MUTH'S TRUTHS 01/09/2014

FORK-TONGUED POLITICIANS WHO SHRED CAMPAIGN PROMISES Folks, I will beat this dead horse ‘til the cows come home… Do NOT take as gospel anything any moderate, wishy-washy, Gumby Republican has to say on the campaign trail.  They will prevaricate through their teeth with all the conviction of cat-burglar caught without an alibi.  Case in point… In May 2010, while running for his first term in the state senate, Ben Kieckhefer, with a straight face, said this to reporter Sean Whaley… “I consider myself a pretty darn conservative guy.  Any notion of me as some pro-tax Republican is totally flawed. I’m not.” Man, his nose grew so fast after that whopper that it poked Whaley right in the eye! “Blue Dog” Ben went on to win his election…then voted for the $600 million “sunset” tax hike in 2011…then voted for the $600 million “sunset” tax hike again in 2013…then voted for the another $600 million tax hike on the mining industry last year, as well. And that doesn’t even count all the smaller tax and fee hikes he voted for! Nah, he’s not a “pro-tax Republican,” is he?  That notion is, like, totally flawed, dude. But Kieckhefer is far from alone in speaking with forked tongue.  Here’s what Greg Brower said to reporter Ray Hagar about his position on tax hikes and decision not to sign the Taxpayer Protection Pledge in January 2011, right before his first session as an appointed state senator… “We need to balance the budget without raising taxes. But I have not made a habit of signing pledges and I don’t foresee doing so in the future.” Like Kieckhefer, Brower then went on to vote for extending the $600 million worth of “sunsets” last session…as well as the $600 million mining tax hike…as well as a bunch of other lesser tax and fee hikes.  So, so much for balancing the budget without raising taxes. But get this… Remember how Brower said he wouldn’t sign the Tax Pledge and didn’t plan to in the future?  Well, that lasted all of just a couple weeks!  You see, no sooner was Brower seated in the state senate than he decided to run for Congress against Mark Amodei and Kirk Lippold in a special election.  And since Amodei and Lippold signed the Tax Pledge…well, Brower did, too.  With me and Grover Norquist as witnesses! (see photo to the right) So much for not making a habit of signing pledges and not foreseeing doing so in the future. But it gets worse… After signing the Tax Pledge to run for Congress and losing, Brower then ran for re-election to the state senate…and went back to refusing to sign the Pledge…before voting for all those tax hikes last year! Now remember, all of this came about after Brian Sandoval promised not to raise taxes or extend the “sunsets” when he was running for governor…but similarly refused to sign the Tax Pledge.  And here’s what I told Hagar about that in the Brower story… “I have to give Greg Brower the same benefit of the doubt that we all have to give Brian Sandoval.  If he says he is not going to vote to raise taxes or fees, great. I hope he sticks with it. I would prefer, of course, that they sign the Pledge because I have had so many bad experiences with candidates who say one thing then find loopholes. But I take Greg at his word until it is proven otherwise.” Of course, Brower, like Sandoval, proved otherwise.  Which is why I no longer take ANY politician’s word for it when it comes to tax hikes.  Sandoval was a federal judge.  Brower was a U.S. attorney.  Neither kept their word. If these pro-tax Republicans actually ever ran on the platform of raising taxes, they’d rarely, if ever, get elected.  Just ask Walter Mondale.  That’s why these people instead practice the Five D’s of campaigning: Deceit, Deception, Dishonesty, Disinformation and Distortion. Our Founding Fathers would be so proud. RUN ADAM, RUN The Nevada Republican Party posted on its website yesterday a copy of its letter urging Adam Laxalt to run for Attorney General this year which was signed by 400+ Nevadans via an online petition.  Click here FAMOUS LAST WORDS “This is the longest press conference since Mark Sanford announced he was in love!” - @AnnCoulter on today’s press conference by embattled New Jersey Gov. 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