Marco Rubio for President

There has been plenty of talk inside the Republican Party about how Marco Rubio will absolutely be invited to be the choice for Vice President in 2012. He is at the top of almost every list.

My question is this.

If he is such a desirable candidate, why make him the Vice President?

I think he might be our best bet in 2012.

Yes, I know he is young and he has barely been in the Senate a year, but he is a fantastic political leader.

People forget that he aggressively challenged the RINO Charlie Crist in Florida when everyone else was saying it was Crists election to lose.

Rubio destroyed Crist so badly that it is difficult to remember that Crist was actually the favorite at one point.

Rubio shocked a world that had underestimated him. I think he could do it again.

I think if Rubio is our candidate in 2012, Obama doesn't stand a chance.

Putting Boehner on notice

I said last night in a Facebook post that I wanted Speaker of The House John Boehner primaried and put out of his job as a Congressman. I may have been a little rash, but it was a reaction to the anticipated deal-making that the Republican leader is about to do.

I did some research into his background, and Boehner actually isn't that bad of a guy. He's a blue-collar guy from a large family that had to work hard all his life to get where he is today. He is not some Ivy League elitist who lived off his fathers money all his life.

He has the right work ethic, but I don't think he is tough enough for this job.

The Democrats, when they were in control, had no problem with full-throated Totalitarianism as they forced Obamacare on the American public. This unconstitutional seizure of the health care industry caused a backlash that lost 60 Congressmen and women their jobs.

Boehner needs to show equal strength.

No compromises.

Republicans control the House.

They get our version, or they get nothing.

It's payback time for the Democrats abuses of power over the last two years.

I'm running for Congress in 2012 and I'm not doing it to go to Washington and cut deals.

I want to crush my enemies and destroy them. They are Totalitarians who hate freedom and they are a threat to our very way of life. Obama is the Looter-In-Chief and the Democrats are just looking for ways to steal a few more billion dollars.

Someone has to stop them.

If Boehner can't do it, he needs to find a new line of work.

The Angry Charge of The Last RINO

My friend Stephen and I often refer derisively to many members of our own party as RINOs.

They are Republicans In Name Only. RINOs

Basically, they are slightly less offensive versions of Democrats.

Mitt Romney is a RINO. Arnold Schwarzenegger is a RINO.

RINOs always claim to be Conservatives -- which humors us -- but they turn around and vote for everything the Democrats vote for.

My friend Stephen is disappointed he voted for McCain in 2008.

I'm not. The alternative was Barack Obama.

Obama is a looter and a destroyer of wealth.

McCain, on the other hand, was only a RINO.

I respected him until today.

Today he went berserk on Capitol Hill.

He ridiculed the idea of a Balanced Budget Amendment.

He read a Wall Street Journal article that ridiculed and mocked the Tea Party.

The article also slammed the GOP Senate candidates Sharon Angle and Christine O'Donnell.

Angle and O'Donnell -- whatever their faults may be -- had never done anything this contemptuous of John McCain. Except maybe to be more Conservative than him.

Three years ago John McCain wanted to be President of the United States.

Now he's taking cheap shots for laughs at former Senate candidates.

This man now embarrasses me. I want him gone.

Stephen has always said McCain was his "Last Rino"... the last one he would ever vote for.

I think Stephen has made a good call on that one.

Conservatives! Hold the line!!

To : My fellow Conservatives in Washington D.C.

From : 2012 Congressional Candidate Phil Jennerjahn

Re: Debt Ceiling talks

To my fellow Conservatives,

I am writing to you today to implore you to hold the line in these debt ceiling talks.

Caving in to fear or threats from the Democrats will only mean our total defeat.

Our country and its future are on the line. This is your time to be strong.

Tea Party activists sent 60 new freshmen to Congress in 2010. You were elected for one reason: To stop Barack Obama and his agenda.

There are long term legislators like John McCain who have been talking about "cuts" for 20 years, but who have instead only stood by and watched the disastrous growth of our federal government.

Let me be blunt.

The Harry Reid budget plan is crap.

A man who won't even cut government funding for cowboy poetry isn't serious about a budget.

The John Boehner plan is crap lite.

He's trying to bail out the Titanic with a mop and a bucket.

It won't work.

Don't listen to the media as they concoct stories and create fear.

The line has to be drawn. And you are there to draw it.

Hold the line.

Our country will reward you for your courage.

Gatto continues his assaults on Personal Freedom with ACA 6

Dangerous Enemy of Freedom Mike Gatto continues to reveal himself through his legislation.

He recently teamed up with fellow totalitarian Mike Feuer to hammer out Assembly Constitutional Amendment 6, which would radically reshape the power structure here in California.

ACA 6, as it has become know, would ban all further attempts by the voters to place initiatives on the ballot if they ended up costing the State over $5 million dollars. The problem here is that this decision rests in the hands of two bureacrats ...the Legislative Analyst and the Director of Finance. These two unelected bureacrats would have the power of veto over any voter initiative simply by deeming it "too expensive".

This action comes very close to tyranny.

Our country exists because of the tyranny of King George of England.

Now, we have a closet dictator named Mike Gatto telling the "little people" that they are no longer important enough to have a voice in the political decision making process.

If I was Gatto's opponent in the next election, I would make it very clear to voters how much Gatto hates freedom.... especially their freedom as voters to have a voice in matters.

Pocket tyrants Gatto and Feuer should be ashamed of themselves.

This is not what our founding fathers had in mind.

Obamas "Corpsman" lesson

Recently, President Barack Obama made himself look a little foolish when he mispronounced the word "corpsman" at a prayer breakfast. He pronounced it "corpse-man". He said it twice. The correct pronunciation is "core-man"...just like how you say "Marine Corps".

No big deal. Just a little harmless mistake, right?

Yes...and no.

It exposes a much bigger flaw in Barack Obama.

Our Commander-in-Chief knows very little about our military.

He never served.

Now, politicians misspeak all the time. They have so many speeches to give and public appearances to make. They are not machines and they make mistakes. President George W. Bush was so prone to misspeak that they actually published a book filled with his speaking gaffes.

Anyone can make mistakes.

But this one exposed a vital flaw about Obama.

Not only does he know nothing about our military, but he is surrounded by buffoons who also know nothing.

He did not have a single person on his staff who went over his speeches with him and made sure he knew how to pronounce words he was unfamiliar with.

The fact that our Commander in Chief did not know how to pronounce "corpsman" is very troubling.

The fact that he has nobody on his staff smart enough to know he was making a mistake?

That is extremely troubling.

Obama & The Gays

Even though Barack Obama claimed during the course of his campaign in 2008 that he was against gay marriage, he has recently - and officially - become the most pro-gay President in American history.

As a Conservative, I am virulently against his support of gay marriage. I feel that allowing gays to enact an agenda against heterosexuals -- and declaring the existence of "gay marriage" -- is an act of aggression that can not stand.

However, it might surprise the readers of TJR to find that I am not 100% against his actions concerning gays serving in the military.

My political hero, Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater, once famously said that "You don't have to be straight to be in the military, you just have to be able to shoot straight."

I agree with Barry. Our military leaders do not.

Saying that someone can't serve in the military just because they are gay is the same thing as saying someone can't serve in the military just because they are black. It's discrimination.

And our country shouldn't do it.

If you are a true Conservative, you respect our Declaration of Independence and the Constitution almost as much as you would respect a religious document like the Bible or the Torah.

Those documents describe equal protections for all.

And much like a Biblical passage, you either believe in these founding documents, or you don't.

I have always felt that we Republicans were going to be on the losing end of the battle with the gays.

Gay marriage? No. That is inventing something that doesn't exist and using force on heterosexuals.

But how can we justify not giving gays the same legal protections as a heterosexual married couple?

It is for this reason I agree to the compromise of a "domestic partnership" certificate for gays.

Legal protections, yes. Complete redefining of social structures? No.

And to defend our military, I need to say this....

The previous rules against gays in the military were generally there for the safety of the individuals involved serving in the military.

When I was 17 years old I attended U.S. Army Basic Training in Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

Any soldier who was being accused of being a homosexual on a Southern Army base was putting themselves in a very dangerous situation. There is rampant homophobia in the military, and even being suspected of being gay could get a soldier severly beaten -- if not killed...at least back in those days. Maybe attitudes have changed, but I am not so sure about that.

I understand the reasons for the previous rules.... and I still prefer that gays not serve in combat units.

But there is no reason gays can't serve in the base hospital, or commissary, or the food preparation areas.

One indisputable fact about this subject is clear.

Gays have always served in our military. And they always will.

Right now we are just arguing about how honest they can be about it.