Sentence examples for surprised conservatives from inspiring English sources

Bill Owens, the Republican governor, surprised conservatives by coming out in favor of the referendum.

In August 1999, in an often-cited interview with The San Francisco Chronicle editorial board, Mr. McCain surprised conservatives when he made comments about whether he supported overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that established a constitutional right to abortion.

Once in office, Wilson surprised conservative Democrats by pushing through a number of progressive reforms in the name of the "New Freedom," the Democratic answer to Roosevelt's "New Nationalism".

On January 6 , 2008 Kemp endorsed McCain in the 2008 Republican presidential primaries shortly before the New Hampshire primary, which surprised conservative Republican tax cutters.

That logic led Falwell to surprise conservatives by calling a November news conference to announce Nims as his hand-picked successor.

That Daleiden was allegedly editing his videos out of a stranger's living room in California might surprise conservatives who watched him chat with Bill O'Reilly.

Indeed, that presumably doesn't surprise conservative Republicans who never suggested similarly penalizing the many "right-wing" dictatorships of the Cold War era.

"I'm not surprised that conservatives are using degrading language or demeaning the movement.

When the argument is framed like this, don't be surprised if conservatives, having insisted that we not medicalize Major Hasan's crime by calling him crazy, start underscoring his craziness.

"McCain has built his political fortune on kicking people right of centre in the teeth," sighed Karl at Protein Wisdom - so his backers shouldn't "be surprised when conservatives, libertarians and classic liberals fail to swoon at McCain's success to date". Last year, when McCain's campaign was floundering, many right-wing bloggers cheered or jeered from the sidelines.

"McCain has built his political fortune on kicking people right of centre in the teeth," sighed Karl at Protein Wisdom - so his backers shouldn't "be surprised when conservatives, libertarians and classic liberals fail to swoon at McCain's success to date".