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This Democrat plant was Ronaldus Maximus's state chairman in Connecticut in 1976 and previously was state chairman of Young Americans for Freedom, College Republicans and the Connecticut Conservative Union. Despite Connecticut's small size, my YAF organization was the fourth largest state YAF organization in the country, exceeded in membership and chapters only by (at any given time over a three year period) no more than three of New York, California, Illinois and Texas. I was nominated for Congress at 26 years of age and, despite the fact that the district has been GOP for only two years since 1958, I got a higher percentage of the vote than the other GOP challengers and did that on $6,000 in campaign funds, $1,500 of which arrived too late to be spent. I also served as a GOP Town Chairman in a town whose population was 8th among Connecticut's 169 towns. I also participated in leadership in forcing the repeal of CT's first state income tax law (1971 imposed by Tom Meskill, a conservative governor who wanted the money to hire his friends) before a nickel was collected. Connecticut finally was ruined by an income tax imposed by Lowell Weicker bribing his way to victory on that issue in 1991 as payback for the fact that we took his Senate seat away and gave it to a better man, Joe Lieberman. I also found a lot of time for representing arrested pro-lifers and about 30 arrestees out of 1100 were convicted and the 1070 not convicted resulted from the militance of the clients in "Rescuing" the unborn at abortion mills, as well as NRA members arrested by overzealous law enforcement.

That is part of my track record. Other than coupon clipping, what's yours?

BTW, favoring the slicing, dicing and hamburgerization of thoroughly innocent unborn babies is an awful lot more disreputable than being a Democrat as such. Giannoulias is no prize but he is the Demonrats' problem. Nancyboy is a "Republican" problem. As Clint Eastwood said (metaphorically, of course): A man has the obligation to shoot his own dogs. In Illinois, this year, Republicans who ARE Republicans, conservatives who ARE conservatives and men who ARE men have a mutual obligation to politically dispose of Nancyboy whether that means your taxes go up or not. The issues I care about are one hell of a lot more important than whether you pay 39.6% instead of 35% on your income above $250,000.

Maybe conservatives should consider whether a little class warfare directed against the obsessively materialistic might not be a good idea both politically and morally if the obsessively materialistic refuse to understand their place in the conservative movement (you get support on taxes but ONLY if you toe the line on everything that is important to the conservative rank and file: guns, babies, marriage, military, etc.)

Don't like that??? Become a full-fledged honest and candid Demonrat, give them fat checks in exchange for special deals, and see how that Hopey Changey thang works for ya. This ain't your investment banker great grandaddy's GOP and it never will be again.

Instead of a personal income tax on wages and salaries, CT had taxes on dividends, interest and investments. Those who opposed the income tax were steadfast in opposing those taxes too but it is not particularly easy to defend those folks and the materialistic obsessions that are their lifeblood. They will never have conservative support in Connecticut again because they sold out to their fellow malefactor Weicker when he cut their investment, interest and dividends taxes in exchange for them abandoning the rank and file of Connecticut citizens. Prince Lowell came twenty years before Princess Lisa Murkowski. Pro-abort, pro-perversion entitlement elitists with money obsessions.

You think wrong, but, given your posts on this thread, that comes as no surprise.

As Clint Eastwood said (metaphorically, of course): A man has the obligation to shoot his own dogs.

THAT is tagline material. So true.

Other than coupon clipping, what's yours?

Coupon clipping? My background is that I am a handicapped man who became successful self-made businessman. Yeah, I make quite a bit more than 250K and I am proud of every dollar of it. I do not want the government taking my money to give to the "more deserving." No one deserves my money more than I do.

Since when does a Republican not care about tax increases? You may have been a Republican at one time but you seem to be working for Giannoulias now. You don't even deny it.

Labno my eye. You know very well he has no chance whatsoever.