tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617209358263472725.post6670587168418089740..comments2023-07-05T16:11:30.012-07:00Comments on <Insert title here>: How did (tea party) patriots act?Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820590356364863913noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617209358263472725.post-82797423235032228482011-02-10T14:45:10.202-08:002011-02-10T14:45:10.202-08:00Good job... but i believe Michael Fitzpatrick is n...Good job... but i believe Michael Fitzpatrick is not a freshman. I am glad someone is keeping a good eye on them (they should be guilty before proven innocent, just like travelers and regular civilians). ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617209358263472725.post-15081042498393480032011-02-10T13:01:14.266-08:002011-02-10T13:01:14.266-08:00@Faithkills: I heard that in response to my last p...@Faithkills: I heard that in response to my last post. I tried to be more careful in this one to lay the blame on the elected officials and not necessarily on those who elected them, which was the intent with both posts.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820590356364863913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617209358263472725.post-66871512928083785872011-02-10T10:38:10.037-08:002011-02-10T10:38:10.037-08:00Don't assume the Tea Party itself is monolithi...Don't assume the Tea Party itself is monolithically behind renewal. It's not by a long shot. Many of us are very very disappointed, and calling our representatives and asking them "What part of Constitutional Government don't you understand?!"<br /><br />It may be the system is irredeemably broken and no matter who we put in they will just be right wing progressives when they vote, but we're trying.<br /><br />Particularly, Bachmann is exposed as a big fraud IMO.Faithkillsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617209358263472725.post-23492694772232959082011-02-10T09:05:10.158-08:002011-02-10T09:05:10.158-08:00Glad to see you blogging. I started to question t...Glad to see you blogging. I started to question the tea party when I saw mainstream GOPers starting to slink in to back certain local elections. <br /><br />Most Democrats voted Nay. I hope they did so because it was the right thing to do. <br /><br />Here's the full roll call:<br />http://www.opencongress.org/vote/2011/h/26<br /><br />And here's a list of Republicans who voted Nay:<br /><br />Rep. Justin Amash [R, MI-3] Nay<br />Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R, MD-6] Nay<br />Rep. Rob Bishop [R, UT-1] Nay<br />Rep. Paul Broun [R, GA-10] Nay<br />Rep. John Campbell [R, CA-48] Nay<br />Rep. John Duncan [R, TN-2] Nay<br />Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R, PA-8] Nay<br />Rep. Chris Gibson [R, NY-20] Nay<br />Rep. Tom Graves [R, GA-9] Nay<br />Rep. Dean Heller [R, NV-2] Nay<br />Rep. Randy Hultgren [R, IL-14] Nay<br />Rep. Timothy Johnson [R, IL-15] Nay<br />Rep. Walter Jones [R, NC-3] Nay<br />Rep. Jack Kingston [R, GA-1] Nay<br />Rep. Raúl Labrador [R, ID-1] Nay<br />Rep. Connie Mack [R, FL-14] Nay<br />Rep. Kenny Marchant [R, TX-24] Nay<br />Rep. Tom McClintock [R, CA-4] Nay<br />Rep. Ronald Paul [R, TX-14] Nay<br />Rep. Dennis Rehberg [R, MT-0] Nay<br />Rep. Phil Roe [R, TN-1] Nay<br />Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R, CA-46] Nay<br />Rep. Robert Schilling [R, IL-17] Nay<br />Rep. David Schweikert [R, AZ-5] Nay<br />Rep. Rob Woodall [R, GA-7] Nay<br />Rep. Donald Young [R, AK-0] Naysb10https://www.blogger.com/profile/01391069316427376726noreply@blogger.com