The same Ron Paul who constantly whines about defense spending, building empires, and blames 9/11 on us.

Sounds like he needs to read the Constitution to learn that national security is one of the main things the federal gov’t is responsible for!

The same Ron Paul who constantly whines about defense spending, building empires, and blames 9/11 on us.

Sounds like he needs to read the Constitution to learn that national security is one of the main things the federal gov’t is responsible for!

If the conservatives in the respective districts are successful in electing conservative leadership, then it’s more likely that we’ll have a possibility of getting endorsement votes in the LDs, and at the county committee level, for any conservative who might challenge Kyl.

Thanks,
CW

It’s time to be steely, steel in the spine, a steel pair in the satchel… make the Dems back down. Make the RINOs back down.

We The People don’t have to be calm to be civil – but we also don’t have to run in circles and scream and shout because the situation sucks…

We do, however, have to stay frosty.

Mew

Never let up. Take to task the bigredones out there who caution patience and calm — this nation doesn’t have time to be calm; it’s falling off a cliff even as we speak.

Then when you read comments like bigredones, who is a Paul constitutient, who thinks it’s us, not Paul that has the problem, and, it only gets more disheartening.

There’s something to be said for only giving donations to your own Reps. and Senators, who are obligated to listen to you, because you are one of their voters. Try calling a Rep. or Senator from out of your area and see how much of an ear they give you. Paul, along with many others, may not have won their elections without national support. Boehner, who is the top guy in the House, you would think would listen to all of us Republicans. When I called his DC office yesterday, his staff guy couldn’t care less about my plea to not appoint Upton as Energy Chair. I literally got a “yeah OK.”

Unfortunately he was just re-elected in 2008. Clearly he thinks we will forget this by the time 2014 rolls around. After all his constituents re-elected him after he said “We all know that Social Security is one of this country’s greatest success stories in the 20th century” and “More young people believe they’ll see a U.F.O. than that they’ll see their own Social Security benefits.”. Clearly he feels no need to reconcile the multiple positions he takes on any given issue. All he has to do is say something appropriate for the given audience.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mitch_McConnell

Here’s a few more reasons why we need to take him out in the primary:

Disparaged campaign finance reform as Beltway issue. (Oct 2007)
Voted YES on Congressional pay raise. (Jul 2009)
Voted YES on allowing some lobbyist gifts to Congress. (Mar 2006)
Voted NO on establishing the Senate Office of Public Integrity. (Mar 2006)
Voted YES on funding for National Endowment for the Arts. (Aug 1999)

As you can see, his support for thinks like earmarking are part of the big picture – power and influence is his only game. The only reason for his former opposition to earmarking was his knowledge that he would be supporting a losing position. Now that Republicans have the possibility to actually do something about earmarking, his true colors are shining through.

McConnell is corrupt to the core.

Like any necrotic flesh, he must be cut off and dumped in the medical waste barrel.

Don’t forget …

http://membership.cagw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=reports_earmarks

If you’re not a member there, it may not let you access the page without registration, but this article is an excellent analysis of the earmark process and history.

I came to the conclusion earmarks are a powerful factor in diluting ethics in our congressmen as well as empowering cronyism.

CAGW has an excellent backgrounder on earmarks from antiquity (the age of none) to now.

Here’s a snippet:
“Even as federal power vastly expanded during the twentieth century, Congress did not earmark extensively until the 1980s. Instead, Congress would fund general grant programs and let federal and state agencies select individual recipients through a competitive process or formula. The House and Senate Appropriations Committees named specific projects only when they had been vetted and approved by authorizing committees. Members of Congress with local concerns would lobby the president and federal agencies for consideration. The process was aimed at preventing abuse and allocating resources on the basis of merit and need.”

And an interesting figure from Taxpayers for Common Sense: “”[I]t pays to be generous with the campaign cash. Campaign contributors who gave the subcommittee members $823,000 in campaign contributions raked in 148 earmarks worth $460.9 million (average $3.1 million).”

The earmark process in its present form cannot be justified or rationalized as working to the benefit of the taxpayer or the Republic.

What the Left wants is for us to just go away; “calm down” is what the opposition cautions just before they hit us below the belt. They want us to tune out, become demoralized, etc.

What I’m saying is: Be alert — trust, but verify. Verify. That’s all I’m saying. And if these guys are found wanting, take action. No more falling asleep at the switch; no more getting out to vote then going back to life as usual. Stay in the game; know what’s going on. Nip in the bud any signs of “your guy” going all wobbly.

Now I feel better.

Either Rand is anti-earmarks or he’s pro-earmarks.
Either Rand is supporting the current incompetent leadership, or he’s not.

He cannot have it both ways. Neither can you.

If Rand is “going native”, then it’s up to the People of Kentucky to remind him of his proper place.

Too often, we get into the idea that it’s a “circular firing squad”. It’s more like trying to get the dog to quit pissing on the rug.

Mew