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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: KLP who wrote (8784)	5/23/2001 10:33:09 PM
From: MrLucky	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 59480

tnx for the post and sites

To: KLP who wrote (8784)	5/24/2001 12:52:17 AM
From: Mr. Whist	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 59480

I watched with interest tonight the cable TV "squawk" shows regarding Jeffords' planned defection tomorrow. Allow me to share a few tidbits from "Hardball" and Fox: Bernie Sanders, Democratic socialist congressman (independent) from Vermont, said Jeffords switched because "Bush is wrong on all the issues of importance to Vermonters." It was a matter of principle, Sanders maintained, nothing more. He also predicted that by the end of the week Jeffords' approval rating in Vermont would be 20 points higher than Bush's. John Sununu, Republican who has worn many hats (of New Hampshire), skirted hard analysis of Jeffords' defection by saying it was his hope that Jeffords would announce tomorrow that he was remaining a Republican. Leon Panetta, himself a Republican-turned-Democrat, said the Bush White House "double-crossed" Jeffords on education funding. That was the straw that broke the camel's back. Also, the White House "kissed him off" by not inviting him to ceremonies honoring national teacher of year, a Vermont resident. Fox (I believe) quoted Zell Miller, Democratic senator from Georgia who frequently sides with the Republicans, as saying that he will NOT switch to the Republican side of the aisle. Miller maintained he will "die a Democrat." One station reported that Sen. Lincoln Chaffee, R-R.I., also is considering leaving the Republican Party. If Democrats control Senate 50-49-1, Leahy would replace Hatch as chairman of the all-important Judiciary Committee. This would allow the Dems to block Scalia-Thomas-like judicial appointments in committee. Bottom line as reported by all the networks, including Fox: Bush and the Republican leadership in the Senate screwed up bad ... real bad ... by not bending to accommodate moderates like Jeffords.