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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (763875)7/27/2007 12:51:16 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Read Replies (1) of 769670
 
Nice victory for Athens, in the Athens/Augusta War!

And, a *very nice victory* for Libertarian philosophy and true conservatism --- against the 'Big Government Conservatism' of the establishment inside-the-beltway types:

...He has said that, like libertarian congressman and fellow physician Ron Paul of Texas, he will always carry a pocket copy of the Constitution with him and consult it before voting. In an effort to limit pork-barrel "earmark" projects, he says he will even apply that standard to requests for federal funds made by local officials in his district.

He capped off that legislative commitment by offering strong support for efforts to overturn the Supreme Court's 2005 Kelo eminent domain decision that upheld the power of local officials to seize private property for private uses. He also strongly endorsed the abolition of the IRS and the replacement of the income tax with a national sales tax.

But he believes the issue voters were most angry about is excessive federal spending in Washington. He often closed campaign speeches by saying: "Today's federal government is too big, too powerful, and too expensive because it is doing things beyond the scope of what our Founders envisioned the national government should be doing. This is foolish and it is dangerous."

Dr. Broun will now go to Washington to work with members of Congress, many of whom he will no doubt view as indeed foolish and/or dangerous. The conventional wisdom in Washington is that someone in Congress who votes against federal spending that isn't in accord with the original conception of the Constitution will have trouble getting re-elected. But Rep. Paul, who has made his votes against almost every federal program a centerpiece of his insurgent GOP presidential campaign, says he finds that he gains more votes from people impressed with his consistency than he loses from those upset that he isn't a passenger on the federal gravy train.

While Dr. Paul isn't about to win any GOP primaries this year, he is in solid political shape back home. He has won election six times from his Texas district since 1996. Dr. Broun could have similar electoral success if he sticks by the principles that got him elected and patiently explains to voters his reasons for doing so....
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