Posted on 06/30/2010 8:35:24 PM PDT by RobinMasters
When at least a million taxpayers stormed Washington, D.C., taking their fight against growth of big government to the front door of the U.S. Capitol last year, the explosion of patriotism inspired the wife of one of the most powerful men in the world to reignite the nation's passion for the U.S. Constitution.
9/12: 'Life-changing experience'
After that momentous experience, Virginia Thomas, wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, founded Liberty Central, a nonprofit organization focused on protecting America's core founding principles.
"The Sept. 12 march on Washington – when I saw all of those real, ordinary Americans march on Washington and come at their own expense – people who were there said it changed their lives," she told WND. "That was true for me."
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
you go girl
She must be a racist.
I’m proud of her! This can’t be an easy choice.
Of course she is. I bet she even laughs at Blazing Saddles.
“”Liberty Central is also making plans for candidate endorsement in the upcoming months, she said. The group has asked more than 3,000 major-party candidates in all federal races to respond to an 11-question survey. Responses will be posted on the website along with a scorecard revealing how lawmakers voted on legislation.
The following are the 11 questions listed on the survey:
1) Do you oppose government regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
2) Would you support repealing the Obama health-care bill, including the individual mandate?
3) Should Congress continue to use the “general welfare” clause to regulate aspects of our lives, such as agriculture and education, that are traditionally under the authority of the private sector, state and local government?
4) Do you support a “border enforcement first” policy for defending America’s borders?
5) Should we promote free-trade agreements that allow Americans to sell goods in foreign markets, even if it may cost American jobs?
6) Does the war on terror demand more of a military response or a law-enforcement response?
7) Would you pledge to return federal spending levels to the level of 2007 or earlier?
8) Did you sign the Americans for Tax Reform’s “No Tax Pledge”?
9) Are there any circumstances under which you would vote for a program similar to TARP or other federal bailouts?
10) Do you believe the government is eroding the founders’ vision of faith, family and culture and, if so, how?
11) Would you commit to solid, informed congressional oversight if you were in Washington, D.C. – not random acts of after-sight or political grandstanding? If so, give us at least two areas in which you would want to better learn and ask questions of our government to seek the effectiveness of programs, curtail the growth of the federal largesse or properly oversee the enforcement of current laws.””
It is very easy to get demoralized with leftist abuses met by only token resistance in Washington, but the amount of passion and dedication that is stirring in support of the Constitution as written is really encouraging.
I’d like to go to DC but I’m on capital strike.
And the liberals are already saying as a SC justice’s wife she shouldn’t be allowed to have an oppinion. What they really mean is as a CONSERVATIVE SC justice’s wife....
They are a little late with this “revelation.” Ginny Thomas has not been shy about her views for quite awhile now.
Justice’s wife launches ‘tea party’ group
The nonprofit run by Virginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, is likely to test notions of political impartiality for the court.
March 14, 2010|By Kathleen Hennessey
Reporting from Washington — As Virginia Thomas tells it in her soft-spoken, Midwestern cadence, the story of her involvement in the “tea party” movement is the tale of an average citizen in action.
“I am an ordinary citizen from Omaha, Neb., who just may have the chance to preserve liberty along with you and other people like you,” she said at a recent panel discussion with tea party leaders in Washington. Thomas went on to count herself among those energized into action by President Obama’s “hard-left agenda.”
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/mar/14/nation/la-na-thomas14-2010mar14
Bump
Thank you God for Justice Thomas and his wife.
Please God keep them both safe from harm.
Amen.
I hope she does. I do, might I also recomend: Life, Friday After Next, Harlem Nights, Welcome Home Rosco Jenkins, White Chicks, Norbit, The Fighting Temptation, Mr.3000 ,Big Momma’s House 2, Rush Hour 2.
Well, I am going to have to disagree with the general sentiment here. I think the spouses of SC justices should not be outspoken on political issues. There used to be a certain decorum observed that has gone by the wayside. Just my opinion, but it would seem that this would make a justice’s job somewhat more difficult.
Freedom freedom freedom
let freedom ring
let Virginia sing!
And let Mobama continue her fashion show and prattle on about what we should eat
“And let Mobama continue her fashion show and prattle on about what we should eat”
Oh please! Let her be the first to sit down and shut up.
I’ll have to check out that website! Good to see Ginni shepherding this along. You know the Dems will be screaming if folks are moved back to Constitutional principles enough to NOT vote for them in the near future!
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