[Lnc-business] Lincoln Chafee

Sam Goldstein sam.goldstein at lp.org
Thu Jun 6 10:06:11 EDT 2019


Hmmmm, Chaffee vs Amash?

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Sam Goldstein
Libertarian National Committee
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On 2019-06-06 09:58, Joe Bishop-Henchman via Lnc-business wrote:
> I hadn't seen an email on this but wanted to share in case anyone
> hadn't seen. Former U.S. Senator Lincoln Chafee has registered as a
> Libertarian and confirmed to the Boston Globe that it's because he
> agrees with us
> (https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/rhode-island/2019/06/04/make-that-four-political-parties-for-lincoln-chafee/JGGdRYjlFo65STHLq1JS7N/story.html):
> 
> "I bought property in Wyoming and registered to vote out there in my
> fourth party — I’m a Libertarian. It’s what I’ve always been —
> fiscally conservative and socially liberal. They are against capital
> punishment, pro-choice, against war, strongly for the Fourth
> Amendment, no torture. All these things that American has gotten away
> from."
> 
> Chafee was appointed to his father's U.S. Senate seat out of Rhode
> Island in 1999 after his father died. He was elected in 2000 and
> defeated 54-46 in 2006, after winning his primary against a strong
> conservative challenge. He had considered challenging Bush in 2004 on
> an anti-war platform but chose not to, although Chafee was the only
> Republican senator to vote against the Iraq use of force resolution.
> He endorsed Obama in 2008, with whom he had served in the Senate. In
> 2010, he decided to run for Governor of Rhode Island as an
> independent. President Obama, presumably returning the 2008
> endorsement favor, chose not to endorse the Democrat but rather to
> stay neutral. The Democrat, angry, denounced Obama on the radio and
> his campaign imploded thereafter, clearing the way for Chafee to win
> with 36 percent of the vote. Chafee joined the Democratic Party in
> 2013 but chose not to run for re-election in 2014. In 2015, he ran
> briefly for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination on a ten point
> platform: not giving ambassadorships to political contributors, ending
> torture, ending warrantless wiretapping, bringing Edward Snowden home,
> ending drone strikes, signing new trade agreements, easing tensions
> with Russia, re-engaging with South America while revisiting the Drug
> War, banning capital punishment, and adopting the metric system. He
> moved to Wyoming in 2018.
> 
> On tax issues, which is the area I know best, in my opinion his record
> as Senator was not great, but as Governor was good (though he wasn't
> really able to pass anything). We worked with his office on a number
> of ideas. I first met him when I had the opportunity to be a panelist
> for one of the 2010 gubernatorial debates, which was a four-way one
> (Chafee, the Democrat, the Republican, and a millionaire tech
> "Moderate Party" candidate). In the end I think Cato gave him a "B" on
> tax and budget.
> 
> Pat Ford, our RI chair, gave some comments posted to Twitter:
> "We welcome Lincoln Chafee on what is clearly the first stage of his
> Libertarian journey. I look forward to the opportunity to share a cup
> of coffee and point out how more nuanced our movement is. There is so
> much more to the Libertarian movement than that we are fiscally
> conservative and socially liberal. We reflect the primacy of the
> rights of the individual.
> 
> "I find the political evolution of Lincoln Chafee to be fascinating. I
> consider him to be a decent man."
> 
> [On Chafee's move to Wyoming] "Our movement is spiritually strongest
> in that part of the country - they believe in rugged individualism."
> 
> 
> I've heard that the Wyoming party has put out or is working on a
> statement, but I haven't seen it yet.
> 
> JBH
> 
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> Joe Bishop-Henchman
> LNC Member (At-Large)
> joe.bishop-henchman at lp.org
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