HealthyLivingOPSomewhere In, Tennessee USA4,775 posts
Dear Friend of Liberty,
Although we’ve heard this word frequently in the past couple days, Tuesday’s elections were indeed “historic.”
Not because one party gained more seats than another in Congress. Not even because incumbents were kicked out in numerous gubernatorial and state legislature races.
But because countless numbers of the American people kept their word to stand up for what they believe in and challenge the establishment.
Politicians have heard lots of talk before, but now they know it will be backed up with action on Election Day.
And those newly-elected know that if they don’t stick to their promises, they’ll be next.
Across the country, there’s plenty of good news to report.
Not only was C4L’s Honorary Chairman, Congressman Ron Paul, returned to office with almost 80% of the vote, but Dr. Paul will be joined in his next term by many who went on the record for liberty by answering our federal candidate survey 100%.
In the Senate, these are Dr. Paul’s son, Rand Paul, who won a significant victory over his opponent, and Mike Lee, who beat out Pro-TARP incumbent Bob Bennett in the primary season and cruised to victory in the national. In the House, the list includes John Duncan (TN-2) and Paul Broun (GA-10).
And joining Dr. Paul in the House for the first time will be Michigan’s Justin Amash and dozens of other anti-status quo Republicans who filled out Campaign for Liberty surveys and/or took strong, clear stands for less government and more liberty.
While the national results stole the spotlight, there was plenty of action going on at the state level, and C4L activists were right in the thick of it.
In Iowa, C4L member Glen Massie beat out an incumbent to win a seat in the Iowa State House, while Ron Paul-endorsed candidate Kim Pearson also won a State House seat and Ron Paul-endorsed Liberty leader Kent Sorenson will now represent Iowa’s 37th District in the State Senate.
In New Hampshire, two liberty-minded candidates won election to the State Senate, and at least 10 Ron Paul supporters won seats in the State House, while longtime Liberty hero Dave Wheeler will be returning to the powerful Governor’s Executive Council.
In Georgia, constitutionalist Barry Loudermilk was elected to the Senate and Bobby Franklin was reelected to the House.
Many, many more stories remain to be told of liberty-stealing incumbents losing their seats and Campaign for Liberty activists taking action, but they will have to wait for another time.
In Liberty, John Tate President Campaign For Liberty
JSuburbia: oddly enough, didn't see any of the Republicans saying this 2 years ago
Amazing how attitudes change when the guys you want in win. That being said, they are all crooks, republicans & democrats alike.
I said it... but I wasn't a member here 2 yrs. ago. I've said it many times, but said it first on the night of the election:
"I'm a Republican, but I'm so glad that since a Democrat won the presidency, the Democrats have won a majority. This way, they can't blame the Republicans for blocking what they're trying to do. If their solutions work, great. If not, they'll have to go back & fix it, b/c they'll own it."
I recall Nancy Pelosi being much less inflammatory in press conferences, after those elections. She tread much more lightly than the years previous to the Democrat majority in Congress. And the Democrats spent more time & thought into what they wanted to pass as law, knowing all eyes were on them. (A much greater impact than the resistance given by the minority Republicans in Congress, though their resistance had more effect as well, for the same reason.)
There are crooks in all political parties, but not every politician is a crook.
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Although we’ve heard this word frequently in the past couple days, Tuesday’s elections were indeed “historic.”
Not because one party gained more seats than another in Congress. Not even because incumbents were kicked out in numerous gubernatorial and state legislature races.
But because countless numbers of the American people kept their word to stand up for what they believe in and challenge the establishment.
Politicians have heard lots of talk before, but now they know it will be backed up with action on Election Day.
And those newly-elected know that if they don’t stick to their promises, they’ll be next.
Across the country, there’s plenty of good news to report.
Not only was C4L’s Honorary Chairman, Congressman Ron Paul, returned to office with almost 80% of the vote, but Dr. Paul will be joined in his next term by many who went on the record for liberty by answering our federal candidate survey 100%.
In the Senate, these are Dr. Paul’s son, Rand Paul, who won a significant victory over his opponent, and Mike Lee, who beat out Pro-TARP incumbent Bob Bennett in the primary season and cruised to victory in the national. In the House, the list includes John Duncan (TN-2) and Paul Broun (GA-10).
And joining Dr. Paul in the House for the first time will be Michigan’s Justin Amash and dozens of other anti-status quo Republicans who filled out Campaign for Liberty surveys and/or took strong, clear stands for less government and more liberty.
While the national results stole the spotlight, there was plenty of action going on at the state level, and C4L activists were right in the thick of it.
In Iowa, C4L member Glen Massie beat out an incumbent to win a seat in the Iowa State House, while Ron Paul-endorsed candidate Kim Pearson also won a State House seat and Ron Paul-endorsed Liberty leader Kent Sorenson will now represent Iowa’s 37th District in the State Senate.
In New Hampshire, two liberty-minded candidates won election to the State Senate, and at least 10 Ron Paul supporters won seats in the State House, while longtime Liberty hero Dave Wheeler will be returning to the powerful Governor’s Executive Council.
In Georgia, constitutionalist Barry Loudermilk was elected to the Senate and Bobby Franklin was reelected to the House.
Many, many more stories remain to be told of liberty-stealing incumbents losing their seats and Campaign for Liberty activists taking action, but they will have to wait for another time.
In Liberty,
John Tate
President
Campaign For Liberty