Elaine Hays Primarying Neo-Con RINO Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX 13)!

[Spoa]

Listen to her interview here: http://prattontexas.podomatic.com/entry/2013-08-14T14_46_09-07_00
Here's her campaign website: http://www.elainehaysforcongress.com/

If you watched the NDAA FY2014 or DoD Appropriations or Farm Bill debate, you'd know why Thornberry should be primaried or defeated!

Here's her statement on the Amash amendment (which Thornberry voted against):

This past Wednesday, Rep. Mac Thornberry voted against the Amash amendment that would have ended authority for the blanket collection of records under the Patriot Act. It would also bar the NSA and other agencies from using Section 215 of the Patriot Act to collect records, including telephone call records, which pertain to persons who are not subject to an investigation under Section 215.

Mr. Thornberry defended his vote by indicating the main reason for opposition to the NSA program is due to lack of understanding – that we shouldn’t be concerned because it’s ONLY the call records and not the content. If the program is inane as to not worry about, why did Director James Clapper lie to Congress about the existence of the program? Why not just tell them what NSA was doing if there is no need for concern?

Even if it is only call records, I am concerned that a secretive program has interpreted Section 215 of the Patriot Act to allow widespread collection of any data from innocent Americans. This interpretation also allows FBI agents to obtain any "tangible thing," including "books, records, papers, documents, and other items," a broad term that includes dumps from private-sector computer databases with limited judicial oversight.

Instead of the government collecting and storing the phone log of my 85 year old mother to see just in case she makes a call to some domestic or international terrorist, why not just track the records of the terrorist? And what if the government determines that she is a threat for contacting her local church too frequently (since the DHS and DOD have listed Christians as a top terrorist threat), will she then be exposed to greater scrutiny?

Many American believe there is something to be concerned about with these programs. And so did nearly 50% of Congress. The Amash amendment failed on a very close vote, 205-217. Did those 205 just not understand it was ONLY call records?

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ElaineHaysForCongress

 

[fr33]

Bumping to subscribe to this thread. Thornberry is a horrible man that is waging war on us all. I live in his district.

Her support of the Amash amendment is all I need to hear.

 

[Mr.NoSmile]

You know, if enough of these female Republican candidates running- her, Nancy Mace, Mia Love and so on- actually won their races, it'd help shatter this GOP 'War on Women' notion that still persists today.

 

[Hyperion]

Is it wrong to say she's quite attractive? Anyway I wish her well in her campaign and will pay attention to it.

 

[Mr.NoSmile]

So I e-mailed her campaign about the challenge of taking on someone with a war chest and backing. Here's some of what I got in response:

Yes, I have visited with numerous local, state and national party leaders and while I have their encouragement, the Republican party will not endorse a candidate in the primary. There are other organizations that will get involved in the primaries and I am pursuing endorsements from them. Typically those announcement are made late Fall.

Mr. Thornberry has a very poor voting record with FreedomWorks and with Heritage Action. These scorecards will more than likely get worse as he is forced to vote on some difficult issues coming up soon.

Please continue to share information about my campaign with your friends and family. Every area of influence is crucial to getting out my message and getting people to the polls in March.

Hopefully she's got some backing from folks down there. I shared her page to the RLC and Republican Female Leadership Action Group Facebook pages. Not that it would do much, but it's something.

 

[Slutter McGee]

This is my district also. I can't imagine her having a chance, but I will do anything I can to help.

I wrote a letter to the Amarillo Globe News criticizing him for his vote on the Amash amendment.

The paper responded with their own editorial a few days later with the headline: Who do you trust more: Congressman Thornberry or Edward Snowden.

Slutter McGee

 

[Bastiat's The Law]

This is good news.

 

[Mr.NoSmile]

So I got into this back and forth on her Facebook page regarding people who would not vote for her solely because she's a Republican. And from Texas at that, citing the party's recent slide farther right and how Texas will be blue soon. Look, people are right to think that the majority of the Republican Party is way out of touch with average voters to the point that they ostracize their own for even having the thought of agreeing with the President on anything instead of being the party of 'No,' and in some respects, I agree with them. That being said, that sort of 'extremism' seems to do more harm than good on both sides since the Democratic Party has its own share of F-Ups, unless people wish to act like Bob Filner didn't happen. As if people only identify by party affiliation and a D or R rather than message, rhetoric, connection to voters and responsibility.

 

[Hyperion]

. And from Texas at that, citing the party's recent slide farther right and how Texas will be blue soon.

If anything Texas seems to be moving further right. Worst case scenario Texas would look something like Florida.

 

[FSP-Rebel]

So, any of you know if this lady has any volunteers lined up to canvass door-door? That's what she's going to have to rely on to have a chance. Push her and pound the rep's record at the same time.

 

[Mr.NoSmile]

. And from Texas at that, citing the party's recent slide farther right and how Texas will be blue soon.

If anything Texas seems to be moving further right. Worst case scenario Texas would look something like Florida.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/daily/how-democrats-are-aiming-to-make-texas-a-swing-state-20130908

Texas Republican Party Chairman Steve Munisteri maintains that Texas has been a competitive state, and characterizes the notion that Hispanics will naturally vote for Democrats as an off-base assumption. He points to high participation among registered Hispanic voters in Texas—71 percent in 2012, by census estimates—and how the GOP still wins elections in Texas.

“Neither party in the state of Texas can win elections unless they have broad support among multiple ethnic groups,” he says. “We can’t win only with Caucasian votes—we’d lose now. And Democrats can’t win with just Hispanic and African-American voters. Both parties have to reach into each community.”

Both are trying. And Wendy Davis' filibuster definitely fired up the base down there.

 

[Bastiat's The Law]

So, any of you know if this lady has any volunteers lined up to canvass door-door? That's what she's going to have to rely on to have a chance. Push her and pound the rep's record at the same time.

Time to start planning activism, I like it!

 

[Uriah]

I'll keep an eye on this race.

 

[Mr.NoSmile]

So, any of you know if this lady has any volunteers lined up to canvass door-door? That's what she's going to have to rely on to have a chance. Push her and pound the rep's record at the same time.

So I emailed her campaign and got this as a response- since I asked about other things:

...yes I am meeting with Club for Growth. Others are in the works. I am planning on opening the Amarillo campaign headquarters in Oct which will allow coordinating volunteer outreach such as you mentioned. Glad to have you part of our efforts!! Elaine

 

[realtonygoodwin]

This is my district too. I didn't realize there were several of us here...

And District 13 is not turning blue anytime soon. Thornberry won over 90% of the vote in 2012. Elaine's best shot at winning there is running as a Republican.

 

[Cowlesy]

I think Mac Thornberry has about every DoD contractor/partner as a contributor to his campaign in some fashion.

Best of luck to her, but geesh, that's seems like a sisyphean task.

 

[Slutter McGee]

I think Mac Thornberry has about every DoD contractor/partner as a contributor to his campaign in some fashion.

Best of luck to her, but geesh, that's seems like a sisyphean task.

Oh absolutely. This is near impossible. Plus Thornberry most certainly has every media outlet on his side. I'll still give it the go and see what I can do.

Slutter McGee

 

[FSP-Rebel]

This is the prime opportunity to play the politics of pain. I'd be campaigning my ass off for her and she should be an easy sell in the district if you have a decent amount of volunteers to canvass.

 

[Krzysztof Lesiak]

There should be more diverse GOP candidates - this is a good trend.

 

[american.swan]

I don't know about this particular match up. I'd like to say one thing though. Can you imagine a hard-line Rand Paul libertarian woman in the US House? She would cause all sorts of problems. Women just aren't supposed to be libertarian according to the general views held by the DNC.

We could definitely use some high profile hispanic, women, and black libertarians in the US House. We need to break stereo types. Ben Carson, for example, could be good in the Senate or US House also. Ben Carson as Rand Paul's running mate would be awesome.