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Posted on 12/18/2007 9:38:43 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: The Pack Knight
While he’s wandered off the reservation a time or two, his lifetime ACU rating is 93.5.
http://www.acuratings.org/2006all.htm#MS
That’s not a perfect score, but it’s conservative enough for me, and more conservative than most.
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posted on
12/19/2007 11:18:07 AM PST
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dixiechick2000
(There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators. ~~ Will Rogers)
To: WoofDog123
I really think it has to do with the new rules on lobbying that go into effect on Jan. 1, 2008.
He’s going into business with Breaux.
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posted on
12/19/2007 11:19:44 AM PST
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dixiechick2000
(There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators. ~~ Will Rogers)
To: Jet Jaguar
Haley is working hard to get Mississippi back on track after Katrina. Folks seem to think things are back to normal, but they're not. Fully 1/3 of the homes on the coast were destroyed or damaged severely. Many have not been built back because folks were waiting to hear if their insurance company was going to honor their claims. Some will never come back, but the biggest thing hurting the Coast right now is that many businesses, especially those along the water, have not returned.
I'm thinking Haley knows he's got time. When his term is up, there will be plenty of things he can do.
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12/19/2007 1:44:22 PM PST
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SuziQ
To: dixiechick2000
I've seen that score, and I would say that's a very good score from the ACU. I don't doubt at all that he's a conservative on a lot of issues.
Unfortunately, last year his ratings were 53 from the National Taxpayers' Union, 52 from the Club for Growth, and 23 from Citizens Against Government Waste. His lifetime records (that I could find) are better, but still below average for a Republican.
I'm not saying Pickering would be a terrible senator. He's certainly better than any Democrat, and I doubt anyone will be mistaking him for a 'RINO'. I just hope he remains part of the rank and file, and isn't given any serious control over the purse strings.
I'll say that while fiscal issues are far from the only issues I find important, I find them especially important when evaluating Republican Congressmen. It's easy to be a conservative on social issues, since 90% of that is just rhetoric at that level, anyway. It's also easy to vote for tax cuts, because no one really pays attention to the national debt. It's not easy, however, to vote against spending, particularly on one's own constituents. That's why I see one's voting record on spending as a much more honest indicator of the depth of a legislator's conservative principles.
There's no doubt that Chip Pickering a conservative, but he seems to have become a pretty serious porker. While red meat and pork are a good meal to serve one's constituents if one wants to be reelected, it doesn't do the country much good. He's just not the kind of Republican leader who is going to make us a majority party again.
I'm not saying Pickering would be a terrible senator. He's certainly better than any Democrat, and I doubt anyone will be mistaking him for a 'RINO'. I just hope he remains part of the rank and file, and isn't given any serious control over the purse strings.
To: LibLieSlayer
Don’t let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya!!!!
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posted on
12/19/2007 3:45:11 PM PST
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Plains Drifter
(If guns kill people, wouldn't there be a lot of dead people at gun shows?)
To: Plains Drifter
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12/19/2007 4:46:11 PM PST
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LibLieSlayer
(Support America, Kill terrorists, Destroy dims and vote Fred!)
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To: The Pack Knight
Frankly, given his reasons for leaving the House, it would surprise me if he wants the job.
I have no doubt that Haley will appoint someone almost as conservative as he is.
I say “almost” because I don’t think anyone is as conservative as Haley. ;o)
I hope Haley runs for Cochran’s seat when he retires.
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posted on
12/19/2007 8:12:51 PM PST
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dixiechick2000
(There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators. ~~ Will Rogers)
To: Jet Jaguar
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posted on
12/19/2007 9:11:10 PM PST
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pray4liberty
(Watch and pray.)
To: LibLieSlayer
That's probably what Barber thinks, too. The vacancy did not occur "
in a year that there shall be held a general state or congressional election", or if there was a general state election, it was before the vacancy occured..
That last sentence is the ruling clause.
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posted on
12/20/2007 12:06:46 AM PST
by
Ready4Freddy
("Everyone knows there's a difference between Muslims and terrorists. No one knows what it is, tho...)
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