White Bear Lake
05-25-2011, 03:00 PM
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0511/55546.html
http://www.freep.com/article/20110525/NEWS15/105250370/Thaddeus-McCotter-considers-entering-2012-presidential-race?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|s
Never heard of this guy before, but multiple news sources say he might be jumping in? He's from Detroit, apparently plays rock and rolls, and sounds like a typical neocon. Wikipedia:
McCotter is a member of both the moderate Republican Main Street Partnership and the conservative Republican Study Committee.
In May 2007, House Minority Leader John Boehner labeled a bill by House Democrats aimed at stopping energy price gouging "as pointless political pandering."[1] McCotter and 55 other Republicans voted for the bill.
McCotter has been an avid supporter of the United States' involvement in the Iraq War. His continued support for the war has led to some community protest. Several groups have joined together under the banner of "Americans Against Escalation in Iraq" to pressure him into voting to end the war. On July 5, 2007, forty members of the community staged a press conference and a demonstration in front of the congressman's office.[citation needed] Organizers also promised to hold a three-day vigil called "Take a Stand Day" on August 28 in order to convince McCotter that his constituents wanted him to end the war and bring the troops home safely. In late fall 2007, opponents of McCotter hold weekly vigils outside of his Milford office in Oakland County to protest his consistent support of President George W. Bush's policies in Iraq.
On September 22, 2008, McCotter became the first Republican in the House of Representatives to oppose the Paulson bailout plan, calling it "American socialism." A week later, he and 132 other Republicans voted against the $700 billion bailout bill.
A July 24, 2009, press release from McCotter's House website states that McCotter will introduce a House Resolution on July 27, 2009, calling on President Obama to apologize to Sgt. James Crowley for his remarks about the latter's arresting Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. for disorderly conduct on July 16, 2009, if President Obama doesn't first issue an apology on his own.[2]
On November 7, 2009, McCotter voted against the America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, along with all but one of the other Republican Congressman. The bill passed 220-215.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thad_McCotter
Anyone got the scoop on this guy? The more non-libertarians that split the vote, the better I say.
http://www.freep.com/article/20110525/NEWS15/105250370/Thaddeus-McCotter-considers-entering-2012-presidential-race?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|s
Never heard of this guy before, but multiple news sources say he might be jumping in? He's from Detroit, apparently plays rock and rolls, and sounds like a typical neocon. Wikipedia:
McCotter is a member of both the moderate Republican Main Street Partnership and the conservative Republican Study Committee.
In May 2007, House Minority Leader John Boehner labeled a bill by House Democrats aimed at stopping energy price gouging "as pointless political pandering."[1] McCotter and 55 other Republicans voted for the bill.
McCotter has been an avid supporter of the United States' involvement in the Iraq War. His continued support for the war has led to some community protest. Several groups have joined together under the banner of "Americans Against Escalation in Iraq" to pressure him into voting to end the war. On July 5, 2007, forty members of the community staged a press conference and a demonstration in front of the congressman's office.[citation needed] Organizers also promised to hold a three-day vigil called "Take a Stand Day" on August 28 in order to convince McCotter that his constituents wanted him to end the war and bring the troops home safely. In late fall 2007, opponents of McCotter hold weekly vigils outside of his Milford office in Oakland County to protest his consistent support of President George W. Bush's policies in Iraq.
On September 22, 2008, McCotter became the first Republican in the House of Representatives to oppose the Paulson bailout plan, calling it "American socialism." A week later, he and 132 other Republicans voted against the $700 billion bailout bill.
A July 24, 2009, press release from McCotter's House website states that McCotter will introduce a House Resolution on July 27, 2009, calling on President Obama to apologize to Sgt. James Crowley for his remarks about the latter's arresting Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. for disorderly conduct on July 16, 2009, if President Obama doesn't first issue an apology on his own.[2]
On November 7, 2009, McCotter voted against the America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, along with all but one of the other Republican Congressman. The bill passed 220-215.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thad_McCotter
Anyone got the scoop on this guy? The more non-libertarians that split the vote, the better I say.