Comments on: Senator Jim Jeffords to Retire http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/senator_jeffords_is_expected_to_retire/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:12:43 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: GunTrash http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/senator_jeffords_is_expected_to_retire/comment-page-1/#comment-43605 GunTrash Fri, 22 Apr 2005 16:10:14 +0000 /?p=10137#comment-43605 Yeah, I posted something similiar at another blog. I wasn't as upset with Jumping Jim as some were. You have to expect that in politics. We got Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Billy Tauzin, Richard Shelby, etc. It happens. When it does, either whine about it or celebrate it, deal with it, then put it behind you and get on with the program. Yeah, I posted something similiar at another blog. I wasn't as upset with Jumping Jim as some were.

You have to expect that in politics. We got Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Billy Tauzin, Richard Shelby, etc. It happens. When it does, either whine about it or celebrate it, deal with it, then put it behind you and get on with the program.

]]> By: Kent http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/senator_jeffords_is_expected_to_retire/comment-page-1/#comment-43530 Kent Thu, 21 Apr 2005 16:37:03 +0000 /?p=10137#comment-43530 For the same reasons that when a Democrat switches parties, the Democrats consider it a "betrayal," but when a Republican does it the Democrats proclaim him as a great patriot. Was that so hard? For the same reasons that when a Democrat switches parties, the Democrats consider it a "betrayal," but when a Republican does it the Democrats proclaim him as a great patriot.

Was that so hard?

]]> By: Ipse Dixit http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/senator_jeffords_is_expected_to_retire/comment-page-1/#comment-43522 Ipse Dixit Thu, 21 Apr 2005 15:41:39 +0000 /?p=10137#comment-43522 <strong>Jim Who?</strong> Oh, yeah, him. Tragic loss to the art world.... Jim Who?
Oh, yeah, him. Tragic loss to the art world....

]]> By: Harry http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/senator_jeffords_is_expected_to_retire/comment-page-1/#comment-43500 Harry Thu, 21 Apr 2005 03:19:50 +0000 /?p=10137#comment-43500 Why is it that when a Republican switches parties it's a "betrayal", but when a Democrat does it the Republicans proclaim them as great patriots? Why is it that when a Republican switches parties it's a "betrayal", but when a Democrat does it the Republicans proclaim them as great patriots?

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