Posted on 01/30/2006 7:03:22 AM PST by Gipper08
With this year coming to a close, many conservatives have thought to themselves about the state of the conservative movement. Where have the ideas and principles of Ronald Reagan, which once were the inspiration that strengthened our party and our nation, gone? Why has our ruling majority succumbed to Big Government Republicanism? Who will carry the Reagan mantle and lead our conservative movement in these trying times? These questions have been at the forefront of every conservatives conscience.
Ladies and gentleman, there is good news. Conservatives this New Year can now be jolly and cheerful as a national voice has emerged this past year to lead the conservative movement with moral clarity and unwavering principles. Indianas Mike Pence has provided Congress with conservative leadership that has garnered victories and led our ruling majority back to the right, earning him the honor of Man of the Year by Human Events.
Entering the House in 2000, Mike Pences conservative leadership made an immediate impact as he became one of only five freshmen in the past fifty years to chair a subcommittee. As a freshman committed to downsizing the scope and influence of the federal government, Pence made a bold stand against the No Child Left Behind Act in 2001. In only his second term, Mike Pence became a deputy majority whip, a feat that most politicians spend their entire career to achieve. One primary responsibility of this new position was to gather votes among his Republican colleagues for legislation that the Republican majority had sponsored. It was the Medicare Bill of 2003, the largest socialized medicine bill to ever pass through the halls of Congress, that became the last straw and the catalyst that would go on to form the character of the hero and statesman.
Mike Pence valiantly led the revolt against the Medicare Bill along with 24 other House conservatives. Despite the band of rebels efforts, led by Pence, the longest vote in Congressional history went in favor of the GOP leadership and Big Government Republicanism. Afterwards, the six founding members of the Republican Study Committee approached Pence to take charge of the conservative caucus. Mike Pence is so humble that he demanded an election for the position. Because of his humility and his effective leadership, Pence was unanimously selected by over 100 House conservatives to chair the caucus. Immediately Pence went to the GOP leadership and willingly stepped down from his whip position while quoting scripture, you can not serve two masters. Pence became the first person in fifty years to willingly step down from leadership position.
With Pences strong and determined leadership, the RSC immediately turned the tide in the House this session. In March, Pence and his band of committed conservatives led the charge for budget reform. This principled stance led to House leadership adopting their budget-process reform giving House members the opportunity to vote to defend the budget on the House floor. This became a big victory for Pence and his colleagues as the RSC now became a viable and credible caucus for legislative authority. GOP leadership soon recognized that all legislation must now come through Mike Pence and the RSC in order to pass.
Immediately after Pence led a group of Congressman over to Iraq to build the morale among the troops, Hurricane Katrina hit our shores and our federal government responded. Pence and his conservative caucus also responded by calling for a press conference to announce Operation Offset, their plan for federal spending cuts of over $900 billion to offset Katrina spending. This bold move led to the chastisement of Pence by the House leadership. Yet, in his calm and ever graceful presence, Pences moral stance eventually convicted House leadership and led them to adopt many of the RSCs proposed spending cuts.
Mike Pence does not only clearly and optimistically articulate our conservative message of limited government, fiscal discipline, strong national defense and traditional moral values, but his leadership effectively challenges his colleagues and GOP leadership to return to the principles in which our party and nation was founded upon. Pence has rightfully emerged as the leader of the conservative movement as his message and his stances have caused the GOP to side with the principles of the conservative base that has elected our governing majority.
Mike Pence boldly proclaimed in an article by Human Events, I believe in my heart that this generation of Americans is going to produce leadership that will sit in the Oval Office and look the American people in the eye as adults, and say the party is over. We simply cannot continue to write hot checks on the backs of our children and grandchildren. We need to lay the problem out with moral and fiscal authority, to explain the truth of the matter, and treat the American people as the thoughtful and courageous people they are. We couldnt agree with you more Mr. Pence.
Pence, who calls himself, A Christian, a conservative, and a Republican, in that order has inspired our nation to build upon the ideas and principles of Reagan. He has given hope to those of us who see our party being destroyed by careerism and Big Government Republicanism. He has truly led the charge to rejuvenate our conservative principles in our nations capital and to renew conservatism in the hearts and minds of the American people. And it shall be the efforts of this conservative leader that will strengthen our party and our nation once again, as we remain that shining city on a hill with 2008 on the horizon.
I can only hope your opinion of Mr. Pence changes as he is a bona fide, Reagan-Conservative.
"Personally, I like Newt."
Newt is brilliant, BUT unfortunately he was not so nice to his wives, and many conservatives will hold that against him.
Conservatives like loyalty.
And wife #2 Maryanne is from Columbiana county, the most "swing" county in Ohio. Newt is not liked there.
I agree he is probably not electable but I really like him. He always has great things to say and knows his history.
I think you misunderstand. He didn't refer to Davis as "his friend" only once. This just kept on happening over and over and with other flattery as well. He spent so much time gushing over Davis, and how much he respected him, that he didn't use his time to state his point. I listened to this quite a long time before I turned the station. It was the worst type of this flattery I had ever heard. I was disgusted.
So then, does Pence being nice to Lanny Davis negate all the good things he's done as a congressman?
Conservatives, now is the time to take our country back! Join the Draft Pence Movement!
Brian.
could you post the transcript of the Hannity show?
Hannity has too many RATS on his show. It gets boring and I don't want to hear it and I sure as heck don't want to hear some "conservative" Republican spend all his time praising the likes of Lanny David.
This episode was discussed here on FR after it happend. I wasn't the only one who heard it and was offended by it.
I've never gone to Hannity's website. Is there an archives there? If there would be some way to search for the day Pence and Davis were both on, it might be retrievable. I don't know.
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