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Idaho Congressman Raul Labrador announced his bid for a second term on the Statehouse steps today, flanked by more than 30 state lawmakers who served with him when he was a state representative and a bevy of the state's top GOP elected officials. Labrador said with the economy improving, “The government just simply needs to get out of the way.” He told an appreciative crowd of about 300. More here.
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“The government just simply needs to get out of the way. And since I am the government, that means I need to get out of the way.”
Strongly second that. I love how all these conservative candidates want to get elected so they can help “reduce” government. Never works out that way. They instead want to interfere with our civil liberties at the same time they grease the skids for their political contributors.
While I generally think Labrador was an upgrade over Silly Sali, I’ve grown weary of the “get government out of our lives” baloney. Of course, it plays well with the Idaho electorate, who can always be counted on to respond to empty platitudes.
Ah, Gem State, when you will you ever learn?
So, is his wife still on his campaign payroll funded by unsuspecting campaign donors? I suspect he wasn’t making a very good living as a lawyer so any job that pays over 40k is an improvement. Empty suit. All rhetoric.
Funny how they wanty government out of the way until they want money given to Idaho. Thanks to government the economy has turned around.
You guys should get a view of what Jon Stewart had to say about the religious activists wanting to become president who also engaged in pure wrath that Obama could meddle with our “religious liberties.” Of course, the religious activists love meddling with our religious liberties.
Among other things.
I addressed this with my new neighbor, when he started discussing “conservative,” I pointed out that there is a difference between conservative and religious activists. You see, the religious activists don’t mind gvt meddling (as Stewart also pointed out) when it agrees with their agenda. Then my new neighbor pointed out what makes it possible for churches to place themselves under the power and authority of state and federal gvts. That they are in effect companies or corporations. Which would definitely argue that Obama would have been in his rights to push birth control on Roman Catholic run business interests. He had no argument with that.
Yeah, you guys are right, it is baloney.