downthread

[caligirl]

34. finally they can learn from the election what they failed to in 6 years

licking the f'wad that is bush.

[maine_raptor]

62. If Snowe goes, so does Collins

Count on it!!

And as to the poster above who asked "What's with Maine having two GOP Senators?" All I got to say is 1) we're tryin' and 2) remember the story of Margaret Chase Smith and Tail-Gunner Joe? Didn't work out for Joe then and it won't for Bush now. Strap in folks, the dam she is a burstin'.

[illinoisprogressive]

14. Like dominoes falling after they lined up so nicely.

[eleny]

16. Some Rs in Congress are like canaries in the coal mine

[AspenRose]

38. And some Rs in Congress are up for election in '08.

eom

[Supersedeas]

51. which wwwwaaaayyyy do they turn

[NanceGreggs]

17. There's a lot more of this kind of jaw-dropping news ...

... on its way.

After the trouncing they took in the mid-terms, Republicans finally woke up to the facts: Stick with BushCo, you're out. Come over to the other side, you might -- might -- have a chance at political survival.

You know the old sayin' about being caught between Iraq and a hard place!

(God forgive me, but I'm just loving this crap!)

[eleny]

20. "might" - I'd love to see him defeated

The term flip-flopper comes to mind as a campaign slogan against him. Helped w get us into the mess and then bailed.

I can at least donate to his opponent from afar!

[NanceGreggs]

32. Yeah, the "might" is pretty farfetched ...

... but we can all enjoy the Eddy Haskell performances that are sure to be plentiful in the months to come.

"Oh, and did I mention what a lovely dress you're wearing today, Madam Speaker Pelosi?"

:rofl:

[eleny]

35. Eddy Haskell?!

Oh, I love that reference. Smarminess in training!

[NanceGreggs]

37. OOOOPS!!!!

Gave away my age there, huh? Wonder how many of our younger DU family members are Googling right about now ...

[eleny]

41. It'll be good for them. Eddy is an education!

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

46. Madame Speaker Cleaver ..I mean Pelosi, you look wonderful

Have you changed your hairstyle?

This crap from the same cretins who introduced a constitutional amendment to ban flag burning this past summer.

[Clark2008]

50. What's sad is that we have people in our own party who did

the same thing and are now running in the Dem presidential primary.

:eyes:

[CrazyOrangeCat]

25. yr gonna be burning thru the keyboards in '07, gal . . .

:bounce:

too much fun . . . .

[fooj]

26. She HAS forgiven us...

;-)

[UndertheOcean]

18. Sununu ? thats a lebanese name ?

(after google) , oh so he's a senator...

Any other repugs jumping ship ?

[napi21]

23. Wait till tomorrow. I understand there will be many more.

Maybe Friday will be the most! That is the day of the week when people do stuff they don't really want a lot of people to notice ya know.

[eleny]

36. Not only are we going to notice....

We're going to billboard it everywhere! Oh yeah.

[Hippo_Tron]

65. On the West Wing they refer to Friday it as "take out the trash day"

The assumption is that people don't watch the news on Friday night.

[EST]

30. Voinovich (sp?) is also intermittently apoplectic.

Five or ten more and we have not only a veto override capable majority, but an impeachment capable one.

[fooj]

43. Watch for Lott to jump ship.

Revenge is sweet...

[EST]

71. Lott is such a hare brained idiot, an empty headed sooodough

intellectual, that if he jumps ship, besides being a liability for us, he'd probably miss the dock.

[IronLionZion]

55. I believe he's Lebanese-Irish Catholic

This isn't the first time he's gone against his party or his president. It helps that he's from NH. Either way, let's beat him in 2008.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Sununu

http://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/John_Sununu.htm

[IronLionZion]

56. I believe he's Lebanese-Irish Catholic

This isn't the first time he's gone against his party or his president. It helps that he's from NH. Either way, let's beat him in 2008.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Sununu

http://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/John_Sununu.htm

[Ishoutandscream2]

22. Bush is single-handedly destroying the Repub party

The only positive thing for his legacy.

[Rebel_with_a_cause]

53. Is the GOP destroying itself or saving itself?

I think most GOPpers didn't even recognize their own party in the last 5 years.

[Strelnikov_]

24. Amazing how a looming election focuses one on survival n/t

[cascadiance]

27. Yup, 08's coming up pretty soon for him!

This is why I say that impeachment with conviction is not impossible. In addition to some other on-the-fence Republicans not up for re-election, we have 21 targets up for re-election in 2008 to go after that could be faced with either joining with the Dems on impeachment or getting booted out of office!

New Hampshire also just became significantly more of a blue state in 2006 as well!

[Rebel_with_a_cause]

54. Question about 2008

I've heard it's 28 repub senate seats up for grabs, 6 dem seats. Is that right? If so, the GOP knows it's toast and will go the way of fellow Congressmen if it does not abide constituents.

On edit: I think I found the answer to my question:

17 GOP senate seats will be open and 10 dem seats. W/Allard (R-CO) retiring, that makes it 18 - 10 R - D seats open in 2008.

[cascadiance]

57. It's 21 Republicans vs. 12 dems

I guess you should think of Rush's old 2112 album to keep the numbers in your head... :)

http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/two_column_table/Class_II.htm

In 2010 it is then 19 Republicans and 15 Dems.

It isn't until 2012 that there will be 22 Dems along with 2 independents vs. 9 Republicans. Hopefully we can get rid of the independent how's last name begins with an L then!

[Rebel_with_a_cause]

60. Excellent reference and score card

not to mention, predictor of repub behavior, though Lindsey Graham (SC) and John Cornyn (TX) still think they're base is strong. They'll learn. :)

I can't WAIT for Chambliss to get voted out.

[no_hypocrisy]

28. Not as hard as it appears. */Jr. fired Sununu's father on behalf of GHWB. n/t

[eleny]

39. Payback... This time, it's for real!

Republican style.

[janx]

40. For more good news, check out this thread!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x3144321

:wow:

[dicknbush]

42. Well at the end of the day they are cowards any way...

They are taking a stand agaisnt Bush now when it really has no consequence. They can vote to not support the president and get cudos for doing so but it makes no difference as Bush is going to do what he has funding for already and they can do nothing to stop him from what I understand. Now if they want to get behind articles of Impeachment then we can say they are being courageous!

[struggle4progress]

44. Herd's actin nervous. Might could be they're gonna stampede ...

... if anybody accidental rode up behind em whoopin and hollerin, y'know ...

[Swamp Rat]

63. LOL!

:D

[pdxmom]

47. Until all these Repukes put their votes where their mouths are, I

see this as nothing but a bunch of pandering to the middle, in an effort to cover their own asses. Hagel and Snowe I can respect, because they're willing to actually back up the rhetoric with their vote. How many of these other Repukes are going to do the same?

[Vinca]

48. Don't get all warm and fuzzy over Sununu.

He's trying to save his hide. Candidates are lining up to oppose him in 2008 and the state has gone blue. He's got no choice if he wants to try to keep his job.

[berni_mccoy]

61. No warm and fuzzies here... just astonishment...

the guy has been an absolute bushbot... guess he got tired of sinking with the ship.

[Vinca]

64. Eventually all the rats go over the side. nt

[Ignacio Upton]

67. He's up for re-election in 2008

Notice that Gordan Smith, who's also up, is trying to distance himself as well.

[Nimrod2005]

69. Now, I really want to see a 65-32 vote on the resolution next week.!!!

Then OUR Democracy would have spoken. What the fuck would pretend war president say then?

[Jack Rabbit]

70. Calm down

The escalation of the war in Iraq or the widening of it into Iran is such a loony idea that that no sane person could support it.

Most white collar cirminals are sane. Unlike Dick Cheney, who is also a sane white collar criminal, Sununu probably isn't directly profiting from this maess. The only thing supporting escalation/widening is going to cost him is votes, not a fatter retirement from Halliburton.