RJ Harris in the News
Law student will run for Congressional seat
Ricky Maranon/The Daily | August 27, 2009
R.J. Harris, a second-year OU law student and veteran of military service in Iraq, will run against incumbent Republican Congressman Tom Cole in the 2010 primary election.
Harris said he decided to run against Cole for the fourth district Congressional seat because he doesn’t think Cole is true to the conservative ideal.
“I saw that my representative was voting for bailouts and was giving away my liberty through incremental socialism,” Harris said. “Tom Cole calls himself a conservative Republican, but he is not acting like one and hasn’t been acting like one since January 2008.”
Cole said he is still true to his conservative values, and he also thinks about the decisions he makes before every vote.
“I reject the notion that my opponent is the arbiter of what is, and what is not, conservative,” Cole said. “I would suggest that my lifetime “A” rating with the National Rifle Association, my lifetime 100 [percent] rating with the National Right to Life, and my lifetime 93 [percent] rating from Americans for Tax Reform are more objective and accurate measures of where I stand on the political spectrum than the arbitrary opinions of a political opponent.”
Harris’ solutions include returning the power of many public policy decisions to the states as he said the 10th Amendment requires.
“We should let the states make policy rather than expecting Congress to do everything,” Harris said. “If citizens of a state want universal health care, then they should be able to get together and raise the money and implement a universal health care policy. Congress should not be making these kinds of decisions. It is unconstitutional.”
Harris also said President George W. Bush is not a real conservative.
“If the Bush administration and the Republican Congress and Tom Cole were truly conservative, they would not have passed Medicare Part D reform and taken us into a war which was not authorized by Congress that costs us billions of dollars every year,” he said. “Those two acts alone expanded government spending and were unconstitutional. It is time we return the government back to what is written in the Constitution and nothing more and nothing less.”
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I loved this part where RJ
I loved this part where RJ says,
“If the Bush administration and the Republican Congress and Tom Cole were truly conservative, they would not have passed Medicare Part D reform and taken us into a war which was not authorized by Congress that costs us billions of dollars every year,” he said. “Those two acts alone expanded government spending and were unconstitutional. It is time we return the government back to what is written in the Constitution and nothing more and nothing less.”
His opponent can profess to be conservative all he wants, but actual votes speak louder than words. It's too bad all professed conservatives didn't try to hide their votes behind bluster, but instead would just honor their oath of office.
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Thanks Everyone.
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I think we need a mini bomb
I think we need a mini bomb for RJ He is just what we need in Washington
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I do think he would be a big
I do think he would be a big deal if he got to congress. also he does need another money bomb.
Bump for RJ!
Bump for RJ!
RJ Harris for Congress
RJ Harris deserves more support and thanks here on DP. He is doing everything we could ever ask of a fellow liberty lover. Thanks for posting.
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This is great!
I don't know all that much about RJ, but from what I do know he would be an asset for constitutional values everywhere.
I remember one radio host there who slandered him a few months ago, I called the host to get an answer and the guy quickly hung up on me. I also emailed his supervisors at clearchannel and everyone at his station about why you shouldn't slander veterans who have fought for our Country