Losing sucks but it was clearly a tough place for a Republican to win. I am told, the district was originally Gerrymandered to create a strong Democrat seat by Republicans hoping to move as many Dems out of other districts as possible.
I didn’t originally go up to PA12 to actively campaign for Burns. I went as a chaperone for the Generation Joshua volunteers. That became driving for walkers and calling during downtime. (I was hoping to work on another project.) The GenJ volunteers made an average 2000+ phone calls each. Roughly, thirty-five kids ranging in age from 13 to 21 made about 75,000 phone calls in 4 days. They were obviously encouraging folks to vote for Burns and “get out to vote” for Burns. While I [...]
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When you see people who say they would vote for a RINO but never a libertarian it makes you wonder. What is the difference between a libertarian and a RINO that reasonable men could arrive at such a conclusion?
I created a handy table illustrating the differences between libertarians and RINOs on issues of the day and yesterday.
Principle
Libertarian
RINO
Low Taxes
No Taxes
What Will Get Me (Re-)Elected
Or WWGM(R)E for brevity
Drug War
End it
WWGM(R)E
Gun Rights
The more the merrier
WWGM(R)E
Free Speech
They never shut up. I think that pretty much says it all.
WWGM(R)E
Religion
Most religious people are kooks but they have a right to be kooks.
WWGM(R)E
Free Press
Totally dude
WWGM(R)E
Income Tax
End it.
WWGM(R)E
Life
Mostly Pro-Abortion.
Large Pro-Life contingent.
WWGM(R)E
Standing Army
No
WWGM(R)E
NASA
Let the private sector do it
WWGM(R)E
Federal Reserve
Let the Free Market do it
WWGM(R)E
If we take just a few of these:
Most [...]
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I have now been to two events hosted by these guys and they are going to be making things happen. Making things happen by training Tea Partiers and others how to engage in the political system.
American Majority offers candidate and activist training while the Hancock Committee is oriented towards helping groups work together to achieve common goals.
Anniversary of a porkulus protest: The roots of the Tea Party movement (michellemalkin.com)
Power And Control: They Aren’t Interchangeable (redstate.com)
MORE EVIDENCE THAT the energy is with the Tea Partiers, not the GOP apparatus. Of course, if that l… [...]
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Engineers are continually adding to the body of knowledge and principles that comprise their particular art. Bridges get longer, buildings get higher, cars go faster and yet arrive with a higher degree of safety at their destinations. The medical profession uses techniques and knowledge acquired thousands of years ago. And yesterday. We live longer and healthier lives because of it. Mathematicians need not discover Pythagorean’s Theorem today any more than a carpenter need invent a hammer to build with. They are tools that have been given to us by our forefathers which when used properly allow us to do things the original inventors could never do. Pythagoras could never have built the moon lander. Without Pythagoras, neither could we.
It is on their shoulders we stand.
Anybody who [...]
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The truth is we ARE a bunch of Rubes. We continually allow these people to undermine or outright betray the country time after time in the clutch moments. Guess what, sleepers are SUPPOSED to look like us as much as possible while doing the enemies work. Yet half of those on the right defend these guys and block every attempt to purge this disease. Oh no, we can’t have standards. Or accountability. We’re a big tent.
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