You’ll love these excerpts from a column inked by former Rep. Chris Chocola, current head of Club for Growth:
“Congress needs fewer ‘moderates’ and more people willing to adhere to principle and work to fix our fiscal mess. No serious observer unclouded by politics can dispute that if Congress does not pass pro-growth tax reform, curb entitlement spending and quickly pay down our crushing debt burden, we will end up like Greece.“A common myth is that if only the right and left could work together, if more moderates (of the kind our organization has vehemently and successfully opposed over the years) were in Congress, America would be saved. What we need is compromise . This is, quite patently, false. Compromise is what got us into this mess. For years, Republicans and Democrats have collaborated to pass legislation that expands the reach of government with huge bipartisan margins.
“And every year, Congress passes legislation authorizing billions upon billions of additional spending on dozens of federal agencies — and they’ve moved us closer to fiscal collapse with Democrats in the Senate and Republicans in the House, despite all the talk about how bipartisanship doesn’t exist.
“Indeed, Congress often comes together to pass policies that increase the size and scope of government. Think of the Wall Street bailout, which was supported by a bipartisan majority. The auto bailout drew support from Republicans and Democrats alike when it passed the House.
“Republicans and Democrats have constantly joined together in an orgy of spending, earmarks, debt and Bridges to Nowhere. It is both parties that are responsible for a national debt that has reached over $16 trillion.”
We have met the enemy…
ODD MAN OUT
Nevada Tax Pledge Signers
U.S. Senate: Sen. Dean Heller (Republican)
CD1: Bill Pojunis (Libertarian)
CD 2: Rep. Mark Amodei (Republican)
CD 3: Rep. Joe Heck (Republican)
CD 4: Joe Silvestri (Libertarian)
CD4: Danny Tarkanian (Republican)
Nevada NON-Tax Pledge Signers
U.S. Senate: Shelley Berkley (Democrat)
CD1: Dina Titus (Democrat)
CD1 Chris Edwards (Republican)
CD2: Samuel Koepnick (Democrat)
CD3: John Oceguera (Democrat)
CD4: Steven Horsford (Democrat)
POLITICAL POTPOURRI
* This is hysterical. The Huffington Post reports that our good friend Rep. Allen West (R-Florida) offended “every member of the Congressional Black Caucus” by “by delivering Chick-fil-A chicken and biscuits to their weekly meeting - and then walking out - when it was his turn to provide the group with a formal lunch.” West is the only Republican member of the CBC.
* Psst. I heard Bill Clinton was paid $1 million to speak at Sen. Harry Reid’sClean Energy Summit in Las Vegas on Tuesday. And it’s gotta be true because *somebody* - I won’t say who - told me. Pass it on….
* Harry Reid hates inexpensive coal-fueled energy. Says it’s a “relic” and too dirty. On the other hand, he’s done everything humanly, and maybe even inhumanly, possible to thwart the expansion of affordable, clean nuclear energy. Talk about wanting to have your cake and eat it, too.
* Just a reminder of this quote by Sen. Harry Reid in January 2011 on Meet the Press: “The Tea Party will disappear when the economy gets better and the economy's getting better all the time.”
* Following tea party champ Richard Mourdock’s surprising GOP primary win in Indiana a few weeks ago, and tea party fav Ted Cruz’s stunning victory in the Texas GOP primary last week - we bring you Tuesday’s results:
* Tea party champion Rep. Todd Akin won a tough 3-way GOP primary challenge for the right to face Democrat Sen. Claire McCaskill in November. During the primary, McCaskill criticized Akin as being a “crusader against bigger government.” High praise, indeed!
* In a GOP primary race in Michigan on Tuesday, former Rep. Pete Hoekstra – a co-founder of the House Tea Party Caucus – came out on top and will take on Democrat Sen. Debbie Stabenow in November.
* Meanwhile, the Washington Post reports: “Unlike other states, where results for conservatives have been mixed, Tuesday’s primary in Kansas saw voters in GOP races oust seven incumbent moderate senators. An eighth, Senate President Steve Morris, a moderate Hugoton Republican, trailed his conservative opponent, likely marking the end of Morris’ 20-year career as a legislator.”
* A similar day of reckoning is long overdue in Nevada. I just hope I’m still alive to see it!
* The United States is in an undeclared war with terrorists in the Middle East in which unmanned drones are reportedly killing our enemies with far fewer collateral casualties of non-combatants as old-fashioned missiles and bombs. Somehow I’m not losing sleep over that.
* As expected, the Nevada teachers union re-filed its petition to mug Nevada’s reeling private sector job creators with a new business income “margins” tax that would take an estimated $800 million out of the private sector and dump it into the black hole known as “public education.” Speaking of which…
* I just read a column today noting that Olympic swimming champ Michael Phelpsgot a little lazy after the 2008 Olympics and lost some of his edge…until competitorRyan Lochte showed up on the scene and forced Phelps to once again step up his game. If only our public schools were subject to similar competition.
* Assemblyman Harvey Munford (D-Las Vegas) wants Nevada taxpayers to fund health insurance for former professional boxers. Um, isn’t that something the boxers themselves should pay for…you know, like you and I do? Or at the very least, shouldn’t they be covered under ObamaCare? I mean, why rob Nevada taxpayers for this?
* The Clark County Commission on Tuesday “approved changes to the policy regulating ownership of exotic animals” in an effort to keep the public “safe.” Hmm. I wonder if pit bulls are considered “exotic” animals? My understanding is that there have been far more vicious pit bull attacks in Clark County than lion and tiger attacks.
* In other action, the Clark County Commission also passed an absurd new anti-littering ordinance that forces hand-billers who hand out porn flyers on the Strip to pick up the flyers dropped by tourists “every 15 minutes in the area within 25 feet of where they’re standing on the sidewalk.” Can you imagine something this silly being necessary back in the day when Bugsy Siegel ran Las Vegas?
* By the way, tourists who toss the porn flyers on the ground outside of the 25-foot radius from where they had the flyer shoved into their hands could be cited for littering themselves, thanks to the new ordinance. Yeah, that’ll do wonders for tourism.
FAMOUS LAST WORDS
“Robin Hood was stealing from the government. Robin Hood was a tea party activist. Robin Hood was anti-taxes." - Rush Limbaugh
“It’s time to call Obama’s bluff. Romney should call a press conference and issue a challenge in front of the nation. He should agree to release more of his tax returns, only if Obama unseals his college records. … Suddenly the tables are turned. Now Obama is on the defensive.” – Columnist Wayne Allyn Root
“Shelley Berkley (is) under investigation for abusing her office, and the industry Berkley did favors for is still showering her with cash. It's not surprising. Before she came to Congress, Berkley urged her boss at a Vegas casino to buy off judges and politicians with favors and campaign cash. Wrong then; wrong now.” – New Crossroads GPS ad running in Nevada
“Until Congress actually repeals the Screw Nevada law, or the courts refuse to force the NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) to go forward (with the licensing process), Yucca Mountain remains alive, in intensive care.” – Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial, 8/8/12
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