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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI have to admit, I'm pleasantly surprised by Senator Cassidy
he had definitely been paying attention.
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I have to admit, I'm pleasantly surprised by Senator Cassidy (Original Post)
CatWoman
Feb 2021
OP
Soon to be on a Republican primary hitlist....though I think he just got re-elected?
OAITW r.2.0
Feb 2021
#1
Sorry, can't trust any repub to act rationally and in the country's best interest...nt
Wounded Bear
Feb 2021
#7
OAITW r.2.0
(24,468 posts)1. Soon to be on a Republican primary hitlist....though I think he just got re-elected?
If so, local Party censure is already underway.
underpants
(182,802 posts)2. He looks like Henry Rollins
Just saying.
❤️
he does, just a bit, doesn't he?
rsdsharp
(9,173 posts)6. I think he looks like the Winter Warlock.
CatWoman
(79,301 posts)9. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Just call me Winter
rsdsharp
(9,173 posts)12. Maybe he'll put one foot in front of the other
and vote to convict!
CatWoman
(79,301 posts)15. he had to defend his decision on Twitter
Link to tweet
?s=20
underpants
(182,802 posts)11. Yes his nose looks different in pics than it does on TV. To me at least.
TwilightZone
(25,471 posts)4. There are some reasonable ones, relatively speaking.
There just aren't enough of them. And they don't speak up often enough.
Of course, he's already been censured by the state GOP.
CatWoman
(79,301 posts)5. really???
when did that happen?
madaboutharry
(40,210 posts)8. The Louisiana GOP rebuked him the other day.
No independent thinking allowed in the Republican Party.
underpants
(182,802 posts)13. Cassidy was a Dem until 2001
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cassidy
Cassidy was first elected to the Louisiana State Senate in 2006 as a Republican. He had previously been a Democrat, supporting Michael Dukakis for president in 1988, donating to Senator Paul Tsongas's 1992 presidential campaign,[9][10] and to Louisiana Democrats Governor Kathleen Blanco in 2003 and 2004 and Senator Mary Landrieu in 2002. In 2013, Cassidy called his donation to Landrieu a "youthful indiscretion", saying that she "got elected and fell into partisan politics... Louisiana hasn't left Mary, Mary has left us." Since 2001, he has mostly contributed to Republican candidates, including Senator David Vitter. According to Cassidy, he switched parties after the extinction of conservative Democrats and because of his frustration with the bureaucracy and inefficiency of the public hospital system.[10][11]
Cassidy was first elected to the Louisiana State Senate in 2006 as a Republican. He had previously been a Democrat, supporting Michael Dukakis for president in 1988, donating to Senator Paul Tsongas's 1992 presidential campaign,[9][10] and to Louisiana Democrats Governor Kathleen Blanco in 2003 and 2004 and Senator Mary Landrieu in 2002. In 2013, Cassidy called his donation to Landrieu a "youthful indiscretion", saying that she "got elected and fell into partisan politics... Louisiana hasn't left Mary, Mary has left us." Since 2001, he has mostly contributed to Republican candidates, including Senator David Vitter. According to Cassidy, he switched parties after the extinction of conservative Democrats and because of his frustration with the bureaucracy and inefficiency of the public hospital system.[10][11]
TwilightZone
(25,471 posts)16. His reasoning is a bit ironic.
There are way more conservative Dems than moderate Republicans.
If he thinks the public hospital system is better off with a Republican admin, he hasn't been paying attention.
Of course, a lot has changed since he switched.
Wounded Bear
(58,653 posts)7. Sorry, can't trust any repub to act rationally and in the country's best interest...nt
Irish_Dem
(47,053 posts)10. Giving credit to GOP senators who can do something most 12 yr olds can do.
The bar is low.
OnDoutside
(19,956 posts)14. We'll see....