RINO SAFARI

CRIMINAL CONTRIBUTIONS to CAIN CAMPAIGN?

2011-10-31T17:39:00.001-05:00

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/31/herman-cain-campaign-finance-prosperity-usa_n_1067716.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009&ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false

Herman Cain Faces Potential Campaign Finance, Tax Law Violations

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has obtained information suggesting that a private Wisconsin-based company footed tens of thousands of dollars to help get Cain's campaign going. Two key aides led Prosperity USA, which allegedly helped finance chartered flights, iPads and other travel expenses.

"If the records accurately reflect what occurred, this is way out of bounds," an unidentified Washington, D.C.-based election lawyer who works with conservatives told the Journal-Sentinel.

MOVING

2011-10-21T14:41:00.002-05:00

Due to problems I'm having with this link, I'm moving this blog to a new address http://rinorepublicon.blogspot.com/

For some reason if I include the link to this blog anywhere in an email, the email will not forward. I wouldn't be surprised for it to happen again with this one.

This blog is already nearing 5,000 hits (over 1,000 a month), so maybe it's having more influence than the powers that be are comfortable with.

I can still post here, and respond to comments, as well as use this with Facebook. I just can't use the link in an email. For now, I can use the http://rinorepublicon.blogspot.com/ without problems and that blog has a link back to this one.
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CAIN IS PRO CHOICE!

2011-10-20T06:24:00.000-05:00

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/herman-cain-tells-piers-morgan-that-he-is-anti-abortion-yet-pro-choice/

Here’s what Cain said to Piers Morgan last night (10-19-11) concerning abortion for people who are not his family members:

No, it comes down to is, it’s not the government’s role — or anybody else’s role — to make that decision. Secondly, if you look at the statistical incidents, you’re not talking about that big a number. So what I’m saying is, it ultimately gets down to a choice that that family or that mother has to make. Not me as president. Not some politician. Not a bureaucrat. It gets down to that family. And whatever they decide, they decide. I shouldn’t try to tell them what decision to make for such a sensitive decision.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD-sBPBzpmE&feature=player_embedded

He said basically the same thing to John Stossel a few months ago:

Herman Cain: (abortion) I don't believe government should make that decision

Stossel: If a woman is raped, she should not be allowed to end the pregnancy?

Cain: That's her choice. Not government's choice.Herman Cain: (abortion) I don't believe government should make that decision

CAIN "INSANE"

2011-10-17T15:13:00.003-05:00

http://www.redstate.com/thehermancain/2010/11/21/dont-be-vat-stupid/

Don’t be VAT stupid

By Herman Cain November 21, 2010

{{ A national retail sales tax on top of all the confusing and unfair taxes we have today is insane! It gives the out-of-control bureaucrats and politicians in denial one more tool to lie, deceive, manipulate and destroy this country. }}

LAST YEAR, Herman Cain called a major plank of his own current 9-9-9 plan an "INSANE ... tool to lie, deceive, manipulate and destroy this country."

I finally found something I heartily agree with about Herman Cain.

CAIN LIED in DEBATE!

2011-10-12T16:07:00.003-05:00

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/11/ron-paul-herman-cain-fed-audit-gop-debate_n_1006228.html?ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false

Ron Paul Calls Out Herman Cain For Lie Over Fed Audit During GOP Debate

MUST SEE VIDEO! (on website)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/fact-checking-the-post-bloomberg-debate/2011/10/11/gIQAdAugdL_blog.html?mid=4

Fact checker confirms Herman's lie.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20118966-503544.html

Even the media is giving Paul his props on this incident.

DID CAIN REALLY SAVE GODFATHER'S PIZZA?

2011-10-08T22:54:00.001-05:00

http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-06-17/politics/29973607_1_pizza-hut-deep-dish-papa-john#ixzz1aExXIkfb

Is Herman Cain Really Such A Great Turnaround Businessman After All?

Cain did make immediate changes. He closed 20% of the company's restaurants, and fired between 300 and 400 people.

While Cain regularly claims he took a business leaking $8 million annually and turned a $4 million profit two years later, those figures are not available publicly and Cain has refused to release company records from the relevant years.

CAIN SUPPORTERS (Admittedly) RIG POLL

2011-10-08T17:17:00.001-05:00

http://shark-tank.net/2011/10/07/20263/

Oh my! Too many people are VOTING for RON PAUL, so we have to disqualify 3/4 of his votes so we can claim Cain really won!

These Cain people are so dirty they should join the Obama administration. The Mafia would reject them on moral grounds.

CAIN REFUSES TO SEE BAD ECONOMY

2011-10-08T01:07:00.002-05:00

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/05/herman-cain-occupy-wall-street_n_996265.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003

He says the recession and the housing bubble were "imaginary". He doesn't want to audit the Fed and was a former Fed Chairman. Yet he supported bailing out the banks frm this imaginary recession. And to top it off, Cain croons:

"If You Don't Have A Job And You're Not Rich, Blame Yourself"

Yes, Herm. I'll just go out to my job tree. It's right next to my money tree in the back yard.

CAIN FLIP-FLOP

2011-10-03T22:29:00.000-05:00

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/10/herman-cain-flip-flopped-on-the-killing-of-anwar-al-awlaki/246084/

Herman Cain Flip-Flopped on the Killing of Anwar al-Awlaki

In May, he said the U.S. citizen could not be targeted for assassination legally. On Sunday, he praised Obama's decision.

TG: Is it any surprise that Herman had to check the wind direction on this one?

CAINSIAN ECONOMICS

2011-10-03T21:58:00.000-05:00

http://www.tomwoods.com/blog/one-week-before-collapse-cain-says-economy-great/

ONE WEEK Before Collapse, Cain Says Economy Great

Amazingly, Herman Cain’s star continues to rise, which means Republicans think it’s all right for someone to endorse Mitt Romney, as Cain did, to support TARP (it’s not his fault, say supporters — he somehow had no idea it would be used to “pick winners and losers”!), and to be completely clueless about the condition of the economy right up to the moment of the collapse.

Now this really takes the cake: here is Herman Cain on September 1, 2008, saying the economy is in terrific shape.

Here’s what happened over the following two weeks:

– Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were taken over by the U.S. government (Sept. 7);
– Merrill Lynch was sold to Bank of America;
– Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy;
– The Fed bailed out AIG;
– Washington Mutual was sold to JP MorganChase;
– Treasury Secretary Paulson said the economy was so bad that $700 billion must be spent on bailouts immediately; otherwise, warned Ben Bernanke, “we may not have an economy on Monday.”

On September 1, 2008, Herman Cain was laughing at the “imaginary recession.” That is how clueless this man is. That is also how clueless lots of Republicans are, since they think a guy this hopeless would make a good president during a time of general collapse, a collapse he didn’t even slightly see coming and whose nature escapes him completely.

And when the chips were down, Cain reflexively supported the Establishment by embracing the grotesque and indefensible TARP. He lectured “free-market purists” while doing it. But next time he’ll be a maverick and defy the Establishment, right?

Meanwhile, Ron Paul specifically warned in 2001 that Alan Greenspan and the Federal Reserve, whose NASDAQ bubble had just burst, were in the process of creating a housing bubble. Here he is saying it: (see video on website).

He made comparably prescient statements over the next several years, while every single other Republican candidate in the running was either mute on the economy or actually thrilled with it. Thus Joe Scarborough asked him: “How could it be that you knew this on the Banking Committee in 2003, and nobody else did until after the collapse?”

See rest of article on website.

CORRUPTION SPREADS TO PERRY AIDES

2011-09-29T11:39:00.004-05:00

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/09/29/perry-aides-told-different-stories-in-lawsuit/?utm_source=Raw+Story+Daily+Update&utm_campaign=09cbad72a4-9_29_119_29_2011&utm_medium=email

Perry aides told different stories in lawsuit

(Reuters) - Contradictions in sworn statements about Rick Perry's fundraising for his 2006 reelection bid raise questions about whether aides to the Texas governor, who is now running for president, gave false or misleading testimony under oath.

NO CAIN, NO PAIN

2011-09-28T02:19:00.002-05:00

http://www.wakeup1776.com/2011/09/herman-cain-is-bad-for-america-and-not.html

Herman Cain is Bad for America and not a Conservative

Several good reasons to reject Cain.

PERRY KICKBACK CORRUPTION

2011-09-24T16:12:00.002-05:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbhkiL_-NBk

The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks down the shady donor dealings and favors suggesting corruption involving 2012 Republican Presidential candidate and Texas Governor Rick Perry.

Perry's job program: Gov't jobs for illegal aliens, on the back of the American Taxpayer

2011-09-22T15:23:00.005-05:00

http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/study-most-new-texas-jobs-went-immigrants

Study: Most new Texas jobs went to immigrants

"Of jobs created in Texas since 2007, 81 percent were taken by newly arrived immigrant workers" [TG: about half of them illegal aliens]

"Americans filled just 20% of the new jobs in Texas, even though "the native born accounted for 69% of the growth in Texas' working-age population."

BACHMANN BACKS OFF AGAIN

2011-09-20T17:45:00.003-05:00

http://stevedeace.com/news/national-politics/deace-show-podcast-09-19-11/

Backmann backs off again. That's the 3rd time already she has wilted like a flower when challenged on her Christianity. Even if I agreed with her on every issue, she would be a DISASTER as President.

1. Challenged on her church's beliefs about the Pope - she QUIT her church.

2. Challenged on being scripturally submissive to her husband - she changed submit to "respect".

3. Challenged on her husband's queer counseling ministry and queer marriage by Jay Leno - she back-pedaled so hard she ran into last night's guest.

Listen to the first 5-6 minutes of the Deace show (at the link). He covers it thoroughly.

Bachmann: Obama Just ‘Sat On His Hands’

2011-09-18T14:22:00.004-05:00

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/09/bachmann-arab-spring-caused-the-rise-of-radical-elements.php?ref=fpb

Bachmann: Obama Just ‘Sat On His Hands’ And Let Mubarak Fall

Michele Bachmann argued that President Obama should have tried to stop Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak from falling, saying that “we saw President [Hosni] Mubarak fall while President Obama sat on his hands.”

TG: WHAT?! Obama's FIVE wars are not enough for Missy? She wanted another one?

PINOCCHIO PERRY

2011-09-14T13:26:00.004-05:00

http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-campaign/181417-ron-paul-and-michele-bachmann-should-call-on-rick-perry-to-drop-out

At the Tea Part debate Perry falsely claimed that he had raised only $5,000 from the company involved with his ill-fated vaccination program.

Rick Perry asked during the debate whether he can be bought for only $5,000 when it appears Perry had received almost $30,000 from the company for his gubernatorial campaigns.

Also see this on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SGe5rxRqaM&feature=player_embedded#!

OBAMACARE NOT ENOUGH FOR PERRY

2011-09-02T18:52:00.002-05:00

Obamacare is not enough for Rick Perry. He wants an INTERNATIONAL socialized health care plan.

http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/09/01/rick_perry_in_2001_on_bi_national_health_insurance_with_mexico

Rick Perry in 2001 on 'bi-national health insurance' with Mexico

Is it any wonder he's been weak on illegal aliens? He's been in bed with them.

Dump Nuclear Waste in Texas - IF you $upport Rick Perry

2011-09-01T19:24:00.002-05:00

http://www.businessinsider.com/rick-perry-sideline-critic-of-political-donors-nuclear-waste-dump-2011-9#ixzz1WkZJThTo

Did Rick Perry Try To Sideline State Commissioner Who Got In The Way Of Billionaire Donor's Nuclear Dump?

PERRY GIVES YOUR MONEY TO ILLEGAL ALIENS

2011-09-01T19:13:00.004-05:00

http://governor.state.tx.us/news/speech/10688/

"We must say to every Texas child learning in a Texas classroom, 'We don’t care where you come from, but where you are going, and we are going to do everything we can to help you get there.' And that vision must include the children of undocumented workers. That’s why Texas took the national lead in allowing such deserving young minds [read: illegal aliens] to attend a Texas college at a resident rate."

PERRY PROMOTES ISLAM

2011-09-01T17:03:00.002-05:00

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/08/here-is-the-aga-khanrick-perry-curriculum-scrubbed-from-the-web-cache-scrubbed-from-google-search.html

When Geller and I first started criticizing the Rick Perry/Aga Khan curriculum on Islam for Texas schools, the response was furious, and primarily focused on two claims. ...

PERRY SIGNED "HATE CRIME" BILL

2011-08-31T21:55:00.002-05:00

http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/8804-rick-perry-signed-hate-crimes-bill-in-texas

Rick Perry Signed Hate Crimes Bill in Texas

President Obama signed a similar law, and the Texas statute signed by Perry does effectively establish a special “protected class” status ... all crime should be punished equally, regard[less] of the race, gender, sexual orientation, etc. of the victim. In other words, under hate-crimes law, if someone beats up a white person and then beats up a gay person, they receive a heavier sentence for the latter crime. This makes a travesty of the concept of equal application of the law and is likely unconstitutional.

Here is what Ron Paul has said about "hate crime" legislation:

"Hate crime laws have been used to silence free speech and even the free exercise of religion. For example, a Pennsylvania hate crime law has been used to prosecute peaceful religious demonstrators on the grounds that their public Bible readings could incite violence."

"Because federal hate crime laws criminalize thoughts, they are incompatible with a free society."

BE VERY WARY OF PERRY

2011-08-31T13:16:00.014-05:00

http://www.ronpaulwasright.net/Liberal-Rick-Perry.html

Send this to anyone you know who supports "Porn King" Perry.

CONSERVATIVES SHOULD BE WARY OF "SLICK RICK" PERRY!

Perry never was all that bright. His college transcripts are full of C's and D's.

Born into a Democrat Family, Perry supported Carter over Reagan in 1980.

In 84, the pretty cheerleader was elected as a Democrat State Legislator. In 87 he voted for a $5.7 billion tax hike!

In 1988, Perry was Texas campaign manager for Al Gore's presidential run. Perry then backed super liberal Michael Dukakis in the General Election.

When it became obvious that being a Democrat in Texas was a career killer, the opportunistic and ambitious Perry switched to the Republican Party in 1990. The liberal Democrat college cheerleader cleverly transformed his image into a tough talking, gun slinging Texas cowboy.

In 1993, Governor Perry praised Hillary Clinton's socialized health care scheme,describing it as "most commendable."

Perry spoke before the radical left wing NCLR. La Raza ("The Race") promotes open borders and welfare for illegals. Perry told La Raza that he opposes border fences and is against Arizona's anti-illegal immigration law.

Perry cooperated with the radical Marxist group, ACORN the same red-shirt group that spawned "community organizer" Barack Obama. ACORN was under investigation for vote fraud in several states until Obama came to their rescue.

In 2007, Perry signed an Executive Order mandating that every 6th grade girl submit to a 3-jab regimen of a vaccine for sexually transmitted diseases (Gardasil). Parents were outraged! The drug was developed by Merck, a contributor to Perry! The tyrannical mandate was repealed by the Texas legislature, over Perry's objections!

In 2008, Perry wrote letters to Congress in support of the criminal Wall Street banker bailout. By doing so, Perry ignored the wishes of the American people and aligned himself with Billionaire liberals like George Soros and Warren Buffet.

Perry is still a Big Gov't liberal! In 10 years as Governor, Perry has nearly doubled the size of Texas's budget!

Slick Rick shamelessly wears his false Christianity "on his sleeve". HIS FAKE CHRISTIANITY IS AS INSINCERE AS HIS FAKE CONSERVATISM!

PERRY LOVES OBAMACARE

2011-08-29T20:08:00.003-05:00

http://i55.tinypic.com/105bb5g.jpg

Rick Perry sends Hillary a letter lauding her socialized health care plan (forerunner of Obamacare).

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Perry-letter-commending-Hillary-Clinton-found-1914428.php

Perry letter commending Hillary Clinton found

Hutchison aides assail 'hyprocrisy' after videotape was circulated by governor's allies

Rick Perry: On the Tea Party Express Without a Ticket?

2011-08-27T11:26:00.002-05:00

http://faithnprinciple.blogspot.com/2011/08/rick-perry-on-tea-party-express-without.html

Rick Perry: On the Tea Party Express Without a Ticket?

Background on Rick Perry

1. ’84, ’86 and ’88 Democratic member of TX House

2. ’88 Gore’s Democratic Campaign Chair in TX

3. ’01 Signed the nation’s first law giving tuition to illegal immigrants

4. ’01 Supported the Patriot Act

5. ’01 Stopped “pay as you go” for Texas road construction and started taking on debt

6. ’02 Supporter of Federal Education (unconstitutional)

7. ’06 Settles lawsuit for taking 1M in illegal campaign contributions

8. ’06 Endorsed NAFTA Superhighway (Eminent Domain & National Sovereignty)

9. ‘07 Signs law mandating Gardasil vaccine to 11 & 12 year old girls (12,424 injuries as of 12/31/08)

10. ’07 raised hundreds of millions of new taxes on small businesses

11. ’07 attended Bilderberger Conference in Turkey (Violation of Logan Act and an end around the U.S. Congress and U.S. sovereignty)

12. ’07 Endorsed Guiliani for President (pro-abortion, pro homosexual, multi-married adulterer)

13. ’08 Urges congress to pass Bailouts (redistribution of wealth)

14. ’09 Perry requested and received 16B from the Federal Stimulus package (redistribution of

wealth, unconstitutional)

15. ’11 Despite his rhetoric (see his book “Fed Up”) and having all the votes in both houses, refused to bring TSA Bill to Special Session.
16. '11 One week into his campaign, Perry disavows his published views on the Constitution, Social Security and Medicare.

Perry has been taking credit for the Texas economy. Please note . . .

1. Oil is Texas’s largest industry. He had nothing to do with the oil boom over the past three years. For a time in 2008, oil was selling for $148 a barrel. Oil was $25 a barrel when he took over from Bush.
2. Texans do not pay personal income tax or capital gains tax. The Texas Constitution has prohibited such since 1993 before Perry became Governor.
3. Texas is a “Right to Work” state. That is, according to the Texas Labor Code a person cannot be denied employment if he doesn’t have union membership. This makes it attractive for businesses to relocate there. It was passed in 1993 as well.
4. Texas has one of the lowest wage rates in the nation. Another reason it is attractive for businesses to relocate there. Perry didn’t have anything personal to do with the geographical location of Texas.
5. Before Perry was Governor, Texas was a “pay-as-you-go” state for roads. That changed under Perry and Texas started incurring 21B of debt.
6. As a result of Perry’s “2006 Tax Swap”, Texas has the largest budget deficit in state history, 18B.
7. The Federal Government helps support Texas (NASA + 7 Army/Navy Bases) Federal spending in Texas has doubled since Perry became Governor 200B a year.
8. Texas did not experience the recession like other states because of a smaller exposure to sub-prime loans due to stricter lending regulations.
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PERRY Wants YOU to PAY for ILLEGAL ALIEN TUITION

2011-08-24T00:57:00.005-05:00

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/headlines/20100314-Number-of-illegal-immigrants-getting-in-9925.ece

Number of illegal immigrants getting in-state tuition for Texas colleges rises

Gov. Rick Perry supports the law aiding illegal immigrant students. In a recent debate, he said the students are on the path to citizenship. However, they actually won't be on that path unless the Dream Act passes.

PERRY'S BEST LITTLE TAX HIKE IN TEXAS

2011-08-23T16:51:00.004-05:00

http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/8714-rick-perry-and-the-largest-tax-hike-in-texas

Rick Perry and the Largest Tax Hike In Texas

{{ Perry signed a bill that nearly tripled the amount Texas collects from businesses. }}

{{ “what really irks conservatives is a business would have to pay taxes whether it made a profit or not. In that way, it is worse than a corporate income tax. }}

{{ This was the largest tax increase in Texas history, which requires business to pay up to 10% of its gross income to the state while large corporations were given loopholes.” }}

{{ “The governor’s own policy advisor has informed members of the house that the average small service sector business will pay more in taxes and in most cases double, triple, or even quadruple what they are currently paying under the current franchise tax system.” }}

{{ the tax is unconstitutional because the Texas Constitution requires a statewide vote in order to pass an income tax on individuals — including income they receive from partnerships — and that Perry’s Tax was enacted without a vote of the people }}
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"MIRACLE" or MIRAGE?

2011-08-21T15:04:00.002-05:00

http://www.politicususa.com/en/obama-perry-texas-miracle

Gibbs: I think when it comes to somebody like Governor Rick Perry they’re going to wonder why — why a place like Texas has one of the worst education systems. They’re going to wonder why a guy who doesn’t like the government, the largest employer in Texas is Ft. Hood and the army base. $25 billion from Economic Recovery Act went to Texas and helped Rick Perry balance his budget. They’re going to wonder why, quite frankly, they’re 47th in wages just like they’re going to wonder why Mitt Romney, when he was governor of Massachusetts, was 47th in job creation.

Gibbs shredded the myth of Rick Perry’s Texas Miracle in two sentences. Rick Perry’s miracle would have never been possible without federal money. Perry is going to have a hard time in an election justifying his miracle when the largest employer in the state is the federal government, and he used federal money to balance the state’s budget.

GODFATHER GREASES PALMS

2011-08-18T11:04:00.002-05:00

http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2011/05/herman-cain-touts-outside-status.html

Herman Cain plays both sides of the road. Look at his donations at Open Secrets. Gave to George W. Bush-R, Mitt Romney-R, Bob Dole-R, William Weld-R, Scott Brown-R, Bob Kerry-D, Ben Nelson-D and Charlie Rose-D.

He gave to the Dems when it benefited his pizza establishment. He's given to Repubs since setting his sights on the White House.

BACHMANN TOOK $400,000 of YOUR MONEY

2011-08-17T23:07:00.009-05:00

http://www.politicususa.com/en/bachmann-unemployment-benefits

Bachmann Takes $1.1 Million From Taxpayers*

Michele Bachmann and her husband Marcus have been living the high life on your tax dollars. Marcus Bachmann’s clinic has taken $137,000 in Medicaid funds and an additional $24,000 in federal and state funds. This is in addition to the $260,000 in federal dairy and corn subsidies that she has taken for the family dairy farm.

* The $1.1 million figure includes her congressional salary, which she is entitled to (although $700,000 may be rather exorbitant, especially coming from the taxpayers).

PERRY PROMOTES PORN

2011-08-17T00:10:00.002-05:00

http://www.politicususa.com/en/rick-perry-investment-porn

Rick Perry’s Hardcore History of Investment in Porn

Here’s the story of how Rick Perry’s name became synonymous with “Teens with T*ts” in some circles. I’ve tried to make this safe for work, but if it’s not, blame Rick Perry.

“Teens Never Say No” kind of pornography? How about “Teens with T*ts”? No? How about “Bisexual Barebacking Vol. 1” or “Big Tit Brotha Lovers 6”?

Kinda makes you all warm and family values-ish.

PERRY REWARDS DONORS

2011-08-16T22:10:00.001-05:00

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-0816-perry-donors-20110816,0,6024689,full.story

Gov. Rick Perry's big donors fare well in Texas

Many of the GOP presidential candidate's mega-donors have won hefty contracts or appointments. Perry's aides vigorously dispute that any got special perks.

TG: You grease my palm ...

RICK ROBS TAXPAYERS TO "CREATE" JOBS

2011-08-15T13:07:00.003-05:00

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304760604576428262897285614.html

Rick Perry's Crony Capitalism Problem

The presidential candidate's signature economic development initiative has raised questions among conservatives.

His lauded job creation program robbed taxpayers, so it weakened everyone's jobs.

Why I will never vote for Michelle Bachmann

2011-08-15T10:55:00.002-05:00

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/094758-2011-08-14-why-i-will-never-vote-for-michelle-bachmann-by-devvy.htm

Bachmann refused to support Ron Paul's bills to end the Fed or to eliminate taxes on tips and she has failed to introduce any legislation actually defending the constitution or helping the taxpayer.

Perry Exposed

2011-08-13T22:30:00.001-05:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fpN96akUPs

YouTube clip exposing Rick Perry.

REPUBLICANS AGAINST PERRY

2011-08-13T15:40:00.003-05:00

http://www.rlc.org/2011/08/12/texas-rlc-sends-out-warning-on-rick-perry/

Texas RLC Sends Out Warning on Rick Perry

Don’t Believe the Hype. Meet the Real Rick Perry
Republican Liberty Caucus of Texas Sends Warning to Republicans Nationwide About Perry’s Tax and Spend Record

BACHMAN QUEER HYPOCRISY

2011-07-25T17:39:00.004-05:00

http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/bachmann_clinic_funding/?rc=fb_share1

Stop taxpayer funds to Bachmann's anti-gay clinic.

TG: I am not against the Bachmann's right to operate this clinic. I am not against what they are trying to accomplish. I AM against them stealing taxpayer's money to do it. How can we complain about the lavender lobby using our tax money to promote the sodomite agenda if "our" side is going to steal from the public till? Constitutional conservative? Maybe if we're talking about Cuba's constitution. Certainly not ours.
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OBAMA/ROMNEY - THAT'S THE TICKET!

2011-07-20T12:45:00.002-05:00

http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/TagsHealthCareMittRomneyWallStreetJournal/2011/05/12/id/396105 WSJ: Romney Should Be Obama Running Mate

WSJ: Romney Should Be Obama Running Mate

The Wall Street Journal today dealt a crushing blow to Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign saying he would be better running as Barack Obama’s running mate rather than as a Republican.

PERRY'S FOLLIES

2011-07-20T11:08:00.000-05:00

http://r3publican.wordpress.com/2011/07/09/the-real-rick-perry-or-a-great-list-of-perry-follys/

A great list of Perry “folly’s”

FACTS EVERYONE MIGHT NEED TO KNOW ABOUT RICK PERRY……WHAT THE GOP ESTABLISHMENT WON’T TELL YOU….

BACHMANN a BAPTIST?!

2011-07-19T19:55:00.004-05:00

http://www.abpnews.com/content/view/6577/53/

NYT says Michele Bachmann now a Baptist

TG: She quit her Lutheran church because they were against the Pope. Now she's going to a Baptist Church. DOES THE DITZ HAVE A CLUE WHAT BAPTISTS THINK OF THE POPE? Are the many Christians who support her even bigger ditzes than she is?

CAIN: BIG SPENDING WARMONGER

2011-07-18T13:05:00.003-05:00

http://rtr.org/videos/2/27249/election-2012-herman-cain-on-wa

5 minute interview with Gary Franchi exposes Herman Cain.
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PAWLENTY WANTS TO PAY CROOKS FIRST

2011-07-18T00:47:00.002-05:00

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/07/15/pawlenty-if-debt-ceiling-not-raised-pay-outside-creditors-first/

Pawlenty would pay the international banksters who are responsible for our debt first and leave Americans hanging.

Pawlenty: If debt ceiling not raised, pay ‘outside creditors’ first

BACHMANN A QUITTER LIKE PALIN

2011-07-16T18:29:00.002-05:00

http://www.christianpost.com/news/michele-bachmann-leaves-church-gets-catholic-support-52384/

Michele Bachmann gets a little heat from the Roman Catholic Church because the Lutheran Church opposes the Pope, and she QUITS her church.

The fact is, all denominations differ with other denominations. So what? The Catholics ran the Inquisitions that KILLED non-Catholics. The Catholic Church professes that non-Catholics can't be saved. No one is bothered by Catholic candidates belonging to that church. Why would they be bothered by Bachmann being a Lutheran?

The scariest thing about this is if Bachmann would abandon her church over a little heat from the RCC, how would she fare as president with pressures she's never faced before? She will WILT and quit just like Sarah Palin did in Alaska. They are more alike than we thought.
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ROMNEY FUDGES NUMBERS

2011-07-16T14:54:00.002-05:00

http://deadlinelive.info/2011/05/19/mitt-bain-of-my-existence-romney-faked-his-10-million-dollar-day-media-helped-in-hoax-whos-afraid-of-ron-paul/

ROMNEY FUDGES NUMBERS

Romney did not actually collect the money he “raised” – Rather it came in the form of conditional promises.

“He actually didn’t raise (that amount),” Mr. Paul said during a trip to Nevada. “I think he got $10 million in commitment. When our chart runs on the (website) ticker, it means the money’s in the bank.”
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"CONSTITUTIONAL CONSERVATIVE" BACHMANN

2011-07-14T22:51:00.007-05:00

http://7thamendmentadvocate.org/blog/2011/07/real-constitutional-conservative-wouldnt-support-unconstitutional-federal-tort-reform/

"Constitutional Conservative" Bachmann advocates violating the 7th and 10th Amendments to the constitution with her tort reform (in addition to violating at least the 4th and 2nd amendments with the Patriot act). How many Amendments can a "Constitutional Conservative" violate?
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BAIN of ROMNEY'S CAMPAIGN

2011-07-14T17:31:00.004-05:00

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0711/58952.html

ROMNEY HAD WORKERS LAID OFF, TOOK $10 million GOV'T BAILOUT, didn't pay it back (taxpayers got stuck with it), but he POCKETED $4 million of it.

That's only one of his questionable business deals.
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RED ALERT! RED ALERT!

2011-07-11T14:49:00.006-05:00

http://blogs.cfr.org/lindsay/2011/06/14/campaign-2012-hello-michele-bachmann-gop-presidential-candidate/

CFR Puffing former-IRS tax collector BACHMANN!

http://blogs.cfr.org/lindsay/2011/03/07/campaign-2012-hello-herman-cain-gop-presidential-candidate/

CFR Puffs ex-Fed Chairman CAIN!

The CFR is well-known to be an internationalist group advocating the merger of America into a socialist New World Order. Newt Gingrich is a long-time member. Tim Pawlenty just gave a speech to them. Rick Perry is connected with them. It's very revealing that they have done promos on Bachmann and Cain. Where's their piece on Ron Paul?
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BACHMANN'S VOTING RECORD

2011-07-11T11:58:00.003-05:00

http://www.jbs.org/index.php?option=com_rokdownloads&view=folder&id=131&Itemid=259

A Constitutional Conservative?

Michele Bachmann vs. the US Constitution:

Unless you purposely avoid presidential politics, you had to have noticed the “Bachmann buzz” as of late. Rep. Michele Bachmann, a relatively recent player on the national political scene, has generated a lot of press due to her provocative, partisan press statements, her confident debate demeanor, and her strong, Christian-right connections.

Bachmann has chosen to identify herself, via her campaign slogan, as a “Constitutional Conservative”. The left sees this moniker as a coded message calling for a rollback of all power accumulated by the federal government since 1933, if not further. If only it were so! Bachmann may provoke irrational fear on the left, but it certainly isn’t because of her faithful devotion to the Constitution. Instead, her congressional voting record since her election in the fall of 2006 reveals a standard-issue Bush-style conservatism: lip service to economic liberty, a proper concern about the deteriorating moral conditions in America, but undisturbed by the gargantuan military-industrial complex or the devastation wrought to the Bill of Rights by the “war on terror”.

Key Bachmann votes: 110^th Congress

COPS Funding (HR 1700):

The Community-Oriented Policing Services program (COPS), the unconstitutional brain-child of Bill Clinton, provides federal funding for state and local law enforcement. Federal funding is transforming local law enforcement into militarized tentacles of the federal government and destroying local accountability. Apparently this is of no concern to Mrs. Bachmann since she joined 381 other Congress-critters to continue funding this program. Someone needs to tell the “Constitutional Conservative” that the document to which she so frequently pays lip-service does not grant the fedgov the authority to fund local law enforcement.

Iraq Troop Withdrawal (HR 2237):

Bachmann voted ‘no’ to withdraw soldiers from Iraq in spite the fact that the Constitution requires that Congress declare war (not merely to give assent to Presidential prerogative) and the Iraq war was not declared by Congress.

Iran Military Operations (HR 1585):

Speaking of the imperial presidency, during debate over the 2008 defense authorization bill, an amendment was offered that would have required then-President Bush to get specific congressional authorization (i.e., he could not simply cite the AUMF as a Caesarian grant of power) before engaging in military ops against Iran. Again, the “Constitutional Conservative” ignored the Constitution and voted against this very common sense amendment.

Real ID funding (amendment to Homeland Security bill)

During the Reagan presidency there was a proposal for a national ID to fight illegal immigration. When someone in a cabinet meeting suggested that the ID number could be tattooed on each American’s arm, Reagan blurted out “that’s the Mark of the Beast!” and squashed any further attempts at national ID. Mrs. Bachmann, a devout evangelical Christian, apparently lacks the foresight of Ronald Reagan when it comes to the danger of creating a national ID since she voted for an amendment to appropriate more unconstitutional funding to states to assist them with implementing REAL ID – which is essentially a national ID system.

Warrantless Surveillance (S 1927)

This bill – the so-called “Protect America Act” -- retroactively legalized George Bush’s massive violations of the FISA act (as it was written at that time) where Bush had illegally ordered en masse surveillance of the electronic communications of US persons without either a FISA court warrant, or any pretense of specificity or probably cause as required by the 4^th amendment. Apparently the 4^th amendment means very little to our “Constitutional Conservative” when the “war on terror” is thought to require a surveillance state.

Thought Crimes (HR 1955)

The “Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Act of 2007”, which passed overwhelmingly in the House, contained wide-open language regarding “extremist belief systems” that focused on ones thoughts rather than actions, making it extremely dangerous tool to be used against anyone with an unpopular message. While Bachmann opposed an explicit hate crime law (HR 1592), she caved quickly for similar legislation when the “war on terror” was evoked.

Peru “Free Trade” Agreement (HR 3688):

As with all so-called free trade agreements in the modern era, this one also set up a supra-national enforcement body with the presumed power to supersede state and federal laws. It is for this reason that even a staunch free-trader like Ron Paul refuses to support these type of ‘free trade’ agreements. But for some reason, Michele “Constitutional Conservative” Bachmann is not troubled by these supra-national bodies, in spite of the fact that Article VI states that the Constitution is “the supreme law of the land” and makes no exceptions for its subordination to supra-national trade enforcement bodies.

Head Start expansion (HR 1429)

Frankly, I was shocked to see this one. Here we have our Constitutional Conservative voting to expand federal funding for the education of pre-K kids and for more social service involvement in the lives of the targeted families (to help the kids, of course). Given Ms. Bachmann’s background as an activist with a rather excellent education organization in MN that was very concerned over the federalization of education (i.e., the Maple River Education Coalition), I never expected to see her vote in this way.

111^th Congress

Economic Stimulus (HR 5140)

First, contrary to some recent articles by Bachmann critics, this is not the massive stimulus bill passed under Obama, but rather a scaled-down, right-wing version under George Bush. It entailed targeted tax rebates, tax cuts, and housing subsidies – yet no corresponding cut in any government spending. Bachmann voted for this bill -- a strange vote for someone who professes to read Mises on the beach. (To her credit, she did not vote for TARP or Obama’s Stimulus bill.)

For Ron Paul’s reasons for opposing this bill – and his deadly accurate prediction about the effects of housing subsidies -- see this link <http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul432.html>

More Warrantless Searches (HR 6304)

This bill reauthorized many features to S 1927 mentioned above. The same arguments about the 4^th amendment apply.

Bachmann during the Obama years:

Virtually every politician’s voting record, as judged by the Constitution, suffers when a member of their own party resides in the White House. There is one exception to this rule, but - as judged by the votes outlined here - his name isn’t Michele Bachmann.

While Michele had some good votes during the 110^th and early part of the 111^th Congress – as did many Republicans – the votes we have discussed so far demonstrate either (1) a serious deficiency in constitutional understanding or (2) a lack of courage. Given her connections Christian-constitutionalist scholar Prof. John Eidsmoe, it is most likely the later.

Once Barack Obama replaced Bush in the White House, we see, as expected, Bachmann’s constitutional voting record improved significantly, from 67% to 80% or 90%. But even then we find some shocking votes.

Supplemental Appropriation (HR 2346)

More silly “emergency” funding, this time for unconstitutional wars, foreign aid, and the alleged flu pandemic – all of which is not authorized areas of expenditure by the Constitution. Yet Bachmann voted for this bill.

Foreign Aid (HR 3081)

Is there a form of unconstitutional spending more easily recognized and eliminated than foreign aid? How could a Constitutional Conservative vote for foreign aid? Clearly she holds some other authority higher than her oath of office.

Patriot Act extension (HR 3961)

When it comes to search and surveillance powers, a true Constitutional Conservative instantly knows that the 4^th amendment, with its standards of probably cause and specificity, determine what type of legislation is allowed. The Patriot Act clearly violates these constitutional qualifications, yet Bachmann voted to extend certain provisions of it. A fickle constitutionalist indeed.

BTW, during the renewal fight of earlier this year, she voted again in the same way.

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Withdrawal from Afghanistan (HCR 248)

As before with the Iraq military withdrawal vote, Bachmann supported the continuation of the unconstitutional war in Afghanistan.

More Supplemental Appropriations for foreign aid and war (HR 4899)

As with HR 2346, Bachmann supported more “emergency” funding for unconstitutional wars and foreign aid.

Much more should be said about Bachmann: her unqualified and sycophantic support of the government of Israel and how this guarantees that her foreign policy staff will be dominated by neoconservatives; her milquetoast vision for the proper role of government; her dangerous carelessness about civil liberties; her willingness to subordinate what she likely knows to be true in order to further her political ambitions.

Michele Bachmann is many things: A gifted – if not crafty -- politician, a committed mother concerned enough about the proper upbringing of her children to home and privately school them, an obviously committed Christian, and so on. But, as should be clear from her voting record, a “constitutional conservative” she is not.

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TEA FOR TWO?

2011-07-07T17:26:00.002-05:00

http://scottkennethnoble.blogspot.com/2011/06/bachmann-vs-paul-voting-record.html

Or has Bachmann been drinking the Kool-Aid instead?

Bachmann vs. Paul ~ Voting Record

Bachmann record: Big Gov, Tax & Spend, anti-liberty, Constitution enemy!

by Lynette Largent on Friday, June 17, 2011 at 5:35pm

Bachmann voted for almost unlimited Presidential war powers:
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/7648-houses-amash-seeks-limits-on-presidential-war-making Paul voted no!
Bachmann votes against beleagured soldiers: H.R.3159 Ensuring Military Readiness Through Stability and Predictability Deployment Policy Act of 2007. Paul voted yes.
Bachmann votes for Internet Censorship: H.R.4279 - PRO-IP Act of 2007 and H.R.4061 Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2009, Sponsored by John Conyers, (D-MI) http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/258311 Ron Paul voted no!
H.R.5486 Small Business Jobs Tax Relief Act of 2010: Backmann voted no. Paul voted yes.
Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights Act of 2008: Bachmann voted for Bigger Government and new property seizing powers via S.3325 - The sponsored by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Learn more:http://www.defectivebydesign.org/stop-revised-riaa-ip-enforcement-bill-s3325 Ron Paul voted no!
H.Con.Res.28 Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove the United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan (Accelerating Afghanistan withdrawal). Bachmann, no. Paul, yes.
Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2007 - Expands the types of whistleblower disclosures protected from personnel reprisals to include disclosures without restriction as to time, place, form, motive, context, forum, or prior disclosures made to any person by an employee or applicant for employment, including a disclosure made in the ordinary course of an employee's duties, that the employee or applicant reasonably believes is a violation of any law. Backmann voted no. Paul voted yes.
H.R.4 Part D Medicare Drugs Price Negotiation: Bachman, no. Ron Paul, yes.
H.R.1404 Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act.Bachmann votes yes. Paul votes no.
Ten percent across-the-board cut to the Department of Homeland Security's budget: Rokita of IN Amendment 1 to H R 2017, requires a (except for Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement). The underlying bill reduces DHS spending only to FY 2009 levels. It failed 110-312. Bachmann voted NO. Ron Paul voted yes!
Prohibit TSA from using full-body image scanners as "mandatory or primary" screening devices: Look what Bachmann and West just voted against: Amash/Chaffetz Amendment 2 to H R 207, which prohibits TSA from using full-body image scanners as "mandatory or primary" screening devices. In other words, they can be used only as an option during secondary screening. The amendment failed 123-300. No radiation liberty for Tea Partiers! Ron Paul voted yes! 135 Republicans and 165 Democrats voted against it. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll400.xml
College Student Relief Act of 2007 - phases-in cuts in the interest rate charged undergraduate student borrowers under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) and Direct Loan (DL) programs, thereby reducing such rate from 6.8% in July 2006 to 3.4% in July 2011. Limits FFEL lender insurance to 95% of the unpaid balance of such loans. Bachmann voted no. Paul voted yes.
Bachmann votes for government interference and for increased spending. SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act - Title I: Modernizing the SBIR and STTR Programs -
Amends the Small Business Act to extend through FY2010 (currently scheduled to expire at the end of FY2008) the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs of the Small Business Administration (SBA).
Increases, for both the SBIR and STTR programs, the individual small business award levels from:
(1) $100,000 to $300,000, for participation at a Phase One level; and
(2) $750,000 to $2.2 million, for participation at a Phase Two level. Allows participating federal agencies (agencies) to exceed such award levels if such agencies notify, and provide annual reports concerning such increase to, the congressional small business committees.
Bachmann votes for college scholarship bills H.R.362 and H.R. 363: while America is broke borrowing from China. Paul voted no.
H.R.1255 Government Shutdown Prevention Act of 2011: Bachmann, yes. Paul, no.
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WARMONGER MICHELE

2011-07-07T15:31:00.003-05:00

http://www.opencongress.org/vote/2011/h/492

Michele Bachmann voted to APPROVE and FUND Obama's unconstitutional bombing raid on Libya.

When Obama attacked Libya, without congressional permission, almost the entire congress (including many Democrats) went apoplectic at his total repudiation of the constitution, the congress, and the rule of law.

But when push came to shove, even though it was after the fact, oppressive warmongers like Bachmann, excused and approved of Obama's illegal attack.

If we had legitimate grounds to bomb Libya, will Canada be next? Canada is now taking oil they used to sell to US - and selling it to CHINA. That's worse than anything Libya, Pakistan, or Iraq have done to us.

THE WAY OF CAIN

2011-07-06T22:46:00.001-05:00

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=236764073004473

Updated: The way of Cain...

by Lynette Largent on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 12:09pm

Tom Woods Cain Collection: http://www.tomwoods.com/cain/

Truly pro-life?
The Pizza story... no extra cheese: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_26/b4234036592835.htm?chan=magazine+channel_news+-+politics+++policy
Cain says Ron Paul doesn't know what we'd replace the Federal Reserve Note system with: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clJqGVfCv-I&feature=player_embedded
Cain hasn't been a politician, he's been a LOBBYIST of politicians via the National Restaurant Owners Association! http://www.opensecre...ts.org/news/2011/05/herman-cain-touts-outside-status.html
The Herminator Pac, where did the money go again? "The Hermanator PAC spent the bulk of its money on administrative costs, according to the analysis, including salaries (about $57,000) and travel (about $65,000). It also invested in social media and website consulting, as well as reporting fund-raising expenses. The Hermanator PAC donated just $2,000 to federal candidates during the 2010 election cycle—$1,000 a piece to Republican congressional candidates Daniel Benishek of Michigan and Brad Zaun of Iowa. Benishek prevailed on Election Day in November in an open seat race to replace retiring Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), while Zaun failed in his challenge to unseat Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-Iowa)." http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=52001
Growing questions about Herman Cain: http://www.examiner.com/conservative-in-national/growing-questions-about-herman-cain#ixzz1P4gnFj70
Gun Control: Cain supports state level gun control and the second amendment at the same time? FAIL! http://hotair.com/archives/2011/06/08/cain-gun-control-should-be-a-states-decision/
Cain's Enron: http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/05/herman-cain-aquila-lawsuit-2012
Class Action law suit naming Cain as one of the Defendents in Enron-style case: https://motherjones.com/files/1232_cid_3_amended_consolidated_complaint.pdf
Defendent Cain's Lawsuit: AQUILA INC/ERISA Lawsuit was settled for $10 million in 2007. http://bankrupt.com/CAR_Public/080326.mbx
RedStateEclectic : 2005 Herman Cain Insisted Housing Bubble Was Media Myth: http://redstateeclectic.typepad.com/redstate_commentary/2011/06/2005-herman-cain-insisted-housing-bubble-was-media-myth.html
Cain on TARP: Herman Cain was a staunch supporter of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) bailouts. On October 20, 2008, Cain wrote a column vigorously arguing in favor of the Wall Street bailout while deriding opponents of the bailouts as "free market purists." Source: Far from Nationalization, Purchase of Bank Stocks Is a Win-Win for Taxpayers - Herman Cain, October 20, 2008 http://004eeb5.netsolhost.com/hc133.htm
Herman & Mitt: Herman Cain supported liberal Republican Mitt Romney for President in 2008. Romney's liberalism has rightly been referred to as a member of the "Kennedy Wing of the GOP" Source: Why I Support Mitt Romney: Leadership Substance, Herman Cain, February 4, 2008 http://004eeb5.netsolhost.com/hc098.htm
Federal Reserve: Cain said that while he was not opposed to the idea, he would not champion the cause because “I don’t believe they’re going to find anything”. http://www.glennbeck.com/2011/05/24/glenn-interviews-herman-cain/
Herman Cain talks about the Federal Reserve:
http://youtu.be/u2Mqie_h9uU Cain has been "in the belly of the beast." He's lying here (just as Bernake has been doing), the "Federal" Reserve Bank's charter has nothing at all to do with managing unemployment. It's a banking cartel. They are out to profit with the excused of keeping inflation and deflation in check. After devaluing our dollar by almost 98% after 98-years, the have FAILED. They are good at bailing out other banker buddies with our tax dollars though.
FED flip flopper: Herman Cain can flip/flop on his positions as well as, or better than, Mitt Romney himself. Cain, a former Chairman of the Federal Reserve, railed against an audit of the FED when he filled in for Neal Boortz on December 29, 2010. But - less than one month later, on January 26, 2011, Cain praised Ron Paul for his leadership in pressing for an audit of the FED. Listen to Herman flip/flop on the FED in the following video segments: Cain adamantly states: No Need To Audit the Federal Reserve:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiAkeFJXwUk Cain flip-flops: : Herman Cain praises Ron Paul for his leadership in pressing for an audit of the Federal Reserve http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2Mqie_h9uU&feature=player_embedded
Cain's Muslim flip flop: Another flip-flop: After coming out strongly against Islam and appointing Muslims to his cabinet, Herman Cain reversed course completely. Cain is a total fraud, a complete flip-flopper. Herman Cain would adamantly refuse to appoint a Muslim in his administration: https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DaDXCwd65R5o&h=b547a Herman Cain: Muslim comments 'misconstrued' http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0511/55585.html

Yes, Herman Cain can flip-flop just as well as Mitt Romney - no wonder Cain supported Romney in 2008. They're two peas in a pod.)

BACHMANN TAXER OVERDRIVE

2011-07-06T22:38:00.003-05:00

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=237447139602833

Bachmann record: Big Gov, Tax & Spend, anti-liberty, Constitution enemy!

by Lynette Largent on Friday, June 17, 2011 at 5:35pm

Bachmann's Questionable Record: While Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) has emerged as a darling of the Tea Party and conservative wing of the Republican party, she has largely avoided the kind of close scrutiny of her record that is a hallmark of a presidential campaign. Even before she officially launches her bid, Matt Lewis observes that "the Tea Party rhetoric doesn't always match the record. Bachmann would likely find herself defending a slew of questionable votes and decisions, including on earmarks, pardons and farm subsidies." http://politicalwire.com/archives/2011/05/16/bachmanns_questionable_record.html
Michele Bachmann Using Taxpayer Dollars On Her Rallies? http://youtu.be/uwbL_2_V9r8
S.990 PATRIOT Sunsets Extension Act of 2011 (4-year extension of PATRIOT Act surveillance): Bachmann votes yes.
Bachman votes for Internet Censorship: H.R.4279 - PRO-IP Act of 2007 and H.R.4061 Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2009, Sponsored by John Conyers, (D-MI) http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/258311
Bachman voted for almost unlimited Presidential war powers: http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/7648-houses-amash-seeks-limits-on-presidential-war-making
H.R. 1955 [110th]: Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism (this could be you if you speak out against the government): Bachmann voted yes. http://www.freestatevoice.com.au/politics/item/567-obama-wants-to-jail-americans-with-new-law
Bachmann votes against beleagured soldiers: H.R.3159 Ensuring Military Readiness Through Stability and Predictability Deployment Policy Act of 2007.
H.R.5486 Small Business Jobs Tax Relief Act of 2010: Backman voted no.
Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights Act of 2008: Bachman voted for Bigger Government and new property seizing powers via S.3325 - The sponsored by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Learn more: http://www.defectivebydesign.org/stop-revised-riaa-ip-enforcement-bill-s3325
H.Con.Res.28 Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove the United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan (Accelerating Afghanistan withdrawal). Bachmann, no.
Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2007 - Expands the types of whistleblower disclosures protected from personnel reprisals to include disclosures without restriction as to time, place, form, motive, context, forum, or prior disclosures made to any person by an employee or applicant for employment, including a disclosure made in the ordinary course of an employee's duties, that the employee or applicant reasonably believes is a violation of any law. Backman voted no.
H.R.4 Part D Medicare Drugs Price Negotiation: Bachman, no.
H.R.1404 Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act. Bachmann votes yes.
Ten percent across-the-board cut to the Department of Homeland Security's budget: Rokita of IN Amendment 1 to H R 2017, requires a (except for Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement). The underlying bill reduces DHS spending only to FY 2009 levels. It failed 110-312. Bachmann voted NO.
Prohibit TSA from using full-body image scanners as "mandatory or primary" screening devices: Look what Bachmann and West voted against: Amash/Chaffetz Amendment 2 to H R 207, which prohibits TSA from using full-body image scanners as "mandatory or primary" screening devices. In other words, they can be used only as an option during secondary screening. The amendment failed 123-300. No radiation liberty for Tea Partiers! http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll400.xml
College Student Relief Act of 2007 - phases-in cuts in the interest rate charged undergraduate student borrowers under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) and Direct Loan (DL) programs, thereby reducing such rate from 6.8% in July 2006 to 3.4% in July 2011. Limits FFEL lender insurance to 95% of the unpaid balance of such loans. Bachmann voted no.
Bachmann votes for government interference and for increased spending. SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act - Title I: Modernizing the SBIR and STTR Programs - Amends the Small Business Act to extend through FY2010 (currently scheduled to expire at the end of FY2008) the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs of the Small Business Administration (SBA). Increases, for both the SBIR and STTR programs, the individual small business award levels from:(1) $100,000 to $300,000, for participation at a Phase One level; and(2) $750,000 to $2.2 million, for participation at a Phase Two level. Allows participating federal agencies (agencies) to exceed such award levels if such agencies notify, and provide annual reports concerning such increase to, the congressional small business committees.
Bachman votes for college scholarship bills H.R.362 and H.R. 363: while America is broke and borrowing from China.
H.R.1255 Government Shutdown Prevention Act of 2011: Bachmann, yes. http://youtu.be/uwbL_2_V9r8

BACHMANN WELFARE

2011-07-06T22:33:00.004-05:00

http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/1209/Antisocialist_Bachmann_got_250k_in_federal_farm_subsidies.html

Anti-socialist Bachmann got $250K in federal farm subsidies

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) — so fond of accusing the Obama administration of foisting socialism on an unwilling America — has apparently been the recipient of about a quarter of million bucks in government handouts.

CAIN SUPPORTS "REPEAL 4th AMENDMENT Act"

2011-07-03T01:02:00.003-05:00

http://www.thelibertarianpatriot.com/2011/05/herman-cain-patriot-act-is-90-right-on.html

CAIN SUPPORTS "REPEAL 4th AMENDMENT Act" (AKA: Patriot Act)

Herman Cain: "The PATRIOT Act Is 90% Right On"

"I think that the PATRIOT Act is about 90 percent right on. I can't delineate to you exactly what I would want to change,"

TG: You never know what you are going to do about ANY issue, do you Herman? You want us to vote for you and then you'll tell us what you'll do.

I'm a little troubled by police officers being able to go into a home without a warrant or a court order. But that being said, I would rather error on the side of detection. If I have to choose between political correctness or doing what's right to protect us I'll go with doing what's right to protect us every time.

With all due respect Herman (NONE), that "political correctness" you speak of is the CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

The more exposure he gets, the more we see that Herman Cain does not believe in the Constitution; he has no problem with taking away your Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures and is willing to sacrifice your freedoms to the power of the police state under the guise of security.

WARMONGER REPUBLICANS

2011-07-01T23:28:00.004-05:00

http://www.newsmax.com/DougWead/ronpaul-mittromney-michelebachmann-newtgirngrich/2011/07/01/id/402163

How Many GOP Candidates Have Military Experience?

TG: Answer: ONLY RON PAUL! Romney, Bachmann, Santorum, Gingrich, Pawlenty,Cain, and Palin (should she run) have all been vocal warmongers - for wars not necessary to defend America. Here are a couple examples:

Rick Santorum: "We're going to need more of a presence because we've created such a vacuum." (6/13/2011 — New Hampshire Debate)

TG: We created the vacuum? So we need to create more vacuum?

Tim Pawlenty: Pawlenty suggested that the US should push for regime change in several countries. (6/29/2011 — Washington Post)

TG: Would we like it if China or Russia pushed for "regime change" in America?
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PALIN SUPPORTS GUN CONTROLS

2011-07-01T12:46:00.002-05:00

http://wisconsingunowners.org/2011/02/21/no-surprise-neo-con-feminist-sarah-palin-supports-gun-control/

No Surprise: Neo-Con Feminist Sarah Palin Supports Gun Control

“There are already on the books many gun control measures, and I do support those that are on the books.” Palin said.

TG: There are a lot of really BAD gun-control laws already on the books. The only one that belongs there is the 2nd Amendment, which states that the rightof the PEOPLE to keep and BEAR arms SHALL NOT be INFRINGED.

Palin did, however, distance herself from the so-called birthers, who believe Obama was not born in the United States, and others who contend he is not Christian, as he insists, but Muslim. She said she does not question the president’s faith or citizenship and added, “It’s distracting. It gets annoying. Let’s stick with what really matters.”

TG: Palin doesn't think it matters if our president is lying about something as fundamental as his religion or if he is an illegal alien and constitutionally unqualified for his office?
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BACHMANN the WELFARE QUEEN

2011-06-29T02:28:00.002-05:00

http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110628/ap_on_el_ge/us_bachmann_fact_check

FACT CHECK: Bachmann bomblets raising eyebrows

Michele Bachmann's claim that she has "never gotten a penny" from a family farm that's been subsidized by the government is at odds with her financial disclosure statements. They show tens of thousands in personal income from the operation. ... From 1995 through 2010, the farm got $259,332 in federal payments.

Examining 24 of her statements, Politifact.com, the Pulitzer Prize-winning fact-checking service of the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times, found just one to be fully true and 17 to be false (seven of them "pants on fire" false). No other Republican candidate whose statements have been vigorously vetted matched that record of inaccuracy.

BACHMANN the TAXMAN AXMAN

2011-06-29T00:57:00.003-05:00

"Michelle Bachmann was a tax lawyer for the IRS and has a post-doctorate degree in Federal Tax Law. She has stated that she represented the IRS in hundreds of cases AGAINST American citizens."

http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2011/06/bachmann-considering-support-for.html

"Bachmann was a tax collection attorney for the IRS - a repo-gal. One of the big tax scoflaws Bachmann went after was Marvin Manypenny, an American Indian student who worked for a nonprofit and made less than $10,000. So much for the little guy."

http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/2011/06/15/michele-bachmann-tax-attorney-for-the-irs/

Since she worked for the IRS and AGAINST American citizens and also voted Yes to extending the Repeal the 4th Amendment Act (AKA: Patriot Act), she is not someone who I would trust occupying the White House. When push came to shove, she would be more likely to work against American citizens than on their behalf.
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MITT CAN WORK WITH DEMOCRATS

2011-06-28T22:00:00.002-05:00

http://hotair.com/archives/2011/06/27/romney-sure-i-can-work-with-democrats/

Romney: Sure, I can work with Democrats

TG: We never doubted that for a second, Mitt.

T-PAW CFR NWO

2011-06-28T19:35:00.002-05:00

http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/tim_pawlenty_cfr_connection_27.html

Tim Pawlenty’s CFR Connection

http://www.vaticanassassins.org/2009/08/jesuit-ruled-cfr/

Pawlenty just made a speech (6-28) before the Jesuit-ruled CFR in New York City - a foreboding signs he is another war-mongering military interventionist.
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PAWLENTY for WAR APLENTY

2011-06-28T18:40:00.002-05:00

http://www.wnyc.org/articles/its-free-country/2011/jun/28/pawlenty-embraces-george-w-bushs-rhetoric-foreign-policy-not-bush-himself/

Pawlenty Embraces Bush Foreign Policy Rhetoric

Pawlenty also let loose on fellow Republicans, for suggesting that budget concerns should temper America’s aggressiveness abroad.

“America already has one political party devoted to decline, retrenchment, and withdrawal," Pawlenty said. "It does not need a second one."

TG: So Paw Paw wants us to go bankrupt fighting everyone on earth. Six wars against people who were no threat to America are not enough.

BACHMANN DILUTES the TEA

2011-06-28T14:28:00.004-05:00

http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2011/02/michele_bachmann_tea_party_patriot_act.php

Michele Bachmann betrayed tea party with PATRIOT Act vote

The chairwoman of the House Tea Party caucus promptly found her Facebook page under attack from tea partiers who couldn't believe she voted in support of a law that grants the federal government all kinds of prying access into the lives of ordinary citizens.

Here's a sample: (see link)

TWO STAFFERS QUIT CAIN CAMPAIGN

2011-06-28T13:45:00.003-05:00

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/57872.html#ixzz1QZmyqC5E

Murphy said. “There was a strategic difference and I left the campaign because of those differences. The differences involved the New Hampshire strategy and how much investment the campaign should put into New Hampshire.”
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HUNTING HUNTSMAN

2011-06-21T22:38:00.002-05:00

http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/7945-moderate-jon-huntsmans-record-scrutinized-for-2012-bid

Huntsman has supported unconstitutional cap-and-trade schemes that would drive up the costs of energy; individual health-care mandates similar to the one under attack in ObamaCare; civil unions for gay couples; amnesty for illegal immigrants; sovereignty-destroying “trade” agreements; and many other measures opposed by rank-and-file conservatives. Another big liability for Huntsman is the fact that he served in the Obama administration.

And he's an environut.

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?299415-The-Dirt-on-Jon-M.-Huntsman-Jr

Huntsman, was listed as a member of the CFR from 1993 to 1998

http://web.archive.org/web/20051124064753/http://www.thenewamerican.com/artman/publish/article_1968.shtml
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WHY PERRY WOULD BE A BAD PRESIDENT

2011-06-21T11:55:00.002-05:00

http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/14-reasons-why-rick-perry-would-be-a-really-really-bad-president

14 Reasons Why Rick Perry Would Be A Really, Really Bad President

The REAL RICK PERRY

2011-06-20T22:39:00.003-05:00

http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2011/06/first-look-rick-perry.html

First Look: Rick Perry

Began his political career as a Democrat in 1984. Supported AlGore in '88. Then he joined the GOP.

The Texas debt is $269 billion, $10,644 per citizen, higher than California.

When Perry first became Gov., Texas spending was $49 billion. By 2010, it was $90 billion.
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GOV. PERRY DANCES and DODGES ON TSA ABUSE

2011-06-20T16:24:00.002-05:00

http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/7935-tex-gov-stalls-on-calling-up-anti-tsa-groping-bill-to-special-session

Texas Gov Stalls on Calling Up Anti-TSA Groping Bill to Special Session

Perry caves under pressure from our own DOJ. Is that what we want for a President?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NoUIFdaNC8&feature=player_embedded

Gov. Perry Shirks Responsibility on TSA Anti-Groping Bill

FED UP WITH CAIN

2011-06-20T00:20:00.004-05:00

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/57282_Page2.html#ixzz1PlcOuKzb

In heated presser, Cain discusses the Fed, abortion and gun rights

“Rep. Paul wrote a book called ‘End the Fed.’ I believe we can fix the Fed,” Cain said. “Because when I ask the Ron Paul people, ‘what would you replace it with?’ they don’t have an answer.”

TG: I have an answer Herman - replace it with NOTHING. Let the market, the PEOPLE, control the economy. When a surgeon removes cancer, we don't ask what he's going to replace it with.
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HUNTSMAN - OBAMA'S REPUBLICAN

2011-06-19T21:31:00.004-05:00

http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/Obama-2012Republicans/2011/06/19/id/400535?s=al&promo_code=C771-1

Axelrod 'Surprised' by Huntsman Run

the support that former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, a Republican who was Obama's ambassador to China, had given the president.

Axelrod said that when he was in China in the fall of 2009, he had a chance to talk with Huntsman. "He was very effusive about what the president was doing. He was encouraging on health care. He was encouraging on the whole range of issues.
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ROMNEYCARE ALLOWS FOR FREE ABORTIONS

2011-06-18T22:12:00.003-05:00

https://www.mahealthconnector.org/portal/binary/com.epicentric.contentmanagement.servlet.ContentDeliveryServlet/About%2520Us/CommonwealthCare/CommCare11%2520Renewal/Health%2520Benefits%2520and%2520Copays.pdf

Benefit Copay
Outpatient care
Preventive services $0
Office visit to your primary care provider (PCP) $0
Office visit to a specialist $0
Radiology, imaging (x-rays), lab work $0
Outpatient surgery at a hospital or ambulatory surgery center $0
Abortion $0

Is that why Romney won't sign the pro-life pledge?
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MITT BURIES HIMSELF DEEPER ON ABORTION PLEDGE

2011-06-18T12:19:00.003-05:00

http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2011/06/18/romney-rejects-pro-life-pledge-flawed?cmpid=cmty_fb_Gigya_Romney_Rejects_Pro-life_%22Pledge%22_as_Flawed

Romney Rejects Pro-life "Pledge" as Flawed

TG: That's okay, I "reject" Mitt Romney as "flawed". His excuses are that signing this pledge would keep us from subsidizing hospitals with tax money (something that is unconstitutional itself) and it would prevent him from naming pro-abortion cabinet members to relevant positions. Why would apro-life president want to appoint a pro-aborter to a relevant position? Not only that, most of the cabinet positions he lists are also unconstitutional.

CAIN REFUSES to SIGN PRO-LIFE PLEDGE

2011-06-18T10:45:00.004-05:00

http://www.lifenews.com/2011/06/17/2012-gop-candidates-sign-pro-life-pledge-romney-cain-refuse/

Signers of the pledge include Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Tim Pawlenty and Rick Santorum and the pro-life organization is calling on pro-life activists to put pressure on those candidates who have refused to sign, Mitt Romney, Herman Cain, and Gary Johnson. Cain has said he holds pro-life views and has repeatedly excoriated Planned Parenthood for targeting the black community with its abortion facilities.

http://www.lifenews.com/2011/03/15/herman-cain-blasts-planned-parenthood-abortion-biz-attacks-him/

TG: Is the racial aspect (which is legitimate) a bigger problem to Mr. Cain than babies being killed? Why won't he sign the pledge?

ROMNEY REFUSES to SIGN PRO-LIFE PLEDGE

2011-06-18T10:38:00.003-05:00

http://www.lifenews.com/2011/06/17/2012-gop-candidates-sign-pro-life-pledge-romney-cain-refuse/

Signers of the pledge include Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Tim Pawlenty and Rick Santorum and the pro-life organization is calling on pro-life activists to put pressure on those candidates who have refused to sign, Mitt Romney, Herman Cain, and Gary Johnson. Johnson’s not signing is no surprise given his pro-abortion views but Romney has been campaigning as a pro-life candidate since converting to the pro-life position before the 2008 presidential election.

http://www.lifenews.com/2011/06/08/mitt-romney-reasserts-his-pro-life-position-on-abortion/

TG: Romney used to be pro-abortion, then he became supposedly pro-life just before the last election. Was his conversion sincere, or political pandering? It sure doesn't look sincere based on his refusal to sign this pledge.

CAIN CINDERELLA BULL

2011-06-16T20:56:00.002-05:00

http://www.mrc.org/bmi/commentary/2006/More_Economic_Bull_from_Media_Bears.html

Herman Cain actually called the economy a "Cinderella story". Well, I agree that he was telling a fairy tale.

CAIN BUBBLE TROUBLE

2011-06-16T20:47:00.003-05:00

http://www.mrc.org/bmi/commentary/2005/Commentary_The_Media_Say_the_Economy_Is_Horrible_So_It_Must_Be_True.html

Herman Cain, the KC Federal Reserve Chairman, wrote glowingly on how strong the economy was. Ron Paul said we were on the brink of the bursting of the housing bubble and the dollar was about to be seriously devalued (prices will rise). Looks like Dr. Paul was right (I own two houses - I guarantee you Dr. Paul was right and Cain was naive). Here's what Cain said:

You could write a book just on how poor the coverage has been of the alleged housing bubble. The media have been foretelling a massive bust in housing prices for months now. On May 19, ABCs Elizabeth Vargas said: The run up in housing prices is now beginning to look something like the boom in Internet stocks, and we know what happened there. That kind of ignorance makes homeowners fear that their most expensive possession could turn worthless overnight. That wont happen

The TROUBLE With CAIN - by Tom Woods

2011-06-16T20:15:00.003-05:00

http://www.tomwoods.com/cain/

It looks like Tom Woods has been doing much the same thing on his site that I've been doing on this blog:

The Trouble With Herman Cain

Here’s the resource page I prepared to accompany my video “The Trouble with Herman Cain”

On Cain and Mitt Romney, see Herman Cain, “Why I Support Mitt Romney: Leadership Substance.”

On TARP, see the Reagan Administration’s David Stockman, “The End of Sound Money and the Triumph of Crony Capitalism.”

On Cain and Afghanistan, see this FOX News interview transcript.

On the PATRIOT Act, see the Reagan Administration’s Bruce Fein, “The USA PATRIOT Act: Dispelling the Myths,” the text of his May 2011 testimony before the House Judiciary Committee.

For Cain on the housing bubble, see Herman Cain, “The Media Say the Economy Is Horrible, So It Must Be True.”

For Cain on the economy in 2006, see Herman Cain, “More Economic Bull from Media Bears.”

On auditing the Fed and what we would learn (and we would learn even more than this), see Arnold Kling, “The Case for Auditing the Fed Is Obvious.”

For more videos, subscribe to my YouTube channel, and keep up with my writing and other activities via Facebook and Twitter. And thanks to my Facebook followers for helping me track down some primary sources.

ALGORE APPLAUDS ROMNEY

2011-06-15T20:37:00.002-05:00

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/57038.html

Al Gore applauds Mitt Romney

Former Vice President Al Gore just posted a semi-approving, not entirely helpful note on his blog about Mitt Romney's position on global warming.

Romney's climate change views are different from some other Republicans' in that he believes climate change is happening and that humans may bear some responsibility for it. That's Jon Huntsman's position, too.

CAIN WANTS FEDGOV FOOD CONTROL

2011-06-14T17:09:00.003-05:00

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1106/13/se.02.html

CAIN: The federal government should be doing food safety, yes.

TG: He's still a big-gov't shill. The gov't allows all the chemicals in our food. The gov't puts rat poison in our water supply. The gov't won't let us drink raw milk and doesn't want us to grow our own fruits and vegetables. The gov't allowed fish from China raised in raw sewage. But Cain thinks they should be in charge of our food safety. You'd think he'd know better, being a pizza godfather. Maybe he was a gov't favored industry and liked Big Brother's protection.

CAIN COMPROMISES on GUN RIGHTS?

2011-06-12T17:21:00.003-05:00

http://www.examiner.com/gun-rights-in-national/open-letter-to-herman-cain-on-the-right-to-keep-and-bear-arms

... your answers to Wolf Blitzer’s questions on gun control (see sidebar video player at 3:04 mark) have raised concerns among right to keep and bear arms advocates.

Specifically, you affirmed your belief that “states or local government [should] be allowed to control guns.” That's the same "home rule" position advocated by the Brady Campaign.

Mitt Dodges 'Is Homosexuality a Sin' Question

2011-06-09T16:28:00.004-05:00

http://www.christianpost.com/news/mitt-romney-dodges-is-homosexuality-a-sin-question-50947/

Mitt Romney Dodges 'Is Homosexuality a Sin' Question

Mitt Romney refused to answer a question on whether homosexuality is a sin while on CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight.

"Do you personally think homosexuality is a sin?" Morgan asked, well aware of Romney's Mormon faith.

"Nice try," Romney answered. "It's a valid question and my answer is nice try."

TG: All you morons who use the DADT vote as your excuse to avoid Ron Paul, what are you gonna do now? Mitt won't answer (though he governed the ONLY state to legalize queer marriage). Cain is courting the queers. Palin approved them.

NEWT NUKED

2011-06-09T16:00:00.002-05:00

http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/GingrichCampaign/2011/06/09/id/399470

Gingrich's Campaign Manager, Top Aides Resign

Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich's campaign manager, senior strategists and key aides in early delegate-selection states all resigned on Thursday, a mass exodus that leaves his hopes of winning the Republican nomination in tatters.

CATFIGHT!

2011-06-09T15:51:00.005-05:00

http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/SarahPalin-MicheleBachmann-EdRollins/2011/06/09/id/399433

Bachmann Campaign Manager Rollins Goes After Palin

The alliance between likely Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann and possible candidate Sarah Palin appears to be fraying. And it's being fueled largely by Bachmann's new campaign manager, Ed Rollins. “Sarah has not been serious over the last couple of years,” he said in an interview on Fox News Radio. “She got the vice-presidential thing handed to her. She didn’t go to work in the sense of trying to gain more substance. She gave up her governorship.”

CAIN COURTS QUEERS for CABINET

2011-06-08T01:11:00.002-05:00

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http://caucuses.desmoinesregister.com/2011/06/06/herman-cain-in-iowa-id-hire-an-openly-gay-staffer/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IowaPolitics+%28Iowa+Politics+Insider+-+Des+Moines+Register%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Herman Cain in Iowa: I’d hire an openly gay staffer

The retired Georgia businessman wove several references to God into his speech, saying that laws come from God and that “the biblical purpose for government is to punish evil and encourage good.

When a blogger asked Cain after the speech, hosted by the Family Leader, a conservative advocacy group, whether he’d be opposed to appointing someone who is gay but qualified for a White House position, Cain had an immediate and breezy answer. “Nope, not at all. I wouldn’t have a problem with that at all,”

CAIN COURTS QUEERS for CABINET

2011-06-08T00:04:00.003-05:00

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http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/06/herman-cain-id-tap-gay-cabinet-members-because-they-wouldnt-impose-sharia-law/?utm_source=Raw+Story+Daily+Update&utm_campaign=516cecc0f3-6_7_116_7_2011&utm_medium=email

Herman Cain: I’d tap gay cabinet members

Cain says he wouldn’t have a problem with openly gay appointees.

“Nope, not at all. I wouldn’t have a problem with that at all,” Cain told ThinkProgress ... So, yup, I don’t have a problem with appointing an openly gay person.”

Are we SURE Palin & Bachmann are not interchangeable?

2011-06-03T14:59:00.005-05:00

http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/06/sarah-palin-badly-mangles-the-story-of-paul-reveres-ride-in-statement/?utm_source=Raw+Story+Daily+Update&utm_campaign=1b6f6ddb6f-6_3_116_3_2011&utm_medium=email

Bachmann screwed up her account of the "shot heard around the world" (story below) and now Palin outdoes her by BADLY mangling the account of the ride of Paul Revere.

CAIN THE ECONOMY DRAIN

2011-06-03T14:26:00.006-05:00

http://www.economicfreedomcoalition.com/news/press-opinion-090108.asp

Just like EVERY GOP candidate in 2008 (except ONE), Herman Cain insisted the economy was chugging along. Only ONE, that wet-blanket known as "Dr. No", kept insisting the housing bubble was about the burst and the dollar was about to dump.

And this Cain fellow was the Chairman of the Kansas City Federal Reserve bank?

BACHMANN BRAYING

2011-05-31T17:58:00.003-05:00

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_JsMNDNIf8&feature=related

Michele Bachmann proves herself a FRAUD. She insists she is listening to citizens, then she votes for the Patriot Act, despite protests from her constituency (see earlier post in this blog).

http://www.rlc.org/2011/05/30/patriot-act-perils-cause-conservative-confusion/

Here is what Bachmann brayed in another interview with Judge Napolitano:

Bachmann not only voted in favor of renewing the PATRIOT Act provisions in question, she passionately defended them on the House floor in her capacity as a member of the House Intelligence Committee.

Bachmann, however, struck a noticeably different tone when discussing the matter on Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano last month. Pressing her about the inconsistency of her support of the PATRIOT Act and the Constitution, the Judge said to the Congresswoman:

“The PATRIOT Act lets federal agents write their own search warrants in violation of the 4^th amendment – why did you vote to reauthorize it? Isn’t the whole concept of the PATRIOT Act, that the government can bypass the Constitution in hard times, one that you, and I, and that people who are faithful to the Constitution would reject?”

Instead of disagreeing with the Judge’s premise, Bachmann replied by beating around the bush with rhetoric about bipartisanship and technicalities regarding recent votes as not reauthorizing the act fully (not acknowledging the fact that she’s always voted for the act in any form it has been presented).

Congresswoman Bachmann said:

“What we need to do is we need to make sure that American’s 4^th amendment right to be free and secure of unreasonable search and seizure by the federal government is protected, I don’t back down from that at all – or 1^st amendment protections as well. We need to make sure that those amendments are held strong in a bipartisan manner.”

It’s clear that Bachmann never had the concerns she claimed to on Freedom Watch when pressed to discuss the matter. On the House floor after the vote, she explained her support of the ‘lone wolf provision’, which clearly allows federal agents to go after suspects without warrants. If that’s not a 4th amendment concern, then I don’t know what is. This all being the case, I’d simply request that Bachmann and her other ‘constitutionalist’ colleagues grace us with some intellectual honesty. Don’t pretend to be a defending our founding charter simply because it’s rhetorically – and electorally — pleasant to do so.

BACHMANN BUSSES BUSH

2011-05-31T17:47:00.003-05:00

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfJepxPPBok&feature=player_embedded

Michele Bachmann gets a kiss from neocon warmonger Dubya and acts like a giddy high school cheerleader who just got asked to the prom by the quarterback.

Bachmann claims to be a Tea Party candidate. It's phony neocons like Bush that the Tea Party wants to get rid of!

INTERCHANGEABLE?

2011-05-31T00:50:00.002-05:00

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http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/bachmann-palin-media-tea/2011/05/30/id/398223?s=al&promo_code=C5BD-1

Michele Bachmann to Media: I’m No Sarah Palin 2.0

Why would she be a better alternative to Palin? What issues do they differ on?

STATES WRONGS

2011-05-31T00:37:00.002-05:00

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http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/7666-herman-cain-joins-the-ranks-of-the-constitutionally-confused

Michele Bachmann attributes "the shot heard around the world" at Lexington & Concord to the wrong state, placing it where she was speaking - in New Hampshire, when it actually took place in Massachusetts.

Like Cain's constitutional gaffe, it's a mistake anyone could make. But don't make it using the state you are speaking in - they probably know better. And don't pass yourself off as a Tea Party favorite, routinely using Revolutionary War themes, if you're not familiar with the Revolutionary War. They might catch on that you're pandering.

CONSTITUTIONALLY CONFUSED CAIN

2011-05-31T00:29:00.002-05:00

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http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/7666-herman-cain-joins-the-ranks-of-the-constitutionally-confused

Confusing the Declaration for the Constitution isn't the worst crime one can do, but the irony of doing it right while berating others for their ignorance of the constitution is truly hypocritical.

Motorcycle Mama Feminist

2011-05-31T00:24:00.002-05:00

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110529/ap_on_re_us/us_palin

Here's the leather-clad, immodest, "motorcycle mama", self-professed "feminist" wife of a "Mr. Mom", mother of a teenaged slut, and a Down's Syndrome baby she took all of 3 days to care for before going back to work, getting ready to fool all the stupid, gullible Christians again.

CHRIS CHRISTIE GLOBALONEY

2011-05-27T13:33:00.002-05:00

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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0511/55793.html

Chris Christie: Global warming is 'real,'

"I’m certainly not a scientist ... it’s time to defer to the experts."

TG: Hey doofus, WAY more scientists oppose the globaloney claims than support it.

So much for any chance to support Christie if he runs for President (although at least he is not advocating the typical knee-jerk reactions to the alleged global warming).

This reminds me - we had frost warnings last night - MAY 27th. We could really use some global warming.

Neo-CONS

2011-05-27T01:16:00.002-05:00

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http://patriotpost.us/opinion/larry-elder/2011/05/26/newt-gingrich-vs-mitt-romney-will-the-republican-please-stand-up/

Newt Gingrich vs. Mitt Romney -- Will the Republican Please Stand Up?

TG: Neither Newt and Mitt are true conservatives. This article gives several reasons why.

TEA PARTY UPSET THAT BACHMANN DRANK THE KOOL-AID

2011-05-26T22:47:00.002-05:00

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http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2011/02/16/tea-party-anger-at-michele-bachmann-explodes-over-patriot-act-votes/

Tea Party Anger at Michele Bachmann Explodes over Patriot Act Votes

Tea Party Americans are asking themselves how the same Michele Bachmann could just months later issue four rapid-fire votes in favor of the Patriot Act, which lets government agents spy on, search and seize the property of people who have nothing to do with terrorism and when there is no probable cause to suspect them of involvement in a crime. “Probable cause” may seem like a familiar phrase to you — it’s the standard that must be met according to the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. It’s the same Constitution that Michele Bachmann wrapped herself in last year, the same Constitution that she’s discarded like used toilet paper.

TG: She's alienating her own crowd. Rand Paul almost single-handedly derailed this un-American travesty, but RINOS like Bachmann stabbed him in the back.

BACHMANN'S BALANCED BUDGET BALONEY

2011-05-26T22:29:00.003-05:00

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http://www.patriotactionnetwork.com/forum/topics/michelle-bachmann-gives-ok-to

Michelle Bachmann gives ok to RINO’s fake balanced budget amendment!

TG: She surely won't support Rand Paul's amendment that actually begins to scale back spending.

BACHMANN TURNCOAT OVERDRIVE

2011-05-26T21:20:00.005-05:00

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http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/163633-bachmann-defends-vote-for-patriot-act-after-fielding-complaints-about-government-over-reach

Bachmann defends vote for Patriot Act after fielding complaints about government over-reach

Tea Party favorite Michele Bachmann (R-MN) on Thursday tried to justify her vote for the Patriot Act, after admitting to receiving significant feedback from her supporters urging her to reject it.

"We have had calls, we've had requests on our Facebook, Twitter and on our email urging a no vote tonight on the patriot Act," she said on the floor. "I cast a yes vote on this act."

"I think government is too big," she said. "I think we intervene too much in people's lives.I certainly don't want to give the government the unfettered right to goon in and access my personal private records."

"WELL THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU JUST VOTED FOR YOU MORON!"

BY LG (seconded by TG)

TG: The Patriot act does nothing to fight terrorism but it does infringe on American's 4th Amendment constitutional rights (and perhaps 2nd Amendment rights in the case of Walter Reddy). It is being used increasingly against innocent Americans.

"BABY KILLER" CAIN?

2011-05-26T20:09:00.001-05:00

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http://anybodybutcain.blogspot.com/2010/01/herman-do-pro-lifers-know-what-you.html

"I am pro-life with exceptions, and people want you to be all or nothing."

So Cain will slay Abel under certain circumstances. Cain is okay with killing babies, but will let some survive under certain conditions.

If there is ANY issue someone should be "all or nothing" on, wouldn't LIFE be at the top of the list?

NANCY BOY

2011-05-26T20:05:00.001-05:00

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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/22/cain-no-talk-about-security-until-elected/

Herb "Nancy" Cain says we have to elect him so we can find out what's in his plan.

CAIN ADMITS PLAN CAN'T WORK

2011-05-26T20:02:00.001-05:00

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1j9EEl4GGw&feature=youtu.be

Herman ADMITS his plan can't work.

So what's Plan B?

And we're supposed to trust that he'll come up with a plan for fighting terrorism after he's elected when the plans he currently offers are admitted failures?

I prefer Little Caesars pizza anyway.

RINO SAFARI

CRIMINAL CONTRIBUTIONS to CAIN CAMPAIGN?

Herman Cain Faces Potential Campaign Finance, Tax Law Violations

MOVING

CAIN IS PRO CHOICE!

CAIN "INSANE"

Don’t be VAT stupid

I finally found something I heartily agree with about Herman Cain.

CAIN LIED in DEBATE!

Ron Paul Calls Out Herman Cain For Lie Over Fed Audit During GOP Debate

MUST SEE VIDEO! (on website)

Fact checker confirms Herman's lie.

DID CAIN REALLY SAVE GODFATHER'S PIZZA?

Is Herman Cain Really Such A Great Turnaround Businessman After All?

CAIN SUPPORTERS (Admittedly) RIG POLL

Oh my! Too many people are VOTING for RON PAUL, so we have to disqualify 3/4 of his votes so we can claim Cain really won! These Cain people are so dirty they should join the Obama administration. The Mafia would reject them on moral grounds.

CAIN REFUSES TO SEE BAD ECONOMY

"If You Don't Have A Job And You're Not Rich, Blame Yourself"

Yes, Herm. I'll just go out to my job tree. It's right next to my money tree in the back yard.

CAIN FLIP-FLOP

Herman Cain Flip-Flopped on the Killing of Anwar al-Awlaki

In May, he said the U.S. citizen could not be targeted for assassination legally. On Sunday, he praised Obama's decision.

TG: Is it any surprise that Herman had to check the wind direction on this one?

CAINSIAN ECONOMICS

ONE WEEK Before Collapse, Cain Says Economy Great

CORRUPTION SPREADS TO PERRY AIDES

Perry aides told different stories in lawsuit

NO CAIN, NO PAIN

Herman Cain is Bad for America and not a Conservative

PERRY KICKBACK CORRUPTION

Perry's job program: Gov't jobs for illegal aliens, on the back of the American Taxpayer

BACHMANN BACKS OFF AGAIN

Bachmann: Obama Just ‘Sat On His Hands’

Bachmann: Obama Just ‘Sat On His Hands’ And Let Mubarak Fall

PINOCCHIO PERRY

OBAMACARE NOT ENOUGH FOR PERRY

Rick Perry in 2001 on 'bi-national health insurance' with Mexico

Dump Nuclear Waste in Texas - IF you $upport Rick Perry

Did Rick Perry Try To Sideline State Commissioner Who Got In The Way Of Billionaire Donor's Nuclear Dump?

PERRY GIVES YOUR MONEY TO ILLEGAL ALIENS

PERRY PROMOTES ISLAM

PERRY SIGNED "HATE CRIME" BILL

BE VERY WARY OF PERRY

PERRY LOVES OBAMACARE

Rick Perry sends Hillary a letter lauding her socialized health care plan (forerunner of Obamacare).

Perry letter commending Hillary Clinton found

Hutchison aides assail 'hyprocrisy' after videotape was circulated by governor's allies

Rick Perry: On the Tea Party Express Without a Ticket?

Rick Perry: On the Tea Party Express Without a Ticket?

PERRY Wants YOU to PAY for ILLEGAL ALIEN TUITION

Number of illegal immigrants getting in-state tuition for Texas colleges rises

PERRY'S BEST LITTLE TAX HIKE IN TEXAS

"MIRACLE" or MIRAGE?

GODFATHER GREASES PALMS

BACHMANN TOOK $400,000 of YOUR MONEY

Bachmann Takes $1.1 Million From Taxpayers*

PERRY PROMOTES PORN

Rick Perry’s Hardcore History of Investment in Porn

PERRY REWARDS DONORS

Gov. Rick Perry's big donors fare well in Texas

Many of the GOP presidential candidate's mega-donors have won hefty contracts or appointments. Perry's aides vigorously dispute that any got special perks.

RICK ROBS TAXPAYERS TO "CREATE" JOBS

Rick Perry's Crony Capitalism Problem

The presidential candidate's signature economic development initiative has raised questions among conservatives.

Why I will never vote for Michelle Bachmann

Perry Exposed

REPUBLICANS AGAINST PERRY

Texas RLC Sends Out Warning on Rick Perry

BACHMAN QUEER HYPOCRISY

Stop taxpayer funds to Bachmann's anti-gay clinic.

OBAMA/ROMNEY - THAT'S THE TICKET!

WSJ: Romney Should Be Obama Running Mate

PERRY'S FOLLIES

A great list of Perry “folly’s”

BACHMANN a BAPTIST?!

TG: She quit her Lutheran church because they were against the Pope. Now she's going to a Baptist Church. DOES THE DITZ HAVE A CLUE WHAT BAPTISTS THINK OF THE POPE? Are the many Christians who support her even bigger ditzes than she is?

CAIN: BIG SPENDING WARMONGER

PAWLENTY WANTS TO PAY CROOKS FIRST

Pawlenty: If debt ceiling not raised, pay ‘outside creditors’ first

BACHMANN A QUITTER LIKE PALIN

Oh my! Too many people are VOTING for RON PAUL, so we have to disqualify 3/4 of his votes so we can claim Cain really won!

These Cain people are so dirty they should join the Obama administration. The Mafia would reject them on moral grounds.