Posted on 11/16/2008 4:21:28 PM PST by flattorney
- - Says Taxpayers Demand Real Reforms & Accountability From Washington
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, a member of the Senate Budget Committee, made the following statement regarding today’s announcement by Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid that he will seek Senate passage next week of a $25 billion bailout for the U.S. auto industry. Senator Reid’s support for this latest government bailout comes on the heels of yesterday’s announcement from the Treasury Department that the federal government has a record deficit of $237.2 billion for the first month of the fiscal year. This represents the highest monthly imbalance on record.
“Like the vast majority of Americans, I support a strong, productive domestic auto industry. I would like to see it remain a viable part of our economy, particularly as we work to protect our environment. But also like most Americans who are concerned about the direction of our economy and more federal spending, I must also ask – when is enough, enough? “The federal government is facing a record budget deficit which continues to rise. The reckless, and perhaps illegal, actions of some on Wall Street have forced us to pass a $700 billion economic stabilization bill to save Main Street businesses. The Federal Reserve has made an additional $2 trillion in taxpayer-funded loans to troubled financial institutions, but has refused to submit to even the most modest level of transparency.
“And yet, with the very first vote after the election, Democratic leaders in Congress want to pass a $25 billion handout to Detroit with no promises of reform, accountability, or transparency by the automakers and their union base. This is bad public policy and an affront to taxpayers who are demanding fiscal responsibility and accountability from their government. “It’s time for both parties to work together to control government spending and impose some fiscal discipline in Washington. Unfortunately, this ill-conceived proposal takes us in the wrong economic direction, instead of the right one.”
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Sen. Cornyn serves on the Armed Services, Judiciary and Budget Committees. In addition, he is Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Ethics. He serves as the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee’s Immigration, Border Security and Refugees subcommittee and the Armed Services Committee’s Airland subcommittee. He served previously as Texas Attorney General, Texas Supreme Court Justice, and Bexar County District Judge.
This is the same partisan hack who said we lost the war. I have had a real hard time listening to Scary Reid after that.
Relieved that my Senator feels the same way I do about this
fiasco! It has gotten completely out of hand...just like
things always do when in Democtrat hands!
No, you're correct. Cornyn is one of the finest we have.
Cornyn’s one of the good guys. I’m glad he won 6 more years to fight for conservatives as my Republican Senator.
Must be giving a way a nickle every time someone is called a Rino...
Minority status forever!!!
You are correct. Senator Cornyn has done an outstanding job. He is a real conservative,
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Posted on 11/16/2008 4:37:47 PM PST by jern
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The Fresno Bee | November 16, 2008 | Eddie Jimenez
Posted on 11/16/2008 11:04:54 AM PST by Saundra Duffy
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"Harry you gotta get it done....our Christmas bonuses are in jeopardy"....SIGNED uaw.
We’ve achieved minority status thanks to nominating moderates—what makes you think we’ll start winning by continuing a failed strategy?
Unfortunately, Cornyn caved and voted for the first bailout.
We need more Senators like Jeff Sessions.
I said nothing about "nominating moderates".
I simply said ignoring moderates was going to keep us in minority status. Unfortunately, it appears writing off the moderates is popular opinion.
No Hispanics, no Moderates. Brilliant strategy. What voting block are we going to get rid of next?
Up until very recently, Hispanics were a fairly small portion of the electorate. Something like 1% in 1970. But that time has passed, The GOP can't realistically expect to remain competitive electorally if it is willing to write off an overwhelming majority of the 25% or so of the electorate that is black or hispanic.
You are advocating nonsense. We presented moderation to the entire country and lost. Maybe we ought to try presenting conservatism.
The messenger is as important as the message. The GOP needs to figure out a way to recruit conservative Hispanic candidates for all political levels. I think we need to look at Hispanics who were in the military as well as Hispanic small business owners to help get the conservative message out to the Hispanic community.
Ding Dong, your wrong!
New Mexico went to Bush in 2000 and 2004 because of the Hispanic vote. McCain did not get the Hispanic vote and lost New Mexico this time around ...
Advocating non-sense my foot. Your advocating minority status forever. That is nonsense. I simply stated we can not ignore moderates and Hispanic voters.
Your acting like I said lets shove moderation down everyone's throat. I have said no such thing. I simply stated lets not kick them to the curve. We do need their support to win an election.
How hard is that to understand? It must be pretty hard to some.
Besides, we presented an "uncool old man" to run against a "cool black man" this time around. Besides that ultimate disadvantage (which basically was a media distortion), we also lost overwhelmingly because of the constant liberal media bias. You know, the ultra liberal left and the silent Conservative response ... We also lost because McCain limited his campaign spending to the public finance crap and Osama did not. We also lost because McCain acted like a wimp the whole campaign and did not make noise. We lost because Bush in all his wisdom took horrible advice (thanks Paulson) and suddenly we had an economic crises on our hands a month before the election. And we lost because for some stupid reason, the public felt like a Democrat cared more about the economy than the Republicans due to the MSM. And Conservatives/Republicans sat back and whispered while the left screamed out loud.
We presented moderation to the entire country and lost. Maybe we ought to try presenting conservatism.
The above reasons I listed are why we lost. To not understand why we lost, we are simply asking for history to repeat itself. Without fixing those problems, we can present all sorts of conservatism and it will not matter.
Either way, something short of a miracle, I have a feeling we are going to have 8 years of Osama Obama. Unless terrorists strike and people realize how safe we were under Republicans, it will take 8 years for people to get sick of Obama judging by past election patterns.
It took 8 years before Clinton was done in office. After 8 years, people were tired of his policies, hence Al Gore lost in 2000.
It took 8 years before Bush was done in office. After 8 years, people were tired of his policies, the argument was made by the MSM that McCain would be the same old, and hence McCain lost in 2008.
Up until very recently, Hispanics were a fairly small portion of the electorate. Something like 1% in 1970. But that time has passed, The GOP can't realistically expect to remain competitive electorally if it is willing to write off an overwhelming majority of the 25% or so of the electorate that is black or hispanic.
Some (not many) seem to think we can remain competitive by writing off both Hispanic's and moderates. To suggest other wise is shoving moderation down everyone's throat. I guess a few here could become either campaign advisers or campaign strategists, they seem to have such brilliant ideas.
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