I sense that conservatives have largely already tuned out to the coming elections, after six years of burgeoning federal spending and inaction on key issues, such as immigration.
BOB BARRI sense that conservatives have largely already tuned out to the coming elections, after six years of burgeoning federal spending and inaction on key issues, such as immigration.
BOB BARRI supported the Iraq resolution, but that was not an approval of war in Iraq and certainly was not approval for an occupation of Iraq.
BOB BARRAccepting federal funding undermines state sovereignty as states become beholden to federal requirements in order to keep the money flowing.
BOB BARRAt virtually any given time outside of one’s own home, an American citizen can reasonably assume his movements and actions are being monitored by something, by somebody, somewhere.
BOB BARRThe main international problem facing America is our lack of – our loss of influence in the world and our lack of an ability to define what U.S. interests really are.
BOB BARRFor far too long the American public and business sector have kept their silence as civil liberties have been whittled away by statutory and regulatory measures.
BOB BARRA critical component of White House Scandal Defense 101 is rallying the partisan base. This keeps approval ratings in territory where the wheels don’t start falling off.
BOB BARRThe move to tax Internet sales, clothed as a ‘fairness’ issue, is the typical ‘wolf-in-sheep’s-clothing’ ploy so often used by governments unwilling to cut expenditures to match revenues.
BOB BARRAnyone who questions the legality of the decision to wiretap thousands of Americans unlawfully is attacked, as either an enabler of terrorists or a bitter partisan trying to distract a president at war.
BOB BARROn taking office, Obama promised the ‘most transparent’ administration in history; yet his record as president has been anything but transparent.
BOB BARRThe Republican Party has become the party of the government status quo, and conservatives see no reason to reward it with their votes.
BOB BARRFirearms manufacturers usually find themselves playing defense.
BOB BARRFor decades, parents were told by so-called parenting ‘experts’ that offspring would be best raised on the belief each is special and entitled to all life has to offer.
BOB BARRMoveOn loves government. It remains enamored of government spending as fuel for its liberal agenda; and anything that threatens to close that spigot in any degree is perceived as a dire threat – worthy of Chicken-Little warnings that the sky is going to fall.
BOB BARRPeople come up to me and tell me they support me because I never left my principles.
BOB BARRChicago is known for good steaks, expensive stores and beautiful architecture.
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