Old-School Moderate Connecticut Republican Shays Goes Down in Defeat

SHAYS was more of a liberal than a Republican but what is at the center of the political climate is the wearisome statement about the media telling us what to think. Consider: how African American is Obama? Did he grow up in the south, Detroit, LA, Chicago, etc.? Obama is half white, adopted in Indonesia, having two Muslim fathers, leaving Indonesia at about age 10 to multi-cultural Hawaii, going to a private white high school -- ultimately, Columbia and Harvard (without personal funds) -- I would like to offer that he is not culturally an African American, or a typical black, which I believe the media would not really accept. To be witty, isn't he a "white-washed" candidate, albeit proposing no new military development, a new standing army in the U.S. (for what, very perplexing, to replace gun ownership?), raised money for the Muslim Odinga candidacy in Kenya (C. Rice had to get involved in that country's Muslim terrorism allowing for the non-elected Odinga to get a position), communist party mentor Mr. Davis and former radical Ayers, Rezko helping him get his property, a voting record considered to be on the left, etc. The 70% African Americans who wanted marriage defined traditionally, when voting for Obama, did they know his web site and speeches have touted abortion, and he was the only one to vote against the "Born Alive Protection Act?" The media ran this election and the Republicans did not stand up for their base, to summarize.

Vicki Kess of NY 3:26PM November 06, 2008

With his passing, Shays leaves the RINO herd even further decimated. His rotting political corpse now dries in the sun beside Linc Chafee's. The only bright spot? The western RINO of the great Arizona desert is not long for our politics either. Somewhere UberLib Republicans Jacob Javits and Nelson Rockefeller must be smiling that others followed them into political irrelevancy.

Oh well, the Senator from Countrywide Home Loans, Chris Dodd, still has his job!

brad of TX 10:06AM November 06, 2008

Shays was an excellent Congressman. In the name of change the man who always acted independently by a candidate who voted speaks strictly along party lines. He was also out in front of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac while the Democrats were "roll[ing] the dice in the words of Barnie Frank, and then loses because of the "Bush" economy.

Why his endorsement of Sarah Palin would swing your vote on Shays is beyond my comprehension. That has absolutely nothing to do with his performance as a Congressman.

of NH 1:35PM November 05, 2008

....don't call Shays a "moderate". Call him what he is, an ultra-liberal RINO.

ABC of FL 4:09AM November 05, 2008