Posted on 09/29/2008 4:34:29 PM PDT by Gondring
I remember saying at the time how I was more impressed with Virgil Goode and Randy Forbes when it came to Virgina GOP Congressman, but freepers would have none of it and were swooning over Cantor as the greatest thing since sliced bread.
Guess who voted NO on the $700 billion taxpayer funded bailout?
Interesting. She's a moderate squish but she did something right for a change. Incredibly, my Congressman, Bobby "Black Panther" Rush also voted the right way on this one. Of course it was probably for the wrong reasons.
Mark Kirk ("Thoughtful, Independant"-10th District) voted with Pelosi. He should just join the RAT party and get it over with.
Thad McCotter (Policy Chairman) and John Carter (GOP Secretary) are both in the leadership, and they voted NO.
Bobby was actually pretty cool to me when he was campaigning for my vote to unseat Mare Daley. He also did a better job of making Obama look like a chump than McCain is doing.
So did Jesse Jackson Jr. A majority of the black Congressional caucus voted NO. Apprently in protest of the ACORN funding for "improvised communities" being removed from the bill.
But no matter what the reasons, it is ironic that my Congressman (black panther Bobby) voted more fiscally consrevative than Eric Cantor or Tom Tancredo.
I don’t know that I ever said Cantor was “the greatest thing since sliced bread” but of the Virginia Republican Congressmen, he was far the more logical choice than Goode or Forbes.
Both are good men and excellent Congressmen. But not VP material. Goode especially. He brings his own controversies to the table (even if you agree with him, he’s a lightning rod)
And, while I’m disappointed, Cantor was far from alone. I suspect he was following Boehner’s lead.
Besides, McCain supported the bailout, or some version thereof (as did Cantor). You don’t seriously think that either Goode or Forbes would have disagreed with him had they been his VP pick.
Do you?
Thank you, BillyBoy.
Not all the GOP House leadership has lost it mind.
I suspect that Eric Cantor thought this was the best that we could come up with. He was mistaken. He has pushed for some good ideas, like accounting reforms that would make it harder to over-value assets on financial forms.
I didn't say you specifically called him the greatest thing since sliced bread, I was using an analogy. Many freepers were convinced the guy was the perfect conservative. He's not. He's very conservative and pretty solidly votes the Republican line, but that alone doesn't make you a great conservative leader.
>> Both are good men and excellent Congressmen. But not VP material. Goode especially. He brings his own controversies to the table (even if you agree with him, he’s a lightning rod) <<
My point is that Virgil Goode is more concerned about standing up for conservative principles than doing the bidding of the party leadership. He acted the same way when he was a Democrat, standing up for conservative principles and voting to impeach Slick Willie when 95% of Dems were defending Clinton tooth and nail. The guy has balls. Now, I'll admit Goode made a few stupid moves in his time (particularly when he said Keith Ellison should not be sworn until Congress unless he swears alligance to a Christian bible), but from a personal standpoint, I admire Goode more and I think he's a better conservative.
>> Cantor was far from alone. I suspect he was following Boehner’s lead. <<
As I noted in another post, Thad McCotter is in the House GOP leadership, and he voted NO.
>> You don’t seriously think that either Goode or Forbes would have disagreed with him had they been his VP pick. Do you? <<
I do. Sarah Palin is pretty adament in her support of ANWR drilling and she didn't flip-flop to McCain's position simply because she became his running mate. She stood her ground and said she "disagrees with John on that issue" and is "working to bring him around". I suspect Forbes or Goode would have said the same thing about the bailout. They wouldn't attack McCain's views or try to undermine the guy at the top of the ticket, but they're not going to cave and abandon their principles, either.
Okay, but Boehner Blunt Cantor Putnam are the top four.
Well, it’s not worth arguing for me. I don’t think Goode or Forbes would have been a good choice. Forbes would be a great choice to run for Senator.
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