Robert C Smith considers run for FL Senate

[nayjevin]

(Live Free or Die Political Action Committee Founder and Director)

YouTube - Senator Bob Smith On Running for the Florida Senate Seat in 2010 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNk47-5hh-c)

Robert 'Bob' C Smith's youtube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/SenatorBobSmith

Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_C._Smith

Google search:
http://www.google.com/search?&q=robert+c+smith+new+hampshire

Robert C 'Bob' Smith


Born March 30, 1941 in Trenton, NJ
Official Sites
Robert C Smith's YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/SenatorBobSmith

Un-official Sites
Robert C Smith @ Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_C._Smith
Bio @ Congress.gov (http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000606)

Accomplishments

Education
Bachelor's degree - Lafayette College - 1965 - B.A. Government and La

Employment/Business Experience
High and Junior High School history and English teacher, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire and Torrance, California 1967-1973
Everglades Foundation, Miami, Florida - President 2004-2007
First America Bank, Sarasota, Florida Founding Director 2003-present
Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate, Sarasota, Florida Broker 2003-2004, 2008
Yankee Pedlar Real Estate, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire Owner 1977-1984

Military Service
U.S. Navy - 1965-1967, including a year of duty in Vietnam, enlisted E-4, served aboard USS Navasota in the Gulf of Tonkin in 1965
Five years in the Naval Reserve 1962-1965, 1967-1969

Political Experience
Representative - New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1985 to December 1990. 99th, 100th, and 101st Congress
Senator, NH - appointed in 1990, re-elected and served from January 3, 1991, to January 3, 2003
Chair, Select Committee on Ethics (One Hundred Fifth and One Hundred Sixth Congresses)
Committee on Environment and Public Works (One Hundred Sixth Congress and One Hundred Seventh Congress), Ranking Member 2001-2003
Armed Services Committee
· Chairman Acquisition and Technology Subcommittee
· Chairman Strategic Forces Subcommitte
Judiciary Committee

Awards and Honors
Live Free or Die Political Action Committee Founder and Director
Ranked in the top 5 percent of the House and Senate as one of the most conservative members on social, economic and military issues
National Taxpayers Friend Award for votes saving taxpayer dollars
Airline Security Award from the Allied Pilots Association for supporting guns in the cockpits
Golden Gavel Award for chairing the U.S. Senate for over 100 hours
National Security Leadership Award for votes promoting a strong national defense
Bill of Rights Defender of the Year Award presented by Gun Owners of America for defending the Second Amendment
League of Private Property Voters for promoting and protecting private property rights
Numerous awards from American Legion, Disabled Veterans and other veterans groups for work on POW/MIA accounting and overall support of veterans issues
Nationally recognized by Humane Society of the United States and other groups for introducing and passing legislation for the prevention of animal abuse
Pro-Life Leader in the House and Senate for 18 years
Candidate for Republican Nomination for the 2000 Presidential Election

[nayjevin]

Bob Smith's voting record:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes.xpd?&person=300155

[Imperial]

He's gonna go up against Charlie Crist...

[Roxi]

YAY!! great guy! ill do what i can to promote him!

[heath.whiteaker]

The majority of Ron Paul guys in Florida are either supporting Dr. Marion Thorpe or Marco Rubio. I don't think this guy has any name recognition with anyone in Florida. Next is the fact that he is a transplant. That doesn't go over very well with people.

[nayjevin]

The majority of Ron Paul guys in Florida are either supporting Dr. Marion Thorpe or Marco Rubio. I don't think this guy has any name recognition with anyone in Florida. Next is the fact that he is a transplant. That doesn't go over very well with people.

bob's been active for 20 some years... anyone paying attention to conservative / libertarian issues has probably heard of him. our job is to make sure the rest of the folks do.

what does a 'majority of ron paul guys' entail? did you do a survey? lol...

need to back up your claims if they have any factual basis. this is the guy who founded the operation live free or die PAC.

who are these other folks? if you think they are better candidates then I suggest you start another thread about them with similar credential information and link to them here so the free market can decide.please don't hijack this thread with divisive/dilluding posts.

btw what is a transplant? thanks

[heath.whiteaker]

A transplant is someone NOT from Florida. Such as this guy. Why is he running in Florida rather than NH? Honestly if I was to put money on this race with Crist, Rubio, Thorpe, Smith for a primary... i'd say best Smith could do is 4%

As a member of the RLC I can say no one has even mentioned this guy until this past week. When speaking with other Republicans at REC meetings they have NO IDEA who he is. So he has NO NAME RECOGNITION among the republicans that would be voting for him in the primary...

There will be a primary. I don't see him getting very far. As for high-jacking a thread. I am still on topic. I was not endorsing any other candidate via your thread.

[Imperial]

He is probably running in Florida because if he ran in New Hampshire he would be up against Sununu, who would be pretty hard to beat anyway.

[nayjevin]

A transplant is someone NOT from Florida. Such as this guy. Why is he running in Florida rather than NH? Honestly if I was to put money on this race with Crist, Rubio, Thorpe, Smith for a primary... i'd say best Smith could do is 4%

As a member of the RLC I can say no one has even mentioned this guy until this past week. When speaking with other Republicans at REC meetings they have NO IDEA who he is. So he has NO NAME RECOGNITION among the republicans that would be voting for him in the primary...

There will be a primary. I don't see him getting very far. As for high-jacking a thread. I am still on topic. I was not endorsing any other candidate via your thread.

Nah, what I'm getting at is that you are providing opinions based on your unofficial estimates and limited contact.

For instance : 'As a member of the RLC I can say no one has even mentioned this guy until this past week. ' .... really means that you hadn't heard of him until this past week... it just seems like you are trying to state things as negatively as possible.

I personally like to see liberty candidates run wherever possible -- it helps the message get out. Even a losing candidacy can be extroardinarily effective -- look at Ron Paul. Since when did we care about electability anyway? I thought this was about principles.

BTW, thanks for the explanation on a transplant... but isn't Jeb Bush a transplant? I can see this mattering to some people -- but I can't imagine this would matter to liberty supporters whom he needs to spread the word.

Now, I don't see any problem with you stating an opinion that money is spent better elsewhere, it just seems like it should be done with facts and an honest understanding of your own limited ability to guage the true electability of the candidate -- not on personal testimony in limited (albeit relevant re: among republicans) circumstance.

I hope Bob is doing some true statistical analysis of electability for his run - this is an important part of the quotient.

[FSP-Rebel]

He is probably running in Florida because if he ran in New Hampshire he would be up against Sununu, who would be pretty hard to beat anyway.
Sununu got bounced last election by a liberal democrat - part of the backlash against the Bush regime. Sununu was a liberal republican anyway.

[erowe1]

The only FB item I could find for Bob Smith was this group, currently with only 6 members.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=70337491139

I'm a little surprised that folks in the Florida RLC had never heard of him. They must be people who haven't followed politics for very long. But be that as it may, he obviously isn't doing a very good job publicity-wise. IMHO what might really help him would be if he set himself apart as THE constitutionalist/Ron-Paul-Republican candidate, and put out statements issue-by-issue that were specific and radical, so that voters could identify him in a clear niche that makes Rubio look like a run-of-the-mill milquetoast right-of-center Republican in comparison. Doing that would certainly inspire the Ron Paul movement and might light a fire for him. Otherwise, he's dead in the water, and having served in the Senate in the past will be irrelevant.

[nayjevin]

http://www.friendsofsenatorbobsmith.com

YouTube - Senator Bob Smith on why he is running for US Senate (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha1l3hnzMps)

[nayjevin]

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[heath.whiteaker]

http://www.theledger.com/article/20090608/NEWS/906089939/1410?Title=Former-NH-Senator-Says-He-s-Running-for-Florida-Senate

And just some of the comments I knew were going to happen
I guess nobody told this right wing-nut "We don't care how you do things up North!" Sounds like he's bored being retired and wants to stick his nose in our business now. No thanks.

OH NO!!! Did anybody tell him we don't want anymore YANKEE CARPETBAGGERS down here?

My thoughts exactly. Just because New York will take a carpetbagger from Arkansas, doesn't mean Florida has to take one from New Hampshire. Silly Yankees.

He's waisting his time and money ! Maybe he'll figure it out soon ! Maybe aftr the election ?

http://forums.theledger.com/eve/forums?a=dl&f=2631062365&s=5151088265&x_id=906089939&x_subject=Former+NH+Senator+Says+He+s+Running+for+ Florida+Senate&x_link=http://www.theledger.com/article/20090608/news/906089939

[erowe1]

http://www.theledger.com/article/20090608/NEWS/906089939/1410?Title=Former-NH-Senator-Says-He-s-Running-for-Florida-Senate

And just some of the comments I knew were going to happen
I guess nobody told this right wing-nut "We don't care how you do things up North!" Sounds like he's bored being retired and wants to stick his nose in our business now. No thanks.

OH NO!!! Did anybody tell him we don't want anymore YANKEE CARPETBAGGERS down here?

My thoughts exactly. Just because New York will take a carpetbagger from Arkansas, doesn't mean Florida has to take one from New Hampshire. Silly Yankees.

He's waisting his time and money ! Maybe he'll figure it out soon ! Maybe aftr the election ?

http://forums.theledger.com/eve/forums?a=dl&f=2631062365&s=5151088265&x_id=906089939&x_subject=Former+NH+Senator+Says+He+s+Running+for+ Florida+Senate&x_link=http://www.theledger.com/article/20090608/news/906089939

He's lived in Florida for seven years. So it's a natural place for him to run. I don't see how he's a carpet bagger. And if you're a Ron Paul supporter, shouldn't you be glad to have a constitutionalist option available, rather than just establishment Republicans?

[Imperial]

How do Smith and Marco Rubio compare?

[erowe1]

How do Smith and Marco Rubio compare?

As far as I can tell, both candidates have reputations as conservatives (which really doesn't mean much IMHO), but neither has yet come out with clear platforms they're running on to set themselves apart from the field. What you can gather from their websites at this point is still pretty vague. What Smith says here is good, but he doesn't hit on the anything specific that clearly sets him apart:
http://www.friendsofsenatorbobsmith.com/issues.php
He's also a so-called 9/12 candidate, which means he's angling for the Glen Beck style conservatives.
http://912candidates.org/
I'm not personally a huge fan of that. But I'm not against it either.

He does, however, have a background of bucking the GOP establishment. He left the party in 2000 to run in the National Taxpayers party, which is now the Constitution Party. And there were rumors last year that he might run with them again in 2008 or 2012. I like the idea of getting behind somebody who is not part of the good ole boys network of the party establishment.

[Ladiliberty]

Geeez Louise after reading this thread I can clearly understand how fast rumors spread and how misinformed they can become through speculation along the way.

First He cannot run in new hampshire because he has lived in florida for the last seven years.
He lost in 2002 as incumbent to Sununu in NewHampshire Senate race.

Unlike both Crist and Rubio he has a strong voting history as first a Congressman then as a Senator. Because of this he would enter as a high Senior ranking Senator where both Rubio and Crist would be bottomline Junior ranking Senators.

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=300155&tab=votes

For those that have yet to awaken politically as in "never heard of him" may I suggest several links

http://www.redcounty.com/smith-rubio-and-crist-analysis-roger-grenier
http://www.redcounty.com/senator-bob-smith-another-anti-republican-republican

also try googling Senator Bob Smith


and please stop relying on alphabet or faux fox for the news, try the internet. Wikipedia is unreliable as a source. Please research all Candidates thoroughly. IMHO not that I know everything by any means, but this Candidate will listen,will protect our constitution.

Senate voting record his last year:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes.xpd?chamber=Senate&year=2002&person=300155

Senator Smith represented the First District in New Hampshire as a Congressman from 1985 to 1990. He was on the Veterans Affairs and Science and Technology Committees while in the House. Bob then served as a U.S. Senator from 1991 to 2003. While in the Senate Bob was Chairman for the Environmental and Public Works Committee from 1999 to 2001 and then ranking member from 2001 to 2003. He was Ethics Committee Chairman and served on the Armed Services Committee as Chairman of the Acquisition and Technology subcommittee and Strategic Forces Committee.


http://friendsofsenatorbobsmith.com/

[heath.whiteaker]

http://centralfloridapolitics.com/?p=134

I am standing with Rubio.

[erowe1]

http://centralfloridapolitics.com/?p=134

I am standing with Rubio.

"Marco Rubio is seen as a politician in the mold of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush"

Great. So what are you doing in the Ron Paul forums?

[heath.whiteaker]

Jeb did a fairly good job. Most true conservatives are still fairly satisfied with Jeb. Jeb was instrumental in seeing smaller government happen in the state not to mention saved taxpayers a boatload by vetoing the high speed rail.

[disorderlyvision]

:eek::eek::eek:
Jeb did a fairly good job. Most true conservatives are still fairly satisfied with Jeb. Jeb was instrumental in seeing smaller government happen in the state not to mention saved taxpayers a boatload by vetoing the high speed rail.

[heath.whiteaker]

Just because his last name is Bush please don't put him in the same category. I believe Jeb had the brains out of the bunch.