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Ron Paul gets a primary opponent
Wed, 10/28/2009 - 10:36am | posted by Jason Pye
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) will get a primary challenger in 2010:
Katy resident Tim Graney has announced his candidacy for the 14th Congressional District, challenging maverick Republican incumbent Ron Paul.
Grainey, a former small business owner who will be entering his first political race, said the district needs a new voice in Congress, particularly in the area of foreign policy.
“It is time for Ron Paul to step down and step aside so he can pursue his own interests while a new statesman emerges to represent the district,” Graney said. “I told him so Sunday afternoon.”
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“I am a fiscal conservative, but I do not support Ron Paul’s weak foreign policy views, nor do I support his do whatever you want ultra-Libertarian views that conflict with our American values,” Graney said.
Graney apparently went up to Paul and told him to get used to seeing his name around the district. Graney must not know that Dr. Paul has had primary challengers before. In 2008, he beat Chris Peden with 70% of the vote and in 2006, he beat Cynthia Sinatra with 77%.
It’s safe to say the voters of the 14th District like their representative and will be sending him back for another term.
Graney’s statement about strong foreign policy—whatever that truly means—doesn’t mesh with being a fiscal conservative. In part that’s why republicans still represent big government in actual policies, particularly when it comes to maintaining an empire. Perhaps Ron Paul seems extreme in his non-intervention policy, but clearly rebuilding other countries and blowing them up—which all costs lives and treasure—that we should be spending here building up this country, and limiting taxation.
Ron Paul is getting quite old though, so I can imagine this will be his last term—he made a ripple last election, but Republicans don’t really represent conservatism beyond social conservatism in large part—they preach small government rhetoric—then spend tons of money on military industrial complex and foreign entanglements. I truly wonder if most of these politicians have read the constitution or considered what this Republic was meant to be.
Anyway, maybe someday people will wake up to the fact that we basically have an oligarchy/plutocracy—but after the last two years and more of the simple minded blame game that avoids looking at the need for systemic change—not “fake Obama Change” etc. I think we need to get back to voting None of the above, vote out everyone—consistently, get rid of professional politicians and the wealth and power games that most participate in either out of ignorance/ego or complicitly.
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