Romantarchist
10-03-2009, 03:45 AM
There's someone named Jesse Kelly (a U.S. Marine) who's running for U.S. House Of Representatives in Arizona's 8th Congressional District.
http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/AZ08_109.gif
(note: the district also includes the eastern half of Tucson but this map doesn't mark that)
I looked at his website and some of his positions are pretty good. But he was on Freedom Watch with Judge Andrew Napolitano and my opinion of him quickly slid downward. He calls himself a "pro-war libertarian", an oxymoron if there ever was one, considering most libertarians have strong reservations about even thinking World War II was a good idea.
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/38103.html
Here's a video of Kelly's opinion mixed with Adam Kokesh's opinion (I SO wish the Judge had turned it into a debate between the two). Below are some quotes from Kelly:
“I try to stay away from debating the merits from Iraq War.”
Total cop out! Probably a euphemism for "I support the war, but that's not popular so I'm not going to come out and say it". Several thousand Americans killed. More so than on 9-11. Soldiers from other countries killed. Countless dead civilians. Massive increase in government spending. There's nothing conservative or libertarian about that and the merits are in-your-face obvious.
“Obama and McChrystal are right to send 40,000 people to Afghanistan. If we pull out now, Afghanistan will be come a terrorist haven.”
Really? One of the root causes of terrorism in the Middle East is U.S. foreign policy in the region. We used to be on great terms with Afghanistan early in the 20th century. It was also a much richer country. Neo-con doom and gloom predictions suck.
“National defense sometimes means ‘meeting the enemy on their home turf’.”
What we're doing right now in Afghanistan has nothing to do with capturing Osama Bin Laden! I believe the U.S. purposely let him escape in Nov. 2001 because it would signify a "time to come home" for the U.S. military. I'm not even sure if he's alive anymore.
Adam Kokesh on the other hand, points out that these wars are anti-Christian. That's a pretty hefty charge, but he's correct when he says that. I also like how he describes the wars as a racket, just like General Smedley Butler did all those years ago. Protecting us from terrorism? No. Creating profits for bankers, military contractors and oil corporations? Yes.
To Arizona's 8th District: find someone different. This libertarian is a dud.
http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/AZ08_109.gif
(note: the district also includes the eastern half of Tucson but this map doesn't mark that)
I looked at his website and some of his positions are pretty good. But he was on Freedom Watch with Judge Andrew Napolitano and my opinion of him quickly slid downward. He calls himself a "pro-war libertarian", an oxymoron if there ever was one, considering most libertarians have strong reservations about even thinking World War II was a good idea.
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/38103.html
Here's a video of Kelly's opinion mixed with Adam Kokesh's opinion (I SO wish the Judge had turned it into a debate between the two). Below are some quotes from Kelly:
“I try to stay away from debating the merits from Iraq War.”
Total cop out! Probably a euphemism for "I support the war, but that's not popular so I'm not going to come out and say it". Several thousand Americans killed. More so than on 9-11. Soldiers from other countries killed. Countless dead civilians. Massive increase in government spending. There's nothing conservative or libertarian about that and the merits are in-your-face obvious.
“Obama and McChrystal are right to send 40,000 people to Afghanistan. If we pull out now, Afghanistan will be come a terrorist haven.”
Really? One of the root causes of terrorism in the Middle East is U.S. foreign policy in the region. We used to be on great terms with Afghanistan early in the 20th century. It was also a much richer country. Neo-con doom and gloom predictions suck.
“National defense sometimes means ‘meeting the enemy on their home turf’.”
What we're doing right now in Afghanistan has nothing to do with capturing Osama Bin Laden! I believe the U.S. purposely let him escape in Nov. 2001 because it would signify a "time to come home" for the U.S. military. I'm not even sure if he's alive anymore.
Adam Kokesh on the other hand, points out that these wars are anti-Christian. That's a pretty hefty charge, but he's correct when he says that. I also like how he describes the wars as a racket, just like General Smedley Butler did all those years ago. Protecting us from terrorism? No. Creating profits for bankers, military contractors and oil corporations? Yes.
To Arizona's 8th District: find someone different. This libertarian is a dud.