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DEL.ICIO.USBlogwatch: ‘Once upon a time, education was on the Republican hit list.’
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Libertarian blogger Jason Pye has jumped to the defense of 10th District congressional candidate Paul Broun, who apparently has earned the second berth in a July 17 run-off with Jim Whitehead.
On Wednesday, Whitehead’s people told us that they would chase after Broun for past statements questioning the federal government’s spending on such things as spending and disaster relief.
Says Pye: “Broun is dead on, for the most part.”
“I seem to remember a certain party running on eliminating the Department of Education (among other departments) in 1994 and returning education back to the local level.”
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By Anonymous
June 21, 2007 10:16 AM | Link to this
Yep. Republicans have long courted libertarians with their foolish anti-government notions and carefully staged loathing of “big government.”
Which means anything done for the benefit of workers, consumer, and the middle and lower classes, of course. As opposed to “small government,” which is handing out subsidies, bailouts, and tax breaks that favor the rich. (And is secretly just as “big” when it comes to regulating private behavior.)
Fortunately, libertarians are kinda dim and never catch on.
By Dave
June 21, 2007 12:01 PM | Link to this
Back in the early to mid 90s, when I was president of the Young Dems of UGA / Athens, the late Paul Broun Sr. would stop by our meetings a few times a year. It was so nice of him to do so, especially since he knew most of the people there did not vote in local elections. If the son is anything like the father (albeit Republican), he would have my vote if I still lived in the district.
By Dave
June 21, 2007 12:01 PM | Link to this
Back in the early to mid 90s, when I was president of the Young Dems of UGA / Athens, the late Paul Broun Sr. would stop by our meetings a few times a year. It was so nice of him to do so, especially since he knew most of the people there did not vote in local elections. If the son is anything like the father (albeit Republican), he would have my vote if I still lived in the district.
By Craig
June 21, 2007 12:06 PM | Link to this
Jason is dead on. Keep in mind Charlie Norwood was first elected in 1994 - the election that brought in an idea of true conservative principles - smaller government and trimming down the Federal bureacracy to its true Constitutionally designed level.
If Whitehead wants to make that the definition of this race, then he has completely distanced himself from Norwood and the wave he came to Congress on. He also distances himself from less government and working to roll these things either to the private sector or the state level where they belong. Whitehead has defined himself as the epitome of the Republican majority that was voted out of office in 2006 - defence of big government and higher burdens on the taxpayer. He has taken a step left and condoned the status quo and appears to fit in nicely with the philosophy of the majority.
By tonny robbins
June 21, 2007 4:03 PM | Link to this
Broun is nothing like his father. He”s a fruitcake.
And for the record, sendelbach, the libertarian, got what? 3 votes? Give me a break.