Jones’ father was a Democrat congressman way back when. Isn’t Jones now a lot like Ron Paul?
Jones has cast an array of bad votes, some of them he justifies (like his ‘no’ on the Ryan plan) because it supposedly doesn’t go far enough, so you might think he’s all the way into the Ron Paul camp, but then he’ll turn around and vote for things that Paul would never vote for. Take for example the Pay for Performance Act of 2009, written by Rep. Alan Grayson and every bit as awful as you might expect, it gave the Treasury Sec. authoritarian controls over the wages of all employees working for companies that have received capital investment from the federal government - controls that were retroactive to boot.
Jones also has gone beyond Paul on the anti-war stuff. Paul has called for full retreat; Jones calls for full retreat, impeachment, openly advances the idea that Bush “lied” to start the Iraq war (I’ve never heard Paul go that far), actively assisted with a left-wing propaganda play that advanced that meme, and blindly joined with the Democrats in their disingenuous condemnation of Rush Limbaugh during the ‘phony soldiers’ brouhaha.
So there’s a good argument to be made that Jones is overall worse than Paul. He is strangely closer to Dennis Kucinich.
Although he's not from a RAT family, my gut tells me Connie Mack IV will end up the same way if he gets in the U.S. Senate. His voting record is fairly decent NOW, but his flirtation with the liberal Democrat mindset has already begun. I dread to think what will happen if he gets 6 years in office, knowing most voters won't pay attention until 2018.
Anyway, back on topic... Palombo's credentials look pretty good to me, considering he's just running for a House seat. Decorated Vietnam vet (two tours in the US Air Force), 34 years in law enforcement, retired as Chief of Police of New Bern, FL, Master's degree in Public Administration from Troy State University. We could do alot worse. Certainly we had many tea party freshman in 2010 with lesser credentials... heck, the guy who unseated professional RAT machine politician Phil Hare here in Illinois owned a local pizzaria. The question is whether Palombo will get the funds he needs to mount a strong campaign.