« BACK  |  PRINT

RS

MEMBER DIARY

Re-Elect Congressman Justin Amash (R-Michigan 3)

By: spoasteph97 (Diary)  |  July 23rd, 2012 at 10:55 AM  | 

RESIZE: AAA

image

Have you ever watched somebody that you just know will be a rising star? Well for me, Justin Amash is one of those somebodies. He has a bright future ahead of him in the GOP Party.

Rep. Justin Amash is often a loner in the party. If he has to do something right without anybody’s company…he will do just that. Justin Amash refuses to vote for anything that is not clearly authorized by the Constitution, and he posts vote explanations for every vote he takes. I truly appreciate his explanations even when I do not agree with him because it helps me to understand the reason why he voted the way he did.

His fierce conservative values are evident to many top conservative organizations and leaders.

The Club for Growth: Justin Amash scored a perfect 100% from their scorecard in recognition of his fiscal responsibility: http://www.clubforgrowth.org/projects/scorecard/?year=2011&chamber=2&state=Any&party=Any&memberName=amash

A leader of the Young Americans for Liberty posted, “Congressman Justin Amash, whom I’ve been praising a lot lately, has been doing a fantastic job on his Facebook page of educating people not only about the unconstitutionality of the President authorizing military strikes without congressional approval, but also regarding specific policies being pursued by the Obama administration, and the actual opinions and ties (hint: al-Qaeda) of Libyan rebel leaders. Amash has done a commendable job standing up as an indispensable voice of conservative opposition to the poorly thought out intervention in Libya – and has been influential in the face of both liberal and neoconservative praise of the operation.”

Justin Amash has fought hard and sometimes alone against indefinite detention, the Patriot Act, CISPA, and other anti-liberty legislation.

He supports across the board cuts and is one of the few who voted against every appropriations bill that increased spending. The leadership of the GOP hates him for doing this, but he does it because he knows it is just the right thing to do.

This November, Justin Amash will face either Steve Pestka (D) or Trevor Thomas (D). Either one would be a Nancy Pelosi follower. We need to do everything we can to help Justin Amash get re-elected.

Here’s more about him from YAL-PAC: http://www.yaliberty.org/pac/candidates/amash

Here’s his campaign page: http://amashforcongress.com/

If you can, donate to his campaign: https://secure.piryx.com/donate/b3y1Ooay/justinamash

 

Donate here: https://secure.piryx.com/donate/b3y1Ooay/justinamash

(Cross posted from my website: http://llphsecondrevolution.wordpress.com/)

COMMENTS

POSTING RULES  |  LOGIN TO COMMENT  |  REGISTER TODAY
  • expanding_man

    The guy is a rising star. That said, his race won’t be much of a contest. He’ll win in an absolute walk. We need to focus on our candidates that need some help. He is not one of them.

  • mikeymike143

    i guarantee you us tea partiers will be opposing this loon.

  • acat

    In what way is Justin Amash a terrible congresscritter?

    Mew

  • spoasteph97

    I respect a lot of what the tea party does. I like how your tea party is a huge fan of Jim Demiint. Your support of Allen West is fabulous!

    I’m also a huge fan of the Club for Growth. They gave him a 100% ! He’s NOT a RINO!

    He is a rising star. Maybe there are some things you disagree with him about, but I believe he is better than his predecessor (who was a member of the RINO Republican Main Street Partnership).

    Justin Amash is a member of the Republican Study Committee. Plus, can you prove that he supports Hamas?

  • mikeymike143

    his left wing peacenik foreign policy ideas are right out of the ron paul/jimmy carter playbook.

    and neither paul nor amash has ever won anything outside of a small district. and never will.

    and acat, here is an example of what i when i say that amash is a terrible congresscritter. both paul and amash have voted against cutting BILLIONS in foreign aid to palestine(along with their anti war pal dennis kucinich). amash also opposed cutting funding to planned parenthood, NPR, and voted

  • http://www.hakubi.us/ Neil Stevens

    It’s stupid to call him your enemy.

    Amash is certainly from that wing of the party, but he’s not a racist, he’s not corrupt, he’s not a huge porker, and he’s not full of crazy conspiracy theories about the Fed assassinating Presidents.

  • http://www.hakubi.us/ Neil Stevens

    You need a reliable source.

  • spoasteph97

    Justin Amash did not oppose ending funding for Planned Parenthood or NPR.
    He voted present on both bills because he does not believe the constitution authorizes bills cutting funding to a specific organization.

    On the sex-selection abortion bill, Justin Amash believes that abortions are ALL wrong, which is why he voted against the bill. He explained on his facebook page that he believes the bill is no better than the hate crime bill or VAWA. He wants a bill that ends all abortions, not just those that are about sex-selection.

    While I do think that some of his foreign policy is very extreme, I do agree with his main idea on foreign aid. We give money to CHINA! Why are we giving money to China of all places? We borrow from China to give to China…which makes no sense. Also, Pakistan deserves to have their funding cut. We also need to work on cutting our deficit…slowing some of the foreign aid might be a good idea.

    Justin Amash is not my favorite representative. People like Tom Graves, Paul Broun, Allen West, Tom McClintock, Sandy Adams, and others are better. But compared to his two Democratic opponents, Justin Amash deserves to be re-elected. We may have to just agree to disagree. (Look for some of my other posts supporting more candidates soon…you may like those better.)

    Thanks for keeping the conversation civil!

  • funwithknives

    and being somewhat in tune with various factions throughout S/E Mich, I can tell you Schlussel in given little-to- no weight here.

    “Shrill Harpy that never shuts up and yet, says very little ” just about covers it.

    Use her for ‘an authoritative source’, and you are on a dead end road.
    Ever met her, Mikey? You do not want to ‘second’ that experience.