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Kasz216 on 11 September 2008
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Jackson50 said:
Kasz216 said:
Jackson50 said:
Kasz216 said:
Jackson50 said:
I am surprised that Susan Eisenhower was not on the list.

She's not a registered republican anymore.

 

 

She was a Republican until the end of August and she endorsed Obama before she left the party. For all intents and purposes, she is a Republican that supports Obama.

I disagree... I think that'd still make her a former republican that supports Obama.

Just how Joe Liberman wouldn't be counted as a democrat who supports McCain since he's a "Independent Democrat".

Or Tim Penny... who is oddly on the McCain list via his website.

Though it is a rather benign format argument.

I see what you are saying and I agree that it is an issue of semantics. The difference between her and the two people you mentioned is that she was a registered Republican when she endorsed Obama. In fact, she remained a Republican for six months after endorsing him only leaving the party a few weeks ago. In every practical sense, she is a Republican that endorsed Obama. Also, if the definition is going to be applied so stringently, then Chafee is actually not a Republican that endorsed Obama. He left the party in 2007 and endorsed Obama in Feb. of 08.

True... but i mean... i still think that you could say "She was a republican who supported Obama" however you couldn't say "She is a republican who supports Obama."

Despite the support not changing... the republican thing did.