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10 Conservatives of 2013
John
Hawkins
Dec
31, 2013
Honorable
Mentions: Justin Amash, Glenn Beck, Jim DeMint, Trey Gowdy, Bobby
Jindal, Heritage Action, Louie Gohmert, Darrell Issa, Hobby Lobby,
Sarah Palin, Jeff Sessions, Steve Stockman, Scott Walker.
10)
Mike Lee: Lee is Robin to Ted Cruz's Batman and whenever there are
conservatives fighting the Democrats or the Republican Establishment,
he's right in the mix. Replacing Bob Bennett with Mike Lee turned out
to be the biggest upgrade since Ronald Reagan took over for Jimmy
Carter.
9)
Mark Levin: Granted, Levin's push for an Article Five convention is a
longshot, but it's a serious idea in an environment where the
Democrats and Republicans all too often come across as preschoolers
arguing about who gets to play with the toy truck next while the
school burns down.
8)
James O'Keefe: Who would have ever guessed that one guy with a gaggle
of interns, some secret cameras, and a few tricks taught to him by
the late, great Andrew Breitbart would be more effective at breaking
big stories that humiliate entrenched interests than the New York
Times or Washington Post?
7)
The Senate Conservatives Fund: In a world where everyone from the GOP
leadership to Karl Rove to the Chamber of Commerce to the NRSC laughs
at the idea that conservative voters should actually have any
influence on the Republican Party, the Senate Conservatives Fund is
doing more to keep the Party honest and responsive than anyone else
out there. If not for groups like the Senate Conservatives Fund,
Heritage Action, Freedomworks, Americans for Prosperity and the big
Tea Party groups out there, the Republican Party would spend all of
its time fighting for higher spending, amnesty for illegal aliens and
corporate tax breaks before it started working hand and glove with
the Democrats to massage the kinks out of Obamacare.
6)
David Vitter: One of the dirty little secrets of Obamacare is that
Republicans like John Boehner worked behind the scenes with Democrats
to get exemptions from the law for themselves and their staffs.
Little people like you may have to suffer under Obamacare, but they
secured a nice, fat subsidy for themselves. David Vitter
unapologetically insisted that Congress and its staff should live
under the same laws they forced on everyone else and he took a lot of
heat for doing what any lawmaker worth a hill of beans should be
doing...
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