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…the political image that is going to be the most devastating to any political party will be the image of democrats giving a standing ovation to the Mexican president as he comes down falsely on the law in Arizona.
If I’m the republican party I’m playing and replaying that image over and over again.
I’m checking the finances. I’ve raised enough to pay for the plane ticket and my pal Vinnie has already told me he would put me up for a week. With my first payment from Examiner.com I’m a tad short on the rental car and meals. I’ll see what I can do in terms of cutting costs but I’ve decided that since I can cover the basic costs I’m going to go.
I’ve finalized the trip and purchased the tickets. I’ll be getting there Sunday afternoon and leaving the following Saturday afternoon. I’m trying to get the details of my actual itinerary while I’m down there over the next day or two and arrange for a ride to the airport.
Normally as a conservative I wouldn’t go on the trip without making my price but I’m considering this an investment in persuasion. Can I persuade enough readers that this blog is worth a few dollars? This trip will hopefully help to do just that.
Of course if you want to kick in to DaTipJar I will certainly be grateful.
I’ve said in the past that I agree with Ron Paul about 50% of the time. He is a lot like Norton anti-virus When Norton works it works great! When it fails it fails spectacularly!
It looks like the son doesn’t fall far from the tree. Rand Paul like his father takes his constitutional argument to an absolute and sometimes absurd degree. Sort of like when the Duke during his debate in 1988 couldn’t with a straight face answer the question concerning his wife.
In terms of a public restaurant OF COURSE a public restaurant must serve any customer who comes it. If a person own a public business he has to serve the public, ALL the public PERIOD! The fact that he could not make that clear is totally foolish.
A private club does not, that is why it is called a private club. A private club can discriminate all it wants, that is freedom of association. And under that same rule of freedom of association an individual is free to say: “I will not associate myself with said club.” A person can use their freedom of association to say: “Ralph I’m not going to do business with you because you are a member of said club, I’ll buy my lumber from Phil instead.” A person can use their freedom of speech to say: I am going to protest said club organize a march and hold signs because I disagree with said clubs’ discrimination.
If you do not allow a private club to do so then African American War Vets counsel 24 would be required to serve a person who comes in wearing a Klan sheet.
I suspect Mr. Paul would agree with the statements above, if not, if he is an absolutest and can not (and considering his father it wouldn’t surprise me) then that interview of his will not be his Mike Dukakis moment but it will deserve to be.
On a political basis it will be interesting to see what happens either way. A person might get away with it in an individual district but in a statewide race, I don’t think so. If he is not on the shows today or tomorrow at the latest with a damn good explanation fast then it will likely be all over, and if its not then shame on us.
Oh and I like Allahpundit but if he thinks there is no damage here he is out of his mind. Another black conservative has it right.
But although I agree the political aspects of Patterson’s decision are apparent he is quite correct. Financially it is much better for the county to wait on this special election.
The biggest fights of the year are actually done. There is no question that Patterson wanted to get votes in favor of Obamacare to congress in his scheduling special elections. With the current majorities the only effect that extra republican vote will have is to perhaps remove one dem from the Fishbait column if a tough vote comes up.
The tens of thousands of dollars saved on such an election might not seem like much, but it might mean be one or two less layoffs or a city or town, or maybe the difference between streetlights being on or off.
Do I think he is playing politics? Sure but it doesn’t make it any less an acceptable decision.
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