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Name the last Republican Governor who wasn't BatS__t Crazy? (Original Post) DAMANgoldberg Oct 2014 OP
i can't samsingh Oct 2014 #1
Huntsman only looks sane cuz well other Republicans Kalidurga Oct 2014 #2
LOL or Charlie Crist, but does that even count anymore? phleshdef Oct 2014 #3
I'd go with George Pataki leftynyc Oct 2014 #4
That was the second name that popped into my head! JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #6
Agree about Huntsman leftynyc Oct 2014 #10
Being a New Yorker, I was thinking Pataki also. The_Commonist Oct 2014 #16
That he was leftynyc Oct 2014 #17
Earl Warren Sognefjord Oct 2014 #5
Wisonsin's Tommy Thompson, when he was actually WAS governor. Archae Oct 2014 #7
William Scranton Douglas Carpenter Oct 2014 #8
Mark S. Schweiker PADemD Oct 2014 #9
oh that's easy: Jim Douglas cali Oct 2014 #11
Nelson Rockefeller. WinkyDink Oct 2014 #12
For oklahoma it was Henry Bellmon madokie Oct 2014 #13
John Warner and Richard Lugar. Of course both of those scumbags turned a blind eye to W's wrecking FSogol Oct 2014 #14
Tom McCall, Oregon Governor 1967-1975 Bluenorthwest Oct 2014 #15
George Ryan (R-IL) put the death penalty on hiatus. ieoeja Oct 2014 #18
Minnesota Governor Arne Carlson Jenoch Oct 2014 #19
Jodi Rell. (R-CT). 2004-2011 madinmaryland Oct 2014 #20
In my state? The current Democratic nominee. nt Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2014 #21
I always say that I'll vote Republican as soon as JEB Oct 2014 #22
Mitt Romney. n/t Orsino Oct 2014 #23
Nancy Kassebaum Tweedy Oct 2014 #24
 

phleshdef

(11,936 posts)
3. LOL or Charlie Crist, but does that even count anymore?
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 04:35 AM
Oct 2014

Hell, I'd say even Schwarzenegger and he is, well... Schwarzenegger, lol.

But compared to today's Republican party...

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
4. I'd go with George Pataki
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 05:00 AM
Oct 2014

Certainly right wing but not tea bagger crazy. I'd say the same about Arnold.

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
10. Agree about Huntsman
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 07:28 AM
Oct 2014

He was the only republican I thought could actually beat the President in 2012. It was a great comfort knowing the repub base was too stupid to nominate him.

The_Commonist

(2,518 posts)
16. Being a New Yorker, I was thinking Pataki also.
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 09:17 AM
Oct 2014

He was just dumb. Not batshit crazy.
And he really was dumb...

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
17. That he was
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 09:19 AM
Oct 2014

but not nearly batshit crazy enough for the teabaggers. That said, Astorino (for those not in NY, that's who is running against Gov Cuomo) really is that batshit crazy - I know this as I'm in Westchester and still can't figure out how he got elected.

Archae

(46,260 posts)
7. Wisonsin's Tommy Thompson, when he was actually WAS governor.
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 06:26 AM
Oct 2014

After serving in the Bush administration, he went all teabag.

Douglas Carpenter

(20,226 posts)
8. William Scranton
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 06:54 AM
Oct 2014

Governor of Pennsylvania and presidential candidate in 1964. From Wikipedia, on his congressional career: "Though a freshman Republican, he quickly gained a reputation as an outspoken centrist and supported much of President John F. Kennedy’s social agenda including civil rights and the Peace Corps. The media quickly dubbed him a “Kennedy Republican.”



He just died on July 28, 2013 - Yet for a very brief moment in history he was the leader of the liberal wing of the Republican Party and a serious contender for the Republican nomination for President of the United States


People forget that Henry Wallace and Robert M. La Follette rose to national prominence as Republican Party politicians.

 

cali

(114,904 posts)
11. oh that's easy: Jim Douglas
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 07:47 AM
Oct 2014

Republican governor of Vermont from 2002-2010.

definitely a moderate.

madokie

(51,076 posts)
13. For oklahoma it was Henry Bellmon
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 07:53 AM
Oct 2014
Henry Bellmon was of the old republicon party before it was spelled republiCON party
There is a difference, trust me on that

FSogol

(45,356 posts)
14. John Warner and Richard Lugar. Of course both of those scumbags turned a blind eye to W's wrecking
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 07:59 AM
Oct 2014

of the nation. Had they spoken up, the GOP and the country would be in better shape today.

 

ieoeja

(9,748 posts)
18. George Ryan (R-IL) put the death penalty on hiatus.
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 11:38 AM
Oct 2014

A lot of people believe he only did that because of his own pending criminal trials. But I actually believe him on this one. When the Innocence Project got the majority of death row inmates out of jail in Illinois, it struck a nerve with a lot of people.


 

Jenoch

(7,720 posts)
19. Minnesota Governor Arne Carlson
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 12:04 PM
Oct 2014

1991 - 1999. He even endorsed Obama in 2008 and 2012. He was a moderate. After him ugh... we got Ventura. I still cannot believe Minnesota voters did that.

 

JEB

(4,748 posts)
22. I always say that I'll vote Republican as soon as
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 12:27 PM
Oct 2014

Tom McCall (Oregon Governor 1967–1975) runs again for office. Of course he's been dead for 30 years and would never be supported by today's Republican Party.

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