Posted on 06/26/2006 8:11:58 PM PDT by rhema
Well, the state employees in Missouri despise Matt Blunt because he is shrinking the number of state employees in the welfare office.
I am not a resident of any these states and I cannot attest to their conservative ranking, but as a conservative, I have always been impressed with Mark Sanford the Governor of South Carolina when I have heard him speak.
Amen!!
This...list...is so disappointing as to be disgusting.
Bill Owens #2 governor.
Jeb Bush #1 governor.
Boy, are conservatives screwed. We have no bench!
We know what "shrub" is. We just don't think it is, or you are, funny anymore.
And for what it's worth, I'd vote for Jeb Bush in a heartbeat over anything with a D behind it.
Gov. Daniels deserves no credit.
He is a disgrace.
I will cast my first vote for a democrat in 2008. His opponent. I don't care who it is.
He has shoved more stuff down our throats and we're just filled to the brim with his BS.
governors for president for sure. senators not a chance. do you think they will ever get it? I dont.try sonny perdue governor of georgia.
I loved Pawlenty's response. It was a classic!
I'd be amazed if any of the Twin Cities "elites" actually took him up on his offer though. Very amazed.
The fact that they include Perry's $6 million property tax "cut" that was offset by business and excise tax increases (and will result in a net increase in tax collections) as a tax cut makes me doubt the rest of this articles claims.
"How about the Top Ten Liberal Govs. 1) John "Mamma" Baldacchi...Maine"
Teddy "Dumba$$" Kulongoski of Oregon would be right up there. The man is a complete idiot and almost as liberal as the commie before him was. I hope the people of Oregon aren't stupid enough to re-elect him this year, but knowing the people of Oregon, he will get re-elected because half of the state is made up of raving lunatic, crunchy granola moonbats.
That's darn funny! I have often wondered why wealthy liberals didn't simply give more money to the government.
In his current campaign for reelection, he mocks the libs up in Columbia (state capitol for those of you in Rio Linda :).
IMHO, a genuine conservative.
I agree, but Bill Owens let us down big time on the amendment c and d issues. I hope it was temporary imsanity as otherwise
he has been a decent governor.
This is pure unadulterated Horse$h!+.
I agree. I did a vanity post on Perdue several days ago.
In poll after poll jeb bush has at least 60%+ of the country saying they would never vote for him. He'll sink faster than the titanic, we just aren't going to elect another bush so quickly.
LOL, i cant stop laughing...
I did see one poll with his negatives very high. I have not looked for others. I personally don't think such polls are that meaningful for someone who has not been on the national stage that much.
Still JEB says he is not running which is why I keep looking at midwestern governors. If one has the personality and could get the nomination, he would be a shoe in in the general if he could carry a couple of extra midwestern states that have been very tight the last two elections.
George Pataki is #1 by far
TAXES
New York has the highest taxes in the country on EVERYTHING!!!!!!!
SPENDING
Under Pataki New York even though it has ~15 million fewer people it still spends more than California. In 2002 Both New York and California spent $90 Billion dollars. In 2003 with both facing hugh deficits Grey Davis at least proposed some cuts while Pataki even with NY facing a $10 Billion dollar deficit actually increased spending by $4 Billion.
And that $90 Billion number is actually way more since unlike California which has Prop. 13 Pataki can and does push massive unfunded mandates onto the counties (most notably Medicaid). Almost every county in NY has had double digit property tax increases consecutively the past couple of years.
BTW Texas with population just little above NY spent $67 Billion in 2002, And their counties do not have anywhere near the big property tax burdens like NY. Let me assure you the difference between NY and California and Texas is not due to the cost of snow removal.
Spending under Pataki
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HEALTH CARE
Pataki has also socialized medicine in NY more than Hillary ever dreamed. Right now 1/6 New Yorkers are on the state medicaid dole with more to come because even with a $10 Billion deficit Pataki still plans on adding 720,000 more people onto the state doles via his Family health Plus and Healthy NY medicaid schemes. http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/fhplus/index.htm
And lets not forget New York's smoking ban is much more draconian than California's and once again all 38 NY state Senate Republicans unanimously passed it and Pataki signed it.
2nd ADMENDMENT
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1095868/posts
and
GOVERNOR PATAKI SIGNS LEGISLATION TO COMBAT GUN VIOLENCE
Quote
"Governor George E. Pataki today signed into law comprehensive legislation to combat gun violence, including a provision that makes New York the first state to close the so-called gun show loophole by requiring background checks on prospective purchasers for all sales at all gun shows.
The law also requires that firearms be sold with child safety locks; imposes a State ban on assault weapons; raises the minimum age to obtain a permit to purchase a handgun to 21 years old; implements a DNA for Handguns program; establishes a gun trafficking interdiction program; and, directs a study to be conducted on "smart gun" technology."
Environment,
The same thing especially with upstate where there is the Forever Wild clause.
And even though the rest of the country rejected it, Pataki is actually going forward in implementing the Kyoto protocol on global warming on his own.
A little more on the insanity of New York
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