The Politicians We Can Trust

Im wondering why Connie Mack of the 14th district in Florida was elimaniated. Was thinking of voting for him for Senator in Florida, and was just starting to research him. Im looking for someone to replace Bill Nelson.

He was one of the awesome 11 reps that made it through every filter. Then I checked the rep votes for NDAA and 9 of them voted for it, Mack included.

I'm thinking of doing a thread, which would be a long project, that breaks down each politician and how they voted on each filter.

What do you guys think?
 
Im wondering why Connie Mack of the 14th district in Florida was elimaniated. Was thinking of voting for him for Senator in Florida, and was just starting to research him. Im looking for someone to replace Bill Nelson.
I know he is good on fiscal issues(Penny plan is very good), patriot act, and tsa

Definite upgrade over Nelson
 
Dont know much about governor, I live in NJ Christie is better than what we had but he supports Mitt Romney so hes off that list..
 
Barack Obama (D) $7,316,006
Ron Paul (R-Texas) $5,213,999
George W. Bush (R) $12,991,720
John Kerry (D-Mass) $231,722,794
Jay Rockefeller (D-WVa) $99,057,011
John McCain (R-Ariz) $16,017,639
Hillary Clinton (D-NY) $31,197,005
Darrell Issa (R-Calif) $448,125,017
Alcee L. Hastings (D-Fla) $-4,732,002 (4 million in debt wtf)
 
Meh. They call Paul a "RINO" too and they are wrong. I trust Walter Jones. Ron Paul trusts Walter Jones. Jones and Paul have endorsed each other. One bad vote on the NDAA is unfortunate indeed, but I'm willing to bet he cosponsors and votes for Paul's bill to remove the detention piece. Knowing how Jones thinks, I am confident he hated the detention pice, but felt that defeating the NDAA would put the troops in danger from lack of supplies, food, equipment etc. He has come around 99.8% to Paul's foreign policy based on meeting wounded and damaged troops. So understanding his motivation leads me to understand his NDAA vote as a choice between two horrible outcomes, so he votes to keep the troops safe. I would have voted with Paul, but I don't reject Jones for this vote because of one vote that I understand his motivation on.

So I trust him. I even contributed to him and endorsed him. I will continue to trust Walter Jones.
 
Meh. They call Paul a "RINO" too and they are wrong. I trust Walter Jones. Ron Paul trusts Walter Jones. Jones and Paul have endorsed each other. One bad vote on the NDAA is unfortunate indeed, but I'm willing to bet he cosponsors and votes for Paul's bill to remove the detention piece. Knowing how Jones thinks, I am confident he hated the detention pice, but felt that defeating the NDAA would put the troops in danger from lack of supplies, food, equipment etc. He has come around 99.8% to Paul's foreign policy based on meeting wounded and damaged troops. So understanding his motivation leads me to understand his NDAA vote as a choice between two horrible outcomes, so he votes to keep the troops safe. I would have voted with Paul, but I don't reject Jones for this vote because of one vote that I understand his motivation on.

So I trust him. I even contributed to him and endorsed him. I will continue to trust Walter Jones.

I eliminated 9 reps based on their May vote on NDAA. Should I put them all back on the list?

Their May vote on NDAA was the only bad vote I found for any of those 9.
 
I eliminated 9 reps based on their May vote on NDAA. Should I put them all back on the list?

Their May vote on NDAA was the only bad vote I found for any of those 9.

No, you did right, I would only take Jones off the NDAA list because I know him and where he's coming from.

As a criteria, I'd suggest people who cosponsor or vote for Pauls bill to remove the detention piece from the NDAA could redeem them from the NDAA filter.
 
No, you did right, I would only take Jones off the NDAA list because I know him and where he's coming from.

As a criteria, I'd suggest people who cosponsor or vote for Pauls bill to remove the detention piece from the NDAA could redeem them from the NDAA filter.

Will do. And good idea. When does that come up for vote?
 
No, you did right, I would only take Jones off the NDAA list because I know him and where he's coming from.

As a criteria, I'd suggest people who cosponsor or vote for Pauls bill to remove the detention piece from the NDAA could redeem them from the NDAA filter.

Added Walter Jones back :)
 
Will do. And good idea. When does that come up for vote?

It probably won't if leadership has anything to say about it. They sure don't want Paul getting credit for anything. That's why I included cosponsorships. We'll have to get ahold of the bill number and start instructing our Congress Critters to cosponsor it.
 
Added Walter Jones back :)

Thanks for trusting me enough to do that. I don't trust Jones as much as Paul, since he is not originally a Pauler-platform but a convert, but he is right up there IMHO. He is definitely top-5 in my book, and in that environment, that's a tough road to hoe.
 
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