I’m seeing the title of this thread posted a lot lately obviously due to the completely and utterly disgusting clown show we have going on in Washington currently but it got me thinking.
How significant do you think the tea partiers will be in these elections? This is just from what I see and could be gauging the situation incorrectly but I’m thinking that since they aren’t exactly thrilled with the GOP they could vote third party conservative, splitting the conservative vote thus allowing the Democrats to possibly remain in office. I also think though that when it comes down to it, they won’t split the vote to let a Dem squeak by and win the election.
I know its a little early for speculation since things wont be heating up until August and September but I just wanted to hear some of your thoughts on how you think things will shake out come November.
It will take a large incoming class of freshmen Congressmen that have a clear, courageous focus to repeal all of the damages done to our country over the last few years. Action must be quick and the results will be painful but necessary. So much is already moving that I’m afraid sheer inertia will be our undoing.
How many people could get elected and then actually do the following:
Repeal Healthcare
Repeal the financial reform
Stop the Community ReInvestment Act (which got us here in the first place. Ever wonder why the banks all went south at roughly the same time? When Congress mandated banks HAD to loan to people who weren’t qualified by traditional methods, that started the bomb and it was just a matter of time…)
Cut our budget dramatically
Cut taxes dramatically
Enforce the Immigration laws on the books
Begin a phase out of Social Security, Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation, National Endowment for the Arts, etc…
No, I’m just not thinking that we have the time or the backbone to do the right and hard things…
No kidding. Reading news stories lately literally makes me feel like we are living in a sick and twisted dream, not America. I’m mainly worried about the economy at the moment. We are flat broke and our genius leaders think they can print money and spend our way out of this mess. All the other crap going will be meaning less when the dollar collapses.
The Democrats will lose some of their cushion in the House but will retain control.
They’ll hold the Senate. Only a third of the seats are up for grabs to begin with.
Obama will obviously still be in the White House.
Even if the Republicans could gain control of Congress, it’d take a 2/3 majority to override the presidential veto if they wanted to repeal anything. Ain’t gonna happen. Once benefit programs are put in place, they don’t go away…and though the Republican party was relatively united in opposition to some of these things, it might (read: will) be a different story if it came to “taking away our healthcare”.
People who are heralding November 2010 as the saving of the Republic are sorely mistaken, in my opinion.
For the very first time I am feeling a deep seated tinge of that very unsettling something that must have overcome those before and during the Revolution. A feeling of the need to regain a sense of control before all is lost. And I’m not talking about sending more emails or making more phone calls to my local officials as usual. I need to find my local Tea Party chapter and join for starters, then go from there.
That scene yesterday in Congress was flat out scary. We have way too many of the wrong people in charge. Way, way too many.
Please qualify your assertion. There are only 3 qualifications to be a U.S. Senator 1) each senator must be at least 30 years old, 2) must have been a citizen of the United States for at least the past nine years, and 3) must be (at the time of the election) an inhabitant of the state he or she seeks to represent.
If his qualifications for that title were ever in doubt, they’re not anymore. Less than 36 hours after Kentucky Republicans chose Paul as their 2010 U.S. Senate nominee, the Bowling Green ophthalmologist has now plunged head first into a scalding vat of political hot water by declaring that the 1964 Civil Rights Act should not have prohibited private business owners from discriminating against potential customers because of the color of their skin.
November will help but getting Obama out after 1 term will do a lot more along with some more dems in Congress.
Frankly Im not too thrilled about Republicans, either, but it sure beats commies running things hell bent on destroying what is America, and instituting their little version of the USSR or PRK.
Ok let me rephrase things. Rand Paul is a nut. While I agree with him on some issues he is a terrible candidate and would make a terrible senator. For the record I have met him numerous times and know Trey Greyson. I believe in supporting a candidate who represents me and can get elected. Rand is neither.
Not to mention the illegal acts committed by his people on election day.
And you know this how? Because you have the power to see into the future and know what his career would be like? :rolleyes:
That is YOUR OPINION, so please refrain from using YOUR OPINION to make unsubstantiated claims. When you do give it, label it as YOUR OPINION unless you have tangible, objective facts that back up what you’re saying. He made it through the primaries, so obviously there’s several thousand people who disagree with you.
The Party of Pissed Off is here…if you are a washington regular, it is time to go the hell home.
Too poopoo rand right now is the wrong attitude & I know nothing about the guy. I’ll take a 10yr old over 95% of the current elected officials if it has a chance to railroad the direction this nation is headed.
+1. If “qualified” means having more of what we currently have in Washington, screw that. They’ve run our country into the ground for long enough, both Democrats and Republicans. It’s time to remove them.
I agree with getting rid of the Washington Regulars. Hell I am doing my part right now to do just that. I work for a candidate who is newer to this than Rand even is. We just beat a guy who has been in office before and was on his 5th Congressional Bid.
But Rand is a Truther with no understanding of how the system actually works. His comments on the Civil Rights act are the perfect example. He opposes it on the grounds of personal freedom. Ok I think we can all see where he is coming from. But instead of saying that he just says he opposes the Civil rights act, period. You can no say something like that if you want to be in office. It can’t happen.
He comes off as a conspiracy theorist and has given the actions and words of some of his staffers they may be flat out off their rocker. I remember one guy saying something about the Fed Kindnapping the baby of an official and Rand just sat there and smiled.
None of us want the current idiots in Washington. But that doesn’t mean we need new idiots. We need people that can actually do something.
What makes you consider Rand Paul a nut? Why is he a terrible candidate and why would he make a terrible senator? What illegal acts were committed by Rand Paul’s “people”? Did he sanction or was he otherwise involved in their illegal acts?
Does your affiliation with the person you’re working with have anything to do with your view of Paul?
But Rand is a Truther with no understanding of how the system actually works. His comments on the Civil Rights act are the perfect example. He opposes it on the grounds of personal freedom. Ok I think we can all see where he is coming from. But instead of saying that he just says he opposes the Civil rights act, period. You can no say something like that if you want to be in office. It can’t happen.
Please define “Truther” and how do you know he doesn’t understand how the system works? His father’s been a Congressman for Texas for numerous years and also a Presidential candidate so I’m sure he has a little clue as to what happens in D.C.
He comes off as a conspiracy theorist and has given the actions and words of some of his staffers they may be flat out off their rocker. I remember one guy saying something about the Fed Kindnapping the baby of an official and Rand just sat there and smiled.
Please be more specific. “I remember one guy saying something…” is not very remarkable and you’d be much better served providing specifics or links to the occurances.
None of us want the current idiots in Washington. But that doesn’t mean we need new idiots. We need people that can actually do something.
Slander… not much behind that other than a poor choice of unsubstantiated words. I don’t know too much about Rand Paul but I know if he’s anything like his old man, which he is, than I’d take him over most of the old regime anyday. As a side note I’ll be in Louisville next week.
Dammit. I had a huge reply done up and lost it. Will reply later. By the way make sure you stop by and see Joe at Superior firearms when you are in Louisville.