keepthefaith Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/06/03/411547757/lincoln-chafees-improbable-quest-for-the-white-house Hillary's got company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
....lybob Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Big News would be John Huntsman running as a Democrat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truth on hold Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Well now that's a shock. A candidate who's rational and pro-American. ----- During his speech, Chafee highlighted his strong opposition to military intervention in the Middle East, saying, "we have to find a way to wage peace." He said drone strikes weren't working in the region. And he also said, "We must deliberately and carefully extricate ourselves from expensive wars," Chafee said. "Just think of how better this money could be spent." Chafee stressed using that money for investment within America's borders. "Education infrastructure, healthcare, environmental stewardship and a strong middle class are Americans' priorities." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Well, this will add to the vibrant youth and diversity of the democrat field................ . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Big News would be John Huntsman running as a Democrat It's going to be hysterical watching all the Republicans talk up Chafee like you progs always talk up Huntsman. Absolutely hysterical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 "we have to find a way to wage peace." Idiot. Making war analogies to define "peace." Almost as dumb as defining "peace" as a "process." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truth on hold Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 (edited) love this guy, he speaks the truth and he's pro-american. which means the bottom feeders on this board will attack him.... The former Rhode Island senator and governor, speaking to about 60 students and others at George Mason University, recalled his 2002 vote against giving Bush broad authority to wage war in Iraq; Chafee was then a Republican and the sole no vote in his caucus. Wednesday, he mentioned three reasons for his opposition: He didn’t want the country to repeat the mistakes of the Vietnam War, he did not trust the Bush administration and he found its war supporters misleading and worse. “I learned in the first nine months of the Bush-Cheney administration prior to September 11th not to trust them at their word,” Chafee said. Neoconservatives promoting the war “didn’t have the guts to argue their points straight up to the American people,” he charged. “They knew there were no weapons of mass destruction. They wanted their war badly enough to purposely deceive us.” Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2015/06/03/268744/chafee-enters-presidential-race.html#storylink=cpy Edited June 4, 2015 by JTSP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Yeah, he's a modern day Jeanette Rankin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Big news would be Michael Bloomberg running as a Democrat. http://nypost.com/2015/06/02/ny-democrats-push-bloomberg-to-run-for-president/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 And he immediately goes after the big topics of the day. http://www.wsj.com/articles/in-presidential-bid-lincoln-chafee-calls-for-metric-system-1433373940 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keepthefaith Posted June 4, 2015 Author Share Posted June 4, 2015 And he immediately goes after the big topics of the day. http://www.wsj.com/articles/in-presidential-bid-lincoln-chafee-calls-for-metric-system-1433373940 Conversion to the metric system will cut our debt by almost 40% overnight. I love this guy already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Conversion to the metric system will cut our debt by almost 40% overnight. I love this guy already. No that's if we convert to the Ruble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 And he immediately goes after the big topics of the day. http://www.wsj.com/articles/in-presidential-bid-lincoln-chafee-calls-for-metric-system-1433373940 Well, he knows how to stand out from the crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 And he immediately goes after the big topics of the day. http://www.wsj.com/articles/in-presidential-bid-lincoln-chafee-calls-for-metric-system-1433373940 About time someone tried tapping into the single issue metric system voters. Spontaneous crowds forming now in DC in support of Lincoln Chafee's call to join the metric system I predict that he will "LOSE BY A MILE" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeYouToTasker Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Chafee, as a candidate, is hilarious. A few highlights: His vote against the war in Iraq wasn't a vote against the war in Iraq. It was a systolic vote against all wars. Chafee is an avowed pacifist. Chafee's speech condemning going to war included language about how it was sad that we would go to war again so soon after leaving Vietnam. Seriously. Chafee, in the same week in which he declared for the Presidency implored subscribers to his Gubernatorial Facebook page to help him remember his password to he could link it to his new Presidential Page. Seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddogblitz Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 His vote against the war in Iraq wasn't a vote against the war in Iraq. It was a systolic vote against all wars. Chafee is an avowed pacifist. BS and who cares? Why would this matter? He made the right decision. War should only be a last resort. Anyone that doesn't understand this has no place in power IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 BS and who cares? Why would this matter? He made the right decision. War should only be a last resort. Anyone that doesn't understand this has no place in power IMHO. Oft times, process is more important than outcome. And you should care, since Chafee's position is antithetical to "war is a last resort." Which you'd realize, if you were smart enough to know that sometimes process is more important than outcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddogblitz Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 (edited) Oft times, process is more important than outcome. And you should care, since Chafee's position is antithetical to "war is a last resort." Which you'd realize, if you were smart enough to know that sometimes process is more important than outcome. Tell that to the 4500+ moms, dads, brothers, sisters, wives, husbands of Americans that got killed plus the 500,000 Iraqi civilians who were killed. "Hey, at least we got the process right. That's more important than your loved one's life." Can you explain to someone who is not smart enough to know that "sometimes process is more important than outcome" why that is so and point to a case which illustrates that please? Edited June 4, 2015 by reddogblitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Tell that to the 4500+ moms, dads, brothers, sisters, wives, husbands of Americans that got killed plus the 500,000 Iraqi civilians who were killed. "Hey, at least we got the process right. That's more important than your loved one's life." Can you explain to someone who is not smart enough to know that "sometimes process is more important than outcome" why that is so and point to a case which illustrates that please? I didn't say the process was good. I said that Chafee's wasn't. Moron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddogblitz Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 (edited) I didn't say the process was good. I said that Chafee's wasn't. Moron. You missed my second question: "Can you explain to someone who is not smart enough to know that "sometimes process is more important than outcome" why that is so and point to a case which illustrates that please?" Care to share your wisdom on this one with me? Also explain how is "process" was bad? I wish more of our "leaders" would use lessons learned from Viet Nam in making decisions on gong to war. Edited June 4, 2015 by reddogblitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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