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    Tag: Fred Upton (page 5)

    Saul Really? On A Sunday? - Day 11


    By JGillman, Section News
    Posted on Sun Mar 11, 2012 at 10:58:12 AM EST
    Tags: Dave Camp, Fred Upton, "Dele-Gate", Michigan, MiGOP, Saul Anuzis, Bobby Schostak, Fraud, DeleGATE, Stolen Elections, Rules, More Rules, Damned Rules, RNC, Memos, Internet is Forever, Romney, Santorum, Credentials Cheating, Stolen Votes (all tags)

    The Michigan GOP credentials committee met last night and shuffled the hours so that we would lose one today.

    They just don't know when to stop.

    Saul has his weekly "musings" propaganda letter out, and of course he feels the need to include further repudiation of the truth.  First he makes the point he is a family man with mouths to feed so we feel sorry for him if/when he gets his corrupt rear tossed from the party mechanism, then he goes into the Romney inevitability meme. THEN states the obvious and points out how dangerous Obama is, so we rally together with him, and finally drops the straw man "Operation hilarity" bomb:

    From Democrat/Liberal Activist Joe DiSano "Operation: Hilarity."

    The do-gooders and progressive purists will wring their hands at those among us who helped Rick Santorum win 7 of Michigan's 14 Congressional Districts. They will tell you our efforts were misguided and unproductive. Some will even say our efforts were unethical and an example of dirty politics. They may be right on that last point.

    Our efforts may have been dirty and unethical. I don't think so, but I suppose honest people can debate that. What is undeniable is the effectiveness of the efforts of progressives and Democrats to help deliver delegates to Santorum.

    Through our campaign of 80,000 robo-calls, 200,000 emails, several radio and TV appearances and countless print mentions leading up to primary day, a list of just under 14,000 Democrats pledged their support to Rick Santorum in the GOP primary.

    Look to the results in Michigan's sprawling 1st U.S. Congressional District. Santorum won the district by less than 1 percent or 790 votes. Our list of Democrats in the 1st U.S. Congressional District had 800 voters agreeing to support Santorum. Look at the 13th U.S. Congressional District, where Santorum won by a margin with 1,535 votes. Our robo-call program alone identified just fewer than 1,300 Democrats willing to hold their nose and vote for Santorum in the Wayne County-based 13th CD. That doesn't include people activated by our email blasts or media appearances.

    At the least, our efforts in Michigan moved the delegates from the 1st, 7th and 13th U.S. Congressional Districts to Santorum's column. We denied Romney the clean sweep he'd expected.

    Whatever.  

    The Dems I know voted both ways.  And as I pointed out previously, the Snyder win by actively pursuing Democrats and independents in the 2010 Republican gubernatorial primary only got a "stfu," and "you don't know what you are talking about." and "It didn't happen.", by the same folks who now cry foul. And frankly, most of the presumed crossover Dems FEAR Santorum far more than Romney on two levels; Ability to beat Obama, and Governance.  

    They won't take that chance. No Freaking Way. More below ~

    (7 comments, 855 words in story) Full Story

    Any Which Way The Wind Blows ...or Doesn't


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Wed Mar 07, 2012 at 07:21:39 PM EST
    Tags: Obama, Jobs, EPA, economy, environmentalism, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Fred Upton, Incandescent Light Bulb Ban, Global Warming, green energy, government regulation, Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, Coal, Power, Marquette, Presque Isle, Rick Snyder, Granholm, Progressives (all tags)

    I just can't get over this one.

    via FoxNews.com

    Wind farms in the Pacific Northwest -- built with government subsidies and maintained with tax credits for every megawatt produced -- are now getting paid to shut down as the federal agency charged with managing the region's electricity grid says there's an oversupply of renewable power at certain times of the year.

    The problem arose during the late spring and early summer last year. Rapid snow melt filled the Columbia River Basin. The water rushed through the 31 dams run by the Portland, Ore.-based Bonneville Power Administration allowing for peak hydropower generation. At the very same time, the wind howled leading to maximum wind power production.

    Demand could not keep up with supply, so BPA shut down the wind farms for nearly 200 hours over 38 days.

    Read more (with video)

    At least I have my memories of this nation when it didn't blow.

    (3 comments) Comments >>

    A Message To Our Legislators - Beware False Choices

    Canada's Perspective on Keystone XL


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Fri Jan 27, 2012 at 08:41:52 AM EST
    Tags: Michigan, energy security, jobs, Fred Upton, Keystone XL, Hugo Chavez, Warren Buffett, Rockafeller Foundation, George Soros, Tides Foundation, Post America presidency (all tags)

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    Keystone Pipeline Project Means Jobs, Energy Security


    By Congressman Fred Upton, Section News
    Posted on Tue Jan 17, 2012 at 01:00:18 PM EST
    Tags: Fred Upton, Keystone, Keystone XL, energy security, jobs (all tags)

    Promoted as I think we ought to be building TWO of them.

    Keystone XL energy pipeline project presents a historic opportunity to help turn around our economy and create tens of thousands of good-paying jobs at no cost to the American taxpayer

    (39 comments, 843 words in story) Full Story

    Who Loves Ya, Freddie?


    By Corinthian Scales, Section Multimedia
    Posted on Tue Jan 03, 2012 at 09:20:49 PM EST
    Tags: Fred Upton, WALL OF SHAME, Whirlpool Trust Fund Baby, Howard Wolpe, Mainstreet, Centrists, Abortion, Health Care, Sebelius, Waivers, Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, Incandescent Light Bulb Ban, Thomas Edison, Global Warming, August 2012 Primary, Jack Hoogendyk, Conservative (all tags)

    All I can say about this August in CD-6 is, Go Jack!

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    Who are the "Michigan Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility"?


    By Conservative First, Section News
    Posted on Mon Dec 26, 2011 at 08:12:49 PM EST
    Tags: Fred Upton, Michigan Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility (all tags)

    And why do they support Fred Upton?

    Radio ads in Southwest Michigan are touting the supposed fiscal conservatism of Congressman Fred Upton.  The ads praise his work on the "Supercommittee" and claim that Upton was picked because "he's a tough conservative", instead of his insider connections.  Of course, the supercommittee didn't accomplish anything, though the fact that they didn't raise taxes can be seen as a victory.

    The ads are run by an outfit called "Michigan Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility".  Who are they?  Their FEC filing lists the people sharing control and Stephen Linder and Jeffrey Timmer. They are both also listed as owners of the Sterlling Corporation, a major Republican political consulting firm in Michigan. The group had previously run ads in 2010 (presumably) attacking Gary Peters, Mark Schauer, and Gary McDowell.

    MCFFR seems to be a "SuperPAC" that is not required to disclose its donations.  The organization does not appear to have a website.

    It would seem that some wealthy person or persons, who may not actually be citizens of Michigan, paid the Sterling Corporation to run ads praising Upton through a front group that doesn't actually exist except on paper.  Listeners are advised to be skeptical.

    (9 comments) Comments >>

    With Friends Like Finley, Who Needs Mark Brewer?


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Mon Dec 12, 2011 at 12:03:49 PM EST
    Tags: The Detroit News, Nolan Finley, Progressives, Rick Snyder, Stem Cell Research, Roe v Wade, Partial Birth Murder, CPB, PBS, Government Funding, Massive Federal debt is not a factor, Fred Upton, Foreign National Job Preference, H-1B Visas, EB-5 Citizenship, Wholesale Gas Tax, Registration Fees, DRIC-NITC, Light Rail boondoggles, Anti-Right To Work, Reinventing Climate Change, Cowardly with Detroits Financial Disaster, Been there done that with Granholm (all tags)

    Amazing.  I honestly believe Detroit has finally lost what passes for the last standing paper with a Conservative slant to it.  This past weekend Nolan Finley, took it upon himself to unleash a can of cognitive dissonance RINO whoop-ass on the Michigan Republican Legislature.

    But voters didn't give Republicans a mandate to drag the state to the far right on contentious social issues.

    And yet last week, the Legislature sent to the governor a bill banning public employers from offering domestic partner benefits. It strips local communities and school districts of the right to shape benefit packages that make sense for their workers, and places Michigan outside the mainstream of current employment practices.

    Exactly what "mainstream" would Mr. Finley be referring to?  Governor Moonbeams' bankrupt California?  Harry Reids' foreclosure epicenter Nevada?  Stanley Ann Dunhams' Hawaii?  C'mon Nolan, there are only 7 other Democratic Party controlled states left to hold up for your "mainstream" meme.  Mr. Finley, should also note the State of Wisconsin is smack in the face of his next double-down on the Michigan Legislature.

    More below.

    (5 comments, 803 words in story) Full Story

    Jack Hoogendyk Considers a Second Challenge to Fred Upton


    By Conservative First, Section News
    Posted on Mon Nov 21, 2011 at 01:10:14 AM EST
    Tags: Fred Upton, Jack Hoogendyk (all tags)

    Former State Rep. Jack Hoogendyk is considering challenging Congressman Fred Upton in the Republican primary for a second time.

    Jack Hoogendyk says he is considering run against Fred Upton in 2012 Republican primary

    Jack challenged Upton in 2010 and scored 43%, which greatly exceeded expectations.  Upton has a long history of nonconservative votes and scores only 72% conservative according to the American Conservative Union.

    Jack got essentially no help from national conservative groups in 2010. This is particularly ironic given the furor that erupted among national conservative groups a few months later when he was up for the chairmanship of the Energy and Commerce Committee.

    This year, the Club for Growth is considering supporting Jack Hoogendyk in another bid against Fred Upton.  I suspect this a warning to Upton not to support any bad deals on the Supercommittee.  It remains to be seen whether they will actually support Jack.

    Club for Growth Encouraging Upton Primary Challenger

    The Club for Growth is considering supporting a primary challenge to Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) next year.

    Club spokesman Barney Keller said the conservative organization is "impressed" with former state Rep. Jack Hoogendyk, who is considering challenging Upton for a second time in 2012.

    "The club met with Hoogendyk today and came away impressed," Keller said. "We're taking a look at the race."

    (3 comments) Comments >>

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