Maine State Senator Eric Brakey is on the committee. He posted yesterday about them passing his "Right to Try" amendment. And now just posted that two other of his amendments have passed committee: Auditing the Pentagon, and Abolishing the IRS...
Don't let others get you down. Not naysayers, not pretenders, not appeasers, not opportunists; none of em.
What others do pales beside what YOU do.
Press on! - The r3VOLution continues...
"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence.Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race."
~ C.Coolidge
Cool.
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Open Borders: A Libertarian Reappraisal or why only dumbasses and cultural marxists are for it.
Cultural Marxism: The Corruption of America
The Property Basis of Rights
And he votes against it...
Don't let others get you down. Not naysayers, not pretenders, not appeasers, not opportunists; none of em.
What others do pales beside what YOU do.
Press on! - The r3VOLution continues...
"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence.Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race."
~ C.Coolidge
I'd say "unbelievable", but spent too many years in politics to be surprised...Why are we talking so much about the Constitution?
Don't let others get you down. Not naysayers, not pretenders, not appeasers, not opportunists; none of em.
What others do pales beside what YOU do.
Press on! - The r3VOLution continues...
"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence.Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race."
~ C.Coolidge
Brakey is great, but really, what difference does it make?
The GOP is disfunctional, the liberty movement is diffused to the point of impotence, and a party's platform means nothing.
The focus should be getting more people like him, and Stickland, and Shem, and Justin, and Thomas, etc elected to state and local seats.
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"A politician will do almost anything to keep their job, even become a patriot" - Hearst
I listened to a replay of a lot of it late last night. There were several who spoke about the enumerated powers and states rights.
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Open Borders: A Libertarian Reappraisal or why only dumbasses and cultural marxists are for it.
Cultural Marxism: The Corruption of America
The Property Basis of Rights
I've been focusing down-ticket for years, where've you been?Originally Posted by Matt Collins
Yes, the GOP can be said to be dysfunctional, along with the DP, LP and GP. Unfortunately, parties are about the only electoral vehicles on the road these days. It is what it is.
Yes, the platforms are pretty meaningless when the parties don't insist on adherence, but, even now, they do have some utility, if only to show people how hypocritical the establishment can be. (On that note I'd imagine there were more than a few raised eyebrows towards the objection "Why are we spending so much time talking about the Constitution", and that the situation allowed Eric to bring others more towards our line of thinking)
I don't find the liberty movement diffused to the point of impotence. Ron Paul's '08 run was the exception rather than the norm so basing an opinion on that anomaly seems flawed.
I keep seeing more an more people calling for Eric to run for Governor. While I don't think it is time yet, things like that will make quite a difference...
Onward!
Don't let others get you down. Not naysayers, not pretenders, not appeasers, not opportunists; none of em.
What others do pales beside what YOU do.
Press on! - The r3VOLution continues...
"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence.Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race."
~ C.Coolidge
And Suzanimal
Couldn't help but think of this meme but I don't even think (aside from a few) the GOP is sweating it all that hard.
The platform is a meaningless document anyways. A candidate is not bound to follow any of it. Once the election is over (if not sooner- say a week after the convention), it is completely forgotten. What it is mostly for is to appease groups which lost or felt left out. Given them a "like" on their Facebook page so they feel good.
If he does it right, that would be awesome!
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"A politician will do almost anything to keep their job, even become a patriot" - Hearst
Are we the party of the sanctity of life? Or the party of indiscriminate war? (paraphrased)
Video - https://www.c-span.org/video/?c46108...-pro-war-party
Don't let others get you down. Not naysayers, not pretenders, not appeasers, not opportunists; none of em.
What others do pales beside what YOU do.
Press on! - The r3VOLution continues...
"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence.Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race."
~ C.Coolidge
Official Campaign Staffer in Maine in 2012, getting us the win. He's doing well.
His assistant director (maybe?), also an Official Campaign Staffer, David Boyer, is also doing well, he's leading the Yes on 1 - the legalize Marijuana referendum efforts in Maine.
Hooray for Maine's Official Campaign Staffers for Ron Paul in 2012.
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