What do you think of Congressman Stockman?

[Matt Collins]

What do you think of Congressman Stockman?







http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BGjbE_sDmg

[FrankRep]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BY_CPixCYAAp7t_.jpg


Rep. Steve Stockman (http://stockman.house.gov/):
Proud to receive a Freedom Index Constitution Award from the John Birch Society (http://www.jbs.org/).


Name: Steve Stockman (http://www.thenewamerican.com/freedomindex/profile.php?id=S000937)
Congress: Texas, District: 36, Republican
Cumulative Freedom Index Score: 100%


Score Breakdown:
100% (113th Congress: 2013-2014)

[green73]

What do you think of Congressman Stockman?

[Miss Annie]

He is DA BOMB!! :toady: I love Gohmert too!!

[Matt Collins]

Keep an eye on this guy.... not sayin', just sayin' ;) :D

[eduardo89]

He is DA BOMB!! :toady: I love Gohmert too!!

Totally agree.

[Miss Annie]

Keep an eye on this guy.... not sayin', just sayin' ;) :D

WOWWW!!!! If I couldn't have a Paul on a ticket,...... nothing would tickle me more than a Stockman / Gohmert ticket!! And you could stick Lee in there anywhere!!

[Brian4Liberty]

Stockman (or his staff) loves to use Twitter.

[Miss Annie]

I wonder........ just thinking out loud here....... if Stockman could be the type of figure to totally unite the right??? :confused:

[TaftFan]

Badass.

[TaftFan]

Stockman (or his staff) loves to use Twitter.

Donny Ferguson does most of them.

[Pericles]

Stockman was out of Congress far too long.

[69360]

He does a damn good job.

[RickyJ]

I follow him on twitter, he seems really good to me.

[Bastiat's The Law]

We need more like him.

[eduardo89]

He's running for Senate!!

[tsai3904]

He's horrible on military spending and voted against the Smith-Amash amendment on indefinite detention.

[jj-]

I think he is better than Matt Collins.

[green73]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BY_CPixCYAAp7t_.jpg


Rep. Steve Stockman (http://stockman.house.gov/):
Proud to receive a Freedom Index Constitution Award from the John Birch Society (http://www.jbs.org/).


Name: Steve Stockman (http://www.thenewamerican.com/freedomindex/profile.php?id=S000937)
Congress: Texas, District: 36, Republican
Cumulative Freedom Index Score: 100%


Score Breakdown:
100% (113th Congress: 2013-2014)

Well at least he'll fight the commie invasion.

[Brian4Liberty]

Where does he stand on Iran?

[tsai3904]

Where does he stand on Iran?

He voted for sanctions and said this about the deal:

405362581356814336

[TaftFan]

He's horrible on military spending and voted against the Smith-Amash amendment on indefinite detention.

No, he voted for it.

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/roll412.xml

[ClydeCoulter]

He voted for sanctions and said this about the deal:

405362581356814336

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, shit!

[thoughtomator]

I find Stockman on the right side of controversial questions very often.

[RickyJ]

He voted for sanctions and said this about the deal:

405362581356814336

Well he certainly isn't working for me by voting for sanctions against Iran.

[tsai3904]

No, he voted for it.

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/roll412.xml

That's the NSA vote.

Here's the vote on indefinite detention:
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/roll228.xml

[TaftFan]

That's the NSA vote.

Here's the vote on indefinite detention:
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/roll228.xml

Was it voted on as a part of the NDAA? He voted against all amendments out of protest, according to Nalle.

[tsai3904]

Was it voted on as a part of the NDAA? He voted against all amendments out of protest, according to Nalle.

Yea it was. Do you have a source for that or an explanation why?

[TaftFan]

Yea it was. Do you have a source for that or an explanation why?

Not one easily accessible.

I would ask Nalle, or even better, Ferguson.

https://www.facebook.com/davenalle
https://www.facebook.com/donnyferguson

[tsai3904]

Was it voted on as a part of the NDAA? He voted against all amendments out of protest, according to Nalle.

He probably did vote against it out of protest. Here's a press release of him filing an amicus curiae brief against the indefinite detention provision.

http://stockman.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/federal-court-dismisses-stockman-supported-challenge-to-ndaa-indefinite

[Matt Collins]

He's running for Senate!!

I must say I knew about this long before it happened. :D

[TaftFan]

I must say I knew about this long before it happened. :D

Tell us your secrets.

[Brett85]

Like most Republicans, great on domestic issues, terrible on foreign policy.

[enhanced_deficit]

What do you think of Congressman Stockman?

At first glance he looked ok.


Tea party firebrand Steve Stockman to challenge Texas Sen. John Cornyn

By TODD J. GILLMAN
Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON – Sen. John Cornyn drew a surprise challenge Monday from U.S. Rep. Steve Stockman, a tea party-style congressman with a penchant for political theater.
Published: 09 December 2013 11:34 PM






John Cornyn: Why I can't support Hagel - CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/10/opinion/cornyn-hagel/)

www.cnn.com/2013/01/10/opinion/ (http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/10/opinion/)cornyn-hagel/
Jan 11, 2013 - John Cornyn says with his pick for defense secretary, Obama has sent the ... to say that a nuclear Iran represents an existential threat to Israel.
Senate Republican Whip John Cornyn - Aipac (http://www.aipac.org/act/attend-events/policy-conference/videos/2013/speeches/cornyn)

www.aipac.org/act/attend-events/policy-conference/videos/.../ (http://www.aipac.org/act/attend-events/policy-conference/videos/.../)cornyn‎
Thanks so much, Roger! As you just heard, Roger accompanied me on my first trip to Israel back in 2002, and he and Linden have become dear friends to my ...
Cornyn: The Case against Hagel - National Review Online (http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/339177/case-against-hagel-john-cornyn)

www.nationalreview.com/articles/339177/case-against-hagel- (http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/339177/case-against-hagel-)john-cornyn‎

Jan 30, 2013 - John Cornyn ... Both Israelis and Palestinians are trapped in a war not of their ... John Cornyn (R., Texas) is the Senate Republican whip.




But when I googled Stockman, some serious questions arose. Is he a bron-again Toecon who opposes freedom for Palestinians because of extremist religious dogmatism?


Move the US Embassy to Jerusalem.

Stockman co-sponsored the Jerusalem Embassy Act


Declares it to be U.S. policy that:
Jerusalem remain an undivided city in which the rights of every ethnic religious group are protected;
Jerusalem be recognized as the capital of the State of Israel;
the U.S. Embassy in Israel be established in Jerusalem no later than May 31, 1999.
Makes specified amounts of such funds available until expended in FY 1996 and 1997 only for construction and other costs associated with relocating the U.S. Embassy Jerusalem.

Corresponding House bill is H.R.1595. Became Public Law No: 104-45.

If so, how does he propose this massaging of Anerican private parts can be stopped?

Unitll he supplies a logically sound answer, my only thought would be encouraging neocon-teocon infighting but nothing more than that.


What goes through "pro Palestinian occupation" Americans minds when they see police state encroaching on them, do they know the reasons why Americans are being groped when going to airports, train stations, sports stadiums, shopping malls?

Increasingly Palestine like fear-centric police state is being gradually built around Americans, they have to know something is not going right. Terrists seem clever/commited enough for their cause that they have figured out ways to incrementally subject American tax payers, primary funders of Palestinian occupation, to what Palestinians have been subjected to for last 40 years.

My speculation is (as I have not seen any polling data on this) that before 9/11 American public supported funding occupation of Palestinians by 80/20 ratio, today it is probably about 60/40 support and after another 4-5 years of TSA/NSA Freedom state/wars costs it would drop down to 30/70. At that point, US tax payers would end funding their occupation and Palestinians would achieve Freedom, give and take 5-10 more years. Sheer speculation as uncontrolled/free US MSM doesn't seem to do much polling on this issue.

Palestinian:
http://www.onbeing.org/sites/onbeing.org/files/migrate/programs/twonarratives/images/checkpoint-strip.jpg (http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=UHJUrT5ixBf_qM&tbnid=GVU4L6SZZgPi4M:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onbeing.org%2Fprogram%2Ftwo-narratives-reflections-israeli-palestinian-present-part-2%2Fparticulars%2F451&ei=qlOmUqDiK4mUkQfkyoHIDA&bvm=bv.57752919,d.eW0&psig=AFQjCNH8U6Jxw1svJUrVIoh-VR6YJhKJAA&ust=1386718502023052)

American:

(http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=z0Qx252g5vmExM&tbnid=NFeEevPciT7LzM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.outsidethebeltway.com%2Ftsa-agent-gropes-six-year-old-girl%2F&ei=KFWmUrTNHNS_kQeyoIGoBw&bvm=bv.57752919,d.eW0&psig=AFQjCNG96zMIiiei7sqBh2d2R4tOhjcjRw&ust=1386718562553568)http://fedupflyers.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Grope-a-dope-13.png (http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=KcbSS0LaU9HrhM&tbnid=VWA6rV39cIdDtM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffedupflyers.org%2F&ei=dFWmUrruFYe1kQfMtYCgAQ&bvm=bv.57752919,d.eW0&psig=AFQjCNE_alBxHlmqyF93OeXkFC1W5j_DXw&ust=1386718952285962)




Palestinian:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx153bakIdQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx153bakIdQ

American:
http://sussexcountyangel.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/tsa.jpg (http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=gJbSKanpTTG3ZM&tbnid=RzmMPZrn04ODYM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsussexcountyangel.wordpress.com%2 Fcategory%2Fpolice-state%2F&ei=u2WmUo3DD4KTkQehpoGYAw&bvm=bv.57752919,d.eW0&psig=AFQjCNFWbbgIvkb2sUcO4TdIWDtkdjBEEw&ust=1386722046774481)




Palestinian:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uKpegbpKX8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uKpegbpKX8

American:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEzFAmue4RY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEzFAmue4RY

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hpxaqo7FS9c/TPqD0Cg4aaI/AAAAAAAAC2U/uSxwHGDlyOI/s400/travel%2B-%2BTSA%2Bblonde%2Bin%2Bwheelchair.jpg (http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=xx3fyeh-9fYEXM&tbnid=5z__Qx5mRiRBPM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpredatorhaven.blogspot.com%2F2010 %2F12%2Fflying-humvee-security-threat.html&ei=l2emUtafNZLLkQfWwIGwCg&bvm=bv.57752919,bs.1,d.eW0&psig=AFQjCNHo7lj7MHaCm_kXUv_87_UIUedj0A&ust=1386723507105871)http://www.resourcesforlife.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/20110628tu-tsa-forces-elderly-woman-to-remove-adult-diaper-300x240.jpg (http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=1YyWKBJL3mqOhM&tbnid=jSNWvk3QSHbfOM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.resourcesforlife.com%2Fdocs%2 Fitem4148&ei=0GemUt2cDsbokQfsioG4AQ&bvm=bv.57752919,bs.1,d.eW0&psig=AFQjCNHo7lj7MHaCm_kXUv_87_UIUedj0A&ust=1386723507105871)http://media.cleveland.com/nationworld_impact/photo/crutches-patdown-tsa-111110jpg-c57e8024d08633aa.jpg (http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=CC1l4UlP3qX7JM&tbnid=f72yojfcy98wHM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cleveland.com%2Fnation%2Finde x.ssf%2F2010%2F12%2Fdisabled_are_used_to_invasive. html&ei=b2WmUqL9EczIkAeP0YGgDg&bvm=bv.57752919,d.eW0&psig=AFQjCNFpLP7F43Q8shbnDt1Am1ST22GyWQ&ust=1386723038809017)


nTool:
http://www.creativecommunityforpeace.com/Album/images/will-smith-jerusalem-israel09.jpg (http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=N0kgpxLPHpgauM&tbnid=KHMcFskyArP-5M:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.creativecommunityforpeace.com %2FAlbum%2F&ei=WlumUoncHYTpkAe894HgDA&bvm=bv.57752919,d.eW0&psig=AFQjCNHVuoWHUvtCOkKaHV0COt2fMYDQaw&ust=1386720468159056)

nTool:
http://bauergriffinonline.com/bfm_gallery/2009/12/rihanna%20security/post_image/post_image-rihanna_security.jpg (http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=O06c7iRwY6vheM&tbnid=NgM1_fDG8toA4M:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbauergriffinonline.com%2Fg-is-for-gossip%2F2009%2F12%2Findex25.php&ei=v1umUr69KYvrkQfP1oHwDw&bvm=bv.57752919,d.eW0&psig=AFQjCNH0YlL1UThDcgTkml9kN9mFYmmF5Q&ust=1386720555725324)


Hot air:
http://www.jewsonfirst.org/images/hagee_aipac.jpg (http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=8Zi60-6woPcEDM&tbnid=m-4Hn-Xsw5e7CM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jewsonfirst.org%2F07a%2Fhagee _aipac.html&ei=jl2mUqqjFsTPkQelqYCwBQ&bvm=bv.57752919,d.eW0&psig=AFQjCNGb1hLA6yitNnYL5C6xA9HOID9yIQ&ust=1386721029117912)




Even if majority currently supports funding Palestinian occupation, it is very unlikely that same will be case another 5-10 years from now the way freedom state is closing in on them.

Link (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?435179-Does-majority-of-Americans-support-or-oppose-Freedom-for-Palestinians&p=5336316&viewfull=1#post5336316)

[Keith and stuff]

I like him, he would be in the top 4-7 least bad in the US Senate, that's my guess. When I think of him, I think of a less jaded Senator Coburn.

[MichaelDavis]

I have my fingers crossed for him. Stockman has a more conservative voting record than Cornyn. He's the real deal and I would be disappointed if he is retired from Congress so soon.

[Bern]

Whatever his faults, Stockman would be a huge upgrade for the cause of liberty over Cornyn.

[eduardo89]

Whatever his faults, Stockman would be a huge upgrade for the cause of liberty over Cornyn.

I agree. We can't have 100 Rand Pauls, but we can incrementally increase the liberty presence in the Senate with candidates in the mould of Lee and Cruz.

If we can get Stockman, Brannon, and Broun in next year that's a huge win.

[Bastiat's The Law]

I agree. We can't have 100 Rand Pauls, but we can incrementally increase the liberty presence in the Senate with candidates in the mould of Lee and Cruz.

If we can get Stockman, Brannon, and Broun in next year that's a huge win.

Very huge win! That should be our goal.

[69360]

I hope he will stay in the house if he fails in his senate run.

[compromise]

At first glance he looked ok.







But when I googled Stockman, some serious questions arose. Is he a bron-again Toecon who opposes freedom for Palestinians because of extremist religious dogmatism?



If so, how does he propose this massaging of Anerican private parts can be stopped?

Unitll he supplies a logically sound answer, my only thought would be encouraging neocon-teocon infighting but nothing more than that.



Link (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?435179-Does-majority-of-Americans-support-or-oppose-Freedom-for-Palestinians&p=5336316&viewfull=1#post5336316)

You know "teocon" Ron Paul also supported moving the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, right?


Like most Republicans, great on domestic issues, terrible on foreign policy.
He's great on foreign aid and humanitarian intervention. Far better than most Democrats on foreign policy.

[Pericles]

Whatever his faults, Stockman would be a huge upgrade for the cause of liberty over Cornyn.

I'd take the 90% solution over the 60% solution any day.

[eduardo89]

I hope he will stay in the house if he fails in his senate run.

He withdrew his filing for the House primary. It's Senate or nothing for him.

Sadly, Club for Growth is sitting this race out. Stockman has $32,000 in his account, Cornyn has $7,000,000+

[Brett85]

He's great on foreign aid and humanitarian intervention. Far better than most Democrats on foreign policy.

Foreign aid and humanitarian interventions don't cost nearly as much as the type of interventions the Republicans support, like the war in Iraq and the War in Vietnam.

[eduardo89]

Foreign aid and humanitarian interventions don't cost nearly as much as the type of interventions the Republicans support, like the war in Iraq and the War in Vietnam.

Republicans aren't going to support another war while Obama is in the White House. Just look at Syria and Libya...had it been Bush in the White House the GOP would have wanted boots on the ground without any discussion.

[Tywysog Cymru]

Foreign aid and humanitarian interventions don't cost nearly as much as the type of interventions the Republicans support, like the war in Iraq and the War in Vietnam.

You realize that it was LBJ, a Democrat, who got America involved in open warfare in Vietnam.

[Brett85]

You realize that it was LBJ, a Democrat, who got America involved in open warfare in Vietnam.

Yeah, but it's always Republicans that you hear defending it and criticizing "those left wing anti war hippies" who protested the Vietnam war.

[tsai3904]

Texas GOP extends filing deadline for 36th District for one week.

http://www.texasgop.org/republican-party-texas-announces-extended-filing-period-congressional-district-36/

[NIU Students for Liberty]

Republicans aren't going to support another war while Obama is in the White House. Just look at Syria and Libya...had it been Bush in the White House the GOP would have wanted boots on the ground without any discussion.

And look how disappointed they were with Obama's handling of the Iran deal, pretty much calling him a pussy. They're just looking for the right war.

[NIU Students for Liberty]

You realize that it was LBJ, a Democrat, who got America involved in open warfare in Vietnam.

And it was Nixon who pulled an Obama by continuing the war after running on a campaign to end it. Who gives a shit?

And if you want to nitpick about Blue Team vs. Red Team, it was Eisenhower who propped up South Vietnam in the first place.

[Brian4Liberty]

Texas GOP extends filing deadline for 36th District for one week.

http://www.texasgop.org/republican-party-texas-announces-extended-filing-period-congressional-district-36/

Robert Paul? Or did we have another liberty oriented candidate?

[TaftFan]

Robert Paul? Or did we have another liberty oriented candidate?
Donny Ferguson, Stockman's communications director and a Ron Paul guy, is pushing Dave Norman, a former state senate candidate. He filed in a coordinated effort once Stockman filed for Senate. That said, I know nothing about him personally.

Here are all the candidates: http://www.texasgop.org/elections/candidates/#United%20States%20House%20of%20Representatives

Where does Robert live and who can contact him? I do know TX-36 incorporates some of Ron's old district.

[Brian4Liberty]

Donny Ferguson, Stockman's communications director and a Ron Paul guy, is pushing Dave Norman, a former state senate candidate. He filed in a coordinated effort once Stockman filed for Senate.

That sounds good. Norman is already in. No need to push Robert if he doesn't want to.

[Brian4Liberty]

TPTB are having heart attacks over this announcement. Articles popping up everywhere. And many of them focus on nothing but campaign money. This is an election, and it is possible to win without having the most money. Who cares how much money Cornyn has if he loses the Primary?

[enhanced_deficit]

I like him, he would be in the top 4-7 least bad in the US Senate, that's my guess. When I think of him, I think of a less jaded Senator Coburn.

I want to like him too but before that would like to know what are his stances on TSA/NSa gropes of children/grandmas and does he support/oppose tax payers fundfed occupations abroad. If he is another Rafael "quick Syria invasion, Cruz, then it's a no go.

[FrankRep]

http://www.thenewamerican.com/media/k2/items/cache/a4ef09e9e0e91935bc449cbab1e98343_M.jpg (http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/17237-texas-cornyn-stockman-u-s-senate-race)



Texas U.S. Senator and Republican Minority Whip John Cornyn will face a wild four-way primary battle, featuring constitutionalist-minded Representative Steve Stockman and two other primary opponents.


Texas: John Cornyn vs. Steve Stockman U.S. Senate Race (http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/17237-texas-cornyn-stockman-u-s-senate-race)


The New American (http://www.thenewamerican.com/)
23 December 2013


Texas Senator and Republican Minority Whip John Cornyn will face a wild four-way primary battle (http://stockman2014.com/#sthash.N5jiWWNc.dpuf), featuring constitutionalist-minded Congressman Steve Stockman and two other primary opponents. “The struggle here is very clearly between big government crony capitalism from Cornyn and small government populism from Stockman,” former National Republican Liberty Caucus Chairman Dave Nalle told The New American of the March 4 primary (http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/voter/2014dates.shtml).

The Austin area-based Nalle added that “Cornyn also consistently supports the establishment against liberty or reform candidates and that's important because he's head of the NRSC [National Republican Senatorial Committee] and has a lot of campaign money to throw around.” Cornyn — the second-ranking Republican in the U.S. Senate — voted to give $700 billion in taxpayer dollars in the 2008 TARP bailout to Wall Street crony capitalists, and once had among the more liberal voting records of Senate Republicans. But from the conservative or constitutionalist point of view, his voting record has improved. For his two U.S. Senate terms to date, his cumulative rating (http://www.thenewamerican.com/freedomindex/profile.php?id=C001056) in The New American's "Freedom Index: A Congressional Scorecard Based on the U.S. Constitution" is 69 percent; for 2013, his "Freedom Index" rating is 89 percent. Stockman put Cornyn's voting record a different way on his campaign website (http://stockman2014.com/#sthash.N5jiWWNc.dpuf): “John Cornyn is a reliable vote for more spending right up until the vote before a Republican primary.”

Stockman, who was elected to Congress in 2012 (he had also served a congressional term in the 1990s), scored 95 percent in the "Freedom Index" for 2013 (http://www.thenewamerican.com/freedomindex/profile.php?id=S000937). Out of 20 key House votes considered by the index for this period, Stockman was rated unfavorably on one: his vote against eliminating the provision in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for indefinite detention without trail. However, Stockman has affirmatively opposed indefinite detention through federal lawsuits (http://stockman.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/federal-court-dismisses-stockman-supported-challenge-to-ndaa-indefinite).

And out of 20 key Senate votes considered by the "Freedom Index" for 2013, the index rated rated Cornyn unfavorably on two: his vote to table (kill) an amendment to prohibit foreign aid to Egypt until another "democratic" election occurs, and his vote against ending indefinite detention without trial through the NDAA.

Cornyn's relatively liberal voting record clashes with some establishment measures of how congressmen are called “conservative,” and many expect Cornyn to tout his rating from the establishment National Journal. FactCheck.org claims (http://www.factcheck.org/2013/12/how-liberal-is-sen-cornyn/) that “The fact is, however, that Cornyn was rated the second most conservative of all incumbent U.S. senators by the nonpartisan National Journal, based on his voting record in the last Congress, which sat during 2011 and 2012.” Of course, the National Journal largely measures “conservative” in the context of those most likely to vote with the Republican Party, rather than strict support for constitutional liberties. So it would be more accurate to say that Cornyn was the second most likely to vote with his party, hardly a “conservative” credential in an era where the GOP leadership just voted to increase spending, taxes, and the deficit (http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/congress/item/17234-president-to-sign-budget-spending-deficit-increases) in a congressional budget vote with Democrats.

But Cornyn's somewhat better voting record in recent years may fend off some of the potent outside groups that have stoked successful primary insurgencies.

Though Stockman became famous for defending the Second Amendment during his first stint in Congress back in 1995-97, the National Rifle Association endorsed Cornyn (http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/nra-backs-cornyn-not-texas-tea-party-challenger) anyway.

And the Club for Growth may be sitting this race out. “While Congressman Stockman has a pro-economic growth record, so does Senator Cornyn, as witnessed by his 87 percent lifetime Club for Growth score,” Chris Chocola, president of Club for Growth's political action committee, told (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/12/14/bombastic-stockman-cornyn-challenge-draws-big-interest-but-so-far-not-in-right/) Fox News December 14.

As for other Tea Party-affiliated groups, they've been generally supportive but non-committal, according to (http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/headlines/20131217-sen.-john-cornyns-allies-launch-shady-stockman-campaign.ece) the December 17 Dallas Morning News: “So far, FreedomWorks and the Senate Conservatives Fund have offered praise for his decision to challenge Cornyn, the deputy Senate GOP leader, but have refrained from endorsing him or promising tangible help.”

Fox News noted (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/12/14/bombastic-stockman-cornyn-challenge-draws-big-interest-but-so-far-not-in-right/) that Cornyn also has big money on his side, as he has been the Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (http://www.nrsc.org/): “Cornyn, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, also has nearly $7 million in his campaign cash, compared to roughly $32,000 for Stockman, further decreasing the odds of a Stockman upset.”

But the race may not be quite as lopsided as Fox News has implied. The Dallas Morning News reported (http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/headlines/20131217-sen.-john-cornyns-allies-launch-shady-stockman-campaign.ece) December 17 that Stockman has $2 million in his campaign account, though his filings with the Federal Election Commission (http://www.fec.gov/fecviewer/CandidateCommitteeDetail.do) do not account for more than about a quarter of a million in receipts through the third quarter of 2013. Stockman can raise funds from supporters of the Second Amendment nationally, and from Texans locally, as he did in 2012 (http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00005918&cycle=2014). Cornyn received some local Texas oil money, but also funds from Wall Street (http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00024852&cycle=2014), such as Goldman Sachs the Blackstone Group and JPMorgan-Chase (http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.php?cycle=2014&cid=N00024852&type=I&newmem=N) (perhaps as a thank-you for his vote in favor of the TARP bailout in 2008 (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14196.html)).

The race will come down to whether the three opponents can hold Cornyn to less than 50 percent of the vote. “The big factor in winning this election is Texas' runoff voting system,” Nalle — executive director at Texas Liberty Foundation and South Central Regional Director of Republican Liberty Caucus — told The New American. “It's all about knocking Cornyn down to less than 50 percent in the primary election. If that happens, then the second place candidate gets to go against him one-on-one in the runoff.”

There are two other primary candidates: Dwayne Stovall and Linda Vega. Stovall (http://www.texansforstovall.com/) is a libertarian-leaning businessman who quotes Frederick Bastiat and the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in his campaign literature, and pledges strict adherence to the U.S. Constitution. He diverges from strict libertarianism, however, on the issue of illegal immigration and amnesty, where he holds a nuanced position in favor of legal immigration and opposition to blanket amnesty.

Houston area immigration attorney Linda Vega (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/linda-vega/9/1b2/710) is the Founder of Latinos Ready To Vote!, an organization that engages in outreach to Hispanics on behalf of the GOP, and she is also a former employee of the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division. She opposes amnesty, but is silent on civil liberties issues such as the NSA and is for a more aggressive foreign policy (http://lindavegafortexas.nationbuilder.com/issues) than her primary opponents: “Our military must keep strong and act unilaterally when we see the need to protect our allies and American interests around the world,” she has declared.

Nalle told The New American, “Dwayne is very popular with liberty Republicans; he's probably to the right of Stockman. Linda is a moderate Republican with some libertarian leanings who is pro-immigration and has strong Latino backing. But I would expect all of their followers to switch to Stockman in the final runoff vote.” Nalle noted that Cornyn could very well lose the race. “As for winning the election," he said, "the strategy is to do what Ted Cruz did, which is to get to a runoff and win on anti-incumbent votes — and the 'anyone but Cornyn' sentiment is strong.” Cornyn recently polled (http://www.politico.com/story/2013/12/john-cornyn-steve-stockman-poll-101149.html) only 50 percent in a poll by Republican firm Wilson Perkins Allen Opinion Research.

Nalle added, “It's going to be a lot closer than the Cruz race was. If Stockman makes the runoff, it will be by just a couple of points — but if he does make the runoff, enough money will come in to give him a boost when he goes solo against Cornyn.”

Politico has already declared (http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2013/12/steve-stockman-john-cornyn-texas-senate-republican-primary-101412.html#ixzz2oJhb5mOt) Cornyn the winner, observing, “Nobody in Texas thinks Stockman has a snowball’s chance of winning against Cornyn, and they’re probably right.” Politico, however, also hedged its bet: “Whatever Stockman’s up to, a look back at his political career makes one thing clear: You don’t want to run in a Republican primary against Steve Stockman, even if the outcome is predetermined. Running against Steve Stockman is not fun. Steve Stockman doesn’t just burn bridges—he’ll burn your house down. Also, sometimes Steve Stockman wins.”

The race promises to be both entertaining and nasty. Politico terms Stockman — and in particular his Twitter feed — “bombastic,” “outrageous,” and even “legendary.”

Here's a sampling of some of Stockman's more recent hard-hitting tweets (https://twitter.com/StockmanSenate):



• “John Cornyn killed the Republican filibuster and voted to fully fund Obamacare.”

• “John Cornyn voted to play the Knockout Game with your health insurance. #obamacarefunding”

• “Liberals love diversity. That’s why they punish anyone who doesn’t think, act, eat, drive and speak exactly like them.”

• “That "Shady" PAC attacker? It's funded by an amnesty supporter and run by John Cornyn's close lobbyist pal who backs liberal Democrats #tcot”


Nalle acknowledged that “Stockman is a polarizing figure. You either love him or hate him. I think a lot more love than hate, but he has made some enemies along the way and there are establishment folks who really hate him for thumbing his nose at them consistently and aggressively.” And Cornyn supporters over at “Texans for a Conservative Majority” have already created a “Shady Stockman” website (http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/headlines/20131217-sen.-john-cornyns-allies-launch-shady-stockman-campaign.ece).

[Matt Collins]

video added to the OP

[lynnf]

What do you think of Congressman Stockman?







http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BGjbE_sDmg

The real question is what do you think of Cornyn! Nothing else matters in this.

[FrankRep]

The real question is what do you think of Cornyn! Nothing else matters in this.

Kick John Cornyn out. Terrible voting record.


http://bioguide.congress.gov/bioguide/photo/C/C001056.jpg (http://www.thenewamerican.com/freedomindex/profile.php?id=C001056)


Name: John Cornyn (http://www.thenewamerican.com/freedomindex/profile.php?id=C001056)
Senate: Texas, Republican
Cumulative Freedom Index Score: 69%

Score Breakdown:

89% (113th Congress: 2013-2014); 82% (112th Congress: 2011-2012); 92% (111th Congress: 2009-2010); 55% (110th Congress: 2007-2008); 50% (109th Congress: 2005-2006); 56% (108th Congress: 2003-2004)

View Voting Record:
http://www.thenewamerican.com/freedomindex/profile.php?id=C001056

[Matt Collins]

Looks like he as a 95% score on the Freedom Index:
http://www.thenewamerican.com/freedomindex/profile.php?id=S000937

[FrankRep]

Looks like he as a 95% score on the Freedom Index:
http://www.thenewamerican.com/freedomindex/profile.php?id=S000937


Steve Stockman scored 100% in the first quarter.
He made a bad vote in the Second quarter, now 95%.



H R 1960: On Agreeing to the Amendment 12 to H R 1960 (http://www.opencongress.org/vote/2013/h/228)

Vote Date: June 13, 2013
Stockman Vote: NAY (http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/roll228.xml) (bad vote)

Indefinite Military Detention.

During consideration of the defense authorization bill (H.R. 1960), Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) offered an amendment to eliminate indefinite military detention of any person detained in the United States, its territories, or possessions, under the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force. Smith's amendment would call for the immediate transfer of such detained persons to trial in a civilian court. Furthermore, Smith's amendment would repeal a provision of the 2012 defense authorization law that requires mandatory military custody of members or associates of al-Qaeda who planned or carried out attacks against the United States or its coalition partners.

The House rejected Smith's amendment on June 13, 2013 by a vote of 200 to 226 (Roll Call 228). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because indefinite detention without trial is a serious violation of long-cherished legal protections including the right to habeas corpus, the issuance of a warrant based on probable cause (Fourth Amendment), and the right to a "speedy and public" trial (Sixth Amendment). Under the National Defense Authorization Act, the president may abrogate these rights simply by designating terror suspects, including Americans, as "enemy combatants." A government that would lock up anyone indefinitely without trial is certainly moving toward tyranny, and legislation to prevent this abuse of power is needed.

[TaftFan]

Stockman voted against the NDAA and all amendments out of protest.

He is against indefinite detention and has even filed lawsuits over the issue.