Comments on: “Reaganesque?” http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/06/08/reaganesque/ Politics, Sports and Pop Culture Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:58:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Elmo http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/06/08/reaganesque/#comment-56907 Elmo Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:46:51 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=22859#comment-56907 It should be hunting season for RINO's. Someone asked what significant legislation Demint has authored and passed through the Senate. This question shows how people foolishly believe that passing more laws somehow makes someone a better Senator. We need Senators who vote against big spending bills- like the hideous bank bailout bill. Those kind of tough taxpayer friendly decisions take balls and courage. We can not grow more government - we can not afford what we have now. Anyone who supported the bank bailout bill in Congress needs to get voted out of Washington ASAP. Inglis-What did the banks do with all OUR money you gave them? Do you have a clue? I didn't think so. It should be hunting season for RINO’s.

Someone asked what significant legislation Demint has authored and passed through the Senate.

This question shows how people foolishly believe that passing more laws somehow makes someone a better Senator.

We need Senators who vote against big spending bills- like the hideous bank bailout bill. Those kind of tough taxpayer friendly decisions take balls and courage. We can not grow more government – we can not afford what we have now.

Anyone who supported the bank bailout bill in Congress needs to get voted out of Washington ASAP.

Inglis-What did the banks do with all OUR money you gave them? Do you have a clue? I didn’t think so.

]]> By: lou http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/06/08/reaganesque/#comment-56894 lou Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:03:05 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=22859#comment-56894 Reagan didn't go around hurting people. He didn't cheat his constituents, not on the record anyway. Fiscally conservative now means steal from the people. Reagan didn’t go around hurting people. He didn’t cheat his constituents, not on the record anyway.
Fiscally conservative now means steal from the people.

]]> By: James the Foot Soldier http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/06/08/reaganesque/#comment-56882 James the Foot Soldier Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:40:30 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=22859#comment-56882 Gillon - The recession of 1981-1982 - the one that Jimmy (my home-building skills suck) Carter left as a "Welome to the Oval Office Present" for President Reagan? Ask the millions of folks in Eastern Europe who are now free from the Russian claw what Reaganesue means.... PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH Gillon – The recession of 1981-1982 – the one that Jimmy (my home-building skills suck) Carter left as a “Welome to the Oval Office Present” for President Reagan?

Ask the millions of folks in Eastern Europe who are now free from the Russian claw what Reaganesue means….

PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH

]]> By: Matt http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/06/08/reaganesque/#comment-56850 Matt Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:41:53 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=22859#comment-56850 David Thomas might not be Reagan-esque, but he stands head-and-shoulders in the "real Republican" department over Inglis. Trey Gowdy is also running but still needs to develop an issue portfolio and political identity. Andrew Smart is a fairly entrepreneurial businessman running who will be the fourth major candidate in this race. Whether it's Thomas, Gowdy or Smart, any of them would be an automatic improvement over the entrenched moderate incumbent representing one of the most conservative districts in the US. David Thomas might not be Reagan-esque, but he stands head-and-shoulders in the “real Republican” department over Inglis. Trey Gowdy is also running but still needs to develop an issue portfolio and political identity. Andrew Smart is a fairly entrepreneurial businessman running who will be the fourth major candidate in this race. Whether it’s Thomas, Gowdy or Smart, any of them would be an automatic improvement over the entrenched moderate incumbent representing one of the most conservative districts in the US.

]]> By: HIPAA Violator http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/06/08/reaganesque/#comment-56838 HIPAA Violator Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:47:40 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=22859#comment-56838 7th Circuit Solicitor Trey Gowdy is also running for this seat and will be getting my vote. 7th Circuit Solicitor Trey Gowdy is also running for this seat and will be getting my vote.

]]> By: Recovering Lobbyist http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/06/08/reaganesque/#comment-56814 Recovering Lobbyist Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:24:00 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=22859#comment-56814 Have you met the so-called conservative business leaders in Greenville? The voters may be red-meat conservatives, but the business elite in Greenville are anything but conservative. A generalization, I know, but a statement that I think is sound given the candidates our business elite put forward and gets elected from our part of the world. Our legislators may be more conservative than the low country crowd, but that is not saying much. Have you met the so-called conservative business leaders in Greenville? The voters may be red-meat conservatives, but the business elite in Greenville are anything but conservative. A generalization, I know, but a statement that I think is sound given the candidates our business elite put forward and gets elected from our part of the world. Our legislators may be more conservative than the low country crowd, but that is not saying much.

]]> By: Fourrth District Resident http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/06/08/reaganesque/#comment-56805 Fourrth District Resident Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:34:41 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=22859#comment-56805 And where'd you get that picture of Greenville? The EPA? And where’d you get that picture of Greenville? The EPA?

]]> By: Fourrth District Resident http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/06/08/reaganesque/#comment-56804 Fourrth District Resident Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:34:15 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=22859#comment-56804 Senator Thomas's voting record on fiscal issues speaks for itself. He is likeable and socially conservative, but he's clearly a big spender. Several of the declared candidates for the Fourth District seat show promise on the spending front. Bob Inglis needs to be replaced, but not by David Thomas. Senator Thomas’s voting record on fiscal issues speaks for itself. He is likeable and socially conservative, but he’s clearly a big spender. Several of the declared candidates for the Fourth District seat show promise on the spending front. Bob Inglis needs to be replaced, but not by David Thomas.

]]> By: Gillon http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/06/08/reaganesque/#comment-56803 Gillon Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:33:58 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=22859#comment-56803 You decry Senator David Thomas' use of the term "Reaganesque" and state that because of Thomas and his like-minded fellow Republican state senators, SC taxpayers "have been left with rapidly escalating unemployment, stagnant income levels, and a dysfunctional government." And then you pose the question, "Is any of that Reaganesque?" Well no, not unless you include the Recession of 1981-82 when unemployment was higher than it is now. Not unless you include the fact that under the Reagan Administration the only class whose incomes did not stagnate were the wealthy. And not unless you consider dysfunctional government not to include events like the Savings and Loan Crisis and the Iran-Contra Affair. Be careful what you wish for. You decry Senator David Thomas’ use of the term “Reaganesque” and state that because of Thomas and his like-minded fellow Republican state senators, SC taxpayers “have been left with rapidly escalating unemployment, stagnant income levels, and a dysfunctional government.” And then you pose the question, “Is any of that Reaganesque?”
Well no, not unless you include the Recession of 1981-82 when unemployment was higher than it is now. Not unless you include the fact that under the Reagan Administration the only class whose incomes did not stagnate were the wealthy. And not unless you consider dysfunctional government not to include events like the Savings and Loan Crisis and the Iran-Contra Affair.
Be careful what you wish for.

]]> By: CNSYD http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/06/08/reaganesque/#comment-56801 CNSYD Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:13:26 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=22859#comment-56801 I am still waiting for someone to tell me what significant legislation DeMint has authored and it has passed in the Senate. Being a voice crying in the wilderness accomplishes nothing. I am still waiting for someone to tell me what significant legislation DeMint has authored and it has passed in the Senate. Being a voice crying in the wilderness accomplishes nothing.

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