tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186797.post5740618136184932878..comments2023-12-29T05:24:43.830-06:00Comments on Kay Brooks: Steele answersKay Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06073075957511329333noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186797.post-6979803297907951232009-02-04T09:35:00.000-06:002009-02-04T09:35:00.000-06:00I'm tired of not being able to trust Republicans t...I'm tired of not being able to trust Republicans to be conservative. I'd rather have a solid R than a squishy one any day. As folks in Tennessee know all too well right now, having a majority R's doesn't mean you get to run things.Kay Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06073075957511329333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186797.post-42593227491795340272009-02-04T08:30:00.000-06:002009-02-04T08:30:00.000-06:00On the topic of RINOs...would you rather have Demo...On the topic of RINOs...would you rather have Democrats in those seats?<BR/><BR/>When you look at someone like Olympia Snowe, a Republican coming out of a state that has been reliably blue in presidential elections for a while and, indeed, sends only Dems to the House of Representatives, it makes very little sense to get angry at her for flouting the party line in many instances. <BR/><BR/>Whether her beliefs happen to sync up with her votes or not, a Republican in the model that you're hoping for probably wouldn't get re-elected in her state. So, you have to ask whether you would rather have someone who counts towards your party having a majority and who votes with you at least some of the time or a north-eastern Dem who might never vote with you at all.<BR/><BR/>Obviously, I'd prefer the latter, but Republicans, one would think, would see the issue the other way around.N.S. Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00594978546540226304noreply@blogger.com