Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Congressman Sensenbrenner Answers, “Is Conservatism Out of Gas?”

In the continuing series being published by The Wisconsin Interest, Congressman Sensenbrenner answers the question, “Is Conservatism Out of Gas?”

Polls I conducted indeed indicated that folks were mad about the war, but a closer look revealed that people were also disgusted with government spending. In my district, those identifying themselves as Democrats increased slightly from past years; however, more notably, those calling themselves Republicans declined and they moved into the Independent column in search of a new identity. Independent voters in districts like mine went from 2-1 Republican in 2004 to 2-1 Democrat in 2006. So, the red flags were firmly in place prior to Election Night.

Republican leadership did not help the cause. Leadership became part of the problem, not the solution. We were plagued with allegations of leadership corruption as our leaders stopped listening and became much more interested in receiving support for their own power rather than worrying about the money that was flying out of the pockets of taxpayers. As Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, I remained steadfast in my efforts to produce legislative initiatives to further values-based conservative principles. I am proud of my work to help protect the safety of Americans through the reauthorization of the Patriot Act, Violence Against Women Act, Child Safety Act, and Real ID. In addition, we were able to re-authorize the Voting Rights Act, and accomplish Bankruptcy Reform. I believe these are good, conservative ideas that made their way to the President’s desk and are now signed into law. Good for us. Good for all Americans.

(3) Comments
Posted by Owen at 0732 hrs
Politics + Politics - Wisconsin

  1. Nope…Conservatism is not dead yet.
    Looks like even ESPN is willing to speakout on atrocities!! 

    http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=2847392


    Owen not everyone is afraid to Speakout when something is horribily wrong!!

    YOU HAVE TO SATAND FOR SOMETHING OR YOU’LL FALL FOR ANYTHING!!

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on April 25, 2007 at 0901 hrs


  2. As long as men like Flyin’ Jim Sensenbrenner are able to take one more free flight the conservative ideals of the Reagan Revolution will live on.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on April 25, 2007 at 1645 hrs


  3. What slays me about Jim is that while he gets to inheirit the Kotex fortune he is all ready to suspend the Davis Bacon act during Katrina reconstruction because it is an emergency.  While it is true his Waukesha constituency will never have to worry about Davis Bacon applying to them couldn’t he at least throw a bone to people that could use at least the paltry $5.15/hr minimum wage to rebuild the southern costal areas?

    These kinds of decisions show a cold hearted man who is concerned only with himself.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on April 25, 2007 at 2239 hrs


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