By Aquagirl

July 27, 2007 9:02 AM | Link to this

Oh, he’s your father’s Republican… this is a good sign he’s a Reagan Republican. Not part of this theocratic spendthrift bunch who have hijacked the party.

By MPW

July 27, 2007 9:22 AM | Link to this

Good for Broun! FINALLY, a politician with a brain that’s not afraid to use it. He must have been absent when the Republicans handed out the Koolaid that morning.

By Fishtales

July 27, 2007 9:36 AM | Link to this

Outstanding!!! Vote your conscience…not what your “party” tells you to do. Very courageous thing to do whether you agree with his decision or not. Just a few hundred more of these sheep to get out of office…

By jamie

July 27, 2007 10:03 AM | Link to this

hey, when you guys airbrushed baxter out of the photo, shouldn’t you have at least used the same background color?

By GTDave

July 27, 2007 10:09 AM | Link to this

Kudos sir!

It’s about time that someone took a stand against the federalism that has illegitimately run this nation for the last 90 or so years.

By GaLiberal

July 27, 2007 10:18 AM | Link to this

Paul Broun has some funny notion about the Constitution as do a lot of his constituents. While I applaud him for voting his vote and not the Republican neocon wingnut party-line vote, he’s misguided on the issue of states rights. His argument about states rights doesn’t apply. The federal government has taken the right unto its self as outlined in the Constitution. You see, the right doesn’t have to be specified in the Constitution. You just have to follow the process that’s in the Constitution. That’s what the process of law making is about. The Congress passed a law in 1972 (or there abouts) taking federal control over drugs deemed illegal. The Republican controlled Congress passed a law in 2002 (again or there abouts) that outlawed medical use of pot. Clearly, the federal government is assigned authority over this area.

I support medical use of pot because it was used for hundreds of years as a treatment for various illnesses. I also think that if we allow tobacco and booze to be legal (both very addictive and destructive drugs) but highly controlled, pot should also treated similarly. To throw someone in prison for having a few personal joints, but not someone with several packs of cigarettes is just immoral.

By Fishtales

July 27, 2007 10:34 AM | Link to this

Amen GALib…

By Lb in Gp

July 27, 2007 10:59 AM | Link to this

It seems they forgot that they “let Baxter go.” Look to the left, near the top…

“Political Insider Buzz from the backrooms, war rooms and the Gold Dome from TOM BAXTER and Jim Galloway.

“Contact us Have a news tip? E-mail TOM BAXTER or call him at 404-526-5943. Galloway can be e-mailed or reached at 404-526-5520.”

By MrLiberty

July 27, 2007 11:12 AM | Link to this

GA Liberal - “The federal government has taken the right unto itself” What the hell kind of crap constitutional argument is that? The constitution is a document ascribing limited and defined powers to the federal government. The Ninth and Tenth amendments clearly and succinctly give all other rights to the people and the states. Banning, regulating the sale of or any other such activities related to medicine, drugs, foods, IS NOT IN THE CONSTITUTION !

In the 1920’s the government (and the american people) recognized that if it wanted to make alcohol illegal they would have to amend the constitution. The amendment process is clearly defined in the constitution and requires the approval of both houses as well as a supermajority of the states. When that pathetic experiment was shown to be a complete failure that generated organized crime, street violence, ridiculous profits, and police corruption (hey, just like the drug war) they followed the same process to repeal the amendment.

Just because the feds take it upon themselves to pass a law (Federal Reserve Act, Drug Control Act, etc.) doesn’t make the law any more valid, legal, or constitutional. You need to work on your education.

Mr. Broun represents finally the right kind of elected official. From the little I have read, it sounds like he actually believe in the constitution and respects his oath to it. It is a shame that none of the rest of the Georgia delegation (or any other member of congress except the Great Ron Paul) do. Hopefully Mr. Broun will maintain his determination and committment, learn from the great example Ron Paul has set over his past 20 years in congress and continue to respect the great document that served us so well ONCE.

As for any of the rest of you that think that the constitution is just some piece of paper you finish your restroom visit with, or a “fluid” document that can be changed with just a majority vote of congress you are wrong. The fact that our supreme court doesn’t respect the letter of the law either is just another repair that will need to be made to restore the republic in this country.

By RL

July 27, 2007 11:12 AM | Link to this

Interesting we may actually have a REAL conservative congressman from Georgia. Amazing, just amazing.

By Paul Broun is High

July 27, 2007 11:23 AM | Link to this

I know why Paul Broun voted for legal marijuana - HE SMOKES IT! How else to explain his psycho behavior and weird Republican political beliefs. Those who know Paul Broun know that he is a stoner from way back. He just wants to get some of that fine government-grown chronic.

By MrLiberty

July 27, 2007 11:55 AM | Link to this

We could have a truly conservative president too.

www.ronpaul2008.com.

Begin the revolution with your vote. Restore the republic.

Support other like-minded candidates from any of the parties. That’s the only way things are going to get better.

By Craig also

July 27, 2007 12:00 PM | Link to this

Thank you Dr. Broun. Amazing, a Republican who votes his mind, unlike the sycophantic Dr. Price, who votes only as his handlers instruct him.

By uncle jessie

July 27, 2007 1:36 PM | Link to this

Smokin terbaker done killed more folks (lung cancer) than Hitler & Stalin. Must be the money big companies makes what keeps it legal. Hoochie weed growers needs them a lobbyist in D.C.

By GaLiberal

July 27, 2007 1:37 PM | Link to this

MrLiberty: All these drug control laws have withstood Supreme Court challenges; the 1972 law by a so-called ‘liberal’ court and the 2002 law by a very conservative court. So your arguement that it violates the Constitution is just plain wrong. Go read the Constitution. It states that powers not proscribed to the federal government acrrue to the States. That does not mean the Constitution has to have specify every single federal power. Congress can pass laws which IS a Constutional power. Therefore, Congress can pass a law that gives the power to the federal government.

All this is US Government 101. But, you were probably attending a Klan rally or learning how to lynch blacks and Jews. Go back to high school you loud mouthed jerk. No wonder Georgia ranks so low in education.

By charles corley

July 27, 2007 1:40 PM | Link to this

HO-RAY. An HONEST man. What do you think about this. Marijuana as an alternative to alcohol. Alcohol is cheap, legal and America voted Yes in 1932 so it’s here to stay. Alcohol is a wonderful, powerful, very addictive and highly explosive drug that can make you brave, Rich, Good looking, or invisible. It can make you stay out all night, talk to strange women and think you can dance good. It can also make you break your wife’s nose in front of the children. Alcohol can have awful consequences. The alternative to alcohol now are caffiene, nicotine and Rx drugs. Caffiene has come along ways since it was known as witch’s brew. If cigarettes are banned your ole sweet grand mother will kill you for one and Rx drugs are very addictive and for some are a death sentence and for some MD’s it’s patient control. It’s time for a hearing on marijuana as an alternative to alcohol. Adults should not have to be sick to buy marijuana just like you don’t have to be sick to buy alcohol. Marijuana can make you lazy or eat a jar of mayonaise but it won’t make you break wife’s nose in front of the children. Websters says Propaganda is the systematic, wide spread promotion of deception. Marijuana is the perfect example of this. It’s time to hear the rest of the story.

By JOhn G.

July 27, 2007 2:04 PM | Link to this

At least Dr. Broun has voted true to his avowed political philosophy. I often part ways with conservatives - especially those who put ideology ahead of common sense. But I am even more critical to those Neocons who, under the guise of being conservative are actually in favor of government being bigger and more invasive to protect the interst of its lobbyists and who distrust government so much that when they come to power they become a self-fulfilling prophesy of how badly it can be managed.

By finally

July 27, 2007 2:12 PM | Link to this

While I consider myself a Democrat, I have nothing against tried and true Republicans… They got it. They knew the boundaries of government intrusion into our personal lives. They believed in personal freedoms and rights and celebrated them. And they left God out of it. They are not the Republicans of today… who spend like there is no tomorrow, pass hypocritical moral judgments which they seem incapable of living up to themselves, and are forcing us rapidly into a rigid theocracy. Dr. Broun is the future of this once proud party and that bodes well for them.

By john

July 27, 2007 3:53 PM | Link to this

Does the medicare part d cover it? I am sure Broun’s office bills accordingly.

By MrLiberty

July 27, 2007 3:59 PM | Link to this

GALiberal,

“Congress can pass laws which IS a Constutional power. Therefore, Congress can pass a law that gives the power to the federal government.”

The level of your ignorance is without compare. If this is what you learned in government 101 then I feel especially sorry for all of the taxpayers that picked up that bill.

I just don’t know where to begin except by saying that my education did not occur in Georgia and that I have probably read more about the constitution, the intent of the founding fathers, and the historical violations of the constitution by congress, the executive branch, and the supreme court then you even realize has been written. Not surprising that the racial and ethnic card needs to be raised. You have little else to stand on. “lynchings???”

Quick example. In Clinton’s term congress passed a law making it a federal crime to carry a gun within 100 feet of a school. Supreme court ruled that the law was unconstitutional since the congress could not establish why the federal government had any authority over the activities of someone on a state operated school property. The congress cannot just decide what it has federal jurisdiction over. And just because the law still exists doesn’t make in constitutional.

Thomas Jefferson quoted from the Kentucky resolution (you might need a dictionary to help you understand the big words): “… the Constitution of the United States, having delegated to Congress a power to punish treason, counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States, piracies, and felonies committed on the high seas, and offenses against the law of nations, and no other crimes whatsoever; and it being true as a general principle, and one of the amendments to the Constitution having also declared, that “the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people,” therefore the act of Congress, passed on the 14th day of July, 1798, and intituled “An Act in addition to the act intituled An Act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States,” as also the act passed by them on the — day of June, 1798, intituled “An Act to punish frauds committed on the bank of the United States,” (and all their other acts which assume to create, define, or punish crimes, other than those so enumerated in the Constitution,) are altogether void, and of no force; and that the power to create, define, and punish such other crimes is reserved, and, of right, appertains solely and exclusively to the respective States, each within its own territory.”

Plain and simple. Limited, enumerated powers. If all it took was to pass a law, then why a constitutional amendment for alcohol? Or income taxation? Or to end slavery? Or to give women the right to vote? History itself shows how ignorant you are.

By Tator Tot

July 28, 2007 7:25 AM | Link to this

A stealth hippie from Athens! Yahoo! The Republicans got tricked! Hahahaha.

By MrLiberty

July 28, 2007 12:28 PM | Link to this

This man is not a stealth hippie. He is a man who supports the constitution and recognizes that it imposes strict limits on the power of the federal government. That used to be called “conservative.”

Let’s hope this is a sign of better things to come in this country.

By UGAPhD

July 28, 2007 6:13 PM | Link to this

by john—Dr. Broun did not accept insurance or medicare in his home practice, and he gave away thousands of dollars of service I understand. I don’t think he even drinks alcohol.

By GodHatesTrash

July 29, 2007 7:50 PM | Link to this

Another neo-kkkon moron talking about ‘state’s rights’.

Broun will ask for repeal of the anti-lynching laws next.

Filthy stupid pekkerwood trash.

By jim

July 29, 2007 11:49 PM | Link to this

GodHatesTrash, you have got to be the most ignorant, bigoted fool thats ever posted a comment online… and thats saying a lot.

I’m glad Dr. Broun beat Jim Whitehead. Nothing would have changed otherwise. Whether Broun used to be a stoner or not, he’s at least committed to his oath. Thats more than can be said for any of Georgia’s other Republican representatives (not that I have much respect for our Dems either). Congress needs more Ron Pauls. This was definitely a step in the right direction for Georgia.

By Taylor

July 30, 2007 6:46 AM | Link to this

Agreed Jim. GHT is a bigoted idiot….and this coming from a lefty-liberal.

By David Franklin

July 30, 2007 11:44 AM | Link to this

In GENESIS God pronounces “all seed bearing plants to be good.” I will never ever question His pronouncement and neither should a true fundamentalist.

By Freddy K.

July 30, 2007 4:59 PM | Link to this

All States should tell the federal govenment where to get off. Each state knows more about what is best for its people that the federal government ever will. Well say what you want, each state shoud and does have the right to govern itself. Don’t understand the name calling but it that’s all you, might want to invest in some educational matterial.

By Craig

July 30, 2007 4:59 PM | Link to this

The DEA are crimminal terrorist Basis for the above assertion:

1) No individual or group of individuals or government’s have the right to initiate force, theft or fraud against a individual or his property.

2) Force can be justified only in defence or prevention against those who violate # 1.

3) Respect for all life requires that we associate with all others on the basis of a voluntary fair exchange of values.

4) The only legitimate function of any government is to protect the rights of the individual.

5) If that purpose is not being met, they should not exist.

“The creation, production and fair exchange of values is the business of evolving conciousness, love and life.” - Craig

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