Nikki Haley’s Money Bomb | RedState

The following article by Erick Erickson appears on Redstate. It makes excellent points about Nikki Haley and the comments on the article are very much worth your time. We need new conservative leaders and Nikki needs your help.Please contribute to her campaign.


Nikki Haley’s Money Bomb RedState

Health Care and Term Limits

As many readers know I am a believer in term limits and have said so on this blog several times. The blatant disregard of the will of the majority of citizens regarding healthcare now taking place makes a compelling argument for a constitutional amendment to limit the terms of Congressional Representatives and Senators.Far too many of them worry more about their career jobs than they do about doing what's right.. Consequentially they can be bought or blackmailed or otherwise coerced by the party whips to follow the leader or lose support and meaningful committee asignments.

I spent four days this past week in the Aiken Regional Medical Center due to an emergency. With excellent care from Doctors, nurses and staff I am at home today in good health but alas very poor spirits awaiting the final decision on the Obama adminstration's health care "reform." If, as expected, the White House succeeds in ramming through this abomination I am afraid that in the near future I and many millions of patients with emergency conditions will not be so fortunate.

Our elected officials should be role models for the nation rather than "roll models" who go along to get along. The time has come to join together and demand that a referendum on term limits be held to let the people decide whether or not to amend the constitution. Let the people decide!

The following poem expresses the problem we have with the present system. It was inspired by a similar piece written by Michael Schenkler of the Queens Tribune concerning elections in Queens:

Here, there and everywhere

The Incumbents always win,

Their primary focus is to insure,

That the “ins,” are always in.

It’s of little import what they do,

Their record is of little matter,

They raise the bucks, work the PACs,

Anything to make war chests fatter.

Without fail they make the sale

Name recognition can’t be beat,

With all the funds and paid-for-mail,

It’s always another term repeat.

And so we have it for good or not

With hardly any exception

If an incumbent’s name is on the ballot,

He or she will win election.

You ask how to change the game

Just look hard at all in the race

Study accomplishments not the name

Dare to be bold to select a new face.

I know it is difficult to deny your “friend”

Who every few years solicits your vote

But if our uncritical habits we fail to amend

Our nation soon will be of little note!

So there you have it my friends. Since we do not yet have the term limits I advocate let's show very many incumbents the gate . Our country will surely benefit from  new faces in public places.

Obama at Bat

Okay, Things look bleak but the following youtube is too good to miss.Let us hope for the best!

Health Care in a Free Society

The following is an excerpt from an article in Imprimis, Free subscriptions to Imprimis ara available from the website.

Health Care in a Free Society

PAUL RYAN is in his sixth term as a member of Congress, representing Wisconsin's First Congressional District. He is the ranking member of the House Budget Committee and a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee. A graduate of Miami University in Ohio, he and his wife Janna have three children and live in Janesville, Wisconsin.
The following is adapted from a speech delivered on January 13, 2010, in Washington, D.C., at an event sponsored by Hillsdale College's Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship.

SOMEONE once said that before there was the New Deal, there was the Wisconsin Deal. In my home state, the University of Wisconsin was an early hotbed of progressivism, whose goal was to reorder society along lines other than those of the Constitution. The best known Wisconsin progressive in American politics was Robert LaFollette. “Fighting Bob,” as he was called, was a Republican—as was Theodore Roosevelt, another early progressive. Today we tend to associate progressivism mostly with Democrats, and trace it back to Woodrow Wilson. But it had its roots in both parties.
The social and political programs of the progressives came in on two great waves: the New Deal of the 1930s and the Great Society of the 1960s. Today, President Obama often invokes progressivism and hopes to generate its third great wave of public policy. In thinking about what this would mean, we need look no farther than the health care reform program he is promoting along with the leadership in Congress.more


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The Best Films Never Made

The following PajamasMedia production by Andrew Klavan on the "Oscars" is funny but painfully true.

Election 2010: South Carolina Republican Primary for Governor

I have posted the following link to the latest poll in the South Carolina Governors race. While Nikki Haley places 4th it is interesting to note that a large number of those polled are undecided. Nikki's numbers are improving daily and as people get to know her I expect that many of the undecided will move to her. Please spread the word. If you haven't already done so check out her website: http://www.nikkihaley.com/ and email the link to your friends.


Election 2010: South Carolina Republican Primary for Governor

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SC Gubernatorial Campaign

Comments on the South Carolina Gubernatorial race from Ed Giobbe

 
In a time of extraordinary economic and financial stress, the race for Governor of our State is extremely important.  The new Governor will set the agenda and direction of South Carolina for years. At the recent Aiken Republican Club debate with four candidates it was obvious that three of them were simply more of the same. 
 

Gresham Barrett missed 30% of the votes in the House of Representatives in 2009 and has already missed a number of votes so far this year.  His excuse for being absent is that he is running for Governor. Will he continue to be an absentee Representative in 2010?  That's not what we hired him for and not what he gets paid for.  He told us that he was for God, the Second Amendment, and Right to Life, none of which are issues in the race.  He failed to address the crucial issues that face SC. Platitudes and no substance.

Henry McMaster and Andre Bauer were poster children for the status quo.  They also failed to speak to the issues.  Amazingly, both of them, in response to a question by Dick Dewar, concerning the leadership of Bobby Harrell and Glen McConnell, emphatically stated that they always received full cooperation from the Legislature and always got what they asked for!  These two are simply more of the same and business as usual.  It is the good old boy game of get along go along that has characterized the Legislature for decades. What you see is what you get, a wink and a nod. In addition, Andre Bauer recently equated helping the poor with feeding stray dogs.  What is he running for, dog catcher?

Nikki Haley is the proverbial breath of fresh air. She introduced and passed legislation requiring recorded votes over the objections of the leadership and was punished for it.  She favors raising the cigarette tax, governmental restructuring, eliminating the Budget and Control Board, tax reform and eliminating the hundreds of millions of $ of special interest sales tax exemptions.  She addressed the three major issues that are absolutely crucial to our state- restructuring, taxes and education.

South Carolina can no longer afford to be hampered by a state government dominated by a legislature motivated by special interests and self preservation.  The legislature has been dragged kicking and screaming into the 20th Century and continues to be the Enfant Terrible in the 21st. If we really want a better state government, then let's ask the hard questions and demand specific answers.  The usual platitudes and trite phrases of smaller, more efficient government and lower taxes have been uttered by politicians since the first caveman ran for office.  It's time to hold their feet to the fire and demand some answers.   l

Nikki Haley for Governor

The following letter from Nikki Haley speaks for it self. We do have a good slate of gubernatorial candidates but I believe Nikki is the one who can bring about real reform and transparency. She fought hard for it and was punished by Speaker Bobby Harrell for her audacity. You can learn more about her here.

"One of Us"

Dear Friends,


If there's anything that the roller-coaster that was 2009 has taught us, it's that the 2010 elections matter. They matter on the state level, and they matter on the federal level.

When heading to the polls next June, we have a choice to make - a choice that will determine the direction we take as South Carolinians and as Americans.

Redstate founder and conservative activist Erick Erickson gets that - and earlier this week he made his choice:

"There are several good people running in South Carolina, but all of them are products of the Republican Establishment. ... Then there is Nikki Haley. She worked in her parents’ small business. She knows first hand the way government screws the little guy. She is not a big business supporter, but an entrepreneur's best friend. Nikki Haley is worth supporting.

Nikki Haley is one of us. Now we need to stick up for her and fund her. If you have money, give it. If you have time, give it. If you have prayers, offer them up. Let's pray for her, fund her campaign, and work to get Nikki Haley elected as the next Governor South Carolina."

Please join Erick and the many others across South Carolina in supporting our campaign. There is so much potential in our state, so much that we can and must do to make South Carolina a better place to live, work, and raise a family.

I have every confidence that we will get there, but I need your help. We are in the midst of strong push this December to show a strong dollar amount by the end of the month, so please contribute to the campaign, whether you can give $500, $250, $100, or even $50.

You will be part of something that makes you proud – and changes South Carolina forever.

My very best,

Nikki

Amazing Collection

Follow this link to an amazing collection of cartoons. I get a lot of email but these are all edgy and new. Enjoy!

http://gopbriefingroom.com/index.php?topic=16744.0

The Great British Climate Fraud

Human Events has published an excellent piece on "Global Warming," The first few paragraphs are posted below including a link to the entire article. Please read it and pass it on. The Wall Street Opinion Journal Online also has an illuminating story. We have been Gored!

The Great British Climate Fraud

by  James Delingpole

11/24/2009

It has been described as the "greatest scientific scandal of the modern age." The story broke last Thursday when a person unknown -- some say it was a hacker, others an inside-leak job -- broke into the servers at Britain's Climate Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia and published at least 61megabytes of confidential data on a Russian website.

 Despite efforts in liberal quarters to play the story down as a criminal issue of no great consequence, the blogosophere almost instantly recognized it as political dynamite: perhaps even the final nail in the coffin of Al Gore's increasingly expensive theory that the world is rapidly overheating due to Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW).

Why? Because the Climate Research Unit in the windswept fenlands of Eastern England -- together with its sister unit in the West of England, the Hadley Centre in Exeter, Devon -- is one of the primary information sources used by the UN's International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).more 

Sarah Palin's new book and the New York Times

The New York Times once again shows its extreme bias. John Hinderaker of the Powerline blog nails them. Go here to read his excellent comment. For a more objective review go here.

Senator Jim DeMint needs your help now!

 

Senator Jim DeMint needs your help now!  Click here for a special message.

Dear Friend:

 

We’ve killed a bad immigration bill that would have given amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants.

 

We’re leading the fight to stop earmarks and to end the Congressional Favor Factory.

 

We’ve fought bank bailouts, automotive industry takeovers, and a “porkulus package” that’s putting us even more in debt to foreign nations like China.

 

We’re currently fighting tooth and nail to protect the private market against a borderline socialist health care proposal.

 

And needless to say…we’ve really stirred up a hornet’s nest. Now those hornets are looking for someone to sting, and they’re flying toward me. President Obama and his liberal allies will stop at nothing to silence their opposition.  Just look at their recent attacks on Fox News!

That’s why they’ve moved into South Carolina early. The Democrats are setting up shop, funding candidates, and training new ground troops to attack Congressman Joe Wilson and me.

 

We cannot sit back and let it happen. We must continue our vocal opposition to big government while fighting for the conservative principles our founding fathers proudly stood on to create this great nation.

 

I’m happy to announce that State Republican Party Chairman Karen Floyd is as committed as I am. We’ve teamed up and today we’re ready to formally announce that Victory 2010 is open and ready for business.

Victory 2010 will be the grassroots machine that helps propel our efforts in this next campaign. As in years past, it will run our phone banks, register our voters, organize our door-to-door drives, direct our absentee ballot efforts and get out our conservative message.

 

In addition to my reelection, we will have a whole slate of candidates to help including Congressman Joe Wilson.

 

Will you help us now to counter the Democrats? Would you consider being one of the first to donate to Victory 2010 today?

Make no mistake about it… President Obama will be dumping a boatload of money into the Palmetto State and the South Carolina Democrats are already organizing under the direction of the President’s former campaign operation. We can’t wait to simply respond to their attacks and play defense for the next 12 months. This election is too important. We must take the offensive right now.

 

We just opened our Victory 2010 account and we need to rapidly build up our resources.  Will you help us take the battle of ideas to voters? Will you help us fund the Victory 2010 effort to re­cruit, organize, and activate conservatives all across the state?

 

I need your help to win this campaign of ideas. Please donate to Victory 2010… today.

Sincerely,

Jim DeMint

P.S. – Please help today by funding our SCGOP Victory 2010 effort!

Paid for by the South Carolina Republican Party, Victory SC 2010

Not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee.

www.scgop.com

The Moral Case for Health Reform?

The following article is posted on the American Thinker blog and I found it very interesting.

The Moral Case for Health Care Reform?

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By John W. Truslow, III
As the health care bills currently before Congress move tantalizingly close to passage, those who favor government management of health care markets increasingly assert "the moral case" to advance that cause.  These influential opinions attempt to close off debate, as if to say, "All that the Lord has spoken, we will do."  Precisely for that reason, citizens must consider if the arguments are moral imperatives in search of a political will, or merely the other way around.Our nation was established upon this shared moral code: individual citizens are endowed with... (Read Full Article)

Future Prospects for Economic Liberty

The following is the lead-in to an article that appears in the latest edition of Imprimis a publication of Hillsdale College. I recommend Imprimis to everyone and  a free subscription is available or it can be read online.Go  here

Future Prospects for Economic Liberty

WALTER WILLIAMS is the John M. Olin distinguished professor of economics at George Mason University. He holds a B.A. from California State University at Los Angeles and an M.A. and a Ph.D. in economics from UCLA. He has received numerous fellowships and awards, including a Hoover Institution National Fellowship and the Valley Forge Freedoms Foundation George Washington Medal of Honor. A nationally syndicated columnist, his articles and essays have appeared in publications such as Economic Inquiry, American Economic Review, National Review, Reader's Digest, Policy Review and Newsweek. Dr. Williams has authored six books, including The State Against Blacks (later made into a PBS documentary entitled Good Intentions) and Liberty Versus the Tyranny of Socialism.

The following is adapted from a lecture delivered on August 2, 2009, during a Hillsdale College cruise from Venice to Athens aboard the Crystal Serenity.

One of the justifications for the massive growth of government in the 20th and now the 21st centuries, far beyond the narrow limits envisioned by the founders of our nation, is the need to promote what the government defines as fair and just. But this begs the prior and more fundamental question: What is the legitimate role of government in a free society? To understand how America's Founders answered this question, we have only to look at the rule book they gave us-the Constitution. Most of what they understood as legitimate powers of the federal government are enumerated in Article 1, Section 8. Congress is authorized there to do 21 things, and as much as three-quarters of what Congress taxes us and spends our money for today is nowhere to be found on that list. To cite just a few examples, there is no constitutional authority for Congress to subsidize farms, bail out banks, or manage car companies. In this sense, I think we can safely say that America has departed from the constitutional principle of limited government that made us great and prosperous.more

Racism: New low in political debate

Today's Aiken Standard carried anther excellent column by Jack DeVine and if you have not read it it is worth your time.Just follow the link below:

Racism: New low in political debate
10/14/2009 12:30 AM
By JACK DeVINE
Columnist

Frankly, I've little desire to write about racism, a nasty third-rail topic. But the recent barrage of assertions that criticism of President Obama is fundamentally racist begs for response. So here goes-- more.

White House Criticizes Foxnews

Brit Hume and Bill O'Reilly do a great job in the following video.

Deja Vu

 It seems to me I heard this song before! If you want some other thoughts that seem as though they were written yesterday I recommend ATLAS SHRUGGED  by Ayn Rand.

Tea Party Express News

The Tea Party Express is coming to Augusta on November 10th. The following update was received today:

With just 19 days until the kickoff of the "Tea Party Express: Countdown to Judgment Day" we need volunteers to help with the organizing and promotion of our tea party rallies across the country.

If you live near one of our rally locations and are able to provide a helping hand, please shoot us an email at: info@TeaPartyExpress.org


If you are unable to volunteer your time, you can still support this effort by making a contribution to our cause. You can contribute online here -


Or, you can mail in a contribution to our headquarters:


Our Country Deserves Better Committee
ATTN: Tea Party Project
770 L Street #1020
Sacramento, CA 95814
More information about the "Tea Party Express: Countdown to Judgment Day" can be found at our website here

If you liked what we did with the first Tea Party Express you're going to love what we have in store for our second effort. It's going to be even bigger and better yet!

So please lend us your support. You can contribute online right now Here

A Great Patriotic Video

I received the following in an email today. It has been around since May and and has been viewed many times on You tube.

"This video resulted from a Mom in Alabama asking her high school son to help with a commercial for the Tea Party she was involved in organizing.

Boy, does it slam the message home. Very impressive. Here is her note: "I asked Justin if he could help me make a commercial for my group's Tea Party. He sat down at the laptop for about an hour, and then brought this to me and asked, 'is this okay, Mom?'

After I finished watching it, my stomach was in my throat. Everyone that I have sent it to has really enjoyed it, so I wanted my friends to see it. I am so proud!"

A very powerful video...turn up the sound & sit back....!!! "

Aiken Republican Party Rally for Joe Wilson

Donna and I attended the Joe Wilson Rally today and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Approximately 100 to 150 loyal Republicans showed up to pay their respects and listen to Joe as he explained the EMPOWERING PATIENTS FIRST ACT ( H.R. 3400) which is a health care solution proposed by the Republican Study Committee. The act rests on six fundamental health care principles- accessibility, affordability, choice, innovation,quality and portability.Most of all it believes in individuals and the power of free people to make independent decisions not Washington. To learn more about Congressman Wilson's view go here.

                                                                

A small group of protestors also attended but for the most part quietly displayed their signs.

 

An impressive array of local TV representatives from ABC, CBS and NBC were also present and I turned the tables on them with the following photo.I promised I would post it.