The Politicians We Can Trust

Michael Baumgartner, who's running for Senate next year in Washington State, is good. He's currently a state senator and at the moment looks to be the most likely to win the nomination. Look him up.
 
I was so sad that my governor-turned-Senator voted for the detention bill. I voted for him too =\
 
Ron Paul is the only one where there is no real compromise. Everyone else, if they ran for president, you would have to compromise on something or you wouldn't have a candidate to support.

However, in my opinion, none of the issues listed as filters can be compromised on.
 
mikeforliberty said:
I don't think we should. Our country got here on compromise. I love this list idea and we need to maintain a no compromise list.
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Thanks man. I meant it as a seperate list though, but this list is best and I don't want any other. I just wish there were more politicians we could trust :(
 
Out of [B said:
50 Governors[/B] there are only FIVE that we can trust:

Robert J. Bentley (R-Ala)
Butch Otter (R-ID)
Jack Dalrymple (R-ND)
Dennis Daugaard (R-SD)
Matt Mead (R-WY)

The filtering for Governors was largely arbitrary, I tried to eliminate them on issues similar to the filters I used on Senators and Representatives and whether they have acted like big government politicians or not.

Please let me know if you feel this list is incomplete. Please give reasons why said politician should be included or removed.
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Ken Cuccinelli -- moderator in tonight's Huckabee debate -- running for VA Gov in 2012! I voted for him in 08/09 based on a RP network advisory... He seems solid -- Depending on the fallout of the debate -- I think I'll support him again.
 
nigh_eve said:
Ken Cuccinelli -- moderator in tonight's Huckabee debate -- running for VA Gov in 2012! I voted for him in 08/09 based on a RP network advisory... He seems solid -- Depending on the fallout of the debate -- I think I'll support him again.
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Nice.
 
This really is completely arbitrary. Earmarking leads to corruption. Dr. Paul earmarks bills. Is Dr. Paul corrupt?

No.

The idea that we can only trust a politician if they vote with libertarian ideals on every single vote is asinine.

There are great guys. Ron, Amash, Rand, Lee.

There are good guys who are sometimes our allies: Flake, Chaffetz, Demint, Coburn, McClintock, etc.

There are guys who completely suck: Graham, McCain, Lieberman, Pelosi etc.

Then there are guys who are just somewhere in the middle playing the political game: Rubio, Boehner, etc.

This idea that you are 100% with us or you are evil needs to be dismissed. These things exist in degrees. And it sounds a lot like a certain Bush quote: "You are either with us, or you are with the terrorists"

Bullshit,

Slutter McGee
 
While even though he didn't meet your filter I'd say add Rep. Walter Jones to your list. He has been like Ron Paul's best friend in Washington DC and probably votes with us about 90% of the time. I think him and Justin Amash are the only two representatives in congress who have endorsed Ron Paul for president.
 
Jingles said:
While even though he didn't meet your filter I'd say add Rep. Walter Jones to your list. He has been like Ron Paul's best friend in Washington DC and probably votes with us about 90% of the time. I think him and Justin Amash are the only two representatives in congress who have endorsed Ron Paul for president.
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And then he voted for NDAA. How can we trust someone that voted for that?
 
Slutter McGee said:
This really is completely arbitrary. Earmarking leads to corruption. Dr. Paul earmarks bills. Is Dr. Paul corrupt?

No.

The idea that we can only trust a politician if they vote with libertarian ideals on every single vote is asinine.

There are great guys. Ron, Amash, Rand, Lee.

There are good guys who are sometimes our allies: Flake, Chaffetz, Demint, Coburn, McClintock, etc.

There are guys who completely suck: Graham, McCain, Lieberman, Pelosi etc.

Then there are guys who are just somewhere in the middle playing the political game: Rubio, Boehner, etc.

This idea that you are 100% with us or you are evil needs to be dismissed. These things exist in degrees. And it sounds a lot like a certain Bush quote: "You are either with us, or you are with the terrorists"

Bullshit,

Slutter McGee
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The governor part is the only part that is somewhat arbitrary. And I'm not a libertarian, I just happen to think that if a politician voted for one of the things used as a filter, they can't be trusted.
 
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.
 
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