Brian, great piece! Thank you for stepping into and cutting through the oft repeated pablum of the democrat sounding "Republican Party". Without a clear portrayal of the backroom agreements and morphing of the body politic, we are doomed to their demonic vision of the future. Because of work like yours, we can THINK - PRAY - VOTE.
While I greatly appreciate and agree with most of your column today, I must push back on your comment about Governor Brad Little:
"As often as I have disagreed with Governor Brad Little, for example, I do not consider him a RINO. Many of his positions, even the ones I don’t support, grow out of longtime Republican principles that would not have been unfamiliar to Republicans over the past fifty years."
"We believe the strength of our nation lies with our faith and reliance on God our Creator, the individual, and the family; and that each person's dignity, freedom, ability and responsibility must be honored."
Consider Brad Little:
* Long-time politician with deep ties to establishment politics, “progressive” big corporations, and China.
* Funding includes Pfizer and Johnson and Johnson; Blue Cross of Idaho and Regence BlueShield; Juul Labs (vaping products); Micron Technology; IACI lobbying group; and Big Education presidents.
* Took massive amounts of strings-attached Federal money during COVID. Those strings became choke chains on all Idahoans.
* Locked Idaho down, supported mandates for masks and vaccines, closed down houses of worship, had people arrested for holding church services and playing with their kids in the park, and shut down small business. (Much of this information is no longer readily available on his website, but it is true.)
* Policies led to Common Core and social justice agendas in education.
* Supported inflationary spending on education while doling out tiny tax cuts.
* Policies led to deteriorating community standards for families, work, freedom, and prosperity.
After 40 years of official Republican-party rule, Idaho finally has a real alternative in Ammon Bundy. Bundy is a constitutional conservative who is running unaffiliated in order to give Idahoans a real choice for the chief executive officer of Idaho! Any legally registered Idaho voter, regardless of party or affiliation, can vote Ammon Bundy for Idaho Governor in the general election.
Country should come before Party! I hope the traditionally straight-ticket Republicans will consider outside-of-the-box, true conservative Ammon Bundy when they cast their ballots on November 8 (https://www.votebundy.com/).
Brian, great piece! Thank you for stepping into and cutting through the oft repeated pablum of the democrat sounding "Republican Party". Without a clear portrayal of the backroom agreements and morphing of the body politic, we are doomed to their demonic vision of the future. Because of work like yours, we can THINK - PRAY - VOTE.
While I greatly appreciate and agree with most of your column today, I must push back on your comment about Governor Brad Little:
"As often as I have disagreed with Governor Brad Little, for example, I do not consider him a RINO. Many of his positions, even the ones I don’t support, grow out of longtime Republican principles that would not have been unfamiliar to Republicans over the past fifty years."
The 2022 Idaho Republican Platform is clear and admirable, especially its preamble (see https://idgop.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2022-24-Idaho-Republican-Party-Platform-1.pdf). Unfortunately, Governor Little has not upheld even the first item in the preamble, which states:
"We believe the strength of our nation lies with our faith and reliance on God our Creator, the individual, and the family; and that each person's dignity, freedom, ability and responsibility must be honored."
Consider Brad Little:
* Long-time politician with deep ties to establishment politics, “progressive” big corporations, and China.
* Funding includes Pfizer and Johnson and Johnson; Blue Cross of Idaho and Regence BlueShield; Juul Labs (vaping products); Micron Technology; IACI lobbying group; and Big Education presidents.
* Took massive amounts of strings-attached Federal money during COVID. Those strings became choke chains on all Idahoans.
* Locked Idaho down, supported mandates for masks and vaccines, closed down houses of worship, had people arrested for holding church services and playing with their kids in the park, and shut down small business. (Much of this information is no longer readily available on his website, but it is true.)
* Policies led to Common Core and social justice agendas in education.
* Supported inflationary spending on education while doling out tiny tax cuts.
* Policies led to deteriorating community standards for families, work, freedom, and prosperity.
After 40 years of official Republican-party rule, Idaho finally has a real alternative in Ammon Bundy. Bundy is a constitutional conservative who is running unaffiliated in order to give Idahoans a real choice for the chief executive officer of Idaho! Any legally registered Idaho voter, regardless of party or affiliation, can vote Ammon Bundy for Idaho Governor in the general election.
Country should come before Party! I hope the traditionally straight-ticket Republicans will consider outside-of-the-box, true conservative Ammon Bundy when they cast their ballots on November 8 (https://www.votebundy.com/).
Amen