Bentivolio votes YES on debt ceiling deal

This adds to what was already starting out to be a bad voting record.
 
kathy88 said:
Strike 2.
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I'll take it one step further, voting to increase spending officially takes him out of liberty candidate status. He also voted for the recent Sandy recovery improvement act and has clearly staked out his position as a phony especially since he campaigned on not voting to increase the debt ceiling. He either has some monumental making up to do or his ass is grass next time and the grassroots are gonna mow it. The only reason I don't unlike his FB page is that I'm calling him out every chance I get. >http://www.facebook.com/repkerryb
 
FSP-Rebel said:
I'll take it one step further, voting to increase spending officially takes him out of liberty candidate status. He also voted for the recent Sandy recovery improvement act and has clearly staked out his position as a phony especially since he campaigned on not voting to increase the debt ceiling.
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The Sandy Recovery Improvement Act wasn't the Sandy aid bill. The bill Kerry voted for passed unanimously (Amash, Massie, etc. all voted for it). Kerry voted against all the Sandy aid bills.

This debt ceiling vote though is unacceptable and he should hear it from us. What's interesting is that Raul Labrador, who Amash voted for Speaker, also voted for it.
 
I have pretty much assumed at this point that the liberty movement got taken for a ride here. It will not be the last time either so lets just make sure we can admit when we were wrong and throw our weight behind removing our mistakes as fast as possible.
 
I think the lesson here is to be cautious of people who have no prior voting record.

I wonder if he thinks this is keeping him safe? It's not. The establishment is still going to primary him. Except now he won't have any grassroots support.
 
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EBounding said:
I think the lesson here is to be cautious of people who have no prior voting record.

I wonder if he thinks this is keeping him safe? It's not. The establishment is still going to primary him. Except now he won't have any grassroots support.
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but on the other hand, the people with voting records suck, as a rule. I do think we have to grow our own. Kerry was in the right place at the right time, he wasn't initially stringently vetted in any sense, but lets see what else he does, he may be 'very good' on some points but not all, which seems to be where many of them are, unfortunately. But unless T Massie steps up (and he may) I'm not looking for a Ron Paul strength of character from those currently in office, I think we NEED to look outside, as well as promote good deeds with those inside.
 
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Yeah, Jim Jordan, Labrador, Mulvaney (all good guys) voted for it..33 Republicans voted against the deal.
 
tsai3904 said:
The Sandy Recovery Improvement Act wasn't the Sandy aid bill. The bill Kerry voted for passed unanimously (Amash, Massie, etc. all voted for it). Kerry voted against all the Sandy aid bills.
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After looking into it, I guess it merely attempts to streamline FEMA's managerial role.
 
supermario21 said:
Yeah, Jim Jordan, Labrador, Mulvaney (all good guys) voted for it..33 Republicans voted against the deal.
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none of those would I consider 'ours' however. Liberty for all supported Kerry specifically as a Ron Paul supporter, I believe.

He may have a filtering system we will be relatively ok with once we know it. I want consistency, principles and character, and I don't know Kerry yet.
 
I think people should flood his Twitter Facebook with comments. Those within his district should email, call, etc.

Remember when Amash voted for the Israel aid bill, he got called out and Amash has since changed his view.
 
If this was something other than the debt ceiling, it would be disappointing, but might cut him some slack. But voting to increase the debt is just unacceptable to me.

Personally, the whole debt ceiling crisis from 2011 is what turned me on to Ron Paul because he was the only one who took it seriously. Bentivolio's main campaign message was to reduce the debt and one of the first few votes he makes is to increase it. He's not even acting like a "Tea Party" candidate much less a "liberty" candidate. /vent

I suppose he could change his ways after grassroots blowback, but I get the feeling the establishment is singing all these great things in his ear.
 
This was definitely an awkard vote, RINOs voting no, good guys voting yes. And to the above comment, Amash voted Labrador for Speaker and Mulvaney has been an ally of ours endorsed by Tom Davis many times. This was more of a strategic vote than a policy vote. I wish they would have voted no, but let's see how committed they are to cutting spending when that fight inevitably comes.
 
EBounding said:
If this was something other than the debt ceiling, it would be disappointing, but might cut him some slack. But voting to increase the debt is just unacceptable to me.

Personally, the whole debt ceiling crisis from 2011 is what turned me on to Ron Paul because he was the only one who took it seriously. Bentivolio's main campaign message was to reduce the debt and one of the first few votes he makes is to increase it. He's not even acting like a "Tea Party" candidate much less a "liberty" candidate. /vent

I suppose he could change his ways after grassroots blowback, but I get the feeling the establishment is singing all these great things in his ear.
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I'm concerned that might be the case as well, and am used to Ron just standing firm. He might still be better than most when there is a chance, however. I just don't have anything to do about him for years yet, so I am going to figure him out over time. I am disappointed, though.
 
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