I’ve thoroughly enjoyed reading your commentary. I’m sure there are many true “independents” who end up voting for a republican or a democrat, thinking their ideal candidate won’t have a chance.

Where you say:

“…if this country elects 20-30 Independents, the parties will definitely start to notice and, hopefully, smarten up.”

We (those of us fed up with dems and repubs) need to remember that quote, stand our ground and not waiver on who we feel best serves us.

“Mr Hammond,

Our campaign has never declined a single invitation to any event. In fact, we have fought to be included in any event. Mr. McCormick was excluded from the West Boca Chamber of Commerce and did in fact fight to be included in just such an event. We welcome any events and would be happy to debate any of the candidates and have said on the radio.

Please let us know if you are referring to a specific event that you would like us to attend.

Sincerely,

Campaign for Jim McCormick”

Maybe you should email them your development name because, by the sound of it, McCormick was never invited.

G

For the record, I never had a federal tax lien. I did have a Mass. State tax lien filed against a business of mine. However, it was found not to be legitimate and discharged. They made a tax assessment for state income tax withholding and sales tax for a business that I had sold prior to the time of the assessment. There was never any taxes due.

This was the issue that the Sun-Sentinel briefly mentioned without checking their facts. I had proved to George Bennett that the assessments occurred after my business was sold.

Just to be clear, an assessment is made when thay are expecting taxes to be due, not that they actually occurred. So, the State thought I was still in business and they assessed me an average of what I had been remitting in the past.

You can search the Hampden County, MA court records “Budd Enterprises” and see the dates for the assessments and then call Domino’s Pizza headquarters and ask when I sold my Domino’s Pizza (May 16, 1990).

Joe Budd

and i know independents dont run in primaries, i know how they work, he was a republican till he realized he could get on the ticket as a “independent”

I would be interested to see proof that he declined invitations to appear and I have just emailed his campaign with that very question. Why would a candidate decline an invitation. It sounds more to me like you are talking out of your behind. As a matter of fact George Bennett even reported that Mr. McCormick wasn’t even invited to a candidate function earlier this year. You can look for the article on this site. When I get a response from the campaign I will post it here.

As for getting the message to you, are you one of those people that need everything handed to them or do you go out and find it?

Lastly, I don’t recall McCormick being in any “last election”, if I am wrong on that let me know. I also asked his campaign that in my email. Why don’t you get off your butt and email his campaign, the address I used was campaign@jimmccormickforcongress.com

this has been a 2 man race for a long time, if curt price or joe budd had won they would have had my support.

if ted deutch wins and joe budd runs for his state seat, i will support him in that race. but i just dont see myslf supporting jim in anything.

HE DIDNT GET HIS MESSAGE TO ME. HE DIDNT EARN MY VOTE

It is hardly the reason I voted for him but it is, however, just another reason I agree with him.

Ted and I are simply having a tangential debate on ancillary issues. See, although we disagree on issues, we are able to discuss matters as adults.

believe what you want,vote why you want, but i know homosexuals who dont put that in their top 5 issues.

Where exactly in the 10 commandments is this mentioned again? Unless the homosexual is committing adultery I do not see it.

Ironic how often the parties have broken the 8th, 9th and 10th commandments though isn’t it?

I won’t go into a lengthy debate on the bible even though it may prove to be a fruitful and spirited debate. I commend you on your passions, I have my own. None of it will change my mind that this country is in deep doo-doo and the two party system is at the root of the problem.

That is my whole point. You claim you serve only one master, well then, let him decide the fate of Homosexuals. It shouldn’t be decided by you or anyone else.

Re: McCormick

He was at Century Village last week where my parents live. I went and spoke with him as he was greeting everyone at this fair they had. I flat out asked him why he didn’t run as a Republican and he told me they simply do not represent what he believes anymore and feels they have lost their way. Considering Joe Budd said he considered running Independent I think he must have felt the same.

Maybe Joe thinks he can help change the mentality of the Republican Party, maybe Jim felt like they were a lost cause, who knows. What I do know is that there are many people that became disenchanted with their political party, I know I did, and maybe, just maybe, we can eventually start having more independents in Washington. You have to start somewhere.

One last thing, I also asked him what good he thought an Independent can do. Aside from the standard working across aisles response, he said something that I believe also… if this country elects 20-30 Independents, the parties will definitely start to notice and, hopefully, smarten up.

I don’t vote for cancer to spite aids and that is exactly how I feel about this election.

Hey, it’s your right. It’s your group. I do suggest you consider rethinking your positions if you want to expand your group to more moderate thinking people like me. Believe it or not, there are plenty of moderates that want fiscal conservatism. It’s the myopic social aspects that turn moderates away from you.

I abhor what is happening in this country and as a former Democrat (no I did not vote for Obama) I am ashamed of it. According to many of you, my only other choice is the Republicans and people like Lynch. Well, that isn’t a choice for me. I will be voting for candidates I truly believe will make a difference if elected, even if people think that is throwing my vote away. I see it differently, my vote is my voice and I am using it to show my dissent with the system and both parties.

Back to gay marriage. This is my country and if someone asks my opinion of how I want my land governed, I am commanded to adhere to Biblical principals. I do not have a say over how others live their lives, but I do have a say over how my government is run and I excercise that right through my vote. You seem to confuse that with hypocrisy and government oppression. There is only one Master I answer to for my life and my choices. If you want to see true intolerance, try going over to Iran and calling Sharia law hypocrisy. At least in the US, we still have the power of our vote.

So Ted, I do not think it was a “mistake” for 9-12 to endorse Ed Lynch.

You just admitted your group endorsed Lynch because you felt he had a better chance at beating Wexler’s hand picked successor. Shouldn’t your organization be selecting and backing the best candidate possible regardless of whether or not they are favored? I would have much more respect for groups like yours if they did so. I am sorry but yours appears to simply want to back whoever you feel has the best shot than the best candidate.

@ Ted

I respect your opinion and understand where you are coming from vis-a-vis Gay rights as my parents hold the same views and have heard all the biblical and socio-political arguments. As I mentioned, I find it highly hypocritical for people to complain about the government telling us how to live then having those same people attempt to tell others how they should live under the guise of morality.

I have never been adversely affected by homosexuals nor have they prevented me from raising my two children in a Christian manner.

As for McCormick, I fail to see how you think he is compromised, or at least as compromised as Lynch, who would take anything to relive his financial woes or Deutch who is politically compromised as a progressive? If you feel he is compromised because of his views on gay union then I submit that issue is not really a reason for me to think so. He is also pro-life with the exception of rape and incest so does that make him compromised? He believes we need to clean out our jails of non-violent offenders by offering them the opportunity to serve in the military instead of draining our resources in jail, is that compromising? As I said, I have thoroughly vetted his platform and I agree with it. I don’t find him compromised in the least.

If more people would take the time to seriously think about our countries problems and how we need new solutions beyond this two-party lovefest, we can start healing as a country. We are far too divided because the two parties want it that it, it is how they maintain control over us.

joe budd had tax judgements agaisnt him, so does alan west, but they arent mentioned daily.

ed never denied these things, he had reasonable expinations for them all, i know i am getting with him, and i dont have a problem with it.

he isnt the perfect candidate, not by a long shot, i but would elect charles manson in a 2 man race with ted deutch!

and this is a 2 man race, mccormick is so far behind its not even mentionable.

Once again @Jon, an example of compromise.

If we want to elect lawmen and women that can be compromised, then we deserve what we get. Being a compromising nation has gotten us into deep trouble. This is why I am so fired up that we have such a poor choice of compromised men running in D19

The South Florida 9.12 Project met with both Ed Lynch and Jim McCormick in the days immediately following the February primary, and each meeting lasted well over an hour. Truth be told, I personally contacted Alex Rocha, one of Deutch’s handlers, just to extend the invitation so someone couldn’t say we didn’t. After meeting with them both, it was the opinion of the leadership that Ed Lynch’s platform on the issues had the most synergy with our agenda, AND he had the best chance of challenging Wexler’s heir-apparent. Our vetting, though extensive, didn’t not include personal financial statements or background investigations; we simply talked to the men. I assure you, we have none of the “blind hatred” of which you speak — we are just people who are tired of the progressive agenda being jammed down our throats by both the Administration and the Congress.

I am glad you visited the web-site for our group. I hope you book mark it, and return often. I also hope that you come out for the tea party protest on Thursday, April 15th. There are more details on the site as well. I would also like to extend an invitation to come to our next meeting in May. We are still finalizing the date and location, but it will also be posted on the site very soon. Please make it a point to introduce yourself to me at either venue. In this fight, you are my brother.

So tell me, why do you have an issue with Gay union anyway? There is a distinction btw and the fact you can’t see someone can support it and still support traditional marriage means your head is in the sand.

If you really are a Christian you shouldn’t be so uncompromising. After all, if it really is a sin, should you just let God sort it out in the end?

You dislike the government telling you how to live yet you enjoy telling others how they should live. That my friend is called hypocrisy.

There are plenty of people, like me, that want fiscal conservatism without the stringent and myopic social attitudes of the Republican Party. It is why I used to be a Democrat. Now I have three candidates to choose from, one is not a fiscal conservative but is more socially liberal in Deutch, one claims to be a fiscal conservative yet he owes the IRS and can’t take care of his own finances in Lynch (and I am supposed to believe he can take care of us in Washington?) and the last is a fiscal conservative with more moderate social views in McCormick. Considering McCormick’s viewpoints are more akin to my own, why wouldn’t I vote for him?

Your mentality, and everyone elses including Joe Budd’s, boils down to voting for who you dislike the least. Lynch has major flaws but you dislike Deutch more so Lynch it is. The two-party system creates this mentality and I am tired of voting for who I dislike the least.

This election, I am voting for who I like, period. I have already cast my ballot and am comfortable in my decision. I am an American first, and a proud one and I will not compromise some of my beliefs because people dislike the Democrats.

Truth be told, Lynch would have never gotten my vote anyway.

What McCormick has stated is that the bill needs major fixing since repealing seems impossible. Replacing Obama care with better care is what he said the last time I saw him speak.

Once again Ted you are misinformed.

@ Ed Fulop. You are a 912 organizer, I just checked your website and sure enough your name is there. I thought I remembered the name from the primary posts around here. Didn’t the 912 endorse Lynch? Don’t bother answering, it is on your site.

The fact that you would support and endorse a tax cheat and a deadbeat tells me all I need to know about you and your organization. Your blind hatred has blinded you to your own candidate as well. It is actions like this that make organizations like yours a laughing stock full of ignorant people that believe whatever is told to them. It makes you no better than the Democrat sheep.

As far as McCormick goes, the “Adam and Steve” position is enough for me and a lot of other conservatives to believe the guy isn’t playing with a full deck. The healthcare bill is rotten to it’s core, and those who do not recognize that are guilty of wilful ignorance. It is designed to orchestrate future control over the American people. I don’t need to read 2000 pages to know that.

Most unfortunate of all….we are going to get stuck with Deutch and the socialist agenda anyway.

Flip the House. Restore Honor.

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next hastings has to go.

geoff