# In which I say a nice thing about a Republican **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 1, 2010, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-say-a-nice-thing-about-a-republican/555692 "2010-10-01T05:31:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-say-a-nice-thing-about-a-republican/555692/41 "2010-10-03T01:46:28Z")
Campbell, the guy she ran against in the primary, is a far classier act and far more conservative. If the general election had her as the Democrat and Campbell as the Republican I would probably vote for a Republican for the first time in my life. Mostly because of all my friends that she screwed over at HP. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-say-a-nice-thing-about-a-republican/555692/42 "2010-10-03T01:50:47Z")
[quote=“BigT, post:40, topic:555692”] > [@gaffa](#): > > …I started buying HPs as throwaway printers. Now, they aren’t even good enough for that. To the contrary, they are excellent for throwing away. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-say-a-nice-thing-about-a-republican/555692/43 "2010-10-03T15:59:14Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > > [@gaffa](#): > > > > You have obviously never owned a recent HP printer. > > My first printer was an HP. When it finally zonked out, I started buying HPs as throwaway printers. Now, they aren’t even good enough for that. Wow. I’ve got three HP printers and they are absolute workhorses. Never a moment’s trouble with any of them. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-say-a-nice-thing-about-a-republican/555692/44 "2010-10-03T19:36:17Z")
OK, so she screwed over the people, wrecked the company and was so horrifically bad they asked her to step down. And now she’s campaigning on the basis of her business “leadership” skills. Vote for me! I’m incompetent and dishonest! She’ll fit right in around here, sadly. ---
**Author:** ![Agnostic\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@Agnostic\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agnostic_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-say-a-nice-thing-about-a-republican/555692/45 "2010-10-03T21:41:03Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] Don’t worry OP. It’s in the rules – everyone gets to say ONE good thing about ONE Republican. [/QUOTE] I have always admired Dan Evans, former Governor and Senator from Washington State.\* From [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_J._Evans): “Despite being a Republican and a self-styled conservative, Evans became known for his administration’s liberal policies on environmental protection (he founded the country’s first state-level Department of Ecology, which became Nixon’s blueprint for the federal EPA) and strong support of the state’s higher education system, including founding Washington’s system of community colleges. He fought unsuccessfully for a state income tax.” He’s a Rockefeller Republican, a dying (and sorely missed) breed in public life, and nearly completely dead inside the party. \*Heh, going into the Pit to post a compliment! Anarchy forever!!! plus I said something nice about [Newt Gingrich](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=352191&highlight=amazon+republican) once - breakin’ all the rulez!!! ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-say-a-nice-thing-about-a-republican/555692/46 "2010-10-03T22:47:47Z")
> [@Agnostic\_Pagan](#): > > \*Heh, going into the Pit to post a compliment! Anarchy forever!!! plus I said something nice about [Newt Gingrich](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=352191&highlight=amazon+republican) once - breakin’ all the rulez!!! You’re just a wild and crazy guy 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-say-a-nice-thing-about-a-republican/555692.md?page=2)