tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post9012957295625986249..comments2023-10-26T08:02:44.948-04:00Comments on Connecticut Commentary: Red Notes from a Blue State: Weicker, The GOP’s AhabDon Pescihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11167988001948356357noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-32037075463388800262014-05-19T12:39:05.423-04:002014-05-19T12:39:05.423-04:00Why can't he finally just go away?
Sincerely,...Why can't he finally just go away?<br /><br />Sincerely,<br /><br />Exiled From CTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-53976128086756717732014-05-19T12:37:26.869-04:002014-05-19T12:37:26.869-04:00Why can he not, finally, just go away.
A Connecti...Why can he not, finally, just go away.<br /><br />A Connecticut ExileAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-25722954364097412752014-05-16T12:59:05.641-04:002014-05-16T12:59:05.641-04:00the same ultra right that engineered my downfall
-...the same ultra right that engineered my downfall<br />-------------<br />One gets the impression from Weicker that he lost in 1988 in a primary to William F. Buckley rather than having lost in the general election to another liberal with slightly more sanity (than Lowell). One could also get the impression that the Maverick was popular with minority pressure groups in a way that the "poisonous" tea-party is inherently, and rightly, incapable of duplicating.<br />-------------<br />Mr. Lieberman won Hartford, Bridgeport and New Haven, cities with a large number of Democratic voters. He carried Waterbury, a smaller more conservative city with a Republican mayor. He also did well, though trailing Mr. Weicker, in cities like Stamford, where Vice President Bush won by significant margins.<br /><br />''Tonight we made history,'' said John F. Droney Jr., the Democratic Party Chairman. Closest Race Since '54<br /><br />Mr. Weicker carried traditionally Republican cities like Fairfield and Greenwich in Fairfield County. He was also running close in medium-size cities like Manchester and Meriden.<br />http://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/09/nyregion/1988-elections-connecticut-lieberman-upsets-weicker-close-race-margin-victory.htmlpeter brushnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-68948282894311958092014-05-16T08:43:02.131-04:002014-05-16T08:43:02.131-04:00The problem, aside from Lowell Weicker's essen...The problem, aside from Lowell Weicker's essential and perpetual fecal character vis a vis a metaphorical punchbowl, is that the Republican Party was founded in national social engineering. Anonymous (above) correct, though, in comparison to the Woodrow Wilson/Franklin Roosevelt Democrats the Republicans were social engineers with sanity.<br />The GOP became the home of whatever conservative movement came to be and may exist in the country. Against The Maverick's view that Reagan "hijacked" the party, the conservative movement remains but one wing of a party as yet controlled, especially here in Ct., by moderates; i.e., liberals with more or less sanity.<br /><br />I maintain that one party rule is much less of a problem, perhaps not a problem at all, depending on the party. Indiana presently has one party rule, and appears to be well governed as compared to The Land of Bad Habits. Weicker suggests that the problem is that conservative "ideas" are mistaken,<br />implies that conservatism is racist, etc., but offers no ideas the Party should endorse. He clearly understands that the Dems are fiscally irresponsible, but rather than criticize them The Turd blames the Nutmeg State's demise on the unpopularity of the Republicans with the bought-and-paid-for urban electorate.<br />-----------<br /><br /> And we won because the party tent encompassed all philosophies … not just litmus tests. We reached out on issues that touched labor, women, the poor, gays, blacks, Latinos, the disabled, etc. … <br /><br />It is not names that are important but rather the ideas that names evoke.<br />http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/op_ed/hc-op-weicker-connecticut-republicans-torpedoed-th-20140514,0,3201418.storypeter brushnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-73607521195741852022014-05-16T07:02:05.060-04:002014-05-16T07:02:05.060-04:00Unfortunately we are left with Weickers income tax...Unfortunately we are left with Weickers income tax legacy which will haunt this state for generations to come.<br />And there is no Saviour governor on the horizon.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02228866914012285772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-13027136098794892302014-05-15T18:50:45.171-04:002014-05-15T18:50:45.171-04:00Very nice writing. Weicker abandons the GOP bedro...Very nice writing. Weicker abandons the GOP bedrock principle of fiscal conservatism -- and then claims the GOP left him!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com