Louie Gohmert (who was on Mike Church's show recently) comes to mind along with Walter Jones & a host of others in the House. They are actively being subverted by party leadership.
I am always up for discovering new heroes. So, I looked up Louie Gohmert's voting record. Sorry: he is subverting himself by not voting in a decent and correct way.
He voted against a bill to reduce funding for the South American counter-drug program.
He voted against a bill to repeal some of the unconstitutionality of the Real ID Act.
He voted against requiring declarations of war to go to war.
He voted for a constitutional amendment to ban flag burning.
He voted for restrictions on over-the-counter trading.
He voted for extending all Patriot Act police powers indefinitely.
He voted for NDAA.
He voted for FISA (warrantless wiretaps)
He voted for the Military Commissions Act.
He voted to violate Posse Comitatus
He did at least vote against TARP.
He just last week voted for the National Security and Job Protection Act (to avoid a small cut in spending, because of course the last thing we'd want to do is cut spending).
Has voted repeatedly for the Afghanistan War.
He cosponsored and voted for the Countering Iran in the Western Hemisphere Act.
The guy votes pro-war, plan and simple. That's a big deal to me, though possibly not to you, Goldwater, since your namesake was known for wanting to nuke everyone.
Then it's all the little things. He is co-sponsor of a bill "To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition and celebration of the Pro Football Hall of Fame." Stellar job there, Louie. I can never get enough of politicians requiring bureaucrats to steal my money for useless things. He also co-sponsored making August 1 a national holiday (Eagle Scout Day), recognizing the 64th anniversary of the State of Israel, a Ten Commandments Week, a Ten Commandments Weekend, A National Day of Remembrance of Victims of Illegal Aliens, expressing the sense of Congress that the people of Baluchistan have the right to their own sovereign country, awarding Congressional Gold Medals to Shakeel Afridi, Raoul Wallenberg, and Jack Nicklaus, a National Baseball Hall of Fame coin, and on and on. All of this nonsense
passed, by the way. Just think of all the idiocy he sponsored and co-sponsored that hasn't passed (yet).
On Dr. Paul's major recurring bills: Gohmert is a co-sponsor of Audit the Fed, so good for him on that. Despite being very interested in the abortion issue (co-sponsoring many, many bills on the issue, including nonsense like prohibiting pre-natal discrimination on the basis of race) he has never co-sponsored the Sanctity of Life Act (though your other guy, Walter Jones, did). Nor has he co-sponsored any of the other major issue bills: ending the income tax, free currency competition, medical marijuana, industrial hemp, ending the draft, "We the People" Act (reduce court jurisdiction), and "American Freedom Agenda" Act (civil liberties).
He votes with his party 88.86% of the time. Thus, if the Republican Party leadership happens to be on the right side of an issue, he will be on the right side of it. If not, then not. Unfortunately for us and for liberty, the Republicans are on the right side a good deal less than 88.86% of the time. I really don't see any enmity nor even tension between him and the party leadership. He votes with the party 88.86% of the time -- or according to OpenCongress, 91% of the time. Where's the subversion?
Note: the two reps he votes with the least often are Walter Jones and Donna Edwards. Walter Jones was showing up multiple times as I looked up co-sponsors to Dr. Paul's bills. This should give you pause. Perhaps these two are not as similar as you think.
