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db44
Sep 11th, 2008, 06:06 PM
Hey, big-party senators turned Independent must have some idea of what they are saying in the Republican eyes.. Afterall Lieberman spoke at the GOP Convention:

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/11/former-gop-senator-calls-palin-a-%e2%80%98cocky-wacko%e2%80%99/#more-18140

(CNN) – Former Rhode Island Sen. Lincoln Chafee was known for keeping a low-key profile on Capitol Hill, but the Republican -turned -Independent is making waves with his exceedingly blunt comments on newly-minted Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin:

She's a "cocky wacko," he told a Washington think tank earlier this week.

Chafee, the lone Senate Republican to vote against the Iraq war who endorsed Obama's White House bid earlier this year, told an audience at the New America Foundation in Washington Tuesday that Palin's selection has energized Obama backers.

"People were coming into my office, phone calls were flooding in, e-mails were coming in, 'I just sent money to Obama, I couldn't sleep last night' — from the left. To see this cocky wacko up there," he said.

He also described McCain's candidacy as "lackluster” and described the selection of Palin as a throwing "this firestorm, this tornado, into the whole presidential election."

LesterX
Sep 11th, 2008, 06:20 PM
I'm confused. Is she a "cocky wacko" or "the most remarkable success story in the history of American politics" as Fred Thompson stated? ;)

Richard Tafoya
Sep 11th, 2008, 06:24 PM
Well, depending on who you talk to, George W. Bush is both. Since she's his ideological twin, I guess it depends on who you ask.

LesterX
Sep 11th, 2008, 06:28 PM
So true.

Anyone who claims, with a straight face, that she's the most remarkable success story in American politics is a wacko. Did I miss the election? So far, the woman has not received one vote. For all we know, McCain drew her name out of a hat.