Next Tennessee Gov

Wamp got my vote with his opposition to the Crap and Tax bill. The Dems are going to push through socialized medicine which will put huge costs on the states. For us that will certainly mean a push by the left for a state income tax - again. I believe Wamp will be stronger against this than Hasslam. But's it's going to be a brutal fight no matter who gets the job.

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Permalink Reply by Jill Lester on October 16, 2009 at 7:47am

As much as I have writtern and called Wamps ofice, I beleive that if we stay on top of him and keep watching, writting, calling ,even if he becomes gov , that we might actually have someone who halfway listens to us.

Permalink Reply by Linda W on October 20, 2009 at 7:23pm

I'm new to this thread, so I re-read previous posts. I received today a letter from Bill Haslam asking for money.

A quick Yahoo Search of Haslam + Mayors Against Illegal Guns brought up this opinion piece by Kleinheider in The Nashville City Paper.

"Haslam may be conservative but he is not a conservative.

He can claim the adjective, but not the noun. He is not a man animated by red meat conservative cultural issues. His handlers may mold a message and create a persona that gives the impression to conservatives that he is “one of them” but it will be just that: a creation.

This is the reality of Republican politics in Tennessee. You don’t have to be a conservative to win a statewide Republican primary but you damn sure better act like one and you’d better assure the movement that you are are with them on the issues that matter to them — even if they matter very little to you.

Haslam, like Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander, can be independent and high-mindedly moderate all he wants but there are litmus tests and Haslam’s blue paper better come up red after it gets dropped into that conservative acid or there’s gonna be problems.

With two authentic conservatives, Rep. Zach Wamp and Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey, at his throat, Haslam simply cannot afford to take hits day after day on the campaign trail for being hooked up with “that anti-gun Mayor from up in New York City.” It is far better for Haslam to take absorb the damage now, withdraw from the group a year before facing an engaged electorate and be able to say that he has not been involved in the group for many, many months.

Haslam’s exit from Mayors Against Illegal Guns may have the whiff of pandering, but the stink on Haslam would be a magnitude worse had he tried to get through a hot summer primary next year carrying a liberal anti-gun New Yorker on his back.

Permalink Reply by Linda W on October 20, 2009 at 7:27pm

another Haslam opinion piece: Note that Mayors Against Illegal Guns is funded by the Joyce Foundation - that's one of the leftist radical groups Glenn Beck talks about from time to time (I'm thinking George Soros funded.).

"Bloomberg does the opinion piece for mayors against guns a gun control organization that is funded by the Joyce Foundation. Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam is a member of the anti-gun coalition of mayors (see background info here) and that is why I personally am boycotting Pilot Oil."

Next search on Wamp.

Permalink Reply by Linda W on October 20, 2009 at 7:32pm

ACU ratings: http://www.acuratings.org/2008all.htm#TN

(go to the link for an easier to read table)
Tennessee Member Name 2008 2007 YOS Life
1 DAVIS David 96 100 2 98.00
2 DUNCAN 84 84 20 87.03
3 WAMP 96 92 14 92.13
4 Davis Lincoln 12 38 6 52.54
5 Cooper 20 16 6 24.17
6 Gordon 4 20 24 28.76
7 BLACKBURN 96 100 6 97.33
8 Tanner 13 21 20 41.49
9 Cohen 0 0 2 0.00

WAMP WAS A 96 IN 2008 AND 92 IN 2007. THAT'S PRETTY DOGGONE CONSERVATIVE!!!

Permalink Reply by Linda W on October 20, 2009 at 7:38pm

TPN Tennesseans, it might be helpful to develop a ranking system of each candidate. Of course, it would be subjective, but it's a place to start. What are the issues of most importance to us as voters in the TN gubernatorial race?

In no particular order:

Fiscal conservative
gun control
state sovereignty

What else?

Permalink Reply by Ryan McKenzie on November 10, 2009 at 4:58pm

At the moment I think that Ron Ramsey is looking like the best of the candidate choices, though we should find somone fairly quick so we can all back one candidate from the beginning and try not to let split votes make the worst possible choice the candidate.

Also, Ramsey will be taking questions near Knoxville this coming Monday

State of the State: Present & Future
Lt. Gov. Ronald Ramsey (candidate for Governor)
Monday, November 16, 7-9pm
Pellissippi State, Hardin Valley Rd
Goins Auditorium
For more details you can visit the Tennessee Liberty Alliance website
www.tnliberty.org

Permalink Reply by Linda W on November 10, 2009 at 5:09pm

Thanks, Ryan. This is becoming an even more important election due to the overreaching of the Federal government.

Since you are in Knoxville, do you plan to attend?

Permalink Reply by Ryan McKenzie on November 10, 2009 at 7:50pm

If I can make it.

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