Tuesday, August 31, 2010 10:53:10 PM
Dick Armey: Bob Bennett A Failure, He Had A Chance 'To Stand Up For The Constitution' (VIDEO)
Dick Armey: Bob Bennett A Failure, He Had A Chance 'To Stand Up For The Constitution'
The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel
First Posted: 08-30-10 02:16 PM | Updated: 08-30-10 02:16 PM
Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey offered a harsh criticism of Utah Sen. Bob Bennett when asked about the outgoing Senator's role within the Republican Party in an interview [ http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/245013/armey-glenn-becks-serious-scholarly-work-robert-costa (next below)] with National Review Online last week.
"Senator Bennett has had his time," said Armey of the GOP lawmaker, who was kicked off [ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/08/bob-bennett-utah-gop-senate_n_568988.html ] his party's primary ballot earlier this year. "He had a chance, for example, to stand up for the Constitution that he swore allegiance to [by voting against the Troubled Asset Relief Program]. His failure to do that upset the voters of his state."
Armey, who serves as Chairman of Freedomworks, a Tea Party organizing group, endorsed [ http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/81907-armey-to-endorse-gop-primary-challenger-to-sen-bennett ] now-U.S. Senate candidate Mike Lee [ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/24/mike-lee-utah-senate-ca_n_622650.html ] in his primary campaign to oust Bennett from his post. In explaining his decision to support the Tea Party-backed challenger, he said, "Certainly the incumbent, Sen. Bennett, has given us our pause over the course of the past few years... We've had one disappointing vote after another."
Armey warned [ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/23/dick-armey-warns-republic_n_691079.html ] Republican lawmakers last week that they risk being targeted by the Tea Party if they don't get with the program. "The issue of public policy that governs the future of my children is more important than your politics, and if you can't see that, we'll replace you," he said.
As for Bennett, the three-term incumbent recently said [ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/30/bob-bennett-says-his-own_n_630832.html (embedded video last below)], "As I look out at the political landscape now, I find plenty of slogans on the Republican side, but not very many ideas... The concern I have is that ideology and a demand for absolute party purity endangers our ability to govern once we get into office."
WATCH: Dick Armey Shares His Take On Outgoing GOP Sen. Bob Bennett
Copyright © 2010 HuffingtonPost.com, Inc.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/30/dick-armey-bob-bennett-a-_n_698848.html [with comments]
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Armey: Glenn Beck’s ‘Serious, Scholarly Work’
The Corner
By Robert Costa
August 28, 2010 12:15 A.M.
Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R., Texas) spoke with National Review Online on Friday at FreedomWork’s “Take Back America” conference in Washington. The evening rally, which was attended by thousands of conservative activists, was a precursor of sorts to Saturday’s “Restoring Honor” event at the Lincoln Memorial. Armey calls “Restoring Honor,” which will be hosted by Glenn Beck of Fox News, an “important moment for America.”
Armey, who holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Oklahoma, has high praise for Beck’s ability to provide viewers with a “more true and accurate history of the United States.”
“We see it documented at levels of rigor that, in fact, one would expect out of Ph.D. dissertations — [it is] serious, scholarly work,” Armey says. “[Liberal critics] don’t have to argue with Glenn Beck. They have to argue with his documentation and they can’t match that level of rigor.”
As he looks towards November, Armey says that he is “very disappointed” with GOP leaders for not embracing Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget plan. “The decision to not sponsor Ryan’s ‘road map’ is a political decision,” he says. Many conservatives, he believes, “find it intolerable” that only 13 Republicans have cosponsored the proposal.
One of the stars of the FreedomWorks rally was Mike Lee, the Republican U.S. Senate nominee in Utah who helped to oust GOP Sen. Bob Bennett, an 18-year veteran, in May.
After Armey praised Lee, NRO asked whether Republicans like Bennett still have a place in the GOP. “We are not interested in a Republican majority in Congress — we’re interested in a conservative majority in Congress,” Armey says. “It is the ideas that are greater than the man or the political party. Senator Bennett has had his time. He had a chance, for example, to stand up for the Constitution that he swore allegiance to [by voting against the Troubled Asset Relief Program]. His failure to do that upset the voters of his state.”
© National Review Online 2010
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/245013/armey-glenn-becks-serious-scholarly-work-robert-costa
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Senator Bob Bennett addresses The Ripon Society
RiponSociety [ http://www.youtube.com/user/RiponSociety ]
June 29, 2010
Senator Bob Bennett of Utah speaks on Tuesday, June 29, 2010.
Dick Armey: Bob Bennett A Failure, He Had A Chance 'To Stand Up For The Constitution'
The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel
First Posted: 08-30-10 02:16 PM | Updated: 08-30-10 02:16 PM
Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey offered a harsh criticism of Utah Sen. Bob Bennett when asked about the outgoing Senator's role within the Republican Party in an interview [ http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/245013/armey-glenn-becks-serious-scholarly-work-robert-costa (next below)] with National Review Online last week.
"Senator Bennett has had his time," said Armey of the GOP lawmaker, who was kicked off [ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/08/bob-bennett-utah-gop-senate_n_568988.html ] his party's primary ballot earlier this year. "He had a chance, for example, to stand up for the Constitution that he swore allegiance to [by voting against the Troubled Asset Relief Program]. His failure to do that upset the voters of his state."
Armey, who serves as Chairman of Freedomworks, a Tea Party organizing group, endorsed [ http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/81907-armey-to-endorse-gop-primary-challenger-to-sen-bennett ] now-U.S. Senate candidate Mike Lee [ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/24/mike-lee-utah-senate-ca_n_622650.html ] in his primary campaign to oust Bennett from his post. In explaining his decision to support the Tea Party-backed challenger, he said, "Certainly the incumbent, Sen. Bennett, has given us our pause over the course of the past few years... We've had one disappointing vote after another."
Armey warned [ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/23/dick-armey-warns-republic_n_691079.html ] Republican lawmakers last week that they risk being targeted by the Tea Party if they don't get with the program. "The issue of public policy that governs the future of my children is more important than your politics, and if you can't see that, we'll replace you," he said.
As for Bennett, the three-term incumbent recently said [ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/30/bob-bennett-says-his-own_n_630832.html (embedded video last below)], "As I look out at the political landscape now, I find plenty of slogans on the Republican side, but not very many ideas... The concern I have is that ideology and a demand for absolute party purity endangers our ability to govern once we get into office."
WATCH: Dick Armey Shares His Take On Outgoing GOP Sen. Bob Bennett
[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89Mu5fRpkTY (embedded)]
Copyright © 2010 HuffingtonPost.com, Inc.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/30/dick-armey-bob-bennett-a-_n_698848.html [with comments]
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Armey: Glenn Beck’s ‘Serious, Scholarly Work’
The Corner
By Robert Costa
August 28, 2010 12:15 A.M.
Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R., Texas) spoke with National Review Online on Friday at FreedomWork’s “Take Back America” conference in Washington. The evening rally, which was attended by thousands of conservative activists, was a precursor of sorts to Saturday’s “Restoring Honor” event at the Lincoln Memorial. Armey calls “Restoring Honor,” which will be hosted by Glenn Beck of Fox News, an “important moment for America.”
Armey, who holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Oklahoma, has high praise for Beck’s ability to provide viewers with a “more true and accurate history of the United States.”
“We see it documented at levels of rigor that, in fact, one would expect out of Ph.D. dissertations — [it is] serious, scholarly work,” Armey says. “[Liberal critics] don’t have to argue with Glenn Beck. They have to argue with his documentation and they can’t match that level of rigor.”
[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ7MKabH2Ro (embedded)]
As he looks towards November, Armey says that he is “very disappointed” with GOP leaders for not embracing Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget plan. “The decision to not sponsor Ryan’s ‘road map’ is a political decision,” he says. Many conservatives, he believes, “find it intolerable” that only 13 Republicans have cosponsored the proposal.
[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PyznlWGZrE (embedded)]
One of the stars of the FreedomWorks rally was Mike Lee, the Republican U.S. Senate nominee in Utah who helped to oust GOP Sen. Bob Bennett, an 18-year veteran, in May.
After Armey praised Lee, NRO asked whether Republicans like Bennett still have a place in the GOP. “We are not interested in a Republican majority in Congress — we’re interested in a conservative majority in Congress,” Armey says. “It is the ideas that are greater than the man or the political party. Senator Bennett has had his time. He had a chance, for example, to stand up for the Constitution that he swore allegiance to [by voting against the Troubled Asset Relief Program]. His failure to do that upset the voters of his state.”
[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89Mu5fRpkTY (embedded)]
© National Review Online 2010
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/245013/armey-glenn-becks-serious-scholarly-work-robert-costa
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Senator Bob Bennett addresses The Ripon Society
RiponSociety [ http://www.youtube.com/user/RiponSociety ]
June 29, 2010
Senator Bob Bennett of Utah speaks on Tuesday, June 29, 2010.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1e3h78wzL0 [via http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/30/bob-bennett-says-his-own_n_630832.html ]
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