Can you name one hip, cool republican?

[graywarrior]

I can't.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

1. George Bush

Dancin' on the White House steps, member (honorary) of the Rolling Thunder motorcycle club.

Way cool, George.

:rofl:

[graywarrior]

3. Ya mean...?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

10. Yeah, George got the moves!!!11!

Thanks for that image. It will haunt my day.

:rofl:

edit to coreckt typo

[stuntcat]

2. no

I mean fuck no.. can we cuss in here?

[graywarrior]

4. Fuck yeah!

[Lil Missy]

5. Nope. n/t

[frickaline]

6. lol, maybe once upon a time

but then ....

[graywarrior]

7. I could never find a "like" for him in my cold, black heart.

[hellbound-liberal]

8. Those three words should not be used in the same sentence together

However, maybe the coolest "republican" that I can name is Lincoln Chaffee though I believe he has switched to being an undependent since losing his reelection campaign. He is pro-choice, anti-death penalty, and pro-environment.

[graywarrior]

11. Oh yeah, but he got voted out.

[graywarrior]

9. Bwahahahaha hahahha haha hahaha hahaha hahaha

http://community.livejournal.com/hip_republicans/

http://groups.myspace.com/httpgroupsmyspacecomrepublicans

[frickaline]

13. LOL when I view the 2nd link

it has a big ad for Drug Rehab. Must be the target demographic :rofl:

[Chan790]

12. Only one...

and he's a local. The mayor of a mid-sized city near me, Torrington: 22 year old social moderate fiscal conservative who believes that funding the arts, downtown revitalization, and education (things people choose to live in his city for) and fine-toothing the city budget for kick-backs, cronyism, and corruption is the path to responsible governance. He's a tax-cutter but there is room to cut once you stop your 3 recent predecessors' practice of no-bidding every muni-services contract.

Two things:

*The fight in politics in NW CT isn't D vs. R usually; it's corrupt old-school politics vs. idealistic outsiders. Both are bi-partisan because corruption is only in bed with corruption and idealism abhors pragmatic-acceptance of evil and the status-quo.

*I'm wagering he'll be a conservative Democrat by the time he's 40.

[Lil Missy]

14. I'm still too worried about that poor duck being held hostage to concentrate on this.

[graywarrior]

20. 1 20 09

[Lil Missy]

22. I know. And I understand.

:hi:

[alphafemale]

15. Abe, Ike, and Ford.

Christ...even Nixon for the paranoid freak he was supported the Equal Rights Amendment ant the EPA.

[ScreamingMeemie]

16. Lincoln Chafee

I wish there were more like him on both sides of the aisle and it is a shame that he lost, in my opinion.

Chafee was a liberal Republican who tended to identify more with the Democrats on social issues. He often voted against the more conservative Republican majority, leading some in his own party to label him a RINO ("Republican-In-Name-Only").


Abortion
Chafee strongly supports legal abortion. In May 2005, his senatorial re-election bid was endorsed by the traditionally Democratic-supporting NARAL Pro-Choice America due to his outspoken support for a woman's right to have an abortion. On October 21, 2003, Chafee was one of the three Republican Senators to oppose the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, voting with the Senate Democrats. The bill passed 64-34, was sent to President George W. Bush for his signature, and became law on November 5, 2003. Chafee was a member of the Republican Majority for Choice and Republicans for Choice.


Gay rights
Chafee is a strong supporter of gay equality. He was the only Republican senator to have expressed support for same-sex marriage. In his 2006 reelection campaign he was endorsed by the prominent gay rights organization, the Human Rights Campaign.


Environment
Chafee favors strong environmental protection. He was one of the few Republicans to vote against allowing drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and is a member of the Republicans for Environmental Protection. He has been endorsed throughout his career by the Sierra Club and the League of Conservation Voters.


Death penalty
Chafee strongly opposes the death penalty, and has consistently voted against limiting federal death penalty appeals, has favored including racial statistics in death penalty appeals, and a prerequisite of DNA analysis for all federal executions.


Tax policy
Chafee opposes eliminating the federal estate tax and voted against both the 2001 and 2003 federal tax cut bills. On November 17, 2005 he was the only Republican to vote in favor of reinstating the top federal income tax rate of 39.6% on upper-income payers.


Israel
Chafee is now involved in the J Street project, a pro-Israel peace lobby.


Iraq
Chafee was the only Republican in the Senate to have voted against authorization of the use of force in Iraq. On June 22, 2006, Chafee was the only Republican to vote for the Levin amendment calling for a non-binding timetable for a withdrawal of US troops from Iraq. He voted against the Kerry-Feingold amendment calling for a binding timetable.


Stem cell research
Chafee is a member of the Republican Main Street Partnership and supports federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.

[lightningandsnow]

17. Ooh... he actually sounds pretty cool.

What's he doing in the republican party?

[ScreamingMeemie]

19. He actually switched to Independant, after saying that the

country was better off with Congress being controlled by Dems. He is a good man.

[MrCoffee]

18. DS1

Ok, maybe DS1 isn't hip or cool, but still.

[realisticphish]

21. Michael J. Nelson

ok, maybe not COOL, but he's awesome, and I will watch his stuff forever regardless of political stance

[TheMightyFavog]

23. He also usually keeps his politics and his work seperate.

At least he did for MST3K, I've not heard his RiffTrax stuff yet.

[yellowdogintexas]

24. Alex P Keaton

of course, he is fictional which explains a lot.