Topic: GOP - Rand Paul's Presidential Highlight Reel w/ his Libertarian Twist - page 93. (Read 205829 times)

Yep, Brat is a solid pro-liberty guy and I know people that were working on his campaign. This is definitely one for the history books and a big slap across the establishment's face. I've already put a tweet into Brat to get him to accept Bitcoin, so if he opens up the tap I hope yall will join me and put up some renegade money.

@beetcoin It is a huge story: you posted while I was typing/editing this post.

Has everyone heard about Eric Cantor getting beat in Virginia by a long-shot candidate?
It is a HUGE upset:

1) Cantor is/was a 'rare' house member with national name recognition.
2) He was widely viewed as the next Speaker of The House.
3) The 'tea party guy' wasn't expected to win.

When I have time, I need to check if the winner is a "real Liberty candidate" or just a "tea party" establishment phoney (i.e like Scott Brown, Marco Rubio, etc)

it also looks like eric cantor faced a defeat by a tea party guy without major financial backing.. this might be big news, since cantor is basically the 2nd in command for the house.

Doesn't matter much. Amash is comfortably ahead of Ellis, and he may not even do any campaigning for the primaries.

http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2014/06/poll_rep_justin_amash_leads_pr.html

Also, Michigan's 3rd congressional district is a Republican leaning one, and if there are no surprises, Amash should be reelected comfortably.

The primary has always been in early August and then a runoff happens if needed in Sept. I'm up for reelection in the primary for my delegate status but I'm likely running unopposed. Guess the general all leans on getting your people out to vote but since this is a mid term election of a president's second term, the voting will skew republican from top to bottom here in MI and many other places. There won't be as much turn out from urban types affecting things in off years.

Justin Amash is one of the best in congress, he needs to win.
Primaries are that late in Mich?.....checking the date:
"...the primary contests will take place on August 5, 2014"
That doesn't leave much time for the general election battle, wonder why they do that?

read more...http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2014/06/rep_justin_amash_competitor_br.html
and
Amash: Ellis not a ‘serious or credible candidate’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPH3wKrth6c
Local news Footage yesterday from Grand Rapids (heart of the district)

more...http://woodtv.com/2014/06/09/amash-ellis-not-a-serious-or-credible-candidate/

Justin Amash is a great guy. One of the few representatives, who had the balls to criticize the National Security Agency and the PATRIOT Act. But he is facing a very tough primary challenge this year, from Brian Ellis.

Rand Paul discusses tax repatriation plan on CNBC w/ Sara Eisen (from earlier today)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlochF3gAns
5 min segment on market channel

As well as Justin Amash, John Duncan, Walter Jones, Matt Salmon, Steve Stockman, Paul Broun and I'm sure quite a few others that have conservativish (fiscally) leaning voting records at least.

There are a few Representatives, who can be classified as Libertarian Republican. In addition to Ron Paul (now ex-Rep), we have Rep.s such as Mark Sanford, Ted Yoho, Raul Labrador and Thomas Massie.

It's a more than fair hypothesis that the very effective lobbying efforts by groups who are at the very least highly sympathetic to Israel if not directly sponsored by them are responsible for a lot of the favors and money that that country receives from us.  One of the ways Israel helps us is by testing our experimental weapons out on civilians sometimes.  (Image search DIME and gaza if you want to see my tax dollars at work...and have a strong stomach.)


Funny enough we have extensive video of the attack, but that is only because someone outsmarted the Israeli technicians and the feeds didn't get cut (and the commanders had the poor sense to continue the mission in spite of that.)  Then they missed a memory card when the Turkish PM flipped his lid and told Israel to release everyone right now or else.  Censorship fail.

Back when the event was in the news (briefly) I watched most of the footage.  Here's a little clip from the hours of footage.  It is reported to be the American, and may be how he ended up with a bullet in the back of his head fired from a range of about 45 cm:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdirKfgI2Y4

Oh, BTW, the ship was not on it's way to attack Israel with it's cargo of humanitarian aid and unarmed concerned volunteers.  It was going to Gaza.  Labeling this an 'act of war' against Israel is utterly laughable.

I have nothing to hide. I hate both parties. I would much rather have a semi libertarian than a left wing war monger in the white house.

You don't have to take part in party politics to see how dangerous these people are.

i guess both of you are.

what do you have to say about the crazy shit that goes on fox news, and the crazy politicians you have? like sarah palin, herman cain, michelle bachman, that "women have a defense mechanism against rape" and the other tons of wackos?

Right. I'm not a fan of Obama or the Democrats in general.

Sen Mike Lee (from Utah) is also a liberty republican. 2% of the Senate doesn't sound great, but major changes/movements take time to get going.




Yes winning over Florida would be great, but lots of people retire from the East coast states and move there, also older people are usually less receptive to "new" ideas.
Texas has great potential, since many residents are (at least somewhat) independent minded

Glad to hear this. Lately I am hearing good news from smaller states like Iowa, New Hampshire and Idaho. Needs to target the more populous states as well, such as Texas and Florida. 

He's the Don Quixote of the Senate. His tilting at windmills doesn't matter when all the rest of his party in name only are tyrannical sociopaths.

It would have been more clear if I said "attempted libertarian takeover of the Republican party" which is in progress.
Iowa (for example) is an important primary state and "we" have built a really strong organization there. Caucus states give grass-roots efforts a much better chance than primaries, especially if you have dedicated supporters.

Politicians yes but I think the reelection rate is based upon tried and true methods of campaigning that flow into the low info voters when they decided to take an interest, about a few weeks prior to the election. Consultants poll what language works and this allows the incumbents to use their corporate bribery funds to string the idiots along. I'd wager that the average republican voter holds key conservative issues at heart but they aren't tuned in enough to see the one corporate party system in action. Take the pro-life issue only voters like many Catholics and Evangelicals. They've been strung along for the last ~30 years based upon that token issue being paid lip service while overlooking everything else these republicans have been doing including spending like democrats. Again, it's hard to overcome all the Corporate-Karl Rove-Chamber of Commerce insider money that is poured into mailers and tv/radio ads for these incumbents (on both sides) to keep challengers at bay. We had a good deal of conservative Senate challengers but only one has made it through a primary and even he's (McDaniel in MS) heading to a run-off.

I've said it before and I'll keep on saying it til it sinks in: Folks have to become party delegates and have influence in their state and local party's leadership. Then elect good folks to district and state cmte spots and they draft and pass resolutions affecting local and state party endorsements, donations and whether the state has a taxpayer funded primary (where the CoC folks can buy elections via low info voters) or state convention caucuses (where party delegates who are very tuned to the issues pick their nominees). Find out the info in your state and get involved. Heck do some BTC/crypto proselytizing while you're at it. We will be the new wealthier types come the next Prez election after all. Get out and swing your cock a little ya know what I mean..