Nailed it!
Wimps or liars sign such puffery - honest men don't...It reminds me of when Fred refused to raise his hand, kindergarten style, for the "group" answer to a question.
Posted on 01/07/2008 2:34:05 PM PST by pissant
All but two GOP presidential candidates have committed to voters to oppose income tax increases
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Among the 2008 presidential field, all but two of the Republican candidates -- Sens. John McCain and Fred Thompson -- have made a written commitment to the American people promising to oppose and veto income tax increases.
Sen. McCain signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge as a candidate for president in 2000, and has signed and kept the Pledge as a Senator.
For two decades, Americans for Tax Reform has asked all presidential and federal candidates to commit to their constituents, in writing, to oppose any and all efforts to raise income taxes. On the presidential level, every Republican nominee since Ronald Reagan has made this commitment, including President George W. Bush. In the current Congress, 42 Senators and 196 members of the House of Representatives have made this commitment, including N.H. Sens. Judd Gregg and John Sununu.
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So they won’t sign your damn pledge. They won’t sign mine, either.
Maybe neither one of us is as important as we imagine we are?
Don’t know if that’s the case with Fred. But all this story says is that he has not sent back their form letter. That’s a far cry from declaring any policy position.
Fred Thompson won’t make campaign promises to any special interest group.
It’s worth nothing. But if your the type that thinks candidates for President of the United States of America should kiss rings and sign pledges from self appointed groups, you go with that.
You know what you can do with your pledge?
In one of the earlier debates, Hunter was one of the only ones to take this question seriously. He said that he opposed new taxes, but without foreknowledge of the future he wouldn’t absolutely say he wouldn’t increase taxes. I don’t believe Thompson has anything to prove in this regard.
And good for John McCain - you signed a meaningless pledge, but when the chips are down he voted against tax cuts.
Nailed it!
Wimps or liars sign such puffery - honest men don't...It reminds me of when Fred refused to raise his hand, kindergarten style, for the "group" answer to a question.
that’s a good one.
But on a serious note, it’s a good policy move by these two. Congress have been getting the milk for free for far too long. They had their earmarks, but they let the Chinese pay for it.
I think the only way to reduce government spending is to raise taxes. It’s easy to spend other people’s money and it’s really easy to spend other people’s credit. How quickly would a congressman vote for a bridge to nowhere if they have to vote for a tax increase to support it.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
Lets be more civil guys. - Not that I think that Fred is clamoring to raise taxes on everybody.
That is not FDT.
Oh, because Thompson won’t pay fealty to pro-amnesty Grover Norquist, he’s a tax hiker? Thompson record on both taxing and spending is excellent:
http://www.ntu.org/main/page.php?PageID=97
It seems like a pretty common principle that has a lot of support from previous as well as current Republicans. Nobody asked me to commit not to support tax increases when I joined the GOP but heck, isn't that one of the principles? I was glad when Reagan and GW Bush told me where they stood on the issue. Still no man is pure and I grow weary of the RINO hunt.
If there is anyone who dislikes Grover, it is Hunter. He lobbied all through the 90s to go along with Clinton’s anemic defense budgets.
Exactly. Sorry, but I stopped caring about “tax pledges” after “Read my lips, no new taxes.” Please — look what these folks have actually done in regard to taxes, and make your decision accordingly.
You know what, after the drubbing Bush took from the media and the democrats (who both adore tax hikes), I’d tell the media to stuff the question where the sun didn’t shine for even asking.
Thompson isn’t interested in raising taxes. He’s just not going to set himself up.
You’d think it would be that simple, wouldn’t you? I guess that makes too much sense.
Yes, I know. That’s why I was perplexed to see you posting this pro-Norquist piece.
Color me confused.
Are you saying that the way to get someone who is spending YOUR money willy nilly to stop spending so much is to give them more of it?
Or did you leave out a "NOT" in there somewhere?
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