Talk:Ray LaHood

message: Someone posted 'he cheted on his wife when he was 27' in the body of the article. I dunno how to change it. It seems inappropriate, even if true, to have it be there.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.73.41.187 (talk) 14:27, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:   Vandalism? 

message: Is LaHood still a resident of Illinois? This article calls him the "first registered Republican in Obama's Cabinet," but Illinois does not register voters by party. (http://www.elections.state.il.us/Downloads/VotingInformation/PDF/R-19.pdf)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.161.255.78 (talk) 02:25, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Registered" Republican 

message: If Illinois does not register it's republicans and LaHood is "retired" then what qualifies him as an actual member of the republican party.  Would it just be more accurate to say something such as "former republican congressman LaHood" or perhaps just "Republican LaHood".  As for Gates, he is definitely not a member of the Republican party, he is a registered Independent so saying that LaHood is 1 of 2 Republican members is not at all accurate, as it appears perhaps neither are "members" of the Republican party and Gates is definitely not a member.  Furthermore, while it is true that Gates has said that he considers himself a Republican he his actually a registered Independent, which means he is an Independent and not a Republican, right?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Im fat08 (talk • contribs) 14:58, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Does anyone actually know where Robert Gates is registered to vote? Many people who live in states where voters cannot register by party consider themselves independents by default. The real question in these states is whether someone consistently votes in the Republican primary.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.161.255.78 (talk) 03:46, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Republican "Member"

message: When adding new material relating to critics' reception of the LaHood nomination for US Transportation Secretary, please develop it in the body of the article so that the lead can provide for a summary of the article topics.  Thanks.  Switzpaw (talk) 06:56, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: LaHood criticism

message: It sounds like LaHood was confirmed by acclamation yesterday, but I wasn't watching C-SPAN and I can't independently verify the vague conclusions of some of the media reports I've been reading. I've made the edits to indicate that he's been confirmed, unless anyone can produce anything that says he still has yet to be confirmed. It's kind of a confusing situation, exacerbated by the fact that no one really cares about the confirmation hearings for the Secretary of Transportation aside from the kind of junkies like me who go around editing Wikipedia pages for minor Cabinet officials.--Kudzu1 (talk) 15:59, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confirmed? 

message: Well and good to say that Robert Gates is not registered with a political party—something the CIA prefers—though I would be interested to see more than hearsay as a citation on that.  But Wikipedia's own article on Gates acknowledges that "Gates was an active member and president of the Alpha Phi Omega (the national service fraternity) Chapter and the Young Republicans", the latter being "an organization for members of the Republican Party of the United States between the ages of 18 and 40".  He was nominated for government jobs by two Republican presidents.  In fact, Gates was named as one of the Republican members of the Iraq Study Group.  So I'm not the only one for whom Robert Gates adds up to a Republican.  Having said all that, I have nothing against the man holding the job of Defense Secretary in the Obama administration.  And I certainly don't have anything against people who choose not to affiliate with a political party.  But Robert Gates is affiliated with the Republican party (defined as "to connect or associate (oneself) with an organization, movement, etc.") even if it is a fact that he is not registered as a voter with them.  Abrazame (talk) 00:58, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gates' Republican affiliation 

message: Please do not remove the word "Lebanese".  If someone wishes to place the phrase "Arab American" in the article, add it elsewhere, but not at the expense of the specificity of his father's heritage.  This is not some agenda, Danny Thomas was Lebanese for crying out loud (remember the Golden Girls episode?!).  As such, Danny Thomas was also an Arab American.  Marlo Thomas, That Girl, shares that heritage.  Nothing about any of this is new, taboo or some sort of conspiracy.
While it is either man's right to choose whether and when to refer to themselves broadly ("Arab American") or specifically ("Lebanese American"), and while Wikipedia should honor the man's self-identification (as in the issue of whether Barack Obama is primarily noted as being biracial or African American), it is common in mentioning parentage to specify the country or countries of birth or heritage.  Just as "European American" or "Asian American" is not informative enough, "Arab American" does not include specific enough information to be useful.
A good way to use the phrase "Arab American" for anyone who might like to add the phrase would be to note that he "...became the (third) Arab American to serve in the U.S. Senate", or some such thing.  (I don't have the accurate data on that, and of course such a statement should be referenced.)  Abrazame (talk) 01:12, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Arab/Lebanese 

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