Showing posts with label Senator. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Senator. Show all posts

Saturday, March 5, 2016

The Lone #RandPaul Vote

Yesterday I participated with both of my parents in Kentucky's first Republican Presidential Caucus.  We had to go to Jackson County about 30 miles away from where we live in Estill County to participate.  While it was an inconvenience, it was exciting.  It would turn out that Donald Trump would win the Kentucky Caucus.  However, one big thing caught my eye!  On an interactive map from WKYT.com I was able to find out that I had cast the only vote for sitting Senator Rand Paul in the entire county.  Out of hundreds that participated, I was the only one to cast a vote for the most principled defender of our US Constitution on the ballot.  Yes Dr. Paul had suspended his presidential campaign in the 24 hours following the Iowa Caucus, but he was the only individual on that ballot deserving of my vote.  I have always believed that standing on your principles meant doing so in successes, in failures, and when you are all alone.  I was truly all alone in voting for Senator Rand Paul.

Showing Rand Paul in Estill County with One Lone Vote




Showing my GOP Kentucky Caucus Ballot

I am not ashamed of my vote, nor am I going to feel anything but proud of my lone stance.  I have believed in Senator Rand Paul before he was ever elected.  He was the very first politician I ever came across that was genuine, REAL.  He was the first person that didnt promise me things or tell me things I wanted to hear for the sake of a vote.  He was the reason I came to be a strong supporter of the US Constitution and strive for Liberty and Freedom.  He was the reason I evolved from just being a regular Republican.  I stand with Rand Paul.  I will always stand with Rand Paul.  Even when Im Alone, and I just proved it.

Friday, March 4, 2016

Kentucky's First Republican Presidential Caucus on Saturday March 5th

Tomorrow March 5th will be for Kentucky Republicans the opportunity to participate in the state's first ever Presidential Caucus.  Until 2016, Kentucky voters in either party voted for their choice of party nominee for President along with the primary candidates of state and local offices in May.  However thanks to a questionable statute in Kentucky's Constitution and the efforts of Senator Rand Paul to run for both President and seek re-election as US Senator, republican voters of the commonwealth will get the opportunity to have more of a voice in who becomes the National Republican Party nominee for President.  Question many ask is why does this presidential caucus give voters more of a voice?  By the time May comes around, the GOP already has a clear front runner and candidates simply do not bother with coming to Kentucky to campaign.  This election cycle is different.  Having a March caucus allows Kentucky Republicans to have more of an impact on the choice of nominees and candidates have had to come to Kentucky to speak to voters.  Obviously with this being the first ever caucus in Kentucky, there will be problems, there will be issues, questions, misunderstandings, and frustrations.  Take my situation for example.  I live in one of nine counties of the 120 counties that does not have a caucus location.  This is due to my county simply not having a republican party apparatus in place to organize and staff and approve of a location for voters.  I am having to drive to an adjacent Jackson County in order to participate.  Perhaps this will spark individuals in my county to revive the presence of a Republican Party organization in Estill County.  It is my hope that republicans of this Commonwealth will seize this first time opportunity to have an impact on a national election.

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Senator #RandPaul Suspends Campaign for President

This morning, Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky suspended his campaign to be the Republican Party nominee for President.  He will now concentrate on retaining his US Senate seat which is up for grabs this year.  What does this mean for the remaining GOP field.  NOTHING GOOD!!  We got a glimpse of what the remaining field has to say on the issues when Rand Paul boycotted the second to last Debate before the Iowa Caucus.  We witnessed a debate that was without true fiscal and constitutional conservative messages.  We witnessed a debate that was full of fear peddling and war mongering.  We witnessed a debate that only promises to continue the Status Quo of deficit federal government spending and national debt increases.  We witnessed a debate that was void of defense of the entire bill of rights.  What we witnessed was the foreshadowing of things to come.  Without Rand Paul in the GOP race, all hope of beating a Hillary Clinton or a Bernie Sanders has diminished.

I want to thank Senator Rand Paul for being the only sane voice on the GOP stage.  For being the rational consistent voice of liberty.  For being the only voice on that stage that gave our youth hope for a better future.  For recognizing the unholy alliance in DC between big Military spending conservatives and Big Domestic Welfare spending liberals.  The Liberty movement will not cease and desist because the Establishment says so.  Rand will not be our next President, but he isnt going away.  Neither am I.

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Why Senator #TedCruz Will NOT Be the 2016 #GOP Nominee

Texas Senator Ted Cruz won the Iowa Caucus on Monday February 1st.  However, I would not necessarily bet on Senator Cruz winning the GOP nomination.  My reasons may be considered by some to be out in left field, but hear me out.  The Republican voters of Iowa have a horrible track record of voting for those unsuited for the GOP Nomination.  Take the last 2 election cycles going back to 2008.  Mike Huckabee in 2008 and Rick Santorum in 2012 both won the Iowa Caucus popular vote.  However, neither of them even came close to winning the GOP nomination.  It was Senator Cruz's fear peddling, war-mongering, religious zealotry that won the caucus goers over.  It was the same tactic used by Santorum and Huckabee in 2012 and 2008 respectively.

Today, in 2016, Americans have worn thin of the obviously failed "War on Terror" that has been going on since the 2002 invasion of Iraq.  After more than 10 years of undeclared foreign conflicts that have sent thousands of our bravest men and women back home in body bags, Americans are not thirsty for war.  The blood lust that was fresh after 9/11 has all but disappeared.  Our Youth today that side with the likes of Bernie Sanders and Rand Paul will NEVER vote for the likes of Ted Cruz.  Thanks to the internet and social media, Senator Cruz cannot hide the fact that he has on many occasions stolen talking points from Senator Rand Paul and attempted to claim leadership over movements such as de-funding planned parenthood and audit the fed.  After missing the Audit the Fed vote on January 12th, any true liberty minded conservative voter gave up their respect they had for Cruz.

What is becoming more apparent by the day is that Senator Cruz will use any sneaky tactic he can to gain an advantage including sending out mailers that attempt to shame voters for not participating in past caucuses, claiming that Dr. Ben Carson was ending his campaign, and flip flopping his position on Edward Snowden to get votes.  This will soon bite him in the rear and may do so as soon as the New Hampshire primary coming up.  His constant preaching about how Godly he is and how he wants to carpet bomb ISIS and make the sands glow will not be welcome in other primaries as it was in Iowa.

What is also becoming clearer is how arrogant Ted Cruz really is.  He took the position that he was the rightful heir of the Ron Paul vote.  How asinine do you really have to be to believe that as long as Ron Paul's son Rand Paul is running in the race that someone else will be the heir to his votes?  After last night's victory, The Cruz camp boasted that Cruz got a record number of Caucus votes.  Its as if he seriously believes the record turn out was because of him.

Every GOP nominee has been able to work with the majority of congress to get things accomplished in DC.  Perhaps even more so than Ron Paul, Ted Cruz can't work with anyone in DC to get anything done.  His antics on the Senate floor calling Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell a "Liar" is just an example of the unwelcome attitude he has presented in DC.  The difference between Ron Paul and Ted Cruz here is that Ron Paul never broke decorum to make his points.  Ron stood on unwavering principles to hold the fiscal/constitutional line.  Senator Cruz also has a very big problem and its the same problem Senator Rubio has.  That problem is his poor Senate attendance record.  Cruz has taken the position that if a vote isnt close or will politically favor him, that he will simply not show up to work.  Iowans might not care that Cruz and Rubio have chosen to run for a promotion instead of doing the work they take tax money to do, but that simply wont work in other primary states.

In the final GOP debate prior to the Iowa Caucus, Ted Cruz resembled more of a cry baby than a defacto front runner on stage after Donald Trump decided to boycott.  Complaining about panel questions and even getting into it with a moderator because his name was mentioned in a question and wanted to respond even though there was no debate rules allowing for such.  It was also exposed through video evidence that Ted Cruz flip flopped on his positions on Amnesty.

In conclusion, Senator Cruz better enjoy this victory, because if historical trends hold true, he will not get the GOP Nomination.  IF and this is a big IF, if Cruz is some how the GOP Nominee, he will lose embarrassingly to either Hillary Clinton, or if she is indicted, Senator Sanders.  THAT, is my unapologetic opinion!

Monday, January 11, 2016

Republican Conservatives should be OUTRAGED at Senate Absenteeism by Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio

Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz have missed quite a bit of Senate votes in 2015 because of campaigning to be the Republican Party nominee for office. Senator Rubio attributed his absenteeism to basically saying his job is irrelevant. Note that he says his job is irrelevant but not his pay! Ted Cruz continues to refuse to address the issue. In the CNBC debate last year, Rubio basically took the position that since the media didnt crucify Senator Barack Obama for missing votes in the Senate that he shouldn’t be getting the questions now. Conservatives typically hold the position that people that have jobs should show up to work to do their job. They typically also hold that position to a higher level when it comes to elected politicians paid by the tax payers. So why the silence on the issue? Why would conservatives continue to accept an elected official or in this case two elected officials running for the nations highest office to be so derelict in their duties? The answer remains to be seen, but my extremely unpopular opinion on this is simply, Conservatives over the years have become much more aligned with their Liberal counterparts than either care to realize.

Senator Rand Paul also running for the Republican Nomination said it best in a recent ABC interview. “Tax payers are paying me, I figure I should do my job”.

Saturday, December 12, 2015

America's #SyrianRefugees Burden and why Democrats & Republicans wont take responsibility

Let me first say that in no way shape or form do I support the proposal by GOP Presidential candidate Donald J Trump to ban all Muslims from immigrating to the US.  I believe that our immigration system is indeed broken and that we should indeed halt immigration including the various visa programs until the federal government can overhaul the system to not only provide better background/vetting processes for any and all foreigners wishing to enter our country.  However as GOP Presidential Candidate and Senator Rand Paul has proposed that we should not have a religious test but an analytical approach that places a moratorium on all immigration from countries known to have high levels of terrorist activity.  YES, the majority of the countries would be from the Middle East.

Lets face facts here, The United States has been meddling in the affairs of the Middle East from protecting Israel to overthrowing governments in Iran to disposing of dictators from Libya to Iraq since the 1950's.  We have to be willing to first understand that in order to understand why we are being sought after by extremist groups. If we cannot come to that conclusion, then anything we do whether that be Rand Paul's sound idea or blindly destroy the very fabric of this nation by imposing a religious test for immigration will be all for nothing and only contribute to the already budding problems we face today in 2015.  Democrats AND Republicans in DC are addicted to war and both sides have come together in this unholy alliance and decided that we are to interfere in yet another middle east country.  This time Syria is the target.  Then people are surprised when our President who has made it crystal clear from the beginning of his term that he would fundamentally transform America, brings in refugees of a war that the US has not declared on but obviously has fed by providing weapons and other forms of arms to both sides of the civil war in ISIS with contradictory goals of either helping or disposing of Assad.

The average person, thanks to the fear mongering from the likes of Fox News and militant "conservative" talk radio hosts. have seen this latest wave of refugees as nothing but a threat to their way of life and the frenzy is such that they are supporting a life long liberal that wants to use fascism to ban all Muslim immigration to the United States.

The problem here is on many fronts.  For starters, the United States is 18 Trillion dollars in debt... Where is there money to take in these refugees?  You know they aren't coming with funds in tow.  Secondly, Why should tax payers be on the hook for bringing these people in who many are males of young fighting age who wouldn't even stay to protect their own homeland?  I got a bigger question, why aren't these refugees being quartered at the houses of liberals that want to welcome them into this country at the taxpayers expense with little to no scrutiny?  Why aren't the refugees being quartered at the homes of Republican neo-cons who thirst for war and are for the removal of Assad from power in Syria?  Further more, why aren't these people willing to take personal responsibility for their actions since their political ideological beliefs lead them to support actions that lead to their displacement.

There is plenty to blame on both sides of the isles for the burdens that are brought to the United States due to the influx of Syrian refugees and its a burden that will be felt for the foreseeable future.  What will NOT solve anything however, is the dismantling of our Constitutional Rights whether that be from the Liberal front in their relentless pursuit to insist that SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED means "Ok lets limit your arms capability", or whether that be from the far right wing that says "Lets Ban All Muslims", "Lets bug and raid ALL Mosques without search warrants".