August 10, 2006
Laffey-Chafee I: Opening Statements
Senator Lincoln Chafee and Mayor Steve Laffey, the Republican candidates for U.S. Senate debated on today’s Arlene Violet Show on WHJJ-AM radio. Here are the notes I jotted down as they were debating...
Senator Chafee asks voters to consider three things in his opening statement...
- Who can win in November?
- Who can best represent Rhode Island?
- Issues are going to change, so you have to look at character when electing a Senator.
- Too many tax-breaks for special interests and spending is out of control.
- The cost of prescription drugs needs to be lowered
- The United States needs a national energy policy to enhance national security.
Let's see...Rep pres for past 6 years, Rep congress for most of that (aside from the Jeffords hiatus) and we have out-of-control spending, no energy policy, and the cost of Rx drugs is out of control.
And I thought Laffey was running as a Republican. Did I miss something?
Or, are the Republicans responsible for the mess that Mr Laffey wants to clean up?
Posted by: klaus at August 10, 2006 7:38 PMYes, some people that called themselves Republicans are responsible for the mess we're in, including the incumbent junior senator. Laffey wants to fix that, regardless of political affiliation.
Posted by: Will at August 10, 2006 9:13 PMThe Laffey Plan
1.) Give tax breaks to millionaire, out of state backers.
2.) Hold a press conference.
3.) Try to make a friend in DC, only to get the cold shoulder, because he's been bashing everyone in his own party for months. "They don't even want to see where I put my Harvard degree on the wall!" -SL
4.) Hold a press conference.
5.) Say "Uncle Sam will get the check" and give the greenlight to some federally funded abortions.
6.) Hold a press conference.
7.) Bore his only friend, Tom Coburn, to an early death with his self-agrandizing "I lived the American Dream" stories.
8.) Hold a press conference
9.) Recruit cleaning crews for federal buildings during a whirlwind visit to Mexicali.
10.) Hold a press conference.