The McCain camp was so desperate to stop Ron Paul’s supporters from winning nominations to house seats that they recruited a homeless man to run against George Lilly in the race for congress in Colorado’s first district. George doesn’t have much on his website, but there is a lot about his positions on the Project Vote Smart website.Some things he writes are kind of funny, like:
“I didn't know we had a missile defense system. That's good news if it's true.”
“Get the fed's out of education entirely before every child is left behind.”
“Right now we have places in Miami that put up signs ‘No se habla’. Shall we have our ballots and street signs printed in dozens of languages?”
“Are we going to spank every nation that misbehaves according to us?”
About regulating internet gambling he says, “There should be no law against stupidity.”
“Where in the Constitution does it say that the fed's are suppose to house us, feed us and hold our hands from the cradle to the grave? Wake up people before it's too late!”
He believes that money spent by the federal government should be greatly decreased in most areas and even completely eliminated in the case of agriculture, arts, education, international aid, medical research, national parks, public health services, scientific research, space exploration programs, United Nations, welfare and all federal programs designed to reduce unemployment. He believes that providing healthcare is not a responsibility of the federal government. Its not that he is against all these things, but he believes that these things are best handled by the states, local governments, or the private sector. He would require that the federal budget be balanced.
On defense spending, he says:
“We need to extricate our military out of most of the 135 countries they're in. I oppose U.S. imperialism. Let's be friends with all as best we can. Let's mind our own business and be prepared to defend ourselves against legitimate attacks. We don't need any more Gulf of Tonkin incidents or any other contrived reason for going to war.”
He would eliminate the income taxes and the IRS, alcohol taxes, capital gains taxes, cigarette taxes, corporate taxes, and inheritance taxes. He would also abolish the Federal Reserve.
He supports removing all contribution limits on federal campaigns and parties. He would repeal the 17th amendment.
On the environment, he favors strengthening the regulation and enforcement of the Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act, but says this “must be within the context of punishing chief executives and chairmen of the board before going after some little guy, and they seem to be the ones who suffer”. He supports nuclear power, alternative fuels, and domestic oil exploration in areas that are currently restricted. He says that ethanol as an alternative fuel, however, is “a fraud perpetrated primarily by Archer Daniels Midland & Dwayne Andreas Chmn”.
He supports the elimination of restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
He takes a strong stand against illegal immigration and would decrease the number of legal immigrants allowed into the country, establish English as the official national language, support harsher financial punishments for those who knowingly employ illegal immigrants, and support merit-based visas over family-based visas. He believes that Illegal immigrants should have to return to their countries of origin before being considered for citizenship.
Should the United States support the creation of a Palestinian state? Should the United States continue to provide leadership in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process? George says, “No, we have acted hypocritically and disingenuously - let's mind our own business.” He believes that we should withdraw our troops from Iraq.
On international trade he says, “Free trade I support - managed trade, WTO, NAFTA, CAFTA etc., I oppose. Trade between people and businesses are o.k. as long as no treasonous activity is taking place. Let's have free trade with the understanding that any country that employs slave labor will be required to pay a 1000% tariff.”
About holding foreign states accountable for terrorists who operate in their country, he says, “this applies if the country in question is complicit. If not, then we should use the Constitution's ‘Marque and Reprisal clause, which amounts to a surgical strike to go after only the terrorists and not the government of that nation.” He is against pre-emptive military strikes, using military tribunals against civilians, and a national ID card system.
He believes that abortions should ONLY be legal when the life of the woman is endangered.
He is against legalization of same-sex marriage, but does not support a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman. “This is a state issue, and no state should be able to impose its morality on another state. I don't want our corrupt federal government defining marriage. God does that.”
He believes that government should discontinue affirmative action programs.
He supports allowing people to discontinue their participation in the Social Security system.
The Opposition
George’s main opponent, the incumbent Diana L. DeGette, is ultraliberal. She believes that all abortions should be legal. She voted for a bill (HR 4871) that would have allowed federal funding of abortions (not that this funding doesn’t go on under the table despite the ban).
It seems like there aren’t hardly any appropriations bills that she won’t vote in favor of, except for national defense. She even voted to restore 98 million dollars in funding to the National Endowment of the Arts. She is in favor of a universal healthcare program.
She voted for both ENDA and hate crimes legislation. She has voted against allowing states to permit displays of the Ten Commandments in courthouses and prayer in schools as well as the Religious Liberty Protection Act of 1999 (HR 1691).
She voted against bills that would have withdrawn the U.S. from the U.N. and the WTO.
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