Posted on 12/12/2010 5:33:57 PM PST by iowaguy1972
POLITICO has an interesting article up today about Senator John Thune (R-SD) and Governor Tim Pawlenty (R-MN) being engaged in a backyard battle in Iowa.
(Excerpt) Read more at caffeinatedthoughts.com ...
Bolton’s not a perfect conservative — no candidate is — but I’d venture to say he’s a much better conservative than the pretty boy beltway insider from South Dakota who helped the RATs kill Bolton’s career.
Hmmmm Their Engaged?? Wow...Never would have guessed that! Did Boehner give him away?? Congrats to the Couple.....LOL ...I’m Just kidding FR people!
Who is Bolton working for when he supports the TSA atrocity?
They can battle over who can put the most corn in their gas.
Ya know, I've tried to put myself in their shoes and I really can't see myself supporting an action like that if it helped my "home state". I had a conservative Republican Senator a couple years back, and if someone had told me "Hey, Senator Fitzgerald is gonna kill a conservative nominee's chances of getting appointed, but in exchange, Illinois gets to keep a military base we're not using!", I don't think I'd be OKAY with it. And to those "Republicans" who would, I question their priorities.
I could also easily name a dozen times Thune took the wrong side on an issue, and it wasn't because his constituents stood to gain for it. He's been on the wrong side of numerous spending and bailout bills, as well as endorsements. Look at Chris Christie is getting bashed nonstop because he endorsed ONE RINO (namely Mike Castle). Thune has probably endorsed a dozen RINOs in primary elections (Murkowski, Kirk, McCain, etc.). Does that benefit North Dakota? Seems the only people he's benefiting are beltway insiders cozy with the status quo.
>> Who is Bolton working for when he supports the TSA atrocity? <<
Homeland Security. TSA is a recently created federal agency wholly the justriction of the Dept. of Homeland Security. Now, I certainly don't agree with all of Homeland Security's recommendations on what must be done in the interests of national security, but nevertheless, that's who Bolton is arguing for.
Just think about the name...."Homeland Security"
Does it sound like security to you?
Does "Homeland" sound like America to you?
It sounds like something from 1930's Europe to me, and I detest it.
DHS-IMHO, Bush’s worst legacy.
Minnesota voter & worker here, DO NOT GIVE THIS GUY ANY CREDIT
Pawlenty’s new book ‘Courage to Stand’ is from a true hypocrite. He’s a weasel whose only interest is his own.
I’m a staunch conservative who wouldn’t give this guy the time of day.
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BOTH are raging RINOs.
No thanks to BOTH!
Thune’s actions were indefensible. BRAC was created to avoid nonsense like that. Military bases do not exist to provide jobs for Senator so and so’s constituents, they exist to protect the country.
Bolton’s position of TSA is also not cool.
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