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December 8, 2010

On Voting Republican For Nothing

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Erick Erickson has an alert up over at Redstate under the title, "Did you show up at the polls on November 2nd for nothing?" Apparently, incoming House Speaker John Boehner and Eric Cantor want Hal Rogers of Kentucky to serve as Appropriations Chairman. According to Erick, Rogers is a big spending porker who has been a champion of earmarks. So brazen in Rogers' lust for our money, he wants to put a Lockheed Martin lobbyist in as staff director for the Appropriations Committee -- a lobbyist in charge of doling out our dollars:

But the fight is not over. Today the House GOP must ratify the leadership's decisions and we can still get Jack Kingston into the Chairman's chair. Go to our action center and fight to stop this. Call your Republican Congressman this morning. Tell him to support Jack Kingston as Appropriations Chairman.

Stand up to John Boehner and Eric Cantor. Fight for your principles.

CALL YOUR REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN THIS MORNING.

THE VOTE WILL BE TODAY.

Let's not let the GOP fall back into its old ways. Erick's point is well-taken. The time for action is now.

At the time of this post my congresswoman's call center was already full ... hopefully because her phones is ringing off the wall from protests against Rogers being appointed Appropriations Chairman.

And in a much-related piece over at Cato, Mark Calabria alerts readers to the fact that incoming House Speaker John Boehner is likely to become the Fed's new protector ... and at the request of the major banks, Boehner is looking for avenues to either deny Ron Paul that subcommittee chair or to restrict his ability to oversee the Fed. Paul, who is pushing for stronger oversight and a full audit of the Fed, is likely to bring the dirty secrets of the Fed to light. As Calabria aptly suggests, this will be a real test of Boehner and whether or not the GOP will revert back to their old ways: Does he choose to rein in Ron Paul or rein in the Federal Reserve?

Events such as these signal a need to stay on top of the goings on in Washington and the importance of continuously making the GOP leaders aware that voters intend to hold them accountable for their actions. Voters didn't give the GOP their vote for it to return to its old ways of big spending and big government ... we didn't intend to vote GOP for nothing ... and are damn well unlikely to do it again.

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Posted by Richard at December 8, 2010 7:38 AM

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