Unbelievably my two Idaho US senators, Jim Risch and Mike Crapo, recently voted "Yea" for the recent 1.2 trillion dollar, pork laden "infrastructure" bill H.R. 3684: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. And as if that wasn't enough frustrating-stupid, the next day I received an email from Risch with the title -- and I'm not making this up -- "Senate Dems want to make America a socialist country" where he complains that democrats wanted a 3.5 trillion package (apparently just too much for Jim) and he wasn't voting for that! Heck no! $1.2T? Sure! 3.5? nOpE.
And in a different press release he said curiously that "Senators had two choices..." either vote for the 1.2 trillion or vote for a 3.5 trillion package; so apparently he wetted his finger at that point and put it in the breeze, and proceeded to make that tough choice to go with the 1.2.
Curious Corey wonders: What happened to that wily third choice some of us serfs refer to as "NO"? "I'm afraid is was not to be found Corey. As I said, I only had two choices: massive inflation causing 1.2T, or the colossal 3.5T. I went with massive because it starts with an "M" which reminded me of another "M" word, money; so I went with that one."
Crony conservatives -- CronyCons -- or RHINOS, or GOBs (good ol' boys) if you prefer, are increasingly becoming the norm in our once stalwart, "old path" State of constitutional law based on biblical, Christian ethics (loosely in some areas, no doubt). But those good days are fading in the dust behind what has increasingly become an AMC Gremlin of a State.
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Simply stated, it is the Californication of the grand state of Idaho.
Risch and Crapo were once both robust, seemingly principled Constitutional Republicans back about 8 to 10 years ago.
Check out their pathetic headlong plunge into overweening, centralized, Maoist kaw-kaw at The New American, and their "Freedom Index". That's where they rate US congressmen by their adherence through their votes to "constitutional principles of limited government, fiscal responsibility, national sovereignty, and avoiding foreign entanglement."
Accordingly, here's the last nine years of these two "representatives" upholding Idaho principles.
Year Crapo / Risch
2012 95% 95%
2013 95% 93%
2014 75% 80%
2015 80% 80%
2016 60% 60%
2017 65% 65%
2018 50% 50%
2019 23% 46%
2020 30% 35%
Insufferable and unbelievable at the same time. Both must go, and go soon along with our governor, Boondoggle Brad.
Additionally, this illustrates another good reason for term limits, and abolishing the 17th Amendment as well.
Kudos to Bryan Smith for bringing this to light in his article at the Gem State Patriot entitled: Senators Risch and Crapo: The Case for Term Limits
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