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Michael Quinn Sullivan Commentary
Liberal Lies, Con-Man Conservatives, Your Money
Dear Friend,
How do you know when a liberal is
lying? Because he’s promising to do the will of the people. History is littered
with despots, tyrants and those who wanted to be, all claiming to be men of the
people, doing their will. Which people? The ones he isn’t oppressing,
right then.
In our modern minds, we denigrate the notion of anything being absolutely true.
But there are real, solid truths, and foundational principles that must be
defended even in vain. Majorities can sometimes make a thing legal, but they
cannot make a wrong thing right.
For Sale, Or Whatever [Let
us know what you think!]
Take the case of Joe Tison. He’s the former mayor of Weatherford who is now
working to unseat taxpayer champion Phil King as state representative. According
to the Fort Worth Star Telegram, Mr. Tison said “he would consider
changing his position on any issue if he believed that a majority of his
constituents felt differently.” In short, Joe Tison believes in nothing. Or
everything. Whatever. Need some puppies kicked or kittens slapped? Joe’s your
man.
He’s signaled that he’s for sale to whoever can produce a poll that might be
read as justifying any position. He might as well advertise, “Whatever I’ve told
you, whatever you think you’re voting for, I’ll sell you out in a heartbeat and
I’ll justify it with some poll that a lobbyist will throw together on a cocktail
napkin.”
The problem for Joe Tison is that he has a record of action. As mayor of
Weatherford he proposed massive tax hikes, he proposed increased spending, he
raised electric prices, he raised water rates, he even made it more expensive to
get garbage collected.
Maybe Joe Tison thinks it’s a modern virtue to be devoid of principles, of
morals, of critical thinking. Or maybe he’s a crafty Charlie Geren/Delwin
Jones-style politician who’ll campaign as conservatives back home, legislate
like a liberal in Austin, and when caught between words and deeds, make the
claim that he’s are ‘just representin’ the district.’ And they’ve got the
bozo-lobbyists and left-tilting consultants to “prove” anything.
Haggerty The Benevolent
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And then
there’s El Paso’s State Representative Pat Haggerty. He told the El Paso
Times this week that, “Everything I have voted on has been good for El
Paso."
So it was good for El Paso to let left-wingers to go on a spending spree with
the taxpayers’ money? Because, that’s how he voted when it came to the budget.
It was good for El Paso to levy a tax on nursing home residents? Apparently. It
was good for El Paso to unravel welfare reforms and make the Children’s Health
Insurance Program open to fraud and abuse? That’s what he said.
Pat Haggerty is widely viewed as one of the least effective legislators, and
certainly one of the most liberal Republicans. The good folks in El Paso deserve
someone better.
Miller’s Pile
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your 2-cents here!]
What is it
about former mayors running in Republican primaries, but are funded by the
liberals? New Braunfels former mayor, Doug Miller, this week dropped a bucket of
lies about State Rep. Nathan Macias. Miller dropped a mailer accusing Macias of
voting with liberals on illegal immigration. The problem is that Miller got it
wrong; Macias’ vote against the bill Miller cites was joined by a veritable
who’s who of conservatives in the Texas House. If all the conservatives were
against the bill that Miller says he was for, that says a lot more about Miller
than it does Mr. Macias.
Apparently Mr. Miller is just looking to be a toady for disgraced former
legislator Carter Casteel, the left-tilting “Republican” that Mr. Macias
defeated in 2006. She has spent the last year fundraising for liberals. When Mr.
Miller talks, you can almost not even see Carter’s lips moving.
Your Money Working Against You
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in the fray, Friend!]
The City of
Denton recently renewed their contract with Austin lobby-firm HillCo. Heady
stuff, eh?
Well, the Denton Record Chronicle notes that the new contract costs
city taxpayers $81,000. But it’s money well spent, the newspaper merrily
reports, because the firm “helped Denton with a variety of key issues in 2007,
including fighting stricter limits on tax revenue a city can collect and on how
much a property can increase in value each year.” The Denton City Council will
next year ask HillCo to simply bill taxpayers directly for the pleasure of being
lobbied against with their own money.
Who is your city pay to lobby against your interests?
Early voting continues through Feb. 29. The primary is March 4.
For Texas,
Michael Quinn Sullivan