Yes I do. He already said he wants to enforce existing laws which currently aren’t being enforced (looking at those laws tells you the specifics), and he has said he favors doing whatever he can to work with those in law enforcement and other agencies to get this under control.
Can you go to Hostettler and ask him to sign a pledge that he will initiate legislation for term limits? Will he sign a pledge that once he serves his term he will come home back to the private sector? Will he sign a pledge that he will do whatever he can to end lobbying jobs for ‘retired’ congressmen? Will he sign a pledge that he will do what he can to eliminate congressional ‘perks’ such as lifetime retirement packages, benefits, etc. etc. that no one else in the private sector ever sees?
You see both Behney and Hostettler are walking the same path on 99.9% of the conservative issues, they are like minded on 99.9% of these issues. Arguing over issues is like comparing a mcintosh to an jonathan apple - they are both apples.
The distinction between Behney and Hostettler comes down to the career politician issue. I’ve had a bellyful of career politicians after seeing my liberty and healthcare destroyed. I want a return to constitutional government as envisioned and given to us by our founders.
You may not be old enough to remember when Richard Lugar first ran for the Senate but I do. Do you know that he campaigned on the idea that congressmen spend too many years in Congress and lose touch with their constituents? This was in the election year 1976 and his opponent was Vance Hartke. Hartke had been in the Senate since 1959, or at the time 17 years. Lugar himself has now been in the Senate 34 years, twice the amount of time he beat up Hartke with. Why do I bring that up? Because Lugar became what he opposed. When he first went to the Senate in January 1977, he was a good guy, solid conservative and listened to the people of Indiana. Overtime, Washington changed him. He became increasingly more elitist, more distant, and more liberal.
If I have 2 solid conservatives to vote for, but if one of them is out to end this cyle of career politicians by doing whatever he can to initiate legislation for term limits than that’s my guy. He may change as did Lugar, but I have to at least give him a chance. But one thing I do know, if I have a choice against a career politician conservative or a fight for term limits conservative I’m voting for the 2nd guy.
The litmus test is always what will you with the 12 to 20 million already here. Once they start talking about paying a fine, learning English, and getting to the back of the line, this is amnesty. Even McCain said his bill was not an amnesty. Your guy has not said specifically how he will treat those already here illegally. Hence the pledge.
Can you go to Hostettler and ask him to sign a pledge that he will initiate legislation for term limits? Will he sign a pledge that once he serves his term he will come home back to the private sector? Will he sign a pledge that he will do whatever he can to end lobbying jobs for ‘retired’ congressmen? Will he sign a pledge that he will do what he can to eliminate congressional ‘perks’ such as lifetime retirement packages, benefits, etc. etc. that no one else in the private sector ever sees?
Term limits is not the same issue for me that it is for you. Has your guy signed such a pledge. Once these "non-politicians" get to DC, their tune changes. They are like babes in the woods who get intoxicated with the heady atmospshere of being at the center of the universe.
You see both Behney and Hostettler are walking the same path on 99.9% of the conservative issues, they are like minded on 99.9% of these issues. Arguing over issues is like comparing a mcintosh to an jonathan apple - they are both apples.
Not for me. Amnesty is the poisoned apple. It will destroy this country with the stroke of a pen. Moreover, if we don't change our current legal immigration policies, it will just be amnesty in slow motion as it has been since the 1965 Immigration Act, which has changed the demographics of this country forever.
The distinction between Behney and Hostettler comes down to the career politician issue. I’ve had a bellyful of career politicians after seeing my liberty and healthcare destroyed. I want a return to constitutional government as envisioned and given to us by our founders.
How do you define career politician? Does having served 12 years in Congress make you a career politician? Hostettler was a power plant performance engineer with Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Company for more than 12 years before running for Congress.
Congress will never pass a term limits bill. And there is no guarantee that your guy will quit if he is elected after one or two terms.
You may not be old enough to remember when Richard Lugar first ran for the Senate but I do. Do you know that he campaigned on the idea that congressmen spend too many years in Congress and lose touch with their constituents? This was in the election year 1976 and his opponent was Vance Hartke. Hartke had been in the Senate since 1959, or at the time 17 years. Lugar himself has now been in the Senate 34 years, twice the amount of time he beat up Hartke with. Why do I bring that up? Because Lugar became what he opposed. When he first went to the Senate in January 1977, he was a good guy, solid conservative and listened to the people of Indiana. Overtime, Washington changed him. He became increasingly more elitist, more distant, and more liberal.
I am 67. Lugar is really not an exception in that regard. Very few can resist the influence of power. I lobby on the Hill. Congressmen have huge egos and Senators are even worse. The trappings of power exude from the offices and buildings. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
If I have 2 solid conservatives to vote for, but if one of them is out to end this cyle of career politicians by doing whatever he can to initiate legislation for term limits than that’s my guy. He may change as did Lugar, but I have to at least give him a chance. But one thing I do know, if I have a choice against a career politician conservative or a fight for term limits conservative I’m voting for the 2nd guy.
I can't vote in Indiana. I will say that based on my personal interaction with Hostettler, he is a good and decent guy who is down to earth and does not have an inflated opinion of himself.