Comments on: Olympia Snowe job http://deepblade.net/journal/2004/08/olympia-snowe-job.html Cutting through the effects of the US empire Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:34:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Deep Blade http://deepblade.net/journal/2004/08/olympia-snowe-job.html#comment-117 Deep Blade Sat, 14 Aug 2004 05:35:11 +0000 http://deepblade.net/journal/2004/08/olympia-snowe-job.html#comment-117 Thanks, cs. Yes, she's to the right of other Northeast "moderate Republicans" on foreign and military affairs. And this is a vanishing breed. She's clearly to the right of someone like a Jeffords, or the late Claiborne Pell. Her reputation does more or less hold on domestic issues. She's been independent and courageous on energy/environment stuff like the Energy Bill and ANWR. So, we do try to convey some appreciation for the tidbits she does give us. Thanks, cs. Yes, she’s to the right of other Northeast “moderate Republicans” on foreign and military affairs. And this is a vanishing breed. She’s clearly to the right of someone like a Jeffords, or the late Claiborne Pell. Her reputation does more or less hold on domestic issues. She’s been independent and courageous on energy/environment stuff like the Energy Bill and ANWR. So, we do try to convey some appreciation for the tidbits she does give us.

]]> By: cs http://deepblade.net/journal/2004/08/olympia-snowe-job.html#comment-118 cs Sat, 14 Aug 2004 04:03:03 +0000 http://deepblade.net/journal/2004/08/olympia-snowe-job.html#comment-118 Thanks, DB, for the wonderful recap of Sen. Snow's actions and positions vis a vis the war in Iraq. As I read I imagined parts of your post as a full-page <i>caveat emptor</i> in the Portland paper, reminding voters of how Snow neglected alternative voices about WMD evidence and and chose to BushCo's snake oil instead. Out here in the Midwest Sen. Snow is often portrayed as one of a few potential protectors of traditional -- i.e., moderate -- conservatism and the Republican Party. Your account of her pre-war role sounds like she has much in common with the reactionary GOP to me . . . Thanks, DB, for the wonderful recap of Sen. Snow’s actions and positions vis a vis the war in Iraq. As I read I imagined parts of your post as a full-page caveat emptor in the Portland paper, reminding voters of how Snow neglected alternative voices about WMD evidence and and chose to BushCo’s snake oil instead.

Out here in the Midwest Sen. Snow is often portrayed as one of a few potential protectors of traditional — i.e., moderate — conservatism and the Republican Party. Your account of her pre-war role sounds like she has much in common with the reactionary GOP to me . . .

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