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Respond Mississippi: Gene Taylor Rejects ObamaCare; Suggests He Will Not Again Vote for Nancy Pelosi

Respond Mississippi: Dem Congressman Calls Blue Dogs "Brain Dead"

Gene Taylor Against Healthcare, Cap & Trade in Laurel

Laurel Leader Call - Taylor: ‘Blue Dogs have done America a great favor’

U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) received two standing ovations Tuesday from the Laurel Rotary Club as he voiced criticism of President Obama’s drive to reform health care.

“The Blue Dogs (Democrats who often vote Republican) have done America a great favor by delaying the vote,” said Taylor, a member of the group, who noted he is voting against the bill. “I don’t think we have the money for that. I’ve always thought something worth doing is worth paying for.”

“The tipping point for the Medicare trust fund was scheduled to be in 2019,” he said. “That’s when the money collected will not be enough to cover the bills coming in. Because of the economy and medicine keeping people alive longer, that date moved to 2017 within a one year period. Obviously there’s a concern, but we can’t add another trillion dollars to the national debt for health care.”

In addition to insurance, Taylor discussed “cap-and-trade” emissions laws, which he called a Ponzi scheme, and technologies being used in the U.S. Military.

As chairman of the Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces, Taylor oversees spending for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.

Taylor said the military is currently working on better mine-resistant vehicles to help save the lives of soldiers. He also discussed a move to make all aircraft and carriers run on nuclear power.

When pressed about Iraq, Taylor said the goal is to come out of the country “very quickly.”

However, Afghanistan is a different story, Taylor added.

“You couldn’t pick a worse place to fight a war,” he said. “It’s a 20-day truck ride just to get food and supplies to the soldiers through Pakistan. We’ve lost 135 contract drivers who were just delivering food. I’m afraid we’ll be there for awhile.”

Bennie Thompson on Kennedy

AP - Kennedy's civil rights work remembered in Mississippi

U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said in an e-mailed statement that he was the Mississippi co-chair for Kennedy's 1980 presidential bid. Thompson first met Kennedy when he was a student at Tougaloo College.

"Over the years, our staffs collaborated on a number of issues ranging from health care to education," Thompson said. "The legacy of Sen. Edward Kennedy will without question live on, and I think the first act will be through Congress passing health insurance reform legislation."

Gregg Harper: Mid-Session Review

HARPER: MID-SESSION REVIEW PROVIDES HARSH EVIDENCE OF DEMOCRATS’ SPENDING BINGE

“Americans expect better than more taxes for more government spending and less jobs – and they deserve it.”

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Gregg Harper (R–Miss.), freshman Member of the House Committee on the Budget, has called for order to the chaotic deficit spending after the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released updated economic and budgetary projections.

“When the 111th Congress convened, President Obama and Congressional Democrats promised fiscal responsibility,” said Congressman Gregg Harper. “Now, after eight misleading months, America is learning directly from the White House that the federal deficit will soar to nearly $1.6 trillion this year alone.”
Harper’s comments came after the August 25, 2009 release of the Mid-Session Review, which is an annual economic and budget forecast provided by the President. This year’s numbers reveal disturbing figures with the OMB estimating that the ten-year deficit will reach $9.05 trillion or a 27 percent increase over the White House’s original estimate of $7.1 trillion. The 2009 deficit is projected to reach $1.58 trillion alone, more than tripling last year’s deficit of $459 billion. According to The Heritage Foundation, more than 43 cents of every dollar Washington spends in 2009 will have been borrowed.

These deficits are driven by an increase in government spending. The OMB and CBO forecast that the increase in federal spending over the next ten years could range from 2.7 percent – 6 percent even without the President’s proposed $1 trillion government health care reform. This year alone, the President and the Pelosi-led Democratic controlled Congress have passed a $408 billion fiscal year 2009 omnibus appropriations bill and a $787 billion so-called “stimulus” package. This has resulted in a 22 percent spending increase for 2009 which represents the largest government expansion since the 1952 height of the Korean War.
Also, jobless figures are significantly higher than the President’s analysis earlier this year. The OMB predicts that unemployment will average 9.3 percent in 2009 and peak at 9.8 percent in 2010. However, the nonpartisan CBO expects this figure to reach an average of 10.2 percent for 2010, a number that far exceeds the President’s expectations of 5.2 percent – 8.1 percent as a result of the so-called “stimulus” package.

“Americans expect better than more taxes for more government spending and less jobs – and they deserve it,” added Congressman Harper. “The majority of jobs in Mississippi and our country are created by small businesses. This is why Congress must begin to allow families and small businesses to keep more of what they earn instead of continuing with this trend of explosive government spending.”

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Gene Taylor & Nancy Pelosi

FireGeneTaylor.com - Gene Taylor Votes With Nancy Pelosi 71% Of The Time

Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi is one of the far-left liberal members of Congress and she represents San Francisco, California, the most far-left liberal districts in America.

According to OpenCongress.org, Gene Taylor votes with Nancy Pelosi 71% of the time. So, it shouldn’t be any surprise that he cast his vote for her to be Speaker of the House over all other members of Congress.

So my question to you is, do you feel represented when your congressman sides with Nancy Pelosi 71% of the time and supports her ambitious effort to lead the most liberal Congress we’ve ever seen?

Y'all Politics - YP EYEWITNESS at Gene Taylor’s Town Hall Meeting - “No” on Obamacare - Doubtful to support Pelosi

Taylor was questioned about his vote to install Pelosi as Speaker of the House and said she had promised him she would support his efforts on catastrophic insurance coverage, which he said she did not. He strongly suggested he would not vote for her again as Speaker of the House.

Blogs on Taylor, Childers

Y'all Politics - CBS (national) NEWS - Covering a Gene Taylor town hall … says he’s opposed

Majority In Mississippi - To Travis Childers: Remember What Hillary Clinton Said?

FireGeneTaylor.com - Gene Taylor Voted For The $2 Billion Cash For Clunkers

Childers Chides Panolian

Travis Childers tells The Panolian: "You know better than some of those things and you shouldn’t be trying to publish stuff like that."

‘Read the bill,’ advises Blue Dog congressman - The Panolian

P: During the August recess, some Democratic congressmen are hearing testy opinions from the public over your party’s proposals for healthcare reform. Are those concerns justified?

TC: Certainly the concerns are justified. Now, if a person is willing to speak to me in a civil tone, and talk about concerns they genuinely have, I want to hear from them. What I’m not interested in, and what I don’t appreciate, is when the other party is busing people to try to be disruptive. That’s what’s unnecessary. We’re trying to help the situation.

P: Are there any misconceptions about the Democrats’ healthcare plan that need to be corrected?

TC: There a lot of myths out there being spread by those who enjoy spreading falsehoods. I would urge people to go to the Web site and look at the bill. Just because someone sends you something on the Internet, that doesn’t mean that it’s true. This is only a proposed bill. There are about 10 steps before a bill will ever get to the President’s desk for his signature.

P: Can you describe what you refer to as “myths” that are being circulated?

TC: I don’t want to get off into the weeds, but (citing an example) that they’re trying to euthanize the elderly. That’s ridiculous. I’m amazed, honestly, that people would fall into a trap and believe that stuff. Please look at the bill. Do not believe mess that people send across the Internet with nothing to back it up.

P: Do you think some people are using the bill’s description of “end-of-life” issues to reach that conclusion? The Blue Dogs, in your own proposal, also refer to “end-of-life” issues. Maybe that definition deserves further explanation.

TC: Well, it probably does. But here’s the thing: we think the patients should be involved and know what their options are. We just think a patient deserves to know what their options are in their end-of-life care and, quite frankly, doctors are not compensated to sit down and answer questions right now. And they should be. A doctor’s time and advice are his stock in trade as well, and we think that should be an allowable charge for a physician to sit down with a person when the end of life is near.

P: Getting back on track about “myths” being spread, can you cite any misinformation put out by the Republicans, or conservative talk radio, that deserves to be refuted?

TC: I’m not going to address those. You know what those are. You’re an educated person. You know what every one of them are. I’m not going to address that.

P: What I’m asking is if that’s untrue, why not get the word out –

TC: Here’s the thing. All anyone has to do is pull that bill and look at it. The people of North Mississippi are smart…You know better than some of those things and you shouldn’t be trying to publish stuff like that.

McGlowan and Guns

Fox News contributor Angela McGlowan (R-Oxford) who has said she is considering a run for the First Congressional District seat created a controversy when she came out for gun control on Supertalk's Paul Gallo Show.

Gallo Rewind E-mail - 8/5/09

Angela McGlowan created a firestorm this morning. I answered a listener request for update information on the "Blair-Holt Act". Senate Bill 2099 would require us to put on our 1040 federal tax form, all the guns that are in your possession. I informed the audience that the Bill still had no cosponsors and it looked as though it would go nowhere. Ms. McGlowan, a potential congressional candidate agreed with the need for gun registration. Needless to say, a vast majority disagreed.

Y'all Politics - 8/5/09

This morning, regular FOX NEWS contributor Angela McGlowan, author of Bamboozled, made an appearance on Paul Gallo's show. As someone who serves as a voice in the wilderness for African American conservatives from Mississippi, she is a sought after speaker and pundit.

In the middle of her segment this morning, the topic turned to gun control, which McGlowan basically said she was for. Specifically, she stated her support to have guns registered with the government. As someone who has been mentioned on the far periphery for a MS-01 candidacy, presumably as someone who had interest in running in a Republican primary, McGlowan certainly shot herself in the foot (pun intended). Her gun control comments lit Gallo's line up like a Christmas tree from folks across Mississippi who didn't "jeehaw" with McGlowan's take on guns. In probably one of the most "pro-gun" districts in America, those comments made on a statewide broadcast probably removed her from even the periphery of that consideration.

As one conservative pundit pointed out to YP, "it's not everyday you hear someone commit political suicide on the radio while you're eating breakfast".

Gallo Rewind E-mail - 8/6/09

Update on the Fox Commentator Angela McGlowan interview. Since the broadcast was on the road Thursday, I didn't have a lot of opportunity to address the McGlowan issue. I did receive a press release from the McGlowan camp today asking for some sort of an apology for the Gallo Rewind yesterday. After reviewing the email and the interview, here's my reply.

I both like and respect Angela for her work and the way she has represented Mississippi. As with anyone who is seriously engaged in the political process, they're will be some areas where we disagree; the gun registration as it pertains to the Blair Holt Bill is one. That said, I find many other areas where we do agree in promoting Mississippi and conservative causes.

I must honestly say that I would have responded in the same manner-and asked the same followup questions-regardless of who the guest might have been. Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit a person from possessing a firearm unless that person has been issued a firearm license under this Act or a state system certified under this Act and such license has not been invalidated or revoked. It also mandates much tougher license application, issuance, and renewal requirements. It also requires mandatory listing on your Tax Form of all guns in your home.