Who I Voted For - Nov. 4th General Election.

FYI -


As I said when I was elected to office, I would offer 100% transparency, so below you will find who I voted for in the November 4th General Election (I took advantage of early voting earlier today).


-Governor:  Dr. Shaun Crowell (Conservative Party)




-U.S. Senate:  Joshua James (Independent/Libertarian)




-U.S. House 4th District:  Robert Rankin Doggart (Independent)




-State Representative: Ron Travis (Republican)




-State Senator:  Paul Bailey (Republican)




-State Constitution Amendment 1:  Yes




-State Constitution Amendment 2:  Yes




-State Constitution Amendment 3:  Yes




-State Constitution Amendment 4:  Yes






-ADY "A Regular Guy On The Issues"

Don't Hurt People And Don't Take Their Stuff With Senator Rand Paul

FYI - From Matt Kibbe/Freedom Works Action.


#PushBack


#LibertarianRepublican


#ProgressiveLibertarian


#GOP


#LiveFree




-ADY"A Regular Guy On The Issues"

The Ron Paul Revolution Moves to Congress

FYI - From The New American/Thomas R. Eddlem.

-ADY "A Regular Guy On The Issues"

Wednesday, 07 November 2012 08:59

The Ron Paul Revolution Moves to Congress

Written by  Thomas R. Eddlem

Libertarian-leaning Republican Congressman Ron Paul lost his bid for the Republican presidential nomination this year, but a number of his acolytes ran for Congress as Republicans and won November 6. Is Congress the real location of the growing “Ron Paul revolution”?

After a candidate loses an election, it's rare that the candidate's movement continues as a “revolution.” Nobody talks about a John McCain revolution, and even a day after the Mitt Romney defeat for president, nobody's talking about a Mitt Romney movement that will continue after his candidacy. But Representative Ron Paul, a 12-term Texas congressman who is retiring in January, always said his campaign was about ideas instead of personalities. In making endorsements for the U.S. House of Representatives, the former obstetrician played the role of king-maker, winning an astonishing eight of 11 House endorsements:

1. Justin Amash, a Michigan freshman congressman (3rd District), was reelected 58-39 percent over Democratic nominee Steve Pestka, who poured more than $1 million of his own into the campaign. Amash aligned most closely to Rep. Paul's ideas and ideals over the past two years, and the 32-year-old congressman may hold the mantle as the titular head of the Ron Paul movement in Congress. 

2. MIT-trained scientist Thomas Massie easily won Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District race 62-35 percent, and had strong support from Kentucky's Senator Rand Paul after emerging from the GOP primary where he fought off several establishment favorites. Massie won the open seat primary with major support from the Liberty For All SuperPac.

3. Retired high-school teacher and reindeer farmer Kerry Bentivolio won 51-44 percent in Michigan 11th Congressional District race, after some major primary intervention from Ron Paul-backed SuperPacs, including Liberty For All SuperPac. Bentivolio had already won election to finish the term of Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, who resigned earlier this year, so Bentivolio will have an edge over incoming freshman toward placement in committees with his seniority.

4. Former Congressman Steve Stockman will return to Congress from the Texas 36th Congressional District, after easily besting Democratic nominee Max Martin by a 71-26 percent margin. Stockman was a Ron Paul ally during his two years in Congress 1995-1997, and is best known for being a strong advocate of the Second Amendment.

5. Businessman Randy Weber won the race to replace Ron Paul in Texas' 14th Congressional District, defeating Democratic nominee Nick Lampson 53-45 percent.

6. Veterinarian Ted Yoho will represent Florida's 3rd Congressional District after defeating the Democratic nominee Jacques Gaillot in the general election by 65-32 percent. Yoho defeated longtime incumbent Republican Congressman Cliff Stearns in the GOP primary this past summer.

7. Congressman David Schweikert of Arizona's 6th District won reelection 62-33 percent. Schweikert served on the House Money and Banking Subcommittee with Rep. Paul, where he became a key ally in seeking an audit of the Federal Reserve.

8. Congressman Walter Jones easily won reelection to North Carolina's 3rd District, 63-37 percent over his Democratic opponent. Rep. Jones had become a key ally with Paul in opposition to the Iraq War and in favor of defending civil liberties in the so-called “war on terror.”

Some Ron Paul-endorsed candidates did lose their U.S. House elections, however. Longtime incumbent Congressman Roscoe Bartlett of Maryland's 6th District lost 59-38 percent, a victim of redistricting. Freshman Congressman Joe Walsh of Illinois' 8th District lost 55-45 percent to disabled veteran Tammy Duckworth, in a race that garnered some national attention. And scientist Dr. Art Robinson — publisher of the free-market Access to Energy newsletter — lost an expensive race in Oregon's 4th Congressional District, 59-39 percent, to replace longtime incumbent Peter DeFazio in a district that leans Democratic.

Senate Losses

While the news was nearly all good for the “Ron Paul Revolution” in the House, few U.S. Senate candidates favored by Rep. Paul were able to replicate the Kentucky success that Ron Paul's son, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, enjoyed in the Tea Party fervor of 2010. Of the candidates Ron Paul endorsed for the U.S. Senate, only Tea Party favorite Ted Cruz of Texas won his U.S. Senate race, 57-40 percent, over Democratic nominee Paul Sadler.

Minnesota: U.S. Senate candidate Kurt Bills lost 65-35 to incumbent liberal Amy Klobuchar. Representative Connie Mack lost an uphill race against incumbent moderate Democrat Bill Nelson by a 55-42 percent margin. 

Missouri: Representative Todd Akin also lost an insurgent Missouri U.S. Senate race (55-39 percent) against incumbent Democrat Claire McCaskill.

Rhode Island: Barry Hinkley lost 61-39 to incumbent Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse.

Delaware: Kevin Wade fell 66-29 to longtime incumbent Thomas Carper.

(In the Montana Senate race against incumbent Jon Tester, Ron Paul-endorsed Denny Rehberg is behind in the vote count, 48-45 percent, even though CNN has yet to call the race.)

The Senate slaughterhouse of Ron Paul endorsed candidates was part of a tough night for the Republican Party Senate candidates overall, which lost several other U.S. Senate seats: Massachusetts U.S. Senator Scott Brown was defeated for reelection by Elizabeth Warren 54-46 percent. Tea Party favorite Richard Mourdock lost the open race to replace Indiana Republican Senator Richard Lugar to Rep. Joe Donnelly, 50-44 percent. And the GOP lost the Maine senate seat being vacated by the retiring Olympia Snowe to independent former Governor Angus King, who is expected to caucus with Senate Democrats. 

^{Photo of Ron Paul: AP Images}

Tennessee U.S. Senate Candidate and Former Republican Finds True Fiscal Conservatism in LP.

FYI - From LP.org.

-ADY "A Regular Guy On The Issues"

Tennessee U.S. Senate Candidate and Former Republican Finds True Fiscal Conservatism in LP.

Libertarian Shaun Crowell, who raised over $30,000 for his U.S. Senate campaign in Tennessee, says he is getting looks from Democratic, Republican and Independent voters. The Democratic Party is not actively supporting their candidate, Mark Clayton, due to his socially conservative views. Other voters take interest in Crowell’s bold proposals to downsize the federal government.

Crowell notes that his Republican opponent, incumbent Bob Corker, voted with Obama more than 60 percent of the time and against the Constitution nearly 40 percent of the time.

"Corker is a conservative in name only," says Crowell. “Somebody had to challenge him."

A long-time Republican, Crowell began to question the principles of his party after the bailouts of 2008. "I was shocked by the bipartisan 'efforts' of Democrats and Republicans," he said. "Anything bipartisan is never good for the people. I felt betrayed by my own party, and I went through a time where I questioned everything. It led to me reading a lot of things -- like the Constitution -- as I never had even gone over the Bill of Rights. I then saw a lot of hope with the Libertarian thought process."

Dr. Crowell, a veterinarian and small business owner, says he is mainly talking to voters about how to fix the nation's economy. "The way to turn it around is to repeal a lot of the acts that have hurt our economy," he says. "The first thing we need to do is repeal Obamacare.”

Crowell proposes to immediately reduce federal spending by $1 trillion and eliminate the Departments of Energy, Education, Interior, Commerce, and Housing and Urban Development. He also supports eliminating the Environmental Protection Agency, auditing the Federal Reserve, and repealing the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the Patriot Act and the National Defense Authorization Act.

Crowell is hopeful that he will break through past vote totals for other Libertarian candidates in the state. Mainstream media, including WBIR-TV in Knoxville, has covered his campaign.

"We have pockets of presence in various places around the state," says Crowell over the phone, while putting up yard signs with his campaign team. "A lot of people are rallying to our message."

Campaign website: www.shauncrowell.com

Republicans endorse Dr.Shaun Crowell over Bob Corker.

FYI - From LPTN.org.

-ADY "A Regular Guy On The Issues"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sunday, October 21st, 2012

Republicans endorse Dr.Shaun Crowell over Bob Corker Candidate for U.S. Senate, Dr. Shaun Crowell already had an impressive list of endorsements. County Tea Party organizations from Humphrey, Henry, Maury, McMinn, and Upper Cumberland have all given their respective endorsements. A nationally-known wellness physician, radio personality, speaker, and author, Dr. Josh Axe, Bob Corker's Republican Primary challenger Zach Poskevich, and former Wilson County Commissioner, Heather Scott, have all also thrown their support behind Dr. Crowell. But the latest endorsement came this past Friday, October 19th, and surprised even Shaun. The Blue Republicans, a group concerned with fiscal responsibility and civil Liberties, has added themselves to the growing list of supporters for Dr. Crowell. According to the article published in the Huffington Post: "...in Tennessee, another incumbent [Bob Corker], who has voted with Pelosi...and votes with our Democratic President 61% of the time, is expecting his constituentsto return him to the Senate." "Given his agreement with Pelosi on everything that really matters (right down to farm subsidies), you'd be forgiven for thinking that he, too, is a 'progressive'Democrat. In fact, he is a Republican..." "Pelosi, a Democrat, supports indefinitely detaining Americans without trial andinvading their privacy without warrant or probable cause, at odds with our Bill of Rights. Corker, a member of the party that is supposed to oppose her, agrees with her. Corker, a Republican, supports secret bailouts of large corporations. Pelosi, a member of the party that is supposed to oppose him, agrees with him." Add to this that Dr. Crowell is included as a "Liberty Candidate" (www.libertycandidate.com) and with many Republicans abandoning the big-government incumbent, the choice is clear this election season. Bob Corker represents more government and less Freedom. Dr. Shaun Crowell stands for what made this country great: Free markets and personal responsibility. Vote Shaun Crowell 2012 and restore Peace and Liberty! The Libertarian Party is the third largest political party in the United States, which is active in all 50 states and has more than 250,000 registered voters. For more information visit us at www.lptn.org or call 1-888-980-1776 x1 Media Relations: Daniel Lewis

TN Senators Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander vote to give your money to America's enemies!

FYI - From the Tennessee Republican Liberty Caucus and the Tennessee Campaign For Liberty.

-ADY "A Regular Guy On The Issues"

Can you believe TN Senators Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander just voted to give your money to America's enemies!?

That's right! 

Believe it or not Tennessee Senators Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander voted last week to continue giving American tax dollars to the governments of Egypt, Pakistan, and Libya (among others). Senator Rand Paul introduced an amendment to stop foreign aid and international welfare to unfriendly governments and forced a vote on the issue. 

This aid of course goes to the Libyan rebels, which are terrorists, therefore it is not a stretch to say that Corker and Alexander just voted to fund terrorism! What's worse is that they are stealing our money through taxation and inflation in order to fund the terrorists.


Here is a detailed writeup with video:
http://tncampaignforliberty.org/wordpress/2012/10/corker-and-alexander-give-your-money-to-americas-enemies/


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Sen. Jim Demint: Government Shouldn't Tilt The Field For Anyone.

FYI - From the Office of Senator DeMint (R-SC).

-ADY "A Regular Guy On The Issues"

Government Shouldn't Tilt the Field for Anyone

Greenville News

by Jim DeMint

When people ask me if I’m pro-business or pro-labor, I say I’m neither: I’m pro-freedom.

Freedom is the only political principle that cannot be bent to serve special interests. Remember how 7-Up used to call itself the un-cola? Well, freedom is the un-special interest.

Freedom, protected by the Constitution and the rule of law, works for everyone. It allows everyone -- left or right, young or old, rich or poor -- to make their own choices according to their own values.

Government’s job shouldn’t be to tilt the field for one team or another, but to guarantee a level playing for everyone.

That’s why I’m against forcing workers to join unions, congressional earmarks for favored groups, government bailouts of Wall Street, and energy subsidies -- both for oil companies and for green energy.

Now, look at recent events surrounding the Boeing Company, one of South Carolina’s most important employers. As a South Carolinian, as an American, and just as a guy who likes cool planes, I love Boeing.

When Boeing’s home state labor union ganged up with President Barack Obama’s National Labor Relations Board to try to sue Boeing for building a new factory in North Charleston, I strongly supported Boeing’s freedom to build factories wherever they pleased.

More recently dust has been kicked over the extension of the Export-Import Bank, a federal program that subsidizes American businesses’ exports. Because Boeing receives Ex-Im subsidies, and because I favor winding down the Ex-Im Bank instead of increasing its budget, some ask if I went from being pro-Boeing to anti-Boeing.

Neither. All I’ve ever been is pro-freedom.

In both cases, my guiding principle is the same: liberty.

Freedom isn’t perfect, but it is fair. And any time government hands out favors, they’ll be unfair to someone.

When Washington picks winners and losers, in the end taxpayers always lose, and Ex-Im is no exception.

Ex-Im started out decades ago with a lending cap of $5 million to help American companies sell into a "global economy" that barely existed. Today, the cap has ballooned to $100 billion, in a booming global economy. And what have the American people gotten for their money?

Ten-million dollars in loans benefitting the now-bankrupt Solyndra. Millions in loans to another solar company to sell solar panels to itself; $600 million in loans to Enron projects before Ken Lay went to prison. All this after Ex-Im has already sought its own $3 billion taxpayer bailout.

This isn’t a criticism of an agency, or an administration, but of government subsidies in the first place.

When government stays out of markets, businesses focus on their customers. Quality improves, prices fall, and everyone wins.

When government steps in, businesses turn their attention from their customers to their congressman and hire influence peddlers instead of innovators. Competition sags, the pace of innovation slows, prices rise, and product quality suffers.

Defenders say Ex-Im is needed because Europe subsidizes their exporters. But Europe says the same thing about Ex-Im! We’re in a bidding war with other countries for the biggest subsidies.

Still, exporters say the cost of doing business in America is too high to compete.

I agree! We have the highest corporate tax rate in the world, so let’s cut taxes. Let’s reform our insane, $1.75 trillion-per-year regulatory state. Let’s reform education to liberate kids from failing schools and create a better-prepared workforce for the future. Let’s repeal the government takeover of health care, and put an end to predatory lawsuits filed against innocent businesses.

In short, let’s fix the rules of our game to make all our exports competitive rather than rigging them for one company or product at a time.

Our policies should make the United States the best place in the world to buy, sell, farm, manufacture, patent, invent, invest, innovate and educate -- for everyone in every industry.

Look at what today’s ad-hoc economic policymaking has done to America -- where a collection of narrow special interests vie for the favoritism of discredited politicians while we mount unsustainable debt onto the backs our children and grandchildren.

That is what I’m against. What I’m for is a level playing field, a clear set of rules that guarantee the freedom of entrepreneurs to make and sell what they want and the freedom of consumers to buy what they want.

I’m not for big business or big labor. I’m for big freedom, for everyone.