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FrankRep
08-04-2012, 09:53 AM
http://www.capitolhillblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/080412markclayton-460x305.jpg
Mark Clayton for Tennessee Senate (http://www.claytonforus.com/)


DRUDGE REPORT (http://www.drudgereport.com/)



DEMOCRATIC PARTY REJECTS SENATE NOMINEE PICKED BY VOTERS...


Tennessee Democratic Party disavows Senate nominee (http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120803/NEWS02/308030124/Senate-nominee-Mark-Clayton-disavowed-by-Tennessee-Democratic-Party-?odyssey=nav|head)


Tennessean
Aug 3, 2012



The party of Cordell Hull, Estes Kefauver and Al Gore Sr. and Jr. won’t have a standard-bearer — or at least not one it can stomach — in Tennessee’s next U.S. Senate race.

Less than 24 hours after a man espousing conservative and libertarian views surprised the state’s political scene by winning the Democratic nomination (http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120802/NEWS/308020091/Diane-Black-Bob-Corker-win?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|projects18|p&nclick_check=1), the Tennessee Democratic Party disavowed him, saying he’s part of an anti-gay hate group.

The party said Friday that it would do nothing to help Mark Clayton, 35, who received nearly twice as many votes as his closest challenger in Thursday’s seven-candidate primary, winning the right to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Bob Corker in November.
...

Clayton defended his work for Public Advocate of the United States, the pro-life, pro-marriage group in question, and said he was disappointed with the Tennessee Democratic Party’s “zero-sum politics.”

“It’s not necessarily surprising, unfortunately,” he said in a phone interview. “But that’s not the way I deal with my political opponents. I have good friends who are liberals.”
...

The Clayton campaign’s Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/ClaytonforUS) champions three major positions: strict adherence to the U.S. Constitution, family stances that are pro-life, and keeping the country from turning into “AN ORWELLIAN SUPER STATE.”

deadfish
08-04-2012, 10:47 AM
Very interesting... keep us posted on this campaign

Matt Collins
08-04-2012, 10:57 AM
I know Mark somewhat, he is a Ron Paul Democrat. If you ever chat with him, ask him about me sometimes heh :p

sparebulb
08-04-2012, 11:02 AM
Perhaps the liberty movement would meet less resistance by trying to grow within the Communist, er, Democrat party instead of the National Socialist,,er, Republican party.

HOLLYWOOD
08-04-2012, 11:02 AM
Democrats at both the state and national Politburos, did the same thing in South Carolina...

Democrat Bob Conley

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Conley

The ONE 'Insider Establishment Party'... this should be the eye opening articles written on how the political game is controlled @ the federal level by the elitists.


After Bob Conley beat Cone in the primary he went on to compete against incumbent Republican senator Lindsey Graham. Conley's campaign followed his mantra of fiscal conservatism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiscal_conservatism) spending only $15,202 for 42.25% of the vote on November 5 to Graham's $6,596,229 for 57.53%

Brett85
08-04-2012, 11:39 AM
I didn't know anything about Bob Conley in 2008. If we could've actually funded his campaign, I think he could've actually beat Graham. It's amazing that he got 42% of the vote with basically no money at all.

Tiso0770
08-04-2012, 11:41 AM
Wow, WTF are you doing Tenn.....it looks like the Socialist have taken over the Dems process in Tenn. The 2 party system is absolutely Anti Freedom and American.

FrankRep
08-04-2012, 11:46 AM
Wow, WTF are you doing Tenn.....it looks like the Socialist have taken over the Dems process in Tenn. The 2 party system is absolutely Anti Freedom and American.

A book was written in the 1960s talking about the Socialist/Progressive takeover of the Democratic party.


http://cc.pbsstatic.com/l/85/6085/9780911956085.jpg (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0911956085/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=libert0f-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0911956085)


Democrat's Dilemma: How the Liberal Left Captured the Democratic Party (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0911956085/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=libert0f-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0911956085)
Philip M. Crane, 1964



Professor Crane's excellent, well-documented history details the steps taken by the Fabian socialists in bringing about a statist U.S.A. Although published in the mid sixties, this book helps the reader understand why and how today's far-left "progressives" have achieved the Obama/Pelosi reign of 2009.

FrankRep
08-04-2012, 11:49 AM
I didn't know anything about Bob Conley in 2008. If we could've actually funded his campaign, I think he could've actually beat Graham. It's amazing that he got 42% of the vote with basically no money at all.

The New Democrat (http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/2425-the-new-democrat) (The New American | 02 September 2008)



According to Bob Conley, the Democrat nominee for the U.S. Senate in South Carolina, “The New Democrat is the Old Democrat.” And that Democrat is pro-life, pro-Second Amendment, and fiscally conservative.

Bob Conley actively supported Pat Buchanan's presidential bid on the Reform Party ticket in 2000. More recently, he supported Republican Congressman Ron Paul's presidential bid. He is now running for the U.S. Senate in South Carolina- as a Democrat.

LibertyEagle
08-04-2012, 12:40 PM
Interesting stuff, Frank. Thanks a lot!

William R
08-04-2012, 12:43 PM
The homosexual lobby claims he belongs to a hate group. The group supports traditional marriage and his pro-life. So these days the Democrats think you're a hater if you believe in traditional marriage.

Brett85
08-04-2012, 02:18 PM
So these days the Democrats think you're a hater if you believe in traditional marriage.

Yep. That's what the Chick-fil-A thing was all about.

thoughtomator
08-04-2012, 03:09 PM
I'd bet the average "hate group" on SPLC's list is more representative of the American people than SPLC is. Why again did they have a secret informant in Elohim City in the time running up to the OKC bombing, again?

Xhin
08-04-2012, 03:49 PM
Isn't the "don't tread on me" snake a "hate symbol" according to the SPLC?

cajuncocoa
08-04-2012, 05:11 PM
Yeah, most of what we (Ron Paul supporters) stand for would be considered "hate speech" by the SPLC.

Agorism
08-05-2012, 04:33 PM
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120803/NEWS02/308030124/1972?gcheck=1&nclick_check=1

http://cmsimg.tennessean.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=DN&Date=20120803&Category=NEWS02&ArtNo=308030124&Ref=AR&Profile=1972&MaxW=300&Border=0&Tennessee-Democratic-Party-disavows-Senate-nominee


The party of Cordell Hull, Estes Kefauver and Al Gore Sr. and Jr. won’t have a standard-bearer — or at least not one it can stomach — in Tennessee’s next U.S. Senate race.

Less than 24 hours after a man espousing conservative and libertarian views surprised the state’s political scene by winning the Democratic nomination, the Tennessee Democratic Party disavowed him, saying he’s part of an anti-gay hate group.

The party said Friday that it would do nothing to help Mark Clayton, 35, who received nearly twice as many votes as his closest challenger in Thursday’s seven-candidate primary, winning the right to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Bob Corker in November.

"The only time that Clayton has voted in a Democratic primary was when he was voting for himself,” the party said in a news release. “Many Democrats in Tennessee knew nothing about any of the candidates in the race, so they voted for the person at the top of the ticket. Unfortunately, none of the other Democratic candidates were able to run the race needed to gain statewide visibility or support.

“Mark Clayton is associated with a known hate group in Washington, D.C., and the Tennessee Democratic Party disavows his candidacy, will not do anything to promote or support him in any way, and urges Democrats to write-in a candidate of their choice in November.”

Clayton defended his work for Public Advocate of the United States, the pro-life, pro-marriage group in question, and said he was disappointed with the Tennessee Democratic Party’s “zero-sum

politics.”

“It’s not necessarily surprising, unfortunately,” he said in a phone interview. “But that’s not the way I deal with my political opponents. I have good friends who are liberals.”

Clayton acknowledged his social conservative instincts but said he’d been deeply disappointed by the presidency of George W. Bush, the last Republican to occupy the White House.

Tennessee Republican Party Chairman Chris Devaney gloated on Twitter about the opposition party’s failure to find a suitable candidate.

“Nice vetting job by the Dems,” Devaney wrote.

The reaction wasn’t any more sympathetic in some Democratic quarters.

“What a debacle in Tennessee,” the liberal Daily Kos website wrote Friday morning, hours before the party announced its decision. “It's not like Democrats were ever going to have a shot at unseating freshman Sen. Bob Corker, but at least our preferred candidate, actress and activist Park Overall, is a real Democrat. The guy Dems did nominate seems to be anything but.”

Clayton said he’s an unpaid vice president and does occasional writing for Public Advocate of the United States, which was designated as “an anti-gay hate group” by the Southern Poverty Law Center in March. A story on the center’s web site says Public Advocate “has spread lies and vitriol about LGBT people to raise funds, impede progress toward greater equality and to deny LGBT people basic dignity and respect.”

The organization says on its own site that it has worked to support a “federal traditional marriage (man-woman) amendment to the Constitution to defend traditional marriage from assaults from those who claim to promote ‘same sex marriage’.”

Clayton said the group protects “the rights of people who don’t want to live their lives differently.” He said the Southern Poverty Law Center teaches a “gender-bending” curriculum and uses its national list of hate groups as a fund-raising strategy.

The Clayton campaign’s Facebook page champions three major positions: strict adherence to the U.S. Constitution, family stances that are pro-life, and keeping the country from turning into “AN ORWELLIAN SUPER STATE.”

Sean Braisted, a Democratic Party spokesman, left the door open for a possible legal maneuver to try to get Clayton’s name off the Democratic line of the November ballot.

“The only option we are taking off the table in this situation,” he said, “is supporting Mark Clayton.”




Does this mean No more Al Gore's this year?

http://grumpyelder.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/al-gore-global-warming-cooling-climate-change-mininions-sad-hill-news.jpg

Matt Collins
08-05-2012, 04:51 PM
Mark is a Ron Paul Democrat

Victor Grey
08-05-2012, 05:26 PM
I'd bet the average "hate group" on SPLC's list is more representative of the American people than SPLC is. Why again did they have a secret informant in Elohim City in the time running up to the OKC bombing, again?

They are. I've communicated online with enough of those people to know it. I've seen enough to make up my mind anyway.
Debate on their worldview isn't allowed on the blogs I've visited. They're a place for putting out their viewpoint and self reassurance only.

To paraphrase statements I have received in response after removal of my comments, groups that do not like what government does on an issue the SPLC happen to be against, are hate groups in their opinion.

They, "hate government" with "the same level and hatred any racist group does" as accurately I can recall the gist of some responding statements.

SPLC to my understanding used to be a respectable organization. If some man got lynched or beaten, they took action.

Today, the SPLC has taken the term "mission creep" and made themselves a good example of a description.

They venture into things that don't even make sense for the term. A group that hypothetically is for spending cuts would be in danger of having the SPLC look at them and label them an "anti-government" hate group.
Get too far into social conservatism on the gay social issues, you're a hate group right alongside nazis.
The Oathkeepers state they won't confiscate guns or detain citizens in a natural disaster, then they're no better than the Klan when fully trusting SPLC's rulings and opinion. It's getting to be delirious.

This is my opinion, but from what I've seen out of them, you give it a few more years the NRA could be a hate group. Let some gun bill pass the NRA is against, by SPLC present-era logic, them being by against said government actions, their "hate", would equate to the same condemnable hatred of national socialists for other races.

They still have public credibility from the old days of fighting church burners in hoods and things like that, so everyone just trusts if the SPLC says a group is a hate group, it's for granted. People can pull it up and say "look at the X" with the same sort of sneer as if the group's name was replaced with the word "Klansman"

The SPLC are fanatics themselves now.
If they aren't radical now, they're damned getting pretty close to it.

Origanalist
08-05-2012, 05:29 PM
Interesting stuff, Frank. Thanks a lot!

I agree.

Origanalist
08-05-2012, 05:30 PM
Perhaps the liberty movement would meet less resistance by trying to grow within the Communist, er, Democrat party instead of the National Socialist,,er, Republican party.

Not from what I'm reading in the OP.

FrankRep
08-06-2012, 11:35 AM
The New American
06 August 2012

Establishment Balks as Tenn. Democrats Nominate Pro-life Conservative in Senate Race (http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/12331-establishment-balks-as-tenn-democrats-nominate-pro-life-conservative-in-senate-race)

FrankRep
08-07-2012, 08:00 AM
Larry Crim demands another Democratic primary after Mark Clayton, alphabet conspire against him (http://blogs.tennessean.com/politics/2012/jobbed-by-the-alphabet-larry-crim-demands-another-democratic-primary/)
Tennessean | August 6, 2012

KingRobbStark
08-07-2012, 08:46 AM
I love this. We should start a chip in.

jmdrake
08-07-2012, 09:06 AM
I didn't know anything about Bob Conley in 2008. If we could've actually funded his campaign, I think he could've actually beat Graham. It's amazing that he got 42% of the vote with basically no money at all.

^Now you're talking! Instead of just concentrating on "blue democrats" to cross over and support candidates like Ron Paul, we should also look to support "blue democrats" who take on RINOs! The Liberty movement is not and arm of the GOP! Imagine the leverage we'll have over the GOP primary process if they knew for a fact that RINOs might not just face primary challenges (almost impossible for incumbents to lose in the primary) but also general election challenges from conservative democrats as well? In a close race the RINO would most certainly lose. Lots of democrats just blindly vote democrat without even looking at the issues. We'd only need a small percentage of republicans to peel off and vote for the conservative democrat to beat the RINO.

AuH20
08-07-2012, 09:07 AM
^Now you're talking! Instead of just concentrating on "blue democrats" to cross over and support candidates like Ron Paul, we should also look to support "blue democrats" who take on RINOs! The Liberty movement is not and arm of the GOP! Imagine the leverage we'll have over the GOP primary process if they knew for a fact that RINOs might not just face primary challenges (almost impossible for incumbents to lose in the primary) but also general election challenges from conservative democrats as well? In a close race the RINO would most certainly lose. Lots of democrats just blindly vote democrat without even looking at the issues. We'd only need a small percentage of republicans to peel off and vote for the conservative democrat to beat the RINO.

Peel off 15 to 20% from the GOP side and it's a dogfight.

AuH20
08-07-2012, 09:10 AM
State booklicker and all-around schmuck John Avlon weighs in on Clayton Controversy. If you have never seen Avlon before, he's the type of guy you would probably enjoy punching in the face:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/08/06/disavowal-of-mark-clayton-shows-democrats-disarray-in-tennessee.html

Hyperion
08-07-2012, 09:13 AM
I'm pretty sure I'm going to vote for Mr.Clayton. He looks like a paleo-con, and god knows we could use a lot more of them in office.

The SPLC should jump off a bridge. 'Hate' speech my ass.

jmdrake
08-07-2012, 09:20 AM
State booklicker and all-around schmuck John Avlon weighs in on Clayton Controversy. If you have never seen Avlon before, he's the type of guy you would probably enjoy punching in the face:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/08/06/disavowal-of-mark-clayton-shows-democrats-disarray-in-tennessee.html

The Daily Beast? Isn't that Tucker Carlson's rag? Tell me again why libertarians are supposed to like Tucker Carlson?

realtonygoodwin
08-07-2012, 10:15 AM
LOL at his Facebook page "about":


TN VOTE AUG 2ND-May God bless Matt Collins for his courage in standing up to the bailout Republicans who have now run over to attack him for being proud of NOT shaking Bailout Zach Wamp's hand. We stand with you Matt and also refuse to shake Wamp's hand.

Matt Collins
08-07-2012, 12:15 PM
The Daily Beast? Isn't that Tucker Carlson's rag? Tell me again why libertarians are supposed to like Tucker Carlson?Tucker's is the Daily Caller

FrankRep
08-07-2012, 08:29 PM
LOL... People are still freaking out!


WTF is Going On With the Tennessee Democrats? (http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2012/08/07/wtf-is-going-on-with-the-tennessee-democrats/)

Free Thought Blogs
August 7, 2012



After this, one really has to wonder what is going on with Democratic voters in Tennessee. They just nominated a complete whackjob — a right wing whackjob straight out of the John Birch Society — to run against Sen. Bob Corker in November. The Tennessee Democratic Party has condemned their own nominee, but what the hell were the voters thinking?

Zee
08-07-2012, 08:38 PM
How is Clayton a "Ron Paul democrat"?

Just curious.

qh4dotcom
08-07-2012, 09:00 PM
I didn't know anything about Bob Conley in 2008. If we could've actually funded his campaign, I think he could've actually beat Graham. It's amazing that he got 42% of the vote with basically no money at all.

I was one of the few RP supporters who did send Conley a donation.

FrankRep
08-07-2012, 09:04 PM
How is Clayton a "Ron Paul democrat"?

Just curious.


Mark Clayton is pro-Constitution, pro-limited government, anti-NAFTA superhighway, anti-war mongering, anti-Real ID, and anti-New World Order.



- Establishment Balks as Tenn. Democrats Nominate Pro-life Conservative in Senate Race (http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/12331-establishment-balks-as-tenn-democrats-nominate-pro-life-conservative-in-senate-race)



As soon as news of his primary victory against six other candidates went viral, a massive smear campaign was launched to paint Clayton — a flooring installer — as too conservative to represent the Democratic establishment. Among the candidate’s positions seized upon by hysterical critics: Clayton’s opposition to the NAFTA superhighway aimed at further integrating the governments of North America, criticism of “neo-conservative” war mongering, rejection of unconstitutional national ID cards, and opposing what former presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton dubbed a “new world order.”


- Tennessee Democratic Party disavows Senate nominee (http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120803/NEWS02/308030124/Senate-nominee-Mark-Clayton-disavowed-by-Tennessee-Democratic-Party-?odyssey=nav|head)



The Clayton campaign’s Facebook page champions three major positions: strict adherence to the U.S. Constitution, family stances that are pro-life, and keeping the country from turning into “AN ORWELLIAN SUPER STATE.”

Zee
08-07-2012, 09:05 PM
Thank you Frank!

BSU kid
08-07-2012, 10:43 PM
Does Mark Clayton have a shot at winning this with money?

jmdrake
08-08-2012, 09:01 AM
Does Mark Clayton have a shot at winning this with money?

Yep. See: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?385484-Weigel-The-Worst-Election-Poll-Ever-Taken-by-Anyone

It would take a lot of money. But it's possible. Harold Ford Jr. almost beat the first time. Of course Harold Ford Jr. was part of a powerful political family and he had enthusiastic support from blacks and he reached across to rural whites.

http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/4b4f4e1a00000000005e0411/harold-ford-gives-the-thumbs-up.jpg

Why did Corker win? Well there's the real possibility of election fraud (Corker beat Ford in the area of the state with the highest concentration of blacks and democrats and that makes no sense), but there was also a well run smear campaign TV ad that highlighted rumors of Harold Ford Jr being a playboy with a white girlfriend. (Those rumors turned out to be true). I know this is the 21st century, but it's also Tennessee.

What does this have to do with Mark Clayton? Well imagine if he actually got some traction. If he ran some ads about Corker voting to raise the debt ceiling and voting for the bailouts etc. Sure Corker could "smear" Mark Clayton by saying he belongs to a "anti gay marriage hate group" and that he "wants the U.S. out of the U.N." and that he's "against the NDAA" and believe there is a globalist conspiracy to undermine U.S. sovereignty. But that could hurt Corker more than Clayton.

If Corker can let the media and the democrats attack Clayton and he doesn't have to get into the fray then it's an easy win for Corker. But if republicans are forced to face up to Corker's record, it's an entirely different race altogether. Oh, and the anti gay marriage thing would actually help Clayton in the black community.

realtonygoodwin
08-08-2012, 09:15 AM
I would like to actually be able to view this guy's website, but it seems he needs a new server or host or something.

LibertyEagle
08-08-2012, 09:55 AM
I just had a Facebook friend go ape because a Mother Jones article said he believed in the NAFTA Superhighway conspiracy theory. LOL. So, I just posted this from the public-private consortium called NASCO. They are quite open about it all.

www.nascocorridor.com

They even have a pretty little map: http://www.nascocorridor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51&Itemid=57

Enough said. :)

Ronulus
08-08-2012, 10:15 AM
NAFTA superhighway conspiracy theory? Why is it a conspiracy theory at all? I have relatives that where talked to about land being bought up from them etc. It was in the local newspapers etc.

jmdrake
08-08-2012, 10:36 AM
Sometimes government inefficiency works to our advantage.

http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/19226331/tennessee-democrats-may-be-stuck-with-mark-clayton
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NASVHILLE, TN. (Times Free Press) -- Tennessee Democrats may be stuck with anti-gay rights activist Mark Clayton as their U.S. Senate nominee in November whether they like it or not.

In a letter to Democrat Larry Crim, one of the seven little-known candidates who ran in last week's Senate Democratic primary, state Election Coordinator Mark Goins said Tuesday, "There is not enough time to hold another statewide [primary] election before the November general election."

Crim is demanding another Democratic primary be held after the state party's chairman, Chip Forrester, disavowed Clayton, 35, the day following Thursday's primary. Clayton now is the party's nominee in November and faces U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., a former Chattanooga mayor.

In disavowing Clayton, Forrester cited the Southern Poverty Law Center's assertion that Clayton is associated with a "hate group."

Read more on the story from our news partners at the Chattanooga Times Free Press.

jmdrake
08-08-2012, 10:39 AM
I would like to actually be able to view this guy's website, but it seems he needs a new server or host or something.

The internet wayback machine is your friend.

http://web.archive.org/web/20110708163407/http://www.claytonforsenate.com/

Clayton lacks the bandwidth for the attention he's been getting.

His campaign blog is still up.

http://www.claytonforsenate.blogspot.com/

Alas it's in major need of updating.

FrankRep
08-08-2012, 11:09 AM
NAFTA superhighway conspiracy theory? Why is it a conspiracy theory at all? I have relatives that where talked to about land being bought up from them etc. It was in the local newspapers etc.

Ron Paul talks about the NAFTA superhighway

The NAFTA Superhighway, by Ron Paul (October 31, 2006)
http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul349.html

jmdrake
08-08-2012, 11:19 AM
Ron Paul talks about the NAFTA superhighway

The NAFTA Superhighway, by Ron Paul (October 31, 2006)
http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul349.html

Didn't you know? Ron Paul is a conspiracy theorist for believing that. Barack Obama said so therefore it must be true. And there's no membership list for the CFR even though there is. Again Obama said so.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEnuhSScLgc

erowe1
08-08-2012, 12:21 PM
Sometimes government inefficiency works to our advantage.

Inefficiency may be government's one redeeming quality.

erowe1
08-08-2012, 12:26 PM
NAFTA superhighway conspiracy theory? Why is it a conspiracy theory at all? I have relatives that where talked to about land being bought up from them etc. It was in the local newspapers etc.

When I do a google search of my state's official domain for the phrase "nafta superhighway" I get 7 hits, all of which appear to be serious mentions of it as a proposal.

"nafta superhighway" site:in.gov

lakerssuck92
08-08-2012, 08:25 PM
His new website is up:

http://www.claytonforus.com

As is his twitter account:

https://twitter.com/mclayton4senate

I hope he tries to run to the right of Corker and win Tea Party support. It seems to be his only route to victory since he has been disowned by the Democrats...

Matt Collins
08-13-2012, 08:16 AM
Looks like the TNDP is looking to throw Clayton out:

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2012/aug/11/democrats-could-act-against-clayton/?politics

AGRP
08-13-2012, 12:10 PM
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. They're only making him and his message much more popular than he ever dreamed of by throwing him out.

roho76
08-13-2012, 12:38 PM
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. They're only making him and his message much more popular than he ever dreamed of by throwing him out.

Yeah. Hopefully this goes the way of the CHik-Fil-A ban.

Lucille
09-03-2012, 01:38 PM
This guy's pretty great. I wonder how many conservatives will vote for that POS Corker just because he has an R next to his name.


IF ELECTED, MARK CLAYTON WILL:

*FIGHT TO REMOVE SECRET NATIONAL ID CARDS FROM
TENNESSEE DRIVERS' LICENSES

*STAND UP FOR FISCAL RESPONSIBLILITY AND AGAINST WASTEFUL
SPENDING BY AN OUT-OF-CONTROL CONGRESS AND PRESIDENT

*WORK TO SHUT DOWN THE RIDICULOUS AND UNQUALIFIED TSA
COMPLETELY AND IMMEDIATELY

*DEMAND THE ENFORCEMENT OF CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS
AGAINST DRONES AND ELECTRONIC SPYING BY THE GOVERNMENT
AS WELL AS BUSINESSES WHO ALSO SPY ON AMERICANS
UNCONSTITUTIONALLY

*OPPOSE NATO EXPANSION IN EASTERN EUROPE

THREE MAJOR POSITIONS OF THE CLAYTON FOR SENATE CAMPAIGN

1) FOLLOW THE CONSTITUTION, PERIOD

​ Stop non-declared, endless war policy in Washington. Non-declared, unlimited war is a fundamental danger to liberty as it is endless war from which the Orwellian Super-State derives its power. The U.S Constitution REQUIRES that Congress declare war and THEREFORE PROHIBITS the President from waging unlimited war as long as Congress continues approving funds. A constitutional war declaration necessarily requires Congress to define our enemies as well as what constitues victory. Ask ten US Senators why we are in Iraq today and you get ten different opinions. If Congress would submit to the Constitution, this confusion would not exist. The last time which Congress declared war was World War II.

2) PRO-LIFE/TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE ONLY

​ We believe that abortion kills millions of innocent people. We also believe that marriage is between only a man and a woman. The government, as under both Bush and Obama, has no business waging tax-funded propaganda campaigns pitting perverted and immoral behavior against religious liberty law and mainstream family values.

3) ORWELLIAN SUPER-STATE SWALLOWS AMERICA WHOLE

​ The Federal Government forced Tennessee to turn all driver's licenses into National ID cards with a secret electronic tag inside; and has created gigantic "Fusion Centers" for collecting information to hunt and track innocent Americans against our will; and mandates transexuals and homosexuals grabbing children in their stranger-danger zones in the name of airport security. Meanwhile, Congress continues to bring American workers to our knees, driving up the national debt and sending our economic infrastructure to China and Mexico. The US Congress has betrayed Americans for three decades. We must craft legislation which gives American citizens streamlined and legally inexpensive "cause of action" protections against the Federal Government for secret personal spy attacks and groping or else Americans will be too poor to defend themselves from their own treacherous Congress.

Brian4Liberty
09-03-2012, 02:05 PM
I didn't know anything about Bob Conley in 2008. If we could've actually funded his campaign, I think he could've actually beat Graham. It's amazing that he got 42% of the vote with basically no money at all.

That's why you need to visit the stagnant backwaters of the candidates sub-forums. ;)

He was on our radar, but not many people paying attention.

FrankRep
09-03-2012, 02:10 PM
That's why you need to visit the stagnant backwaters of the candidates sub-forums. ;)

He was on our radar, but not many people paying attention.

Edit: I posted the article in 2010! lol.


General Politics -- 35 responses!



The New Democrat - Pro-Life, Pro-Second Amendment, Fiscally Conservative (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?267622-The-New-Democrat-Pro-Life-Pro-Second-Amendment-Fiscally-Conservative)



http://www.sourcewatch.org/images/3/37/BobConley.jpg
Bob Conley for Senate (http://www.bobconleyforsenate.com/), Democrat


The New Democrat (http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/2425-the-new-democrat)


Jim Capo | The New American (http://www.thenewamerican.com/)
02 September 2008

JorgeStevenson
09-03-2012, 03:34 PM
Holy crap this Clayton guy's policies should be a tea partier's dream. Screw the democrats - if any republicans are paying attention they should vote for Clayton over the guy they have now.

Travlyr
09-03-2012, 03:41 PM
Neither the Republicans or the Democrats want to let Americans have their freedom.

XNavyNuke
09-03-2012, 05:20 PM
Tennessee Democrats head to convention without Senate nominee (http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120903/NEWS02/309030031/Convention-Notebook-Tennessee-Democrats-head-convention-without-Senate-nominee)


Clayton released a lengthy statement Friday that attacked Forrester (without ever daring to mention his name) and the party for supporting gay marriage, saying that stance puts the Democratic establishment out of step with most voters.

“The current TNDP chairman and staff are finding themselves politically isolated and left to represent, with taxpayer funds, the fringe of anti-family, anti-constitution zero-sum politics in Tennessee all the while making President Obama look like a far right-winger by comparison to themselves,” the statement said.

Freedom candidates are where you find them.

Give 'em hell Mark.