Posted on 09/23/2010 9:15:25 AM PDT by Notary Sojac
Making pledges is easy. Keeping them? Not so much. Just ask Mr. Hope and Change. The new GOP pledge is fine as far as it goes especially the upfront acknowledgment that governments powers derive from the consent of the governed, not from the penumbras emanating from the fingertips of all President Obamas czars.
But actions speak louder than words. And no action bespoke of the gap between conservative rhetoric and reality louder than the hysterical votes of 91 Republicans who voted with Chicken Little Democrats under the Republican Bush administration to pass the TARP all-purpose banking/auto suppliers/life insurance/AIG bailout.
For a depressing look at how so many supposedly limited government Republicans caved in the face of panic fomented by naked-emperor financial bureaucrats, see my liveblog of the Crap Sandwich vote on October 3, 2008.
Here is the roll call vote from that day.
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Print and save it. Its a useful reminder of which Republicans stood by their principles and which ones abandoned their fine pledges to uphold the Constitution, laws of the United States, and free-market principles in the heat of battle.
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Words that will live in infamy: This is not a time for ideological purity.
(Excerpt) Read more at michellemalkin.com ...
yeah and where’s all our money that they confiscated (stole)
Is it perfect NO it just 1 hell of a lot better then anything we gotten out of either party since Reagan was President.
The Contract in 1994 gave less specifics about how they would try to reign in spending. Something you mindless bitch bots seem to forget.
But mindlessly bitching all the time is so much easier for you two then actually bothering to LEARN anything now isn't it?
Do I no long have a right to complain when I see a wrong?
My children and grandchildren do not have decades to see things set right.
Do you and yours have decades to wait?
"Michelles point [is] that we couldnt trust them to honor the Constitution before (aka law of the land), a document they had taken a solemn oath to protect and defend, so how can we trust them to honor a mere pledge?"
As is sometimes said:
"Once burnt, twice learnt."
Most of the posters here are Democratic trolls paid by Soros. They are trying to divide the Republican party by turning us against each other.
Some of you still think this is some kind of game. It is not. It is war. The O Democrat regime is an enemy of the Republic. The only effective force against that enemy at this time is the GOP.
So yeah, they are far from perfect but right now they are the ONLY game in town that has a shot of derailing the Democrat Fascist machine.
So yeah no matter if it is Rovebot RINOS or habitually bitching whiners perfectionists like you, anyone who spends all their time shooting their own side in the back like this, at this time of crises in US politics, deserves nothing but contempt and scorn
WHEN IS MICHELLE GOING TO RUN FOR OFFICE??
I JUST HEARD TODAY THERE WAS A RACIST CRAPHEAD THAT NEEDED TO BE TOSSED OUT IN NY
CAN WE DRAFT HER?
HOW ABOUT A WRITE-IN CAMPAIGN?
Ending TARP is wonderful. I have no problem with that. The government needs to get out of business. I’d love to see a call for separation between commerce and state.
okay, if that is what you think I am, and what I deserve, would you please refrain from posting to me? or go for the throat and say I am abusing you...okay?
Spare us the posturing. You are singing the same 1 note song you have been singing since you signed up here.
Some of you still think this is some kind of game. It is not. It is war. The O Democrat regime is an enemy of the Republic. The only effective force against that enemy at this time is the GOP.
So yeah, they are far from perfect but right now they are the ONLY game in town that has a shot of derailing the Democrat Fascist machine.
So yeah no matter if it is Rovebot RINOS or habitually bitching whiners perfectionists like you, anyone who spends all their time shooting their own side in the back like this, at this time of crises in US politics, deserves nothing but contempt and scorn
Thanks for the new tagline, Michelle!
Repost, hopefully tagline works out better...
DANG! lol try again...
When a deadlock developed over the question of how the states should be represented in Congress, Franklin rephrased the problem in simple yet direct terms: “If a property representation takes place, the small states contend their liberties will be in danger. If an equality of votes takes place, the large states say their money will be in danger. When a broad table is to be made, and the planks do not fit, the artist takes a little from both, and makes a good joint.” In the end, Franklin was an important member of the committee that adjusted the matter of representation, thus working out the “good joint” that was to be the most important prerequisite to the adoption of the Constitution. When the time came to sign the document, Franklin encouraged his fellow delegates to take this spirit of compromise to its conclusion by lending the Constitution their unanimous support, despite the fact that he himself did not approve of every aspect of the new plan of government. He concluded: “On the whole . . . I cannot help expressing a wish that every member of the Convention . . . would with me, on this occasion, doubt a little of his own infallibility, and to make manifest our unanimity, put his name to the instrument.”
You two are actively working to help the Obama Democrats with your mindless habitual knee jerk bitching. You are Democrats campaign activists in everything but name. This is not a game, this is war and you 2 are fighting on the other side.
You two are actively working to help the Obama Democrats with your mindless habitual knee jerk bitching. You are Democrats campaign activists in everything but name. This is not a game, this is war and you 2 are fighting on the other side.
looks like I am going to have to ignore you after this post; you will not stop. You do not know me! Now GO AWAY!
Hell yeah! Hit ‘em again Michelle.
LLS
You’re going to be disappointed.
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