Comments on: The Race for the Fightin’ Fourth – Part 1 http://theconservativist.com/2009/01/29/the-race-for-the-fightin-fourth-part-1/ The Upstate's Source for Politics Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:42:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ilene Lollis http://theconservativist.com/2009/01/29/the-race-for-the-fightin-fourth-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-6512 Ilene Lollis Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:26:53 +0000 http://theconservativist.com/?p=359#comment-6512 The payroll tax that he is refering to is the social security program. This would eliminate the social scecurity that is needed for the poor uneducated people of our society, who work almaost all of their life. They would no longer be able to retire. They would have to work until the day they die. The payroll tax that he is refering to is the social security program. This would eliminate the social scecurity that is needed for the poor uneducated people of our society, who work almaost all of their life. They would no longer be able to retire. They would have to work until the day they die.

]]> By: admin http://theconservativist.com/2009/01/29/the-race-for-the-fightin-fourth-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-6502 admin Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:17:58 +0000 http://theconservativist.com/?p=359#comment-6502 I honestly ran out of time to talk about all the issues. I had about 20-30 minutes for the interview before he had to leave for another meeting. I am sure these issues will come up during the campaign. I honestly ran out of time to talk about all the issues. I had about 20-30 minutes for the interview before he had to leave for another meeting. I am sure these issues will come up during the campaign.

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]]> By: Greenville_GOP http://theconservativist.com/2009/01/29/the-race-for-the-fightin-fourth-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-6490 Greenville_GOP Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:41:21 +0000 http://theconservativist.com/?p=359#comment-6490 I enjoyed reading your interview with Congressman Inglis. However I would have liked to have seen his responses to other issues that many rank-and-file Republicans disagree with him on. Besides his first vote for the bailout and his "Al Gore-esque" energy philosophies like the carbon tax which both came up in your interview, our Congressman was also one of only 16 Republicans to vote against the Iraq Troop Surge and said that h did not think our troops could turn things around in Iraq. Unlike Senator DeMint, Rep. Inglis has not sworn off earmarks in the budget process and also has used hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars on wasteful junkets - like going to the Galapagos Islands to study the effects of zooplankton on ocean ecosystems. I wish you would also ask Inglis why he has garnered the reputation in some conservative circles as being one of the softest-on-crime Republicans in Congress given that he wants to repeal mandatory minimums for drug offenders. At a time when conservative leaders like Jim DeMint and Mike Pence are stepping up to the plate, Bob Inglis is sorely behind th pack. He is not the type of Republican you would expect to be representing one of the most conservative districts in the nation. Everything I have heard is that there are at least one or two very prominent Republicans in Greenville who are going to mount serious challenges against Inglis in 2010, with at least one being able to self-fund his campaign. I enjoyed reading your interview with Congressman Inglis. However I would have liked to have seen his responses to other issues that many rank-and-file Republicans disagree with him on. Besides his first vote for the bailout and his “Al Gore-esque” energy philosophies like the carbon tax which both came up in your interview, our Congressman was also one of only 16 Republicans to vote against the Iraq Troop Surge and said that h did not think our troops could turn things around in Iraq. Unlike Senator DeMint, Rep. Inglis has not sworn off earmarks in the budget process and also has used hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars on wasteful junkets – like going to the Galapagos Islands to study the effects of zooplankton on ocean ecosystems. I wish you would also ask Inglis why he has garnered the reputation in some conservative circles as being one of the softest-on-crime Republicans in Congress given that he wants to repeal mandatory minimums for drug offenders.

At a time when conservative leaders like Jim DeMint and Mike Pence are stepping up to the plate, Bob Inglis is sorely behind th pack. He is not the type of Republican you would expect to be representing one of the most conservative districts in the nation. Everything I have heard is that there are at least one or two very prominent Republicans in Greenville who are going to mount serious challenges against Inglis in 2010, with at least one being able to self-fund his campaign.

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