2016 Postmortem

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts) Thu Jul 16, 2015, 08:53 AM Jul 2015

Positive Lincoln Chafee thread

There used to be a tradition on DU where threads were started exclusively to talk positively about our candidates for president. I will start by saying something positive about Lincoln Chafee.

He had enough sense to leave the GOP.

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Positive Lincoln Chafee thread (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 OP

His father was truly a great man. nt hack89 Jul 2015 #1

he was the only R restorefreedom Jul 2015 #2

Vote against Iraq war showed great courage at a critical moment lostnfound Jul 2015 #3

When will Chafee let Wall Street off the hook? When hell reaches a cool 0 degrees Celsius. FSogol Jul 2015 #4

Who? JaneyVee Jul 2015 #5

Let's get it to five Recs... DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #6

I did my part. msrizzo Jul 2015 #8

TY DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #17

I am only beginning to learn about him Rosa Luxemburg Jul 2015 #7

He did a write in vote in '04. NCTraveler Jul 2015 #9

'O"Malley encouraged him to switch parties before it was even a serious thought' elleng Jul 2015 #10

I think it is very good. NCTraveler Jul 2015 #11

Ditto. elleng Jul 2015 #12

He didn't go the way of Judd Gregg. nt Snotcicles Jul 2015 #21

Posting good stuff about all our Dem candidates. iandhr Jul 2015 #13

He doesn't eat puppies. nt awoke_in_2003 Jul 2015 #14

He's a genuinely gaspee Jul 2015 #15

He's right about the metric system. We really should be using it. DanTex Jul 2015 #16

It takes a lot of courage to stand up for the metric system. Cheese Sandwich Jul 2015 #18

I hope his promotion of the metris system catches on. He is right. morningfog Jul 2015 #19

Some good things said. I will add that mvd Jul 2015 #20

hack89

(39,171 posts)

1. His father was truly a great man. nt

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 09:18 AM

Jul 2015

restorefreedom

(12,655 posts)

2. he was the only R

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 09:24 AM

Jul 2015

to vote against the iraq war

lostnfound

(16,187 posts)

3. Vote against Iraq war showed great courage at a critical moment

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 09:40 AM

Jul 2015

FSogol

(45,504 posts)

4. When will Chafee let Wall Street off the hook? When hell reaches a cool 0 degrees Celsius.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 09:44 AM

Jul 2015

JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)

5. Who?

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 09:48 AM

Jul 2015

Just kidding. An impressive voting record.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)

6. Let's get it to five Recs...

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 09:50 AM

Jul 2015

He put himself in the arena.

msrizzo

(796 posts)

8. I did my part.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Reply #6)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 10:47 AM

Jul 2015

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)

17. TY

Reply to msrizzo (Reply #8)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 03:12 PM

Jul 2015

Rosa Luxemburg

(28,627 posts)

7. I am only beginning to learn about him

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 10:37 AM

Jul 2015

I really had not heard much about him. He seems nice.

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)

9. He did a write in vote in '04.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 10:58 AM

Jul 2015

He wrote in George H W Bush. Couldn't bring himself to vote for W.

O"Malley encouraged him to switch parties before it was even a serious thought.

Voted for Obama twice and served as his campaign co-chair in '12.

Voted against the authorization of force with respect to Iraq.

Opposed Alito.

Supports a woman's right to choose.

Supports stem cell research.

elleng

(131,028 posts)

10. 'O"Malley encouraged him to switch parties before it was even a serious thought'

Reply to NCTraveler (Reply #9)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 11:05 AM

Jul 2015

is good, considering the several matters you mention. He IS a good guy, and Governor O'Malley is BETTER, considering his extensive executive experience.