Republicans are supporting a "Pro-Choice" Democrat ?

[kentuck]

Every Republican in the nation seems to be jumping on the Joe Lieberman bandwagon. All these years they have been whining about "abortion" and how pro-life they are and now they are going to support a "pro-choice" candidate? Not only that, a Democrat! Uh-huh. I guess abortion is only a good "issue" when it serves their political agenda? They really could care less about those little "unborn babies"...

[KingFlorez]

1. I guess they are not so pro-life now

It proves what hypocrites they are, always complaining about abortion, but supporting a pro-choice candidate.

[Brotherjohn]

2. They're scared of the "terra-ists". Proves they value their own lives...

... over those of the unborn.

[blm]

3. I made that point a couple weeks ago - - Dem party should jump all over

the hypocrisy factor of the GOPs who exploit their base on abortion and "judges" at every election. Except NOW they dismiss a candidate's views on abortion and judges as long as they are with them for WAR and will protect the WAR PROFITEERS.

War and profiteering has always been the agenda for GOPs - abortion politics has always been a tool and a smokescreen to use for the easily manipulated minds of the fundies.

[mmonk]

4. He can help guarantee their party's

power play and war. Besides, republicans do what their leaders ask them to do, which is the opposite of how democracy is supposed to work.

[MessiahRp]

5. Great idea...

Someone should circulate that to Republicans the way they do it...

"Joe Lieberman is PRO-Abortion. He wants to continue the killing of babies!"

They do it to us all the time and he's stealing their tactics (and working with Karl Rove) to use on all of the Democrats. I think it would be justice to give him a nice taste of his own medicine.

What else could we use? How is Joe on Gun Control? "Joe Lieberman will take your guns away!".

How about Lieberman's view on Bush's tax cuts?

"Joe Lieberman wants to raise your taxes!"

Cut off that Republican support and Lamont can win back the Democrats on his own and it will be an easy sweep.

Rp

[kentuck]

6. Are you suggesting we fight fire with fire ??

What a novel idea!

[LA lady]

10. We have the conundrum of Casey!

I keep wanting to ask PA Duers, what is the real choice up there??

[kentuck]

11. But the Democrats have not used the issue to the same degree...

...as the Republicans. Mostly because they have been more successful at co-opting the language - "pro-life" is much more appealing than "pro- abortion" or "pro-choice". If they only were "pro-life"...?

[MessiahRp]

13. They like to use WMDs when they fight..

So I propose fighting fire with NAPALM...

We should start email campaigns.. get them out to CT Republicans via email lists. Maybe put some nice photoshop images...

Then at the bottom direct the Republicans to vote for Alan Schlesinger with a picture of his face and link to his site...

In small print put that the email was not authorized by or paid for by the Schlesinger campaign...

A couple of the right images and the right images and you've got Joe cornered with the very political base he is pandering to...

Hit on:

Abortion
Raising Taxes
Gun Control
Gay Marriage (has voted against cloture on the FMA at least twice)

I know it's harsh but if he wants to torch all the Democrats who are anti-war with his Rove techniques and labels he deserves a taste of what Republican politics are like. And as the sheep they likely are, Republicans will respond and vote with Alan Schlesinger or not at all.

Rp

[mmonk]

7. The problem is the race

is being run in Connecticut. Probably won't make a difference there as it would in the south or western plains.

[kentuck]

8. But the Repubs are using Joe as a nationwide strategy...

not just in Connecticut. They hope to split the Democratic Party over the war and over Israel. If they can split the Jewish vote....

[mmonk]

17. They've already accomplished that.

That's why all of this is so hard.

[MessiahRp]

15. Republicans are social neocons either way.

Their differences lie in fiscal conservatism beliefs.

You can use their ideology against them and the Republicans will listen to the social issues and back off or not vote. I'm sure they would not vote for Lieberman if they saw how much he compromised their other beliefs... then all we have to worry about are the Democrats and I think Ned can win them back on his own.

We need to play both sides here. Play Lieberman up as a Republican working for Bush and Rove to Democrats, play Lieberman up as a pro-abortion, tax raising, gay marriage loving, gun thief to Republicans.

Poison him for all voter bases he might try to siphon off of.

Rp

[patricia92243]

16. Wish you could e-mail this to Lamont. He seems to be on the ball, and I c

can't believe he would not seize on this - if he is not doing this already.

[MessiahRp]

18. I think Lamont is an honorable good man

and I don't think he'll want to play dirty. It's up to the ground troops to do the sniping.

Rp

[Shrek]

9. They don't care about the rhetoric

He didn't stand in the way of Alito or Roberts, so they won't care how pro-choice he is. What matters is getting their people on the court, and if Lieberman won't impede that then his personal position on the issue is irrelevant.

[mmonk]

20. Great point.

They seem to know what some democrats don't.

[Skittles]

12. all because Lieberman supports a sick war based on a pack of lies

if it wasn't so nauseating it would be laughable

[patricia92243]

14. I have every confidence that - in a heartbeat - he can change to forced ch

childbearing. Don't worry, it is guaranteed that he will go with the flow - whichever way is necessary for him to win the election, and if he wins to get whatever position the Republicans can give him.

[calico1]

19. Don't be surprised if Lieberman goes

anti-choice before too long. Would not surprise me at all.

[Supersedeas]

21. Wonder what Ralph Reid, Pat Roberts, and the Fundy contributors think of

that???

Oh, almost forgot, they don't think...about politics...just vote for whoever the Pubby's say vote for.

[bluedog]

22. Florida Republicans..2 different views(GOV)

Charlie Crist:::::::: Pro Choice

Gay Rights: Support gay civil unions. Crist is a signatory to the gay marriage amendment petition in Florida.


Gun Rights: Balance gun owner rights with private property rights of employers. Crist has been endorsed by the NRA.


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Tom Gallagher::::: Pro Life

Gay Rights: Supports a state constitutional ban on same-sex marriage

Gun Rights: Enforce penalties against businesses who fire employees for keeping guns in their car while at work.


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the Republicans are trying to portray Crist as a "Liberal...ans insinuating he is Gay.

so they are even eating their own............