kentuck
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Thu May-05-05 11:09 AM
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Jim Leach (R) Iowa is a "true" conservative ? |
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I heard on C-SPAN this AM that he was co-sponsor with David Obey (D) of Wisconsin to offer a bill to require oversight of all the money spent in Iraq and the Defense Dept. Like a true conservative, he was concerned about wasting taxpayer dollars. Why can't Repubs nominate a true conservative for President?? (Maybe he will run as an Independent? :) )
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ButterflyBlood
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Thu May-05-05 11:13 AM
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In fact, he was one of 6 Republicans in the House to vote against the Iraq war resolution. One of the few decent Republicans left.
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Jade Fox
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Thu May-05-05 11:14 AM
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It is awfully nice to see sanity rear its head on either side of the isle.
Leach is simply doing his job. These days that's a lot!
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Thu May-05-05 11:15 AM
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3. leach is an old school republican. |
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he is one of the few left that actually represent the people in his district not the national party. he`ll never become an independent because his district is mostly republican with many democrats voting for him.
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Thu May-05-05 11:18 AM
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4. Leach is moderate due to his district |
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He only casts "good votes" when an issue is already decided. Otherwise he votes with the administration and for the leadership of Hastert and Delay. He is in a Democratic district and he wins due to his power of incumbency. I have heard that Iowa's First Lady may try to run against him to get this seat back in the hands of the forces of good, not evil.
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Thu May-05-05 11:40 AM
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5. Leach is a true conservative Republican. He opposes theocrats and fascism. |
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He was one of the few Republicans to speak out against the coziness of the GOP with RevMoon. He warned them years ago to get out of their bed with RevMoon.
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Thu May-05-05 12:10 PM
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6. The description of him as a moderate may be true, but |
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he was an early proponent of impeaching Clinton. His situational moderation gave early credibility to the coup attempt of the radical right. Just so the entire record is known.
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