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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-25-06 02:46 PM
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GOP Candidates Break Promises on Term Limits
Term Limits was always a fake wedge issue. Hypocrites. GOP Candidate for the most part = F*cking Liar.

http://www.cqpolitics.com/2006/03/one_promise_thats_safe_to_brea.html

One Promise That's Safe to Break: The Term Limit Pledge
By Rachel Kapochunas | 3:40 PM; Mar. 24, 2006

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Wamp is far from alone. The advocacy organization U.S. Term Limits counts seven other members, all Republicans, whose personal term-limit pledges are coming due in this year: Barbara Cubin of Wyoming, Phil English of Pennsylvania, Jeff Flake of Arizona, Timothy V. Johnson of Illinois, Ric Keller of Florida, Frank A. LoBiondo of New Jersey and Mark Souder of Indiana. All are seeking re-election; all are solid favorites to win.

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Most Republican term limits advocates promised only to seek legislation that would place such limits on all members. But about two dozen went further by voluntarily limiting themselves to a range of three to six two-year terms.

Some were in the vanguard, announcing their deadlines in the late 1980s or early 1990s. Most, like Wamp, were members of the huge Republican “Class of 1994” that ended 40 years of Democratic control of the House: They ran on the GOP’s “Contract With America” — which included imposing term limits on “career politicians.”

A few stuck to these pledges. For example, there were five, all Republicans, who did not seek re-election in 2004: Jim DeMint of South Carolina, who won that year for the Senate; Porter Goss of Florida, who now heads the CIA; Patrick J. Toomey of Pennsylvania, who staged an unsuccessful primary bid for the Senate and now heads the conservative organization Club for Growth; and two political retirees, Doug Ose of California and Nick Smith of Michigan.

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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-25-06 02:56 PM
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1. In NY, both Al D'Amato and George Pataki (his protege) promised to
serve only two terms. Both ran after their second term.
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TacticalPeek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-25-06 03:00 PM
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2. Lying Republican scumbags.
It's all they know.
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kath Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-25-06 03:01 PM
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3. Republicans lying?!?! I'm SHOCKED, shocked I say.
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