Is there such a thing as an "innocent" casualty of the Republican party?

[SemiCharmedQuark]

I feel for Lincoln Chaffee, but at the same time he stayed a Republican and helped keep the Republicans in power. Is party loyalty worth that? I would hope that when the stakes are that big, you can put the constituents (who are obviously very much anti war and anti Bush) and your own morals ahead of sticking with the crew.

The Republicans weren't a little shady. They were bordering on cartoonish super villainy. To continue to lend your support to them solely because they were in the same club you were doesn't cut it. How much destruction did they cause because moderate Republicans chose to choose party over people?

Debate is essential and I think a moderate Republican could offer some great debate. I wish many more Republicans were like Lincoln Chaffee. However, if I lived in RI, I would not have voted for him, simply because he stuck with the Republicans. I voted a straight Democratic ticket here in IL because no matter how great a Republican candidate might be (theory here, none of the Repubs running were great) supporting them supports the GOP.

If the democrats ever started acting like the Republicans, I would hope that I wouldn't be a democrat.


On Edit: Considering Lincoln Chaffee's situation, it really is a shame that he lost. He certainly lost only because he was a Republican. Like others, I do hope he comes back. If in Republican form, I hope he takes his party back from the far far far right.

[AspenRose]

1. Chafee was anti-war and anti-Bush, too.

Check how he voted.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

2. He stayed a Republican though...for some reason.

[AspenRose]

3. Because he made a death bed promise to his father

who was a republican, that he'd stay in the party.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

4. Then I really do feel very sorry for him.

It was unfair for him all around.

[Vidar]

9. Wow, had no ida. My admiration for mi increases again.

[thereismore]

5. their children. nt

[KarenS]

6. It called enabling/aiding & abetting,,,,,

whatever,,,, He helped them by not leaving the Party.

[enid602]

7. Barneyr

Barney the dog.

[leftofthedial]

8. anyone who still uses the word "republican" to describe themselves

is either mentally ill or a criminal

not one of them is "innocent"

[0rganism]

10. 650,000 of them in Iraq, according to JHU

I think we need to put this in perspective.

The "casualties" of Tuesday's election are, by and large, a bunch of nasty rubber-stamping windbags who wouldn't think twice about it if they were on the winning side.

The civilian casualties of the foreign policy disasters they enabled are true human tragedies.