My United State Senator Republican Gordon Smith of Oregon who has previously supported the war in Iraq in a crass political move yesterday in a speech on the Senate floor joined the "cut and run" crowd on Iraq. Smith is up for reelection in two years and knowing the anti war mood in Oregon decided he would rather remain in the Senate than stand on principal. His overnight "conversion" will not fool anyone and all he has done is alienate the Republican base which will lead to his defeat in two years. Better to have stood on principal and go down in defeat than "sell out" in a vain attempt to hold his seat. Rino (Republican in name only) Lincoln Chaffee in Connecticut learned that when he was defeated last month in his reelection campaign. His defeat was one of the Republican bright spots during the mid term elections. Now Gordon Smith is a Rino.The Main Stream Media will give him plenty of publicity because there is nothing they like better than a turncoat Republican. In the last few weeks I have received two call from the Smith campaign asking for a donation. Hell will freeze over before he gets a donation from me.
