King Mitt on Foreign Aid
Speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative, future King Mitt the First has declared how his rule will dole out YOUR tax dollars to the rest of the world from his imperial palace currently known as the White House. King Mitt states:
There are three, quite legitimate, objects of our foreign aid.
First, to address humanitarian need. Such is the case with the PEPFAR initiative, which has given medical treatment to millions suffering from HIV and AIDS.
Second, to foster a substantial United States strategic interest, be it military, diplomatic, or economic.
And there is a third purpose, one that will receive more attention and a much higher priority in a Romney Administration. And that is aid that elevates people and brings about lasting change in communities and in nations.
Ok, all you supposed limited government conservatives. riddle me this: where in the Constitution is our King, currently known as President, authorized to provide foreign aid to any country? Here is Article II of the US Constitution (http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/article02/). Where is that power???
Might I suggest we return to the foreign policy of out Founders, specifically Washignton’s Great Rule of Conduct:
The Great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign Nations is in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements let them be fulfilled, with perfect good faith. Here let us stop. . . .
‘Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent Alliances, with any portion of the foreign world. So far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it, for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements (I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy). I repeat it therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. But in my opinion, it is unnecessary and would be unwise to extend them.
Taking care always to keep ourselves, by suitable establishments, on a respectably defensive posture, we may safely trust to temporary alliances for extraordinary emergencies.
http://www.lva.virginia.gov/lib-edu/education/psd/nation/foreign.htm
Follow Cato on Twitter @Cato1776
It’s a bunch of chicken sh%t!
Alright, I had promised myself I wasn’t going to get into this idiotic squabble over gay marriage and Chick Fil A. For the record, I am just not into Chick Fil A. I’ve never liked waffle fries and I can find better chicken elsewhere, but I digress.
This little dust up DISTRACTION does have one lesson to it; as usual the Decepticon phony fraud “social” conservatives are the biggest hypocrites imaginable! Yesterday David Webb was all over Twitter trying to ensure the argument was framed as he wished it to be, an issue of free speech and the 1st Amendment. Hogwash! Name the federal government agency that has acted to limit Dan and Truett Cathy’s freedom to speak their mind? Buehler, Beuhler, Beuhler??? There isnt one! So as another hot air windbag Andrew Willkow says, “that argument cant be broken”!!!
So, why are the social cons so intent on framing the issue as free speech? To hide their hate of equal rights under the law and their love for big government built in their image! If a man states that gay marriage and homosexuality is inviting God’s judgment on our nation, what can be done? That is where the man’s ACTIONS come into play. Cathy has given money, boatloads of money to group that advocate the criminalization of homosexual behavior and by lobbying against HR 1064. What pray tell is HR 1064?
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the `Anti-Homosexuality Bill, 2009′ under consideration by the Parliament of Uganda, that would impose long-term imprisonment and the death penalty for certain acts, threatens the protection of fundamental human rights, and for other purposes.
You see boys and girls, some in the Parliament of Uganda offered a little bill up that said:
Ugandas’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill (often called the “Kill the Gays bill” in the media) is a legislative proposal that would broaden the criminalisation of same-sex relations by dividing homosexual behavior into two categories: “aggravated homosexuality”, in which an offender would receive the DEATH PENALTY, or “the offense of homosexuality” in which an offender would receive LIFE IMPRISONMENT. “Aggravated homosexuality” is defined to include homosexual acts committed by a person who is HIV-positive, is a parent or authority figure, or who administers intoxicating substances, homosexual acts committed on minors or people with disabilities, and repeat offenders. “The offense of homosexuality” is defined to include same-sex sexual acts, involvement in a same-sex marriage, or an attempt to commit aggravated homosexuality. It further includes provisions for Ugandans who engage in same-sex relations outside of Uganda, asserting that they may be extradited for punishment back to Uganda, and includes penalties for individuals, companies, media organisations, etc hat know of gay people or support LGBT rights.
The Family Research Council, that Chick Fil A founders supported with lots of money, lobbied AGAINST the resolution that condemned the proposed Ugandan bill! That is not speech, those were actions; calculated actions to protect a law that would kill or imprison people for life for their private personal behavior. Limited government conservatives?? I think not!!
What can we make of anyone who supports such a law? That they are just like the Islamists, wishing to impose THEIR spiritual law on the all of the citizens through the use of BIG GOVERNMENT!
The other line the social cons have been trying to use is the implied threats by mayors that they would not want Chick Fil A’s in their cities and may hinder the applications for licensing, rezoning, etc. Of course this is silly because as a philosophic anarchist, I don’t support any licensing laws; one should be able to use one’s private property in any way that does not physically harm another. Yet one must point out the actions of the social sons when a certain Islamic group wanted to place a cultural center in Manhattan…where was the concern for private property and contract then? They were actively advocating that the city of New York now give the essential permits, etc. Karma??
Now Mr Webb, this is NOT an issue of free speech. Mr Cathy has every right to speak his mind. But he has no expectation that those remarks might not have consequences!
And as far as Lonesome Rhodes Beck goes, maybe if he and his movement had the COURAGE to restore a little LOVE to all others, including gays, then maybe a little HONOR would be restored to their movement! Condemn the Ugandan bill; condemn the Family Research Council for lobbying against HR 1064; condemn the actions of Tony Perkins and Peter Sprigg. Who is Peter Sprigg? Here is a back and forth on Hardball with Chris Matthews:
Matthews: I’m just asking you, should we outlaw gay behavior?
Sprigg: I think that the Supreme Court decision in Lawrence v. Texas which overturned the sodomy laws in this country was wrongly decided. I think there would be a place for criminal sanctions against homosexual behavior.
Matthews: So we should outlaw gay behavior?
Sprigg: Yes.
So, what should people of conscience do when the LGBT wants to impose its agenda on you? Well, it’s not to impose your agenda on them! The limited government Constitutional answer is to get The State out of marriage! Marriage is a sacrament of the church. A sacrament many heterosexual Christians has trampled on over the years in DIVORCE!
Either how can you say to your brother, Brother, let me pull out the speck that is in your eye, when you yourself behold not the beam that is in your own eye? you hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of your own eye, and then shall you see clearly to pull out the speck that is in your brother’s eye.
Luke 6:42
Kudos to David Webb!
As readers of this blog know, I have had my problems with most all talk radio hosts. In my mind the only one who consistently advocates constitutional limited government and original intent is the king Dude, Mike Church. Recently I have had my differences with David Webb. After listening to a few minutes of last nights show as my SiriusXM was in “lullaby mode”, I heard him welcome a Twitter follower to the show, Libertarian Texan (@libertariantex).
That really impressed me! Here is a guy who just got his own nightly show less than two weeks prior and he has Tex and his family in his studio in NYC. If anyone would be susceptible to an inflated ego, one would think it might just be a guy who just got a nightly national talk radio show of his own. Yet Webb welcomed the guy not just to his studio, but put him on the air for a brief chat!
Mr. Webb, I still have philosophical issues with many of your positions, but kudos for being a stand up guy!! If I ever venture north of the Mason Dixon and get to NYC, I’d like to buy you a drink and share some cigars with you!
Mitt Romney: Crony Capitalist Exhibits A & B
Recently I was in a Twitter debate and David Webb himself challenged my assertion Mittens was a crony capitalist. Mr. Webb challenged me to provide facts, repayment terms, etc…knowing full well that I as a real capitalist I must use my days to run my business. Yes, I am one of the vaunted “small businessmen” the GOP claims to adore. I have no such time nor the inclination to do Mr Webb’s job for him. It is his job to bring such facts to his listeners, yet, he does not. Why? Perhaps it does not fir the context or the narrative he is trying to sell his listeners.
But after my last customer left, I took about 5 minutes on Google to find my first example: Steel Dynamics.
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jan/12/nation/la-na-bain-subsidies-20120113
Bain Capital began looking at investing in the steel start-up in late 1993. At the time, Steel Dynamics was weighing where to locate its first plant, based in part on which region offered the best tax incentives. In June 1994, Bain put $18.2 million into Steel Dynamics, making it the largest domestic equity holder. It sold its stake five years later for $104 million, a return of more than $85 million.
As Bain made its investment, the state and county pledged $37 million in subsidies and grants for the $385-million plant project. The county also levied a new income tax to finance infrastructure improvements to benefit the steel mill over the heated objections of some county residents.
“I’m very pro-business, but I’m not pro-business-welfare,” said DeKalb County resident Suzanne Beaman, 58, who fought the incentives. Steel Dynamics “would have done fine without our tax dollars, I have no doubt.”
The other example is another steel industry noted in the same story: GS Industries.
Another steel company in which Bain invested, GS Industries, went bankrupt in 2001, causing more than 700 workers to lose their jobs, health insurance and a part of their pensions. Before going under, the company paid large dividends to Bain partners and expanded its Kansas City plant with the help of tax subsidies. It also sought a $50-million federal loan guarantee.
“This is corporate welfare,” said Tad DeHaven, a budget analyst with the Washington-based Cato Institute, which encourages free-market economic policies. DeHaven, who is familiar with corporate tax subsidies in Indiana and other states, called the incentives Steel Dynamics received “an example of the government stepping into the marketplace, picking winners and losers, providing profits to business owners and leaving taxpayers stuck with the bill.”
Mr Webb said he “can support someone with accomplishments.” Seems part of Mittens accomplishments came from the government handouts and special favors…dare I say “crony capitalism?”
Crony capitalism is a term describing an economy in which success in business depends on close relationships between business people and government officials. It may be exhibited by favoritism in the distribution of legal permits, government grants, special tax breaks, and so forth.
Does this make you wonder what else your talk radio hosts aren’t telling you?
The Tea Party Movement: A Eulogy
I knew the Tea Party Movement was nothing to be taken seriously when the “leaders” of the movement noted its creation at the Rick Santelli rant. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEZB4taSEoA As anyone who is serious about free market economics knows, the Tea Party was an outgrowth of the 2008 Ron Paulfor President campaign http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2007/12/ron_pauls_tea_p.html. Thus, it was easy to deduce the so called Tea Party was simply a partisan outgrowth of anti-Obama sentiment. Hey, I am all for anti-Obama sentiment, but I also advocate liberty, freedom and anti-interventionism on the pasrt of the federal government. Not many Tea Partiers feel that way.
If any more evidence was needed, how about the countless examples of Tea Party Patriots telling pols to keep their hands off their Medicare!! We love our entitlement, just don’t pass another one!! So much for intervention into the economy!
And then came the so called patriotism and worship of militarism. We hate liberal stimulus, but you aren;t cutting that military budget nor end a war! We have to increase military spending, as we have heard on the David Webb Show in recent days. I don’t mean to pick on Webb, but it’s been very busy at work and I cant hear the neoconservative rantings of Beck, Limbaugh, or Hannity, so Webb is the only one I can listen to. Yet I must confess, I seldom make it through the “lullaby” feature of Nightstand Central on my iphone. http://thomashuntington.com/iOS/Nightstand_Central.html
The death knell, FreedomWorks. The brainchild of mega lobbyist Dick Armey, a partner at DLA Piper and former Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Armey signaled the assimilation of the Tea Party into the big tent of the GOP. Michelle Bachmann played her part by creating a Tea Party Caucus. Yet, the Tea Party could boast knocking off a few RINOs in primaries and electing a few pols in 2010. But the death was certain as evidenced by the 2012 Republican Presidential primaries as Rick Santorum, probably the most interventionist of the candidates, gained the majority of the support of the Tea Party members. Hell, have you even heard a peep form Tea Party leaders over the presumed nomination of Mittens? The guy who gave us the embryo of ObamaCare!!!
Yes, the Tea Party is dead. Dick Armey has his mailing list; David Webb has his talk radio show and the GOP has Mitt Romney. For those serious about limited government and the Liberty Movement, please give the following sites a review: http://www.campaignforliberty.org/; http://lpac.com/; http://mises.org/; and listen to Mike Church, SiriusXM Patriot 6:00 am to 9:00 am est. http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/mike-church-the-most-radical-man-on-the-radi/
Romney-Obama: Different Sides of the Same Coin
After discovering Twitter, I have found a group that, for the most part, are fun to comment with and debate. They all seem to converge around or spring from the David Webb Show. Yeah, that David Webb, the Tea Party Profiteer. I have been my usual self, asking uncomfortable, pointed questions, which seem to drive some of them batty!
This morning, after I had posted that there was not much difference in Romney and Obama, Mr. Webb himself asked me to provide facts. His post was:
Why don’t you ans 1st? Provide factual, exact policies Obama v Romney, cite reference / legislation
with a follow-up of:
Fact is if you added some fact / value to the debate would be worth attn. U R not clever.
As I do have to work for a living, I had some things to do and could reply then, but have now had time to do so. Here’s hoping it adds value to the debate.
1. Civil Liberties: Both Obama and Romney favor the Transportation Security Administration, the Patriot Act, warrantless wiretaps, NDAA, etc. So, in the area of civil liberties, virtually no difference.
2. Executive Power: As Obama has demonstrated by his actions in Libya, he feels he is a King and does not need to even consult with Congress on matters of war and military aggression. Romney has used careful language on the subject but has made it clear if he alone, thinks the threat is sufficient, he will act alone and does not need Congress. Thus, they both appear to have graduate from the John Yoo Neoconservative School of Executive Powers, no difference.
3. Economics: I think is is self-evident that Obama believes in Keynesian approaches to the economy, intervention into the private sector. Romney is framed as a free market capitalist, but wait. Romney wants targeted tax breaks, sint that intervention? Isn’t that picking winners and losers? Romney wants to “get tough” with China, but isnt that intervention and wont that act to raise the prices of all out imports from China, acting as a virtual tax? Intervention is intervention boys and girls, it’s just the GOP sycophants love “their” version of intervention.
4. Energy Policy: Folks, if you want to read about central economic planning, you have to surf on over to http://www.mittromney.com/issues/energy and read how King Romney woudl direct the energy policies of this nation! Obama took over GM, is appears Romney wants to be CEO of ExxonMobil! This was pointed out by Ron Paul many times when debating his Republican opponents, they want to “reform”, which is a nice word for their type of intervention. We in the Liberty Movement wonder why there is a government energy policy at all? Private property, free markets ansd the rule of law is all that is needed.
5. Human Capital: I got the title for this straight off the Romney 2012 website. Not only will King Mitt direct the energy companies, he is also getting into the business of “workforce development”. I hate that term as it just has a Brave New World/1984 vibe to it. Yet, Romney is down with it as he wants the federal government to retrain workers. Now, how can a good conservative advoacte such a socialist ideal? He uses words like “partner” with the priavte sector, which is code for the federal government picking up the tab for conducting the training the businesses woudl have to do without this great program!
6. Monetary Policy: Neither Obama nor Romney believe in sound money; they both love the fiat currency and the Federal Reserve.
You know, this list could go on and on, but let me boil it down for you. We in the Liberty Movement want the government, especially the federal government, out of our lives!! The Democrats want government to control our lives. The Republicans want “partnerships” between government and ther private sector to control our lives. Each side is INTERVENTIONIST; interventionist in the economy, interventionist in foreign affairs, interventionist in education, etc etc etc.
We in the Liberty Movement want NO income tax, not a reformend income tax.
We in the Liberty Movement want sound money, not a new Fed Chairman.
We in the Liberty Moverment want to educate our kids as we see fit, not a reformed Department of Education or streamlined retraining opportunities.
We want to live as freemen and women and as such, we see no pertinent difference in Obama and Romney.
David Webb: Tea Party Profiteer
Many of you may not know the name David Webb. No, not Jason Bourne’s true identity. Our David Webb arose parallel to the rise of the Tea Party, as he took a relative mediocre radio career and rode the Tea Party wave to publicity and now, a nightly radio show on SiriusXM Patriot Channel. One wonders if he asked Glenn Beck for advice, for Beck went from radio zoo host to a national brand.
Webb should be congratulated for his efforts, for by my account, he is the most successful exploiter of the Tea Party since Dick Armey and FreedomWorks! Yet, predictably, Webb is juts another member of the “talk radio mafia” that is simply put a “Decepticon” as Mike Church would describe, a fake phony fraud of a conservative!
Webb, in a recent interview with Essence SAYS:
“What are issues around that? Fiscal responsibility — now that’s a broad term but it narrows down to a couple of things: Limited, effective and constitutional government. Limited in its scope and size, and effective in its operation of what its powers are, as enumerated in the Constitution.”
http://www.essence.com/2010/07/26/tea-party-365-co-founder-david-webb/#ixzz1xnOD6cI8
Yet, I have heard not a peep from Webb on FaceBook or Twitter today complaining about the members of the Republican Party that joined liberals to save the sugar subsidy. Where is that power in Article 1, section 8? Not a peep about the Republicans who joined to save the federal food stamp program in tact. Rand Paul had tried to limit federal government involvement and block grant the money back to the state so they could exercise some 10th amendment power, but oh no! Fifteen Republicans joined liberals to fave that federal program! Yet, I am sure you will call continue to Obama the “food stamp President”!
Yet, the real moment one knew that Webb was reaching for the brass ring of talk radio ascendancy, he started playing up “national security” and the need to protect our friend and ally, Israel, the 51st state. Low and behold, he began popping up an FauxNews, then came guest spots on the Sean insHannity show, earning his true neoconservative credentials.
Yes ladies and gentlemen, Webb is an exploiter and profiteer of the Tea Party movement and he has gained true success in the world of the Decepticons; Beck, Wilkow, InShannity, Levin, Bauer & Rose…the Patriot Channel on XM plays imperial hubris 21 hours a day! Only Mike Church is a voice of true republicanism and The Founders vision for America. I have taken the red pill, I have unplugged the Matrix. But XM 125 should be named The Imperialist Channel. Hey SiriusXM, how about starting a Liberty Channel anchored by Mike Church with such men as Jack Hunter, Peter Schiff, Tom Woods, Lew Rockwell, Jerry Doyle, etc the true voices of the Liberty Movement manning the airwaves? Yet I digress.
Congratulation Webb. Stay on the wave, I am expecting a ghost written book from you soon! Paging William Kristol!
Mark Levin Finally Called Out!
Yes, Mark Levin is an loud mouthed idiot and if you listen to him and actually think he is an example of a “conservative intellectual”, boy does he have you fooled! Of course he can do this because so many of his listeners have never read primary sources in political philosophy for themselves; the primary sources he speaks of and fools his listeners and readers with out of context quotes and quite frankly, dishonest analysis!!
So it was refreshing to see that finally someone has called Levin on his dishonest analysis!
Ameritopia, like many polemical bad books in political philosophy, teems with misused abstractions and contains few empirical examples. In chapters devoted to theRepublic, Leviathan, Utopia, and The Communist Manifesto, Levin offers Cliff’s Notes-like capsules of the works. His formula is to offer a brief phrase like, “as Locke explains,” followed by long quotations that sometimes go on for a page. (He also adores his own prose, as when he writes, “As I wrote in Liberty and Tyranny,” then quotes himself for nearly half a page.) That’s one way to pad a book…
In explicating Plato, Levin operates as if he’s Sir Karl Popper’s campaign manager, running against an ancient guy in a toga. Levin mentions every line that supports Plato as pro-tyranny and excludes every one that doesn’t. While Popper certainly had some sharp observations about Plato, Levin’s depiction of the author of many dialogues besides the Republic as a consummate hater of individuals is just distortion. (One wonders, too, what Popper would have made of Levin’s claim that “it’s not difficult to find the germs” of “Islamicism” in the Republic.)…
He’s just as bad on constitutional history. The Constitution, he writes, “neither preserved nor promoted slavery.” Well, let’s see. Slavery operated legally before the Constitution. It remained operational and legal after the Constitution. Your conclusion? Also deeply unconvincing is Levin’s claim that “had there been no Constitution there would have been no United States.” A mere inconvenience, those 12 years between the founding of the United States and the ratification of the Constitution.
http://chronicle.com/article/Ameritopia-How-Dumb-Can/131485/
This is from the review of Levin’s Ameritopia, his latest chart topper bought up by the thousands of “conservatives” that have no idea that Levin is deceiving them due to their government endorsed educations!! Just another example of a neoconservative talk radio host trying to fool their listeners/readers that the GOP has always stood for such policies.
The “Effectiveness” of David Webb
“Here’s what Ron Paul has done for twenty-six years, he’s been ineffective. The reality is as an elected legislator, you can have your principles, you can have your votes. But if only one bill out of six-hundred with your name on it have gone anywhere. You’re ineffective,” said Webb.
This has been David Webb’s standard go-to line whenever anyone calls his show and tries to discuss Ron Paul and/or the liberty movement. Haven’t heard of David Webb? I had not either until I tuned into SiriusXM one Saturday to listen to Cigar Dave and I heard this marble mouthed talk radio host who evidently had started a Tea Party group, TeaParty365. It seems the “group” only exists on http://teaparty365.org/ and a Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/TeaParty365 with less than 7000 “likes”.
His official bio on his website states:
David Webb has been entertaining and informing the public for over 20 years; a blend of experience as a Local & Syndicated Talk Show Host, Music On-Air Personality, Producer, Assistant Program Director and Promotion Director. His broadcast career has spanned Boston, New York City, Houston and Dallas, and at heritage stations; WILD-AM Boston, WHTZ-FM New York, KZFX-FM, KLOL-FM and KKTL-FM Houston, and KRLD-AM Dallas.
Being one who enjoys talk radio, I decided to listen in hopes of hearing a Tea Party leader that sounded more Sons of Liberty that neocon Republican. Needless to say if you have ever listened to Webb, you know that he is neoconservative warmonger through and though and seems to have created this shell Tea Party as part of the booming Tea Party creation cottage industry we saw in 2009-2010. Webb seems to have parlayed this into guest hosts spots on other SiriusXM Patriot channel shows, a weekend talk radio show of his own and now as frequent talking head on FoxNews and Glenn Beck’s foray into broadcasting, GBTv. His website, http://davidwebbshow.com/ lauds Webb as “the New Voice of America”. Kudos to Webb for his hard work and self promotion!
Back to his primary go to response line about Dr Paul. You see, part of Webb’s new political analysis schtick is “practicality”, “effectiveness” and “getting things done” to which he will gladly sacrifice all his supposed conservative principles. Just in the last few days he was on Real News on GBTv and when discussing the overwhelming success of the Paul campaign in Maine and Nevada in securing delegates to the convention, Webb blurts out our introductory quote.
So, let’s look at the “effectiveness” that Webb loves in Dr. Paul’s opponents in the GOP campaigns of 2008 and 2012:
Senator John McCain was very effective in passing McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform that stifles free speech.
Senator Rick Santorum was very effective and lauds his leadership role in passing No Child Left Behind and Medicare Part D!
Both Senators were effective in raising the debt limit and passing deficit budgets throughout the 2001-2007 total GOP control of Congress.
Speaker Gingrich was very effective is lobbying for Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae and stopping any reform.
Governor Mike Huckabee was very effective in raising taxes as Governor of Arkansas.
Governor Rick Perry was very effective in mandating young girls receive forced immunizations in Texas.
And all of the above were very effective in raising the fears of the American people post-9/11 and putting in place the roots of a police state and perpetual war in the Islamic World!
Yes Mr. Webb, your neoconservative establishment friends are very effective in destroying our freedoms and bankrupting our country. Your analysis is upside down and backwards: the question is not one of effectiveness, the question is one of principle! But hey, you have been very effective in raising your media profile, and my guess is that is exactly what all your “principles” are all about.
Republican Cannabalism
I think we are about to see 10 days of unmerciful attacks. Newt & Perry have descended to such depths they are now making the liberal left wing attack on capitalism and free market economics. Romney will be forced to respond. Santorum has not taken the “Bain bait” and defends Romney. Easy to see why, little Ricky wants the supporters of Perry and Newt to rally around him. Oh, I forgot about Huntsman…so will South Carolina!
So, I think the Ron Paul campaign should build upon its ads “Betrayal” (Santorum) and “Serial Hypocrisy” (Romney/Gingrich) and come up with a third ad calling them all out a “Big Government Conservatives”. Such an ad would hit Santorum with clips to the previous ad, and add Perry & Gingrich attacking the free market! These should play HEAVY until the last weekend, then the rotation should center heavily on the ads “Big Dog” and “Conviction”.
Why no big hit on Mitt? Simple, we have to get this to a two man race, Romney-Paul and the sooner the better!