tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990876628413018080.post3892024095439626716..comments2023-06-27T03:48:28.039-05:00Comments on of mule dung and ash: The tea bag rebellion yet to comeMule Breathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586696064321854554noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990876628413018080.post-77024429030950119082012-05-11T19:40:28.867-05:002012-05-11T19:40:28.867-05:00From what I've read Mr. Lugar was doing a fine...From what I've read Mr. Lugar was doing a fine job of representing the wishies of his state...it was just that some of those "needs" satisfied a broad base of moderates...many of whom were not Republican. That is what moderates do and it is the reason our political system used to work. Radicals and extremists on both ends of the spectrum are killing the country by ousting these Mule Breathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05586696064321854554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990876628413018080.post-34905023705839029052012-05-11T16:44:32.875-05:002012-05-11T16:44:32.875-05:00I'll admit I was wrong on his voting record, b...I'll admit I was wrong on his voting record, but I'll stand by the rest of what I said. He lost, he wasn't disgraced... and selfless service? He'd lost touch with his constituents, he wasn't serving them, he was serving HIMSELF. What HE thought was right, since he was a 'senior statesman', he thought HE knew better. If the seat goes Dem, so be it.Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990876628413018080.post-19857838026626290812012-05-10T21:48:04.827-05:002012-05-10T21:48:04.827-05:00Sorry NFO, but I think you've been reading a l...Sorry NFO, but I think you've been reading a little too much of Erickson's blog. Since Lugar was elected to the Senate in 1976 his partisan voting record is 91%. He voted against the majority of his party in a grand total of 9% of the time... which is about even with Boehner. <br /><br />But that, of course, is far too much for the Tea Party atmosphere from which we now suffer. The loss Mule Breathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05586696064321854554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990876628413018080.post-22504234859818115422012-05-10T19:11:55.252-05:002012-05-10T19:11:55.252-05:00MB, Lugar voted more with the Dems than the Pubs.....MB, Lugar voted more with the Dems than the Pubs... He'd totally lost touch with his 'constituents', and become the typical DC insider. What ever lined HIS pockets was the way he voted. We don't need professional pols, we need civilian pols who WILL respect their constituents will.Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990876628413018080.post-6284382391829277672012-05-10T15:04:58.819-05:002012-05-10T15:04:58.819-05:00If by RINO you mean someone not partisan enough fo...If by RINO you mean someone not partisan enough for your tastes, perhaps you're right. Wingnut Democrats display similar and call the blue dogs DINO. If RINOs and DINOs are what it takes to get this country back working I wish everyone in Congress was one or the other.<br /><br />Partisanship isn't what will make this country great again. Compromise will be required to heal the divide Mule Breathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05586696064321854554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990876628413018080.post-84699875999180656502012-05-09T20:40:55.966-05:002012-05-09T20:40:55.966-05:00At least he got Lugar out of the picture... Lugar ...At least he got Lugar out of the picture... Lugar was a RINO, and hadn't lived in Indiana for 20 years... Representative of the state my ass!Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.com