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erowe1
03-26-2009, 09:19 AM
I don't know if this has been talked about here yet. But we have an active campaign going here in Indiana to try and draft John Hostettler to run against Evan Bayh in 2010.

Hostettler is a conservative, constitutionalist, non-interventionist Republican. He was one of the 6 Republicans in Congress to vote against authorizing force against Iraq. And he's author of the book against the Iraq War called, Nothing for the Nation. He also has a close relationship with the Constitution Party, and I've seen it reported that he endorsed Baldwin in 2008 (though I'm not positive that he did, at least not publicly). He does have some very conservative positions on social issues that some here might cringe at. But all in all, if you like Ron Paul, you'll probably consider him a better senator than anyone currently in the Senate.

Here's the website:
http://www.hostettler2010.com
(Please go there and sign the petition, btw, if you like the idea.)

And here's our Facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=55158541316

What do you all think about this?
Do you think we can get a whole section of the board devoted to Hostettler 2010 like we have for Peter Schiff and Rand Paul?

jrich4rpaul
03-26-2009, 02:09 PM
http://www.ontheissues.org/IN/John_Hostettler.htm

Voted YES on making the PATRIOT Act permanent. (Dec 2005)

No thanks.

erowe1
03-27-2009, 11:21 AM
That is a valid objection. I definitely don't think he's a perfect candidate. But I do think he's a big improvement over Bayh (who also voted for the Patriot Act), and is still better than any current senator, Republican or Democrat. I give Hostettler a lot of credit for being against the Iraq War and pretty solidly non-interventionist overall (a la Buchanan). He voted against CAFTA, and other treaties. He had some anti-UN votes (although I doubt he went as far as RP in calling for us to leave it entirely). He voted against Bush's prescription drug entitlement and against No Child Left Behind. He was one of only 3 congressman to vote against a bill to halt violence against women on the grounds of it being unconstitutional. He clearly is not an establishment Republican who the party leaders can count on to toe their line.

The Patriot Act vote is a big mark against him, probably the biggest (there are a few others that seem to me to be much less serious). I don't know if he has changed his position on that at all or how he explains why he did it. I'd like to hear him address it. But when I look at that vote in the context of everything else about him, I still want him to run.