Republicans for Obama Launches-This is Some SCARY Stuff Here...

by: texan4hillary

Tue Aug 12, 2008 at 20:17:44 PM EDT

The Obama campaign is today unveiling endorsements from Republicans who support Obama, among them former U.S. Rep. and Foreign Service officer Jim Leach.

Leach was on a conference call this morning with two other Republicans backing the presumptive Democratic nominee: Former Rhode Island Senator Lincoln Chaffee and former White House intelligence advisor Rita E. Hauser, a onetime fundraiser for President Bush.

On the call, the Obama campaign indicated that a Web site will be launched in the next few days to lay out Obama and John McCain's policies, so Republicans can "learn" whose beliefs more closely match their own. The call's participants suggested that Obama's positions fall closer to traditional Republicans principles than McCain's, particularly on foreign affairs.

Leach, meanwhile, said he hoped that Obama will consider Chuck Hagel, a Republican not as of now one of the "Republicans For Obama," as his running mate.

Leach also said Obama offers the sort of -leadership "that the world is crying out for," adding that "the national interest demands a new approach to our interaction with the world."

The McCain campaign, meanwhile, sent out an email noting that "Leach co-authored the Gramm-Leach-Bliley act which Obama blames for the subprime lending crisis."

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Let us see what Republican Leach has supported over the years that will comfort Democrats. Not a whole lot really, especially since the DSCC poured in the resources to oust him, which they did!

ON ABORTION

- Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortions. (Apr 2000)
- Voted YES on barring transporting minors to get an abortion. (Jun 1999)
Rated 30% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record. (Dec 2003)
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ON BUSINESS
- Voted YES on Bankruptcy Overhaul requiring partial debt repayment. (Mar 2001)
- Rated 70% by the US COC, indicating a pro-business voting record. (Dec 2003)
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ON CRIME
-Voted NO on maintaining right of habeas corpus in Death Penalty Appeals. (Mar 1996)

-Voted NO on replacing death penalty with life imprisonment. (Apr 1994)
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ON ENERGY
-Voted NO on authorizing construction of new oil refineries. (Oct 2005)
- Voted YES on passage of the Bush Administration national energy policy. (Jun 2004)

- Voted NO on starting implementation of Kyoto Protocol. (Jun 2000)
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ON TRADE

-Voted YES on implementing CAFTA, Central America Free Trade. (Jul 2005)
- Voted YES on implementing US-Australia Free Trade Agreement. (Jul 2004)
-  Voted YES on implementing US-Singapore free trade agreement. (Jul 2003)
- Voted YES on implementing free trade agreement with Chile. (Jul 2003)
- Voted NO on withdrawing from the WTO. (Jun 2000)  
- End economic protectionism: let dairy compacts expire . (Aug 2001)
-Promote the Andean Free Trade Agreement. (May 2002)
Rated 56% by CATO, indicating a mixed record on trade issues. (Dec 2002)
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ON SOCIAL SECURITY
- Voted NO on strengthening the Social Security Lockbox. (May 1999)
- Rated 30% by the ARA, indicating an anti-senior voting record. (Dec 2003)
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ON TAXES-
Voted YES on making the Bush tax cuts permanent. (Apr 2002)

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