Posted on 02/23/2010 10:12:38 AM PST by Sergeant Tim
"Ronald Reagan would never have loosely generalized about conservatives and the Republican Party because like a surgeon, like a real thinker, and like an activist, he wanted the distinctions to be known, he wanted the distinctions to be clear, he wanted to promote our principles, and he wanted to contrast them with those who either had no principles or were promoting something else. Carpet-bombing the Republican Party takes out an awful lot of good people, too many good people." -- Mark Levin, February 22, 2010
Mark Levin took great issue last night with "carpet-bombing" the Republican Party:
Mark had some advice for the bomber:
"It is the spending, stupid." Yes, we get it; this grass roots movement of ours gets it and seems determined to vote out of office the offenders. Yet just reading one label, i.e. Republican or Tea Party, and applying a value to candidates is very risky.
In Nevada, a man who few ever heard of and who has not been endorse by two substantial tea party groups there, is polling at 11%; his candidacy might return Harry Reid to the Senate.
Rand Paul in Kentucky is polling far ahead of his nearest opponent to become the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate. He sounds remarkably like his father, Congressman Ron Paul, on national defense. Rand Paul speaks about the "military-industrial complex." He derides McCain-Feingold yet proposes he own set of restrictions on campaign contributions.
Rand Paul is also factually incorrect about both our invasion of Afghanistan and what constitutes a formal declaration of war. He quotes Michael Scheuer saying, "One of the mistakes we made in Afghanistan was not that we invaded but that we waited a month and a half to go in." Paul expands from that by saying, "So there might have been a reason the President could have sent Special Forces in secretly within a few days and I think that could have been something that would have been justified. However, the truth is it took us a month and a half to get into Afghanistan and there is no reason why there should not have been a declaration of war vote in Congress." Here are the facts: our Special Forces began crossing the border into Afghanistan before dawn there on September 12, 2001; we began invading Afghanistan in force on October 7, 2001; and Congress has 'declared war' more times without using those words that it has used them during our history. In addition, Congress voted in favor (including Ron Paul) of an 'Authorization to Use Military Force' on September 18, 2001 and it did not limit the President to merely invading Afghanistan:
That the President is authorized to use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons, in order to prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States by such nations, organizations or persons.
If that was not a declaration of war, then two Presidents have violated Congress's intent in Afghanistan. Yet Congress has since authorized more than 800 billion dollars and nearly 1,000 U.S. troops have died fighting there. It is clear to me that Congress declared war and Rand Paul would be a 'chip off the old block' as a U.S. Senator.
Voters beware!
Now, that's funny. Beck goes to CPAC and never mentions the liberals, like Obama, Pelosi, Reid, he slams away at all Republicans with a broad brush, not mentioning a single official who is fighting the good fight, and you say Mark needs to attack liberals? Are you Beck's producer or something?
He can’t be Beck’s producer. He says he never listens to Beck...much.
Beck attacked liberalism in his CPAC speech. He talked about how how in 1920 they cut taxes and spending and the economy improved while in 1932 they did the opposite and gave us a decade of deep depression.
That translates very well into todays politics. The Democrats trying to raise taxes and the Democrats trying to raise spending.
He did a very good job at CPAC or ButtPAC or FudgPAC or whatever they’re calling it now.
Poor Stu.
I wonder if Beck his crew do show prep in New Canaan, in the hot tub at Beck’s house, with the monkey as the pool toy. LOL
I don’t follow. What does Glenn Beck have to do with property confiscation?
You really don’t listen to Mark as he spends his 3 hrs. exposing and attackig Liberals, Socialists, Marxists.
Beck lives there. Wikipedia says, “New Canaan is an upscale town in Fairfield County, Connecticut”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Canaan,_Connecticut
I didn’t ask where Beck lived. I asked what he had to do with the court’s idiotic decision to allow unconstitutional property confiscation.
(Shrugs).
I'm of the opinion that a Declaration of War -- should include the word, "War".
No confusion about the matter, that way. (IMHO).
**(Shrugs).**
WOW ... an HONEST answer from a Paulistinian.
Since the Constitution does NOT SPELL OUT a proper form... I guess USE of FORCE is GOOD ENOUGH!!
PREEMPTION works for me, too!!!
And, I have mine. I'm of the opinion that a Declaration of War -- should include the word, "War". No confusion about the matter, that way.
**Okay. You have your opinion. That’s nice.**
Only your dumb massed opinion WOULD GET a lot of people KILLED.
Go get another toke off your Bong and go watch your Ron Paul YOUTUBES and .....
Huh.
Perhaps you'd care to explain how a whole lot more people would get killed if the Congress were to say, "We Declare War" -- than if the Congress were to say, "We authorize the use of force".
Perhaps you meant that actually declaring War might result in more of the Enemies getting killed? Historically, when America has formally Declared War, she does tend to kill a great number of the Enemy, that's true enough....
SIMPLE ... your stupid SAVIOUR will bring everyone home..and sit here all safe and snug until the BOMBS GO OFF... THEN maybe, AFTER Congress Prints up the PROPER declaration..with all the i’s dotted and t’s crossed and commas in the proper place..
Then he’ll send out the Police to investigate and send in the LAWYERS armed with Subpoenas.
I’ve listened to Enough of you IDIOTS to know that is exactly what would happen...and you are too STUPID to REALIZE it.
KOOK KOOK KOOK
You know, Rand Paul? Sarah Palin's preferred candidate for the US Senate seat in Kentucky?
I tell ya, I sure do like Sarah Palin's endorsement of Rand Paul. She's a smart woman with good political instincts, and she sure did pick a great candidate to endorse in Kentucky.
Three cheers for Sarah Palin, and three cheers for Rand Paul!!
See my #136. I'm in Sarah Palin's camp on this candidate. You can go froth in favor of whomever you want, I'll go with Sarah Palin's guy.
Hah, hah, hah.
Nobody’s Perfect ... and your LORD AND SAVIOUR,RON PAUL is PROOF of that..
and the Nut does not fall far from the tree
Hah, hah, hah.
is that in the constitution? where does it have the specific language that a declaration of war must contain?
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