Posted on 08/02/2014 6:21:40 AM PDT by cotton1706
On Thursday evening, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) had a chance to stand with American workers and against amnesty by voting with Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) to kill the Senate's border funding bill, which would not prevent President Barack Obama from unilaterally granting temporary amnesty and work permits to millions of illegal immigrants.
While Alexander has been claiming to be against amnesty, he was nowhere to be found on the Senate floor just a week before his August 7th primary against Joe Carr for a decisive vote against a bill that threatened America's sovereignty.
"Tonight, the moment of truth came, and when the opportunity to stand with Sens. Jeff Sessions and Ted Cruz came, Lamar Alexander was nowhere to be found. With our national sovereignty on the line, Lamar Alexander skipped tonight's decisive Senate vote," Carr said in a Thursday statement. "Where was Tennessee's voice tonight on the floor of the United States Senate? What was Lamar Alexander doing that was so much more important than representing Tennessee on the Senate floor during this monumental vote?"
Carr, a state representative who has been the architect of some of the country's toughest immigration laws, has been hammering Alexander for voting for the Senate's comprehensive amnesty bill last year, even after law enforcement officials warned Alexander that it would exacerbate the border crisis. Alexander, however, has refused to debate Carr on these issues and explain his vote, claiming that he has to be in Washington to debate the country's most pressing issues.
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He was out shopping for some red flannel shirts.
Maybe voters can help him to skip the rest as well —
Cynical calculation so he can claim truthfully he did not vote FOR amnesty.
He was out shopping for some red flannel shirts.
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And loading them in his bus to hand out along his Tour of Tennessee. Touring
is more important than being in DC to vote at this time I suspect.
What is the cost that Jim has to pay,
For each comment we write for others to read?
When we write or rank and have our say,
What is the cost that Jim has to pay?
Our words, Jim’s Cash and time - - -
Shouldn’t each post be worth a dime?
Jim also has to have memory to store all the comments. The cost isn’t just for a post, he also pays to save it.
I get the feeling Lamar is toast.
We can hope but I wouldn’t count on it. We have way too many senior citizens that will vote for him just because they know his name and they always voted for him.
What you say is very true.
Jim must eat, sleep and pay HIS taxes.
Shame on us for sitting on our assets!
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