Let the flaming begin....
The lack of accountability in our elected officials is appalling. Before I even get started on the national front, I want to give just a small and local example of the arrogance of the “in the loop” Republicans. Last week, I attended a function with other Republicans. I was confronted about this web site. We have made it VERY clear that this web site is for those on ALL sides of the political spectrum. We are not going to silence a voice just because it is unpleasant to hear. We are not a Right Wing Establishment; there are enough LEFT and RIGHT wing groups for that. We are creating a place for all sides to be represented.
The Republican that confronted me wanted to know why Steve Sinton was “all over” the web site. Let me make this perfectly clear, Tom Price’s office was contacted and offered the EXACT same opportunity with Control Congress (radio and blog) that Sinton’s office was offered. They turned it down. They were not interested. For whatever reason, they seem to feel that THIS audience is not worthy of his time and investment. They are not even interested in returning calls to discuss the opportunity to post an article (at no cost to them).
I have two theories on this.
Theory one- Tom Price holds a grudge with John Konop because John actually had the gall to want the same thing as Tom wants; to represent his district in the Untied States Congress. If this theory is correct, it just confirms my opinion that Congress Critters cannot stand the thought of a challenge. As an eeevil capitalist, I believe that competition makes us stronger, and I am thankful for opportunities to be challenged and grow. This could only make me better and MORE effective for the people who have entrusted ME with the honor of representing them.
Theory two- Tom Price feels that the audience of this show and visitors of the site (which is made up mostly of people who want REAL change in the elitist DC beltway and our government) are not important enough to reach out to.
This is just my opinion, but- the bottom line is that ANY candidate or business who is interested in reaching our audience is WELCOME! I take GREAT PRIDE in this. I realize my political stand it far to the right of most, but I am not scared of the free exchange of ideas, and I am sick of the “upper crust” treating average Americans like gum on the bottom of their shoe because they have the temerity to want honest and strong leadership that is representative of the very values and ideology that the leaders claimed as the basis for their candidacy.
As for the national example, Hastert’s handling of the Foley “scandal” is a prime example of lack of accountability. If true conservatives are honest with themselves, and look at all the facts of this case (not just the ones that make the Libs look bad) they have to admit that Hastert was at the very least, inept in his duties. Hastert was made aware of Foley’s behavior far before anyone “knew” about the emails or IM’s. Hastert did not deal with the red flags head-on, which lead to Republicans being on the defensive of a deliberate and calculated Liberal hack job in the midst of the election.
I am not calling for Hastert to resign, and I am waiting for all the facts to come out before I even begin to claim that Hastert actively tried to cover anything up. What I am saying is that I want someone who is going to take a pro-active role in protecting the interests of the American people and an aggressive role in cleaning up our own back yard, instead of letting the Liberal hacks do it. The next time someone wraps their mouth around a whistle and starts blowing it on inappropriate behavior and ethics in the Republican Party, I want our own guys doing the whistle blowing, not the Drive By Media or the likes of a Soros front group like CREW (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington). I NEVER again want to see the likes of Pelosi have the opportunity to hit the media with the chance to try and claim the higher road on such on issue as values and protecting our children.
As for Hastert, the majority party members vote for House Speaker. You don't get a vote in that election but you do get to choose one of the electors IF we win next month. Your decision.
I really enjoyed the show yesterday. Your co-host really bugged me though by constantly talking about "Joe Scarsboro" and "Mitch Romney." It's Scarborough (no "s" in the middle) and Mitt (no "ch") Romeny! That was so distracting from the points he was trying to make.
I jumped up and pumped my hand when you got onto the "it's the primaries" notion towards the end of the show. The time to make a difference is when we can get conservative Republicans (or Democrats) in as the condidates, not when we're forced to choose between RINOs and Dhimmicrats. I'll always choose the RINO (...well, not in the case of Chafee or McClame, I guess) over the Dhimmicrat, but I want to have a different choice, and that argument starts November 8th of this year.
I have to tell you I'm not willing to climb on the "Hastert should have known" bandwagon yet. There has been too much "evidence" that has later been contradicted for me to be willing to accept any source as definitive. I'm checking with lots of sources, both public and private, and will form my judgement accordingly. I will say that my usual contrary nature kicks in when both Nancy Pelosi and Pat Buchannan want Hastert's scalp. Talk about an unholy alliance!
I think that you are listening to the media too much, and buying into their Chicken Little spin on every little thing. Things are not as clear-cut in the real world such that the perfect course of action is always obvious. And the Congress is made up of 435+100 super-egos-- each answering to a different group of constituencies.
I don't know who Price and Sinton are so I'll not touch that whole thing..
Your comments on Hastert are a case in point that the DBM is causing you to act somewhat hysterical. Hastert is a good man, and he has done a fine job with what he has been given to work with.
If the country were monolithically in agreement with you, (and I and many other Freepers) about what needed to be done to solve all of our domestic and global issues, then it would be easy to elect the perfect candidates and they would enact the perfect legislation. In the real world, there are a lot of lefties, socialists and people willing to trade freedom for security. They want a nanny state to take care of them. And they vote, and they make up the majority in a number of districts and states. And you and I can't stop them.
All we can do is to see that we have good conservatives running in Red districts, and give them enough support to win the primary and then the general. There is little to be done to get a Conservative Senator from the Northeast-- if it ever happens we should view it as a gift.
And term limits for US congressmen will require an Amendment and we have bigger fish to fry than this at the moment, I'm not even sure they would be a good thing in many cases.
I'm looking forward to hearing your show, hope you are enjoying it so far!