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3. Did you like his vote against the IWR? How about all his votes for choice?

Thu May 30, 2013, 10:44 AM

May 2013

His long support of LGBT rights including marriage equality? His opposing ending the estate tax? His opposition to charter schools? His support for raising taxes on th wealthy?

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Lincoln Chaffee (? Rhode Island)...the newest DINO. [View all] Atman May 2013 OP

I welcome any and all to make the 80-20 a reality. I am extending my hand to all... graham4anything May 2013 #1

Rhode Island Democrats need to say "no" to Chaffee. Scuba May 2013 #2

Did you like his vote against the IWR? How about all his votes for choice? cali May 2013 #3

Yes, I remember him as pretty darn liberal and always wondered why he didn't switch jwirr May 2013 #9

Privatization of Social Security zipplewrath May 2013 #12

name a so-called moderate republican in elected office cali May 2013 #19

They've all joined the democratic party zipplewrath May 2013 #24

How dare you introduce facts... SidDithers May 2013 #16

He's always been more liberal than a lot of Democrats. nt geek tragedy May 2013 #4

The head count is important. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2013 #5

Numbers matter in 2014. Ideologies can be dealt with better as a majority SoCalDem May 2013 #6

I thought he was running for re-election as Governor hfojvt May 2013 #14

oopsie.. I thought he was running for a senate seat.. SoCalDem May 2013 #17

He's running for reelection as governor of RI...2nd term. nt MADem May 2013 #32

It's New England. Jennicut May 2013 #7

+1 Blue_Tires May 2013 #8

Not much of a ringing endorsement zipplewrath May 2013 #13

He is quite liberal as gov in RI. Jennicut May 2013 #20

Yet perfectly comfortable int he GOP for years zipplewrath May 2013 #26

You should really research the guy before you make smug remarks like that. MADem May 2013 #33

Post WWII zipplewrath May 2013 #38

It doesn't matter when the GOP started getting weird. The liberal branch in the northeast didn't MADem May 2013 #43

'90s zipplewrath May 2013 #47

Who? I'll take some names, please. MADem May 2013 #52

Southern Democrats zipplewrath May 2013 #58

People who left the party in the 90s were not Dixiecrats. They were corporatists MADem May 2013 #63

You're making my case zipplewrath May 2013 #64

No I am not. Parties only move in order to gain in numbers. MADem May 2013 #69

You have no idea what liberal is zipplewrath May 2013 #73

Look who's talking! MADem May 2013 #74

You mean he wasn't in the GOP for 8 years zipplewrath May 2013 #75

He was placed in that seat as a GOP replacement for a dead Republican. MADem May 2013 #81

Alot of reprublicans did zipplewrath May 2013 #86

Ed Brooke also called the modern GOP out on its bedsheet racism KamaAina May 2013 #40

social liberal-fiscal conservative hfojvt May 2013 #22

Used to call them zipplewrath May 2013 #31

Jacob Javits was hardly a "Rockefeller." He was a liberal, though. MADem May 2013 #44

Well, that's the larger point zipplewrath May 2013 #46

Yes, they were small d democratic 'liberals.' What more do you want? MADem May 2013 #49

Not all of them were zipplewrath May 2013 #54

What you are claiming is just not true. MADem May 2013 #61

The party for liberals zipplewrath May 2013 #62

You are not entitled to your own facts. MADem May 2013 #67

You seem to miss the point entirely zipplewrath May 2013 #68

It IS a purity test. MADem May 2013 #70

You're making things up zipplewrath May 2013 #77

I am not the one who married Chafee to Newt and put him in Congress in the eighties, MADem May 2013 #80

Fiscal Conservatism is not entirely a bad thing. Ikonoklast May 2013 #41

Howard Dean has some of that fiscal conservatism working...and he's a liberal. MADem May 2013 #55

Howard is suprisingly moderate on many issues. Ikonoklast May 2013 #57

Precious few at all zipplewrath May 2013 #59

Gore is a moderate too, but his big 'liberal' cause was the environment. MADem May 2013 #71

Many people don't get that New England once had very moderate Repubs that would be considered Dems Jennicut May 2013 #15

I'd still rather elect a Dem hfojvt May 2013 #21

I would say Chaffee is pretty much to the left on taxes Jennicut May 2013 #23

but other than the restaurant tax hfojvt May 2013 #28

Most of the things that are objectionable about him are irrelevant in the Governor's mansion. stevenleser May 2013 #10

Chafee's a good guy. He's more liberal than a lot of Democrats. Arkana May 2013 #11

He was a co-chair of Obama's re-election campaign...so POTUS liked him OK. MADem May 2013 #34

I've always like Chaffee Marrah_G May 2013 #18

If you can't spell his name correctly, I assume you don't know anything about him CreekDog May 2013 #25

All this does is pull Democrats more to the right. AndyA May 2013 #27

Do you actually know anything about Chafee or are you just knee-jerking? Arkana May 2013 #35

Blue blood raised in a gilded world of privilege AndyA May 2013 #39

You aren't thrilled because you don't know anything about the guy. nt MADem May 2013 #29

He supported gay marriage as a republican in 2004. I always liked him. hrmjustin May 2013 #30

I don't know much about the guy. HappyMe May 2013 #36

This or the Ford emblem thread.... whistler162 May 2013 #37

He was a liberal Republican, and once upon a time there were a lot more of them. struggle4progress May 2013 #42

Particularly since he endorsed Obama's 2008 run and was co-chair of his reelection campaign!! MADem May 2013 #45

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2013 #48

Welcome to DU... SidDithers May 2013 #51

Welcome to DU my friend! hrmjustin May 2013 #53

Lincoln Chaffee voted against the Iraq invasion when many Democrats voted for it. Liberal_Stalwart71 May 2013 #50

Well done. He knows the coat tails he needs to cling to. Fearless May 2013 #56

And you know this how? They voted for Whitehouse who is probably one of the most Liberal_Stalwart71 May 2013 #65

Because when choosing between a DINO and a Democrat Fearless May 2013 #66

consequence of the republican move to the right booley May 2013 #60

Exactly zipplewrath May 2013 #79

He wants to privatize Social Security. FUCK HIM. He is NO Democrat no forestpath May 2013 #72

Good point, did not realize that still_one May 2013 #78

Something he will not be involved in either way in the Governors mansion of a state. nt stevenleser May 2013 #82

Oh, that makes it all better. forestpath May 2013 #83

It does, actually. nt stevenleser May 2013 #85

Actual he is better than some blue dog democrats still_one May 2013 #76

The few remaining New England R's are as liberal as the median D Recursion May 2013 #84

I welcome him with open arms. WI_DEM May 2013 #87