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| 2004-01-15 |
| EFL New York City Mayor and lifelong Democrat Ed Koch was a guest last night on CNBC's Capital Report. Host Gloria Borger asked Koch about his recent endorsement of President Bush's re-election campaign... Mr. KOCH: And I am, but I'm also, and always described myself as, a liberal with sanity. And while most of the people that I will be voting for will be Democrats, I have in the past crossed party lines when I thought it was in the interest of the city or the country. And I have no doubt but that, as it relates to the president--and I've never voted for a Republican president, only a Democratic president--I am voting for Bush because the Democrats don't have the stomach to take on the number-one issue, which is international terrorism. And George Bush, with his Bush doctrine that we will go after the terrorists and the countries that harbor them--he has convinced me and I think millions more Democrats that he's the one that we should put our trust in. |
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| #10 Dave D., did you see my reply to your question yesterday about the Captain who lost a leg in Viet Nam and continued to serve? Could it be Frederick M. Franks Gen US Army (Ret) |
| Posted by: Gasse Katze 2004-1-15 10:04:51 PM |
| #9 My vote for Bush in 2004 will be my first vote for a Republican president. I voted for the Libertarian Browne in 2000 as a protest because, even as a Democrat, I never could stand Al Gore. What he did to Dukakis (Willie Horton) and Bradley (NJ racial profiling) were disgusting and I was/am so relieved that Gore wasn't president on 9/11. Go! W! Go! |
| Posted by: JDB 2004-1-15 9:56:08 PM |
| #8 Dave, I'm with you. I've been a Democrat for 45 years (gulp) and never, ever voted Republican. I'm now GOP. 9/11, Bush's handling of it, the Democrats horrific behavior since, all have convinced me. They aren't serious about the existential threat facing us. Until they become so, I'll not vote for a Dem again. |
| Posted by: R. McLeod 2004-1-15 8:16:36 PM |
| #7 Koch's support for Bush is not new: he's made a number of public statements like this before. Koch can say that he's "a liberal with sanity", but I think it's more accurate to say he's a remnant of the "old" Democratic Party, the Democratic Party that used to think of Republicans as the opposition- not the "enemy". There's a big difference, and that difference is even more vital when the nation's security is at stake. And that's why, after 31 years as a Democrat, I became a Republican a year ago: today's Democrats cannot be entrusted with our lives and futures. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2004-1-15 8:04:52 PM |
| #6 Money Quote: "I'm also, and always described myself as, a liberal with sanity" (How you like the posting name? LOL) |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2004-1-15 6:43:32 PM |
| #5 Dave D., did you see my reply to your question yesterday about the Captain who lost a leg in Viet Nam and continued to serve? Could it be Frederick M. Franks Gen US Army (Ret) |
| Posted by: Gasse Katze 2004-1-15 10:04:51 PM |
| #4 My vote for Bush in 2004 will be my first vote for a Republican president. I voted for the Libertarian Browne in 2000 as a protest because, even as a Democrat, I never could stand Al Gore. What he did to Dukakis (Willie Horton) and Bradley (NJ racial profiling) were disgusting and I was/am so relieved that Gore wasn't president on 9/11. Go! W! Go! |
| Posted by: JDB 2004-1-15 9:56:08 PM |
| #3 Dave, I'm with you. I've been a Democrat for 45 years (gulp) and never, ever voted Republican. I'm now GOP. 9/11, Bush's handling of it, the Democrats horrific behavior since, all have convinced me. They aren't serious about the existential threat facing us. Until they become so, I'll not vote for a Dem again. |
| Posted by: R. McLeod 2004-1-15 8:16:36 PM |
| #2 Koch's support for Bush is not new: he's made a number of public statements like this before. Koch can say that he's "a liberal with sanity", but I think it's more accurate to say he's a remnant of the "old" Democratic Party, the Democratic Party that used to think of Republicans as the opposition- not the "enemy". There's a big difference, and that difference is even more vital when the nation's security is at stake. And that's why, after 31 years as a Democrat, I became a Republican a year ago: today's Democrats cannot be entrusted with our lives and futures. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2004-1-15 8:04:52 PM |
| #1 Money Quote: "I'm also, and always described myself as, a liberal with sanity" (How you like the posting name? LOL) |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2004-1-15 6:43:32 PM |