Senator Olympia J. Snowe, Republican of Maine, said Tuesday that she would support the Democrats’ landmark health care legislation. “Is this bill all that I would want? Far from it,” Ms. Snowe said at a meeting of the Senate Finance Committee. “Is it all that it can be? No. But when history calls, history calls.” (New York Times, 10/13/2009)
It is past time for Republicans to clean house and purge the party of non-Republicans. Arlen Specter tortured Bush for years, before finally admitting what everyone already knew. Namely, he was not a Republican. And now Maine's Olympia Snowe is pulling a Specter and betraying her party. The liberal media, along with Obama and the Democrats will now ridiculously claim that they have a bi-partisan compromise on health care. RedStateVT calls on RNC head Michael Steele to give Snowe her walking papers.
Hold on there Kimosabi. I dislike Olympia Snowe as much as the next Redstater, but she's still a Republican and, if nothing else, a reliable vote for Mitch McConnell as Senate leader over Harry Reid. Let's not forget that our current predicament was brought about my Rahm Emanual's successful recruitment of DINOs to win traditionally Red districts. The Republican tent should be big enough to house the Olympia Snowes of the world.
ReplyDeleteNow, if you've got a conservative primary challenger that has a realistic chance of winning a general election in Maine, I'm with you.