I second that! There are a lot of programs I find necessary. That said I want my state to get back in highway funds what they pay in with their taxes on gasoline and quit funding the Northeast by more than what they paid into the fund. I would love to get rid of some of the pork starting with Byrd in West Virginia as well who is named the king of pork for good reason.
I don't compromise on Defense spending at all -- spent my entire adult life around the Air Force and DoD activities and know how vital they are to our security. For every story about an overrun there are plenty of stories that don't make the news about cost saving measures that have helped throughout the AF.
Dr. Tom is the success story of the decade in politics IMHO of someone who got in the primary race late, energized the base, won the primary without a run-off, and clobbered the RAT in the general election even though people like Denny Hastert said he was going to lose. I remember Cong Istook getting so upset he went charging into the Speaker's office to tell him he was dead wrong. We had one of the best grassroots movements I have ever been associated.
Dr. Tom never wavered in his beliefs and neither did all of us working to elect him -- it was a lot of work but a lot of fun. Never regretted going over to the Coburn campaign when he announced from another campaign where I suspected the candidate was just mouthing the words of being a conservative -- he was better than the RAT by a long shot but could not compare to Dr. Tom. With Dr. Tom I knew he was a conservative.
Is J. C. Watts really going to stand for the office of Oklahoma governor???? Please say yes but only if it is so. No state will deserve envy as much as Oklahoma in the event of his election. Actually, this is already true, given your senatorial delegation!
Good night and God bless!