http://bluenc.com/node/11927

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"In March 2008 just weeks before Bear Stearns collapsed, Elizabeth Dole introduced legislation to reduce regulatory controls and oversight on some financial institutions. A few days later, Bear Stearns made a $2500 contribution to her campaign and a few days after making the contribution, Bear Stearns collapsed."

That thread is worth checking out in full.

9/30/2008 3:19:42 PM

apparently there are videos of her in the hearings asking for more de-regulation as well, but I can't find them on youtube.

9/30/2008 3:31:28 PM

Well, she voted against the bail-out. So, meh...

10/2/2008 4:53:22 PM

I think they're both horrible.

I guess I'll vote for Christopher Cole, whoever that is.

10/2/2008 5:06:48 PM

http://www.lpnc.org/2008/us_senate.php

10/2/2008 5:08:07 PM

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"That thread is worth checking out in full."

You know what else is worth checking out...why Hagen voted for the double secret "temporary" sales tax increase...and then voted to make it permament...with no interest at all in cutting spending.

We don't need more tax-n-spenders heading off to Washington.

10/2/2008 5:42:28 PM

^^

Hahaha, I'm definitely voting for him now! resemblance?

10/2/2008 5:45:16 PM

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"You know what else is worth checking out"

that your an idiot if you think Elizabeth Dole gives too shits about NC

10/2/2008 6:50:44 PM

KAY HAGAN, HER BOX GOES "CHA CHING" WHENEVER YOU PUMP GAS. SEE? IT'S ALL KAY HAGAN'S FAULT THAT THE GAS PRICES ARE HIGH.

YOU SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE OUT OUR FRUSTRATION AT THE PUMPS ON KAY HAGAN, BECAUSE HER FAMILY SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO MAKE MONEY OFF OF ANYTHING THEY SELL. THEY SHOULD SELL IT FOR FREE.

10/2/2008 6:52:20 PM

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"Mary Elizabeth Hanford "Liddy" Dole (born July 29, 1936) is an American politician who served in both the Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush presidential administrations, and currently serves as a United States senator from North Carolina. She was elected to the Senate in 2002 and is the first female senator for North Carolina. She is running for re-election in the United States Senate election in North Carolina, 2008. Elizabeth Dole is considered among many in NC to be a carpetbagger due to the fact of her not having lived in NC for over 40 years prior to her election as senator."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Dole

lol

10/2/2008 6:54:57 PM

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" You know what else is worth checking out...why Hagen voted for the double secret "temporary" sales tax increase...and then voted to make it permament...with no interest at all in cutting spending."

wha?

10/2/2008 8:21:01 PM

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"Elizabeth Dole is considered among many in NC to be a carpetbagger "

Look you guys have carpetbagger Hillary- who had never lived in New York before she was elected as far as I know.

And, besides, Libby voted against the Bailout/Sellout bill- that's my kind of carpetbagger!

10/2/2008 8:29:36 PM

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"Look you guys have carpetbagger Hillary- who had never lived in New York before she was elected as far as I know. "

Well I do not live in fucking NY and I am not voting for a NY senator. I thought it was ridiculous though when she got elected; none the less at least Hillary actually owns a sizeable dwelling in NY. To which she pays taxes. Where as Libby merely slapped her residency under her mom's house.

10/2/2008 8:55:02 PM

so apparently shes gonna lose? i figured she'd win and it would just be closer than normal but this article:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20081004/pl_politico/14280;_ylt=AqFYS0dMRq7BmYGvHzabvbCyFz4D

makes it sound like shes def gonna lose

excerpts

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"A top official in the McCain camp told us Sen. Elizabeth Dole is virtually certain to lose in conservative North Carolina. "

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"Top Republicans say they have no hope for Dole in North Carolina. “There’s no point in even counting the votes,” said a top McCain official. "

10/4/2008 8:32:52 PM

I'd be thrilled if Kay won. I don't think the NRSC has given up at all but interesting to here that from the McCain campaign

10/4/2008 9:39:40 PM

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"Kay Hagan continues to hold a commanding lead over Elizabeth Dole for the state’s Senate seat. She is up 49-40, with Libertarian Christopher Cole pulling 5% of the vote. She’s up double digits among independent voters and is winning in almost every region of the state."

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_Release_NC_100625.pdf

10/6/2008 4:08:24 PM

^
Oh Boy!
Another tax-n-spending Big Gov't politician...lucky us.

10/6/2008 10:22:26 PM

What does Chris Cole mean when he says "4) a radically anti-bureaucratic response to the turmoil over illegal immigration.
"?

10/6/2008 10:25:42 PM

^^So you'd rather Dole, or will you be voting Cole?

10/7/2008 4:11:00 PM

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"So you'd rather Dole, or will you be voting Cole?"

The race is close and it is more important to keep Hagan out than to put a libertarian in.

10/7/2008 11:15:17 PM

you know what's really important, though, is keeping Hagen out because she talks to Godless Americans!!

or, that's what Dole thinks is important, considering the mailer she just sent out









btw, the "Godless Americans Political Action Committee", which is "the national lobby for atheists, humanists, freethinkers and other nontheistic Americans with the unique mission of protecting their civil rights" are the most "vile, radical liberals in America," according to Dole

10/7/2008 11:23:09 PM

^yea, my fiancee got that in the mail. wtf?

10/7/2008 11:45:59 PM

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"The race is close and it is more important to keep Hagan out than to put a libertarian in."

I would say you're wrong on that one. For example, the de facto national drinking age? Elizabeth Dole, circa her stint as Reagan's transportation secretary.

There's one turd that needs to get flushed.

I can't bring myself to pull the lever for Kay Hagan (unless it's really, really close near election day - and I don't think it is). But putting Liddy Dole back in office has to be the worst thing for libertarians imaginable, in that you'd be further entrenching such an awful incumbent.

Libertarianism means more than just taxes, you know.

10/8/2008 12:10:25 AM

i hope a repub loses this one

10/8/2008 12:18:46 AM

it can't be good for Dole when Salon starts writing articles about her!
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/10/13/north_carolina/

10/13/2008 9:55:31 PM

I haven't decided on Dole or Hagan yet.

I've read through this thread and seen many posts citing that Dole has done nothing for NC. What did she need to do that needed doing?

Things i like about her:

- ranks lowest on earmarks (i guess some of you are only against pork when other state senators do it)
- voted against the bailout bill.

Things I don't like about her:

- Does seem to be physically absent from NC a little too much. I'm not entirely certain if this is enough for me to vote for someone who has a record of raising taxes though...

10/15/2008 1:27:45 PM

She completely bailed on North Carolina when it came to the OLF until everyone and their mothers came out against it. She was cheerleading it all the way through before he epiphany on the road to damascus.

10/15/2008 1:32:34 PM

hmm. ok

but in my mind that still isn't enough to sway me towards Sales Tax Hagan.

10/15/2008 1:37:01 PM

I think it is fair to say that Hagan has cut as many taxes as she has raised, especially during the long session (before she was even thinking about running) and during the short session.

10/15/2008 1:40:12 PM

again will some one please remind me how meeting with Godless Americans PAC has anything to do with upholding North Carolina values?

10/15/2008 1:57:40 PM

it doesn't.

there's your answer

10/15/2008 2:05:43 PM

10/17/2008 5:08:40 PM

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"ranks lowest on earmarks"

Shit if they are earmarks FOR NC than I am all about them. If my money taken through federal taxes is wasted on bullshit around the country; might as well have some wasteful spending that may help out my neighbor in NC

10/17/2008 6:46:53 PM

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4530510n

[Edited on October 17, 2008 at 9:12 PM. Reason : .]

10/17/2008 9:11:12 PM

I thought it was absurd that Dole got into office, especially the way she got eligible to run for office. She's barely in NC, and doesn't give 2 shits about NC, just her status in DC. Peace out you carpetbagging vapid cunt, I'll be voting against you.

10/20/2008 6:18:56 AM

My girlfriend and I caught the last half of that Dole ad where she rails against the "non-believers" and "homosexuals". We actually thought it was some kind of parody ad at first but then laughed out of sheer horror that it was, indeed, a real ad from the Dole campaign.

10/20/2008 6:41:36 AM

^^^ how that commercial have anything to do with Dole's age

^ That's how you know she's getting desperate, she's going for the bigot vote now

[Edited on October 20, 2008 at 6:44 AM. Reason : .]

10/20/2008 6:43:31 AM

I like how Dole's campaign consists of nothing more (at least from what i see from her TV ads) than elect me or you'll be voting for....

a spend happy liberal
atheist god hater
an Obama fan

10/20/2008 7:27:03 AM

^^ She is a bigot herself. She got elected on the coattails of Jesse Helms. Bigots are her base.

10/20/2008 8:45:30 AM

Hagan is against Christmas! She probably tried to poison Santa.

10/20/2008 10:20:51 AM

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"^^^ how that commercial have anything to do with Dole's age"

there were actually a lot of people that became unsure of how old Dole was because of that commercial.... granted they probably weren't the sharpest tacks in the box, but it still made people question it.

some of her new direct mail has a picture of her that is just awful. looks like her front two teeth are missing.

10/20/2008 10:50:16 AM

I'm voting for Hagan. Dole hasn't done anything. I haven't heard her name since the last election. She's been mostly involved in partisan things like the "elect republicans" committee.

I've been pleasantly surprised by Richard Burr. When I write to them, he always responds in a thoughtful way, whereas she doesn't usually respond. And when she does respond, it's a form letter.

Dole has no business representing NC, as she has lived her entire life in Washington DC and Kansas.

Oh yea, and her campaigning has been disgraceful. I've yet to hear her give a reason to vote for her, only against Hagan. So if you are against Hagan, make sure you write somebody else in, b/c there is no reason to vote for Dole.

[Edited on October 20, 2008 at 11:02 AM. Reason : ?]

10/20/2008 11:00:38 AM

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"Look you guys have carpetbagger Hillary- who had never lived in New York before she was elected as far as I know. "

If I were from NY, I wouldn't have voted for her either. We look like idiots for electing somebody to represent our state who neither understands nor has an interest in our state. Has Dole even held a public event in NC?

10/20/2008 11:06:29 AM

Look Dole may be nothing to write home about. But putting tax-hiking Hagen in--you are helping the democrats put together a bullet-proof senate.

It would be very dangerous to liberty and the economy to let the democrats have total control of the gov't.

10/20/2008 11:08:45 AM

for pete's sake. spell her name right if you're going to insult her....

10/20/2008 11:10:07 AM

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"Look Dole may be nothing to write home about. But putting tax-hiking Hagen in--you are helping the democrats put together a bullet-proof senate. It would be very dangerous to liberty and the economy to let the democrats have total control of the gov't."

Look, the Republicans have had their shot. Their vision has resulted in disaster on every front. You need to let go of your ideology and accept that it hasn't worked. Give somebody else a try and then decide 6 years from now.

10/20/2008 11:14:18 AM

Hagan just got the endorsement of the News and Observer....


And apparently Dole has put $3M of her own money into the race....gotta love that Viagra money

10/22/2008 10:27:14 AM

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"But putting tax-hiking Hagen in--you are helping the democrats put together a bullet-proof senate. "

da luberals are coming!!!

find me a conservative candidate that actually lives in NC to vote for senate and they will get my vote. I am not voting for a woman that has lived in Kansas the last 40 years and who has no platform except "Vote for me or you are electing a god-hating money spending liberal that hates america"

10/22/2008 12:07:15 PM

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"find me a conservative candidate that actually lives in NC to vote for senate and they will get my vote. I am not voting for a woman that has lived in Kansas the last 40 years and who has no platform except "Vote for me or you are electing a god-hating money spending liberal that hates america""

Christopher Cole - the Libertarian on the ballot. That is, if you're looking for an economic conservative.

Now queue the whines about "...but he'll never win (so I won't even bother)."

10/22/2008 12:09:10 PM

OK Dole, I REALLY hate you now. These mailers are absolute lunacy. These alone would swing my vote but too bad I thought you were a terrible choice anyway.

10/22/2008 12:32:25 PM