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Lincoln Chafee Support Thread! (Original Post) rug Oct 2015 OP
CHAFEEEEEEEEE! Skinner Oct 2015 #1
He's dominating the stage! rug Oct 2015 #4
I'm still undecided so there is a chance I might yet support Lincoln. book_worm Oct 2015 #2
Hmm, that sounds like a definite Chafee vote. rug Oct 2015 #8
YES!!!!!! zappaman Oct 2015 #3
He's got the metrics to wrap this up! rug Oct 2015 #9
Because....the metric system!! Cali_Democrat Oct 2015 #5
Great start for him. Nt. NCTraveler Oct 2015 #6
Chafee's coming on hard -- weeeeee AtomicKitten Oct 2015 #7
Im pretty sure Im gonna have nightmares over that. bunnies Oct 2015 #38
he had a good intro restorefreedom Oct 2015 #10
He oozes confidence and determination! rug Oct 2015 #11
Cheap shot, Anderson! rug Oct 2015 #12
But but he's from Rhode Island Historic NY Oct 2015 #21
Hey, he's entitled to a little pandering to NH. rug Oct 2015 #23
He's a good man ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2015 #13
F from the NRA! rug Oct 2015 #14
Actually I'm really enjoying his comments! Going well for him imo nt riderinthestorm Oct 2015 #15
The weakest on that stage is stronger than the strongest on the other stage. rug Oct 2015 #17
Yes, oh yes. All of these candidates are a credit to the Dem party riderinthestorm Oct 2015 #19
YES. and that made me a proud Dem. bettyellen Oct 2015 #41
Uh oh, he's getting the glare. rug Oct 2015 #16
Metric system, metric system, metric system... n/t PoliticAverse Oct 2015 #18
Take that, Webb! rug Oct 2015 #20
Agh! Don't talk abot ethical standards! rug Oct 2015 #22
My dad died and I just got appointed ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2015 #24
Don't be a cynic. Everyone has a father. rug Oct 2015 #25
I'm going to be a cynic NobodyHere Oct 2015 #33
I like him. mmonk Oct 2015 #26
This was the republican debate: rug Oct 2015 #27
Section 215 of the Patriot Act! rug Oct 2015 #28
Bring Snowden Home! rug Oct 2015 #29
We just bombed a hospital! rug Oct 2015 #30
The Coal Lobby is his biggest enemy. rug Oct 2015 #31
He's the only one on stage who voted against the Iraq War. rug Oct 2015 #32
Sanders also voted against the IWR. Jim Lane Oct 2015 #35
That is true, in the Hose version. rug Oct 2015 #39
I love your typo. Yeah, we all got Hosed on that bill! :) (n/t) Jim Lane Oct 2015 #42
Lol, I'll leave it. rug Oct 2015 #43
Didn't Sanders vote against it too? Nt riderinthestorm Oct 2015 #37
Yes, in the House, with 132 others. rug Oct 2015 #40
I thought he should've handled the "Republican" thing more aggressively. Jim Lane Oct 2015 #34
I am surprised his podium wasn't placed offstage. He was pretty well excluded. Vattel Oct 2015 #36
sorry, but he was awful tonight. He should drop out. beaglelover Oct 2015 #44

Historic NY

(37,453 posts)
21. But but he's from Rhode Island
Tue Oct 13, 2015, 09:47 PM
Oct 2015

not New Hampshire the granite state, I guess he can hope otherwise.

ProudToBeBlueInRhody

(16,399 posts)
13. He's a good man
Tue Oct 13, 2015, 09:17 PM
Oct 2015

I would not vote for him like I voted for him for governor, but Anderson Pooper is an asshole.

mmonk

(52,589 posts)
26. I like him.
Tue Oct 13, 2015, 10:10 PM
Oct 2015

My only issues are with Webb but even he has made some good points. It's so much different than Republican debates.

 

Jim Lane

(11,175 posts)
35. Sanders also voted against the IWR.
Tue Oct 13, 2015, 11:18 PM
Oct 2015

Chafee can legitimately claim that it was a heavier lift for him because he's the only one who went against a President of his own party.

 

rug

(82,333 posts)
43. Lol, I'll leave it.
Tue Oct 13, 2015, 11:44 PM
Oct 2015

(My "u" key is missing. Sometimes I don't get my fingertip all the way down to the peg under the key.)

 

Jim Lane

(11,175 posts)
34. I thought he should've handled the "Republican" thing more aggressively.
Tue Oct 13, 2015, 11:16 PM
Oct 2015

He's in the low single digits so he needs to take risks to differentiate himself. He might have done better to say: "The American people are impatient with partisan labels. Some hyperpartisan Democrats might not want to hear this, but the fact is that there are millions of good and decent people who are lifelong Republicans but who have watched with growing unease as their party is taken over by the crazy right. I can speak to those people and help them realize that the party has left them just as it left me."

It might even be true. If Chafee did through some incredible upset become the nominee, I'll bet there are some Republicans who would feel comfortable voting for him but who wouldn't support any of the others.

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