Posted on 09/22/2010 4:41:46 PM PDT by roses of sharon
It is dreck.
The pledge begins by lamenting “an arrogant and out-of-touch government of self-appointed elites” issuing “mandates”, then proceeds to demand health care mandates on insurance companies that will drive up the costs of health care for ordinary Americans.
The plan wants to put “government on the path to a balanced budget” without doing anything substantive. There is a promise to “immediately reduce spending” by cutting off stimulus funds. Wow. Exciting.
There is a plan to cut Congress’s budget, which is pretty much what was promised in 1994. Seriously? In 4 years did the Democrats really blow up the Congressional budget? No — the GOP did that too.
There is no call for a Spending Limitation Amendment or a Balanced Budget Amendment. It is just meaningless stuff the Democrats can easily undo and that ultimately the Senate GOP will even turn its nose up at.
The entirety of this Promise is laughable. Why? It is an illusion that fixates on stuff the GOP already should be doing while not daring to touch on stuff that will have any meaningful longterm effects on the size and scope of the federal government.
This document proves the GOP is more focused on the acquisition of power than the advocacy of long term sound public policy. All the good stuff in it is stuff we expect them to do. What is not in it is more than a little telling that the House GOP has not learned much of anything from 2006.
I will vote Republican in November of 2010. But I will not carry their stagnant water.
(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...
“Okay. Maybe the best thing is to dismantle the Federal government completely and start again with what the Constitution says it is limited to doing.”
I second your motion!
This morning I heard it is 24 pages long. That isn’t what I saw.....
The Pledge DOES limit legislation to a single purpose.
Bought the Rams for $68 million (the book value was $19 million).
Lot's of fun!
And Boehner and Cantor aren't going to swank Dem parties??
Look folks, it’s time to PURGE all of the GOP incumbants entirely, if you don’t know this by now you never will.
GOP to the People:
You must elect us to see what’s in our “Pledge to America” ...
But, a lot of really good legislation with veto ink all
over it would be useful to the GOP POTUS candidate in
2012.
In commercials and in the debates; our nominee could
wave the pages around and say, "President 0bama vetoed
this". "This bill would do X Y and Z." "I will sign it."
All our guys need do is follow thru and get the vetoes.
I think that would be some powerful political ammunition.
Let’s hope.
>>Its time for an Article V convention
LOL. Riiiight.
A constitutional convention is just the kind of gift we need to endow the popular idiots who put Comrade Chairman Obama in power. NOT.
The present Constitution is just fine - it just needs to be reclaimed, unrolled from it’s present utilization in the oval office water closet, and OBEYED.
And speaking of closet - a little less Log Cabin moral compromise and a whole lot more attention to Law, Natural Law, might help the constitutional reformation proceed.
Principles First.
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