Comments on: Lugar and the press

By: Exurban

Exurban — Fri, 11 May 2012 01:33:11 +0000

Yes, 80 years old and at that he's only the fourth oldest U.S. Senator. List of current United States Senators by age Not many democracies elect politicians this old. It doesn't say much for the quality of the Senate.

By: Richard Aubrey

Richard Aubrey — Thu, 10 May 2012 00:57:18 +0000

Again, forgetting the source, Lugar was described as epitomizing the kind of republican who, when the dems want to spend a trillion, says, “That’s too much, let’s spend 700 billion,” and then compromises at a trillion

By: Randy

Randy — Thu, 10 May 2012 00:14:58 +0000

Compromise is making concessions in exchange for concessions. When RINOs compromise, they make concessions, not for things which conservatives want, but for the concession of not being called names by the left.

This explains why GOP electoral successes never result in conservative policy wins.

RINOs need to learn that conservatives have long memories (naturally).

By: Minta Marie Morze

Minta Marie Morze — Wed, 09 May 2012 21:34:56 +0000

If you are trying to decide whether to build either a NASCAR track or a soccer stadium with all your money and on the single piece of property you have, what could compromise even look like?

By: Mr. Frank

Mr. Frank — Wed, 09 May 2012 19:01:49 +0000

The fact that Lugar did not even bother to have an address in Indiana says it all.

By: Gringo

Gringo — Wed, 09 May 2012 17:51:46 +0000

Neo:

Witness “Lugar’s Demise and the Constitutional Crisis” by Jonathan Chait, which castigates those partisan, monolithic Republicans and pretends the Democrats are a moderate, compromising group..

Jonathan Chait is undoubtedly the poster boy for moderate, compromising Democrats. After all, he wrote I hate President George W. Bush, and proceeded to enumerate the numerous reasons for his hating Dubya. That is the very definition of a moderate, compromising Democrat. :) Neo nailed it: It seems these days that the Democrats’ specialty is to be highly partisan and uncompromising, and to pretend it’s only Republicans who are that way.

By: Libby

Libby — Wed, 09 May 2012 17:50:42 +0000

I’m sure Zell Miller could also provide some insight on how tolerant Dems can be.

Shorter Chait: Bad voters! Once you elect someone you can never, ever remove them, even if they’ve “evolved” away from the positions that got them elected.