Just Confirming What We Thought We Knew
Bob Corker Is A Good Man
By Erick Posted in Republicans — Comments (12) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
UPDATE by Leon: Original Source information below the fold.
Bob Corker's office just hung up with me. They inform me that Senator Elect Corker wants us to know that he is not, has never been, and does not intend to be a member of the Republican Mainstreet Partnership and he has accordingly asked both Roll Call and the RMP to make it clear that he has not joined.
Thank God for that and God Speed Bob Corker!
Editor's Note: Given a dreary family situation today and for the foreseeable future, this is at least one note to bring a smile to my face today. Thanks Bob.
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Because some people are going into hysterics about the original story, it was legitimately sourced:
Roll Call December 6, 2006 Wednesday
Copyright 2006 Roll Call, Inc.
Roll CallDecember 6, 2006 Wednesday
SECTION: ELECTIONS JOLTED GOP MAIN STREET GROUP
LENGTH: 347 words
BYLINE: Nicole Duran, ROLL CALL STAFF
BODY:
While it continues to do battle with the conservative Club for Growth, the Republican Main Street Partnership's membership took a severe bruising in the midterm elections.
Combined with retirements, the centrist group will find itself short a significant number of members in the 110th Congress.
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Since the elections, two newly elected Members have declared their intention to join Main Street.
Sen.-elect Bob Corker (Tenn.) and Rep.-elect Dean Heller (Nev.) will come on board once they are sworn in, Resnick said.
Corker will be one of the Senate's few Main Street members, replacing Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R.I.), who lost his seat in November after a brutal September primary fight.
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Unlike some, I apperciate that you went a step further to get the story right.
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If "pro" is the opposite of "con", what is the opposite of "progress"?
Just lost all its credibility with me. This is a bridge too far. I donated money to Bob Corker and I thought you were telling the truth based on something you actually knew based on something solid instead of what came up in your vivid imagination at some time or the other, especially considering the length to which you went to describe your "disappointment."
You made me look like a fool to at least ten people. That's it for me and this website. I hope you have a good time trying to elect a President in this cycle, Erick, with reporting like this.
Take my word that this is a fight for another day. Please.
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Even those who learn from history are surrounded by those doomed to repeat it.
This post is updated with the original source information. Note that it is not "Erick's head."
Now read his editor's note, and the comments from Traianus, Thomas, and Moe, and PLEASE lay off of Erick for the time being.
JE
I sense something that may require some prayer and therefore will provide some.
If I am wrong, it's always good to have a few extra anyway.
"Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori"
knows this was well sourced. Folks, you need to read a bit more carefully. If anyone needs to be flogged on this it is Resnick. Give him a call and blow off the steam appropriately.
"Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori"
From RC, or better yet - the mainstreet dirtbags.
You know, every time I write about the RMSP, I try to hold back, because I don't want to look like a frothing Daily Kos person does when he writes about the DLC.
But...
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It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones. -- Calvin Coolidge
Do you d**k us around like that deliberately, or is it just something you can't stop yourself from doing?
In the future, I'd appreciate it if you're going to be the "lead blogger" here on RedState that you checked out your information before you got everyone in the freaking world to jump off a cliff.