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Tuesday, January 08, 2008
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There Goes That Idea

One of the political exercises I go through is deciding what I would do depending on who wins the primary for the various parties.  There are a lot of factors and combinations involved, most of which involve me voting for Ron Paul as a Libertarian (if he doesn't get the Republican nod and does run on the Libertarian ticket), or writing in a vote.  The only other candidate who I've considered actually voting affirmatively for is Fred Thompson.  Well... that is until now:

Among the 2008 presidential field, all but two of the Republican candidates -- Sen. John McCain and Fred Thompson -- have made a written commitment to the American people promising to oppose and veto income tax increases.

Of all the people who did sign it, the only one I actually believe is Ron Paul because he has a proven track record in Congress of following through on those pledges.  Hell, he has actually introduced a bill to repeal the 16th Amendment.  Look Fred, if you can't at least give lip service to holding down taxes, then what good are you?

Via Dean.

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Tuesday, January 08, 2008 9:20:35 AM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)
As far as I know Thompson doesn't sign pledges to any group. I'm sure that won't satisfy you, but that's the explanation.

And consider that Mike Huckabee has signed the pledge, but he has a history of raising taxes while Arkansas governor. Grover Norquist still accepts that. So the head of Americans for Tax Reform accepts a signed piece of paper over an actual tax-cutting record. Politics is a strange universe.

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