ACHefty said:
Good. Now, everyone pray for me. I have long considered tossing my hat (yes, I wear hats) into the ring. This may make the decision easier. I need wisdom considering whether I will run in two years.

Andy Hefty

If you do decide to run, Andy, all of us will be rooting for you at MM. Keep ‘em straight up thar.

That’s why grassroots ops need to start fielding a candidate now and working to get that person’s name out. Hopefully, said candidate’s name would be a household word by election time. Having “true conservative” on his/her campaign materials should give like-minded voters pause. Having Sarah Palin campaign for that person would go a long way, too. She’s got to realize that keeping a high profile depends on her visibility down in the lower 48, so it might not be as hard as you think to get her.

planetgeo said:
I’m a naturalized (and grateful) US citizen. If you want this problem fixed, I guarantee you that legal immigrants like me would do a much better job of coming up with firm, fair guidelines to fix this problem once and for all.

After hearing all the displaced Cubans despair about the prez’l election, I thought this would be the way to go, also (but look at what Martinez did). If a legal immigrant ran, I think they’d get the Latino vote all sewn up.

From what I’ve seen on FOX so far, the Dems are salivating for this seat and think it’ll be a cakewalk.

“From reader Tom In Fla:

“I don’t hold out too much hope that the truth will come out. The ruling class is protecting out for each other. Check out this response I received from my Republican Senator:”

Thank you for contacting me regarding President-Elect Obama’s citizenship. I appreciate hearing from you and would like to respond to your concerns.

Like you, I believe that our federal government has the responsibility to make certain that the Constitution of the United States is not compromised. We must fight to uphold our Constitution through our courts and political processes.

Article II of the Constitution provides that “no Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President.” The Constitution, however, does not specify how that qualification for office is to be enforced. As you may know, a voter recently raised this issue before a federal court in Pennsylvania. On October 24, 2008, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania released an order in the case of Berg v.Obama.In that case, the plaintiff, Phillip Berg, raised the same issue that your letter raises regarding proof of the President-Elect’s birthplace. Through his lawsuit, Mr. Berg sought to compel President-Elect Obama to produce a certified copy of his birth certificate.

The District Court dismissed Mr. Berg’s suit and held that the question of Obama’s citizenship is not a matter for a court to decide. The court further noted that voters, not courts, should decide whether a particular presidential candidate is qualified to hold office.

Presidential candidates are vetted by voters at least twice – first in the primary elections and again in the general election. President-Elect Obama won the Democratic Party’s nomination after one of the most fiercely contested presidential primaries in American history. And, he has now been duly elected by the majority of voters in the United States. Throughout both the primary and general election, concerns about Mr. Obama’s birthplace were raised. The voters have made clear their view that Mr. Obama meets the qualifications to hold the office of President.

After he is sworn into office, Mr. Obama will be our nation’s President and I intend to bestow upon him the honor and respect due any man who holds that Office. Yet, I am certain that there will be times when I will disagree and oppose President Obama’s policies. When that happens, you can be assured that I will pursue vigorously what I believe to be in the best interest of Florida and the nation.

I thank you for sharing your views with me and will keep your concerns in mind. If you have additional questions or comments, please contact me. For more information about issues and activities important to Florida, please sign up for my weekly newsletter at http://martinez.senate.gov.

Sincerely,

Mel Martinez
United States Senator”

That’s the Mel Martinez I know.

said on Tuesday he would not be an “attack dog”

You’re kidding right? You’re a frickin’ poodle.

“Regardless of whether Senator McConnell serves another term as Senate Minority Leader, I am confident that the leadership team that emerges from the Republican Caucus’s upcoming elections will represent our party’s core principles and will lead effectively our caucus in the coming years.”

Dear Sen. Martinez,

You wouldn’t know our party’s core principles if they jumped up and bit you on the ass. Now hurry up and leave already.

On December 2nd, 2008 at 2:57 pm, txvet2 said:

Good repsonse. And don’t forget the $B’s we spend educating thier illegal and anchor baby children. He acutally beleives the false dichotomy of choices bush spouted that we can only legalize or deport them all. Of course it was by design to get weak minds to buy into amnesty. Anyone who has researched the issue knows the real solution is ELIMINATION OF THE MAGNETS (no welfare, no anchor babies, no citizenship, and no jobs). It halts further illelgal immigration as there is no beneift to them to come illegally, and allows for ATTRITION of those here over time (and they will leave on their own when the gravy train ends). Oh, and one last thing, there are many thousands of families out there who have had their lives wrecked and/or loved ones killed by these “poor people who only came here to work”. With those millions of workers are 100’s thousands of murdering gang scum we allowed to walk across our border.

Downside, FL has a decent chance of electing another Dem Senator.

On December 2nd, 2008 at 1:29 pm, Investor612 said:

When the purge is over the 10 of us remaining will have a great party.

What do you mean “us”, stranger? Go sit with the McCainiacs where you belong. There are a lot less of you in the conservative movement than there are people who want the border protected and illegals refused jobs. Once more, for the terminally stupid. If they can’t get jobs or welfare, we won’t have to try to deport them. They’ll leave on their own. And maybe, just maybe, we’ll save a little tax money on the 40% of the prison population here in Texas who are illegals, not to mention the ones collecting state and federal welfare benefits.