Letter: In Defense Of Mick Mulvaney
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I have asked this question in several venues and still haven’t gotten a good answer. Why is it when a Democrat is elected he goes to Washington and acts like a Democrat, but when a Republican goes to Washington he turns into a Democrat? They all tell US how they are going to stand up for our conservative values and the people that sent them there but sell their souls at the first opportunity. This is why Trump and Carson as well as Sanders are doing so well on the campaign trail.
it is a culture of making promises they can not possibly keep and voters believing them again again and again, trump is blowing smoke right up disgruntled republicans asses, hell he invited the Clintons to his wedding, do you really think he is going to keep his word if he elected? i’m a lefty and have no dog in this fight but pt barnum has got nothing over on trump.
That is what scares me most about Trump. The old saying : If it’s too good to be true it probably is. Comes to mind every time I hear him speak.
Thats easy. Because they don’t. You don’t get to define the term Republican. You don’t get to set the party platform. Most Republicans are not right wing nuts like you. Most of us don’t want our Representatives to devolve to your level of nuttyness. You people would label Ronald Reagan a socialist. The majority is trying to take back the party from the right wing nuts who are destroying both the Party and the Nation.
Big Government spenders in favor of Debtor nation status on steroids, reaping no consequences, but getting your vote = Majority
Balanced budgeters, Rule of Law, solvent, sovereign nation thinkers targeted for their common sense = Minority
Whose destroying whaaat?
Couldn’t have said it better myself. Thanks.
Cutting taxes when we can not afford to, and when it does nothing but benefit wealthy Republican donors: is also a vote for Debtor nation status. Cutting benefits that grow and promote a successful middle class, will also reduce the deficit and get us closer to a balanced budget.
Most Americans would welcome a balanced budget, if it was not balanced solely on their back. Unfortunately the only Republicans interested in a balanced budget are also on the payroll of various billionaires who want to make sure no one is going to expect them to help balance the budget.
Excuse me, Cutting benefits that grow and promote a successful middle class will not reduce the deficit and get us closer to a balanced budget.
One reason Trump and Carson are doing well is likely that neither has held office, and hasn’t been asked to make a compromise with an eye towards getting something else in return. Fast forward four years, and I don’t know that they will look as good.
No one is more self-righteous about being “conservative” than Will Folks and no one has sold his soul, such as it is, more often than he has. Thousands of dollars from Kirkman Finlay to promote him and demonize others who may run against him for governor. That includes Mick Mulvaney.
So every time you read a negative story about Mulvaney, listen for the ka-ching.
Go read Micks pro-Syrian BS on his own Facebook page. He’s all about excuses to open the borders to get Latino votes, and doesn’t hesitate to promote taking in Syrians toward that end despite VOCAL objections from the people who elected him. I’m deeply disappointed. Mick has no reason to take that stance unless he sees his office as a stepping stone to more power and more money with the old GOP establishment.
Wow! PINTS had 25 people at their meeting. That’s a mandate.
C’mon people! Am I the only one to note that Mulvaney said he had a discussion with a constituent where Allen West was discussed as an alternative to Ryan and rejected because he was “insufficiently conservative”?
How about West is insufficiently a member of Congress, having been defeated in 2012? Mulvaney may have had a pint too many at that meeting.
Allen West is not a member of the house dumb ass.
Apologies for making the phrase “insufficiently a member of Congress” beyond your reading level.
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He said that “having been defeated in 2012” – you drinking on Halloween night?
How about West is insufficiently in reality.
The PBS special had 10 minutes of him conducting a town hall in Spanish, and apologizing for not getting reform passed, and apologizing there was no atmosphere in DC to pass it. All in Espanol. He even had his “Spanish teacher” there. So say what you want, he supports immigration reform and amnesty.
We don’t want amnesty and we dint need more uneducated tomato pickers.
Well you better discuss with Mulvaney – he’s the one having town halls in Spanish and apologizing to the wetbacks.
Without a doubt he supports reform. Sounds like he wants reform of a different sort than most of us.
HE SPOKE IN SPANISH? MY GOD! WHAT HERESY!
There is no requirement that the Speaker be a member of Congress.
Very true, sir. Kudos for knowing this. The Pope does not have to be a priest, either, but equally unlikely to happen.
“Recently, in contrast, major legislative type changes have been passed as administrative agency regulations, which largely bypass congress.”==This is how you know that the federal government bureaucracy is just too big. Time to take out the paring knife and do away with these ABC agencies that control our lives.
Amen.
Just to clarify, most of us, myself included, believe it was the wrong decision.
Will Folks is full of shit.
It’s remarkable that a guy who is afraid to talk to, much less, confront, politicians he disagrees with always has a “better” idea. Hiding behind a computer claiming sources he doesn’t have, Will wants people to believe he knows better, even though he isn’t involved in the hard work.
What’s more pitiful is the morons that agree with him.
Justin kept defending Mick’s RINO-Ryan butt-kissing and that of ALL SC’s RINO House members (except Duncan) as well
But when that Tea Train rolled over them in 2016…ole Justin and Mick were like I-Lie-To-Cons-Joe Wilson…shot to… !!!