Perfect 2009 ACU Rating of 100:
BARRASSO
BURR
COBURN
CORNYN
DeMINT
ENSIGN
ENZI
INHOFE
THUNE
VITTER
Eight of the ten listed above on ACU kind of blows up your theory, wouldn’t you agree?
No, it doesn't. The ACU rates them on legislation that is brought up for a vote. That may make some think tank happy but that doesn't do anything to dismantle our bloated and broken system. They play the game as conservatives but they still play the game. Until Republicans start voting 'NO' on all the unconstitutional garbage they authorize and fund then they are not conservatives. Want to tell me none of them have ever voted yes on one of our glorious federal budgets?
Maybe in the ether that clouds all thinking inside the beltway they are the most conservative choices. But through the filter of the constitution they are all big government socialists.
Let’s look at who voted for what (only showing those in the Senate at the time):
Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003?
CORNYN - Yea
ENSIGN - Yea
ENZI - Yea
INHOFE - Yea
No Child Left Behind 2001?
ENSIGN- Yea
ENZI - Yea
INHOFE - Nay
TARP?
BARRASSO - Nay
BURR - Yea
COBURN - Yea
CORNYN - Yea
DeMINT - Nay
ENSIGN - Yea
ENZI - Nay
INHOFE - Nay
THUNE - Yea
VITTER - Nay
Getting a perfect score for 2009 from ACU doesn’t mean you’re conservative. I’m not trying to belittle individual senators. I am just pointing out the problem with “conservative ratings”. The system is broken.