I beg to differ with you about your comment that he won't stand up to the heat! I have heard him speak publicly. He came to SD and stood up for the Pro-Life movement in the last election cycle when our own governor and US Senator were HIDING!! A man from out of state came in and took up the torch!!! I am sure there was a LOT of heat trying to keep him away, and to still his voice. SD politics is not far from IA politics and most other states any more...it is no longer party(R) against party(D), but conservative against liberal (or politically correct - moderate!) within each party!! So you can bet there was a ton of pressure trying to keep Brownback OUT of SD, just like there was on the Governor and the US Senator to keep their mouths shut!
I get a chuckle out of you all...you want someone who you think needs to be tough on immigration, so you want them to spend your tax dollars and put up a fence. If he didn't vote for the fence, you won't like him or vote for him? So you WANT him to SPEND your TAX DOLLARS on a fence?? Is it the wises way to be effective?
I have met him, as well and spoken with him.
so...now you have 2 people, both of whom have spoken with the candidate, and each has differing opinions and quite different views/ vision.
My summation is that he IS presidential material, and he WILL make a great President!! He has more guts than 99% currently in the White House! Brownback also has a vision that sees more than with the naked eye.... He has been blessed with a wisdom to see the truth of matters that seem to be misunderstood or not understood by many others.
So . . . on this thread are we liberal or conservative? party lines don't really exist any more. are we going to say one thing, and then hold to another and contradict ourselves while we are at it?
I met the man. I spoke with the man. I heard the man speak. He is in DC for a reason. He has been there a while, and still has scruples, principles, morals, and is still VERY conservative.
Here! Here! Ghost of FReepers Past!
It's more like the vote to give SS to ILLegals. BTW, I heard Barack Obama at the dem convention and thought what a smooth talker he was too. That doesn't mean I would vote for him either.
Now Brownback is granting amnesty AND standing with the cut and run dems. Yep, sure sounds like presidential material to me.(sarc) in case you hadn't guessed.