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McCain isn’t free of a loss yet in Arizona – Meet Ian Gilyeat

September 16, 2010 By 29 Comments

REMEMBER THIS?

Well, there IS an alternative to sending the King of RINOs back to the U.S. Senate … imagine the history books when they record that Arizona voters were so angry with Johnny that they replaced him with a WRITE-IN Candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2010!!!

This would go viral like 1070 and the whole country would know Arizona is independent and party insiders are an extinct species.

Can this work?  Yes.  Is it likely to work?  That depends on you and how much you really really don’t want more of McSame.

This is Ian Gilyeat and here is his website:

http://www.electiangilyeat.com/

Here’s what you do:  1) set your printer to print 10 business cards per page (use regular paper and cut them, its easier and cheaper) and print on each in large letters “Write in exactly as spelled – Ian Gilyeat”  for the U.S. Senate seat under “write-in” on the ballot.  2) Print as many of these slips as you can and hand them out to all your voting friends.

Arizona really can elect a write-in for the U.S. Senate.  If we don’t like him, in six years we can replace him … unlike McCain who we’ve grown to know and dislike for over two decades.

Now you know.  Its up to you to share this with everyone you know.  Post it in Facebook and hand out fliers on street corners … say no to Rodney and Johnny.


Filed Under: Campaigns & Elections

Trent Franks: Planned Parenthood More Corrupt Than ACORN

September 16, 2010 By 5 Comments

In Case You Missed It: Congressman Trent Franks (AZ-02) appeared on Fox Business’ “Money Rocks” with Eric Bolling to comment on a lawsuit alleging that Planned Parenthood has overbilled the government by hundreds of millions of dollars.

According to Victor Gonzalez, the former CFO of the California branch of Planned Parenthood, just one San Diego-area clinic overcharged the government by $5.2 million. Statewide, Gonzalez said he had witnessed more than $180 million in overcharges. Similar allegations have surfaced in numerous other states, including New Jersey and Washington.

Franks said, given that the corruption took place on such a broad level, one “would expect that the Justice Department would take a look at this,” however so far no action has taken place under the Democrat-controlled Congress.

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On Defunding Planned Parenthood

0:34 – “…Absolutely they should be unfunded. I mean, I know it’s no secret — in the interest of full disclosure here — that I find Planned Parenthood, an organization that supports abortion on demand and even on birth control purposes, a detestable organization. I have to be honest with you about that. But this is really an issue of corruption. This organization is really — it looks like in terms of financial corruption — far beyond what even ACORN did. The 5.2 million that they found in overbilling in the one clinic, if you…consider that there are 860 clinics that Planned Parenthood runs across this nation, you have a level of corruption that is staggering. I really think that there is a good possibility that this kind of corruption is taking place nationwide. I don’t expect Kathleen Sibelius, the department of Health services, to look at it; I mean she is an abortion apologist. But I would expect that the Justice Department would take a look at this because this is…a level of corruption that is just absolutely staggering.”

On Corrupt Organizations’ Campaign Contributions

2:02 – “Well, I believe you are absolutely right. Like ACORN, the organizations that do some of these things that a lot of Americans are concerned about are also strong supporters of the left. Barack Obama has supported Planned Parenthood to an incredible degree. And I don’t think it’s only because he is so pro-abortion; I think that is a big part of it, but he knows that Planned Parenthood is going to pour millions of dollars into the campaigns and that they are going to support, ten-to-one, Democrats and the left over Republicans. So, yes, it is a political organization; look at the origins of the organization.”

On Lack of Congressional Action

3:39 – “Remember that this happened under Nancy Pelosi, so of course Congressional hearings weren’t held. They should have been held”

5:25 – “Why don’t we agree that we will look into this and see what Planned Parenthood is doing with the money that is coming from taxpayer pockets — most of the time against their will — and let’s see what is really happening with the money, and let’s see if we should continue to fund an organization that is overbilling and involved in a corruption level that should stagger all of us.”

Filed Under: Press Release, Sanctity of Life, Spending

States can seek constitutional amendment to end federal debt binge

September 16, 2010 By 16 Comments

by Nick Dranias
Goldwater Institute
 
As our national debt rockets past $13 trillion, just imagine if a constitutional amendment to balance the federal budget had been ratified 25 years ago. That almost happened. During the 1980s, 33 state legislatures invoked their power to apply for a convention to draft a balanced budget amendment. The effort fell short by just one state of the two-thirds majority needed to force Congress’ hand to call the convention under Article V of the U.S. Constitution.

Why did the effort fail? Fears about a “runaway” convention won the debate. Some legislators worried that a convention would not be limited to a specific subject and it would spin out of control to rewrite the entire Constitution. Sadly, this fear was baseless.

A new Goldwater Institute report, written by Senior Fellow Robert Natelson, shows the country’s Founders rejected drafts of Article V that contemplated a wide-open convention that could “run away.” Instead, the authors of the Constitution intentionally picked language that calls for conventions of limited scope so state legislatures could target specific topics, such as a restriction on the federal government’s ability to borrow money. There’s also no reason to fear a “runaway” convention because three-fourths of the states – at least 38 of them – still would have to ratify whatever proposed amendment was drafted by the convention.

State Senator Chuck Gray of Arizona and U.S. Senator John Cornyn of Texas are right to urge state legislatures to reconsider invoking Article V to limit the federal government’s ability to take on more debt. No matter who controls Congress, the federal government has been incapable of putting its fiscal house in order. Article V gives the states the power to end the federal debt binge.

Nick Dranias holds the Clarence J. and Katherine P. Duncan Chair for Constitutional Government and is director of the Joseph and Dorothy Donnelly Moller Center for Constitutional Government at the Goldwater Institute.

Filed Under: Constitutional Law, Government, States Rights