Pence, He's even more dangerous...as is the whole herd, when let free of confinement...

[AuntPatsy]

http://humanevents.com/2005/12/22/2005-man-of-the-year-rep-mike-pence/

2005 Man of the Year: Rep. Mike Pence

Pence describes himself as “Rush Limbaugh on decaf.”

But no one should confuse his self-effacing low-key style with even a hint of political squishiness. The Indianan was one of only a handful of Republicans to vote against President Bush’s fiscally bloated No Child Left Behind education bill, which raised Department of Education spending by 52% (and still counting).

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He was taken to the woodshed by the House leadership at the time, just as he was earlier this year when he and the RSC launched Operation Offset–a budget-cutting response to growing public clamor that new savings had to be found to pay for the $62 billion Hurricane Katrina assistance plan.

While then-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (Tex.) was proclaiming that Republicans had cut all the fat in the federal budget, Pence, Hensarling, and their group developed a breathtakingly bold plan that would lower the federal spending baseline by $102 billion in 2006 and by $950 billion over 10 years. Think of it as the no-wasteful-program-goes-unnoticed approach to budget pruning.

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Pence insists that President Bush’s tax cuts on personal income, capital gains, and investor dividends–the ones that successfully reignited the U.S. economy in mid-2003–be made permanent. And that’s not all. “Taxes are too high,” says Pence, “and paying taxes is too complicated.” Down through the years, Pence has been supportive of a Dick Armey/Steve Forbes-type flat tax, but lately he has been looking at the fair tax that would abolish the Internal Revenue Code altogether. He is, however, opposed to anything that smacks of a European-style value-added tax system.

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Finally, Mr. Pence is a church-going evangelical who believes that “the sanctity of human life is the central axiom of Western civilization.” He supports traditional marriage and he refuses to accept gambling money for his campaigns. His faith sustains and supports him through all the tough political decisions.

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Pence is somewhat coy about his ambitions. So far he has refused to run for either of these spots publicly, but he has privately told friends he would be open to a draft. Certainly, Pence is the kind of new blood that the GOP needs if it is to follow through on a return to the first principles of budget and tax cutting–along with protecting the unborn and spreading freedom and democracy worldwide in order to gain victory over the terrorists.

[MFM008]

1. and yet

he is saner than raving BLOTUS.
It would be much like Nixon/Ford.
He would pardon maggot and make it easier for democrats.
Tow the party line, Ryan and the rest would attempt to control him.
Hes voted out.

[AuntPatsy]

3. It sounds to me like he's just biding his time and will lead all hands on deck, scary times...

When the time is right, he was obviously a beacon for our present Republicans...they mock 45 behind his back, no respect, no surprise, won't happen with Pence, he worries me more...

[Doreen]

2. Funny about the gambling part.

If you really think about it he was gambling when running with Trump. Running for office of any kind is actually really a gamble. He was accepting money for that gamble.

[AuntPatsy]

5. Unless he was asked to aid in the sought after take over, he could be seeing this as some

devine calling where the end justifies the means, he has no respect for his leader....

[TrekLuver]

4. At least he doesn't make up face terrorist attacks.

[AuntPatsy]

6. Which has done nothing more than create series ratings world wide..