MESSAGE #1 A candid conversation with Congressman Tom Price
on the 4th of July
At the Cobb County Republican Party 4th of July BBQ, where
attendance was way down, I saw my former Congressman, Tom Price.
I was delighted to see Tom because I did him a disservice
when I saw him at the GA State GOP Convention last month and wanted a do-over.
What disservice? I was not candid with him at the State Convention, choosing to
be polite instead.
And while I was polite today, I was also candid. I said “Tom
I don’t want to ruin your day, but I must tell you that the Republicans in
Congress have done more to demoralize grassroots Conservatives than anything
Obama and his whole campaign has done. Look at this room, it’s
normally full. I’m very disappointed in you and I think someone needs to say
that, because I don’t think you guys hear that enough.
About seven or eight years ago I was at one of your Town
Hall meetings and I asked you, why the Republicans in Washington did not get
behind a bill, that would streamline legal immigration, saying that you are
standing up for that guy in Mexico City, who is trying to do it right. Right
now, those who want to do it right have to wait 15 years and spend thousands of
dollars. We are encouraging them to just cross the border. You probably don’t
remember what you said, but your answer was “leadership does not want to take
it up.”
You guys have just not done your jobs, not Tom Graves, Phil
Gingery or Jack Kingston, none of you. You don’t try to a pass a bill because
you say the Senate won’t pass it…you don’t even try. Compare that to Nancy
Pelosi, who said “we will pass Obamacare. If we come to a wall, we will go through
it, if that doesn’t work, we will go around it, if we can’t do that, we will tunnel
under it. If that does not work, we will parachute over it.”
If Hillary Clinton is our next president, this will be the
last time I will ever vote Republican for the rest of my life, at the national
level. I mean, what’s the use, we gave you guys the majority in the House and Senate,
and you didn’t do anything with it.”
I had not planned to go public with this conversation, but
changed my mind when it appeared to me, that = Congressman Price seemed to
think Republicans in Washington had done all they could, as they did not have
control of the Senate until recently. His response to not having pushed back on
spending was that they had reduced spending in Washington (the 2008 budget was
$2.9 trillion and the 2016 budget, just passed with the help of Republicans, is
$3.9 trillion). Obviously, only in Washington does a $1 trillion increase amount
to reduced spending. Tom also touted the stopping of the IRS from harassing
conservative citizens. And regarding Pelosi’s defiant attitude, he attributed that to the Democrats having 60 votes in the
Senate. (when the fact of the matter is, Democrat Congressman Bart Stupak was
holding Obamacare up in the House)
Sadly, I think too many Republicans in Washington have begun
to believe their own press releases. Speaker Ryan was on O’Reilly last week,
and all he did was tell O’Reilly why this or that could not be done. While
O’Reilly was practically pleading with him to DO SOMETHING, TRY SOMETHING…DO ANYTHING!
It was however, great to see so many old friends and despite
my disappointment at the outcome, I had a pleasant conversation with Tom Price.
I urge everyone to have a similar, polite but candid conversation with your
member of Congress, and tell them how much they have let us down. Conrad Q.
MESSAGE #2 Help support Jack Staver for County Commissioner
July 7 Everyone is invited to this Meet & Greet/Fundraiser to support Jack
Staver for Dist 3 Commissioner and those who live in the district are needed to
come out a vote for him in the July 26 runoff election. Early voting starts today but only at the
elections office on Main Street in Canton. Let me leave you with this
thought...government belongs to those who show up. If we do not show up for this or to vote July
26 we will get the
government we deserve.
Conrad Q
Source: Cherokee Tea Party Patriots – Woodstock GA email
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