A few days ago I spoke with Michael Newsom, the author of a recent Sun Herald article. We had a good conversation and he was very respectful and courteous. I  do, however, wish Mr Newsom had used more of our 22 minute 42 second conversation than only a single comment I made about the ridiculous notion we’ve been hearing lately accusing “the angry townhall mobsters” of being organized and orchestrated by some Republican higher-ups.

I know Mr Newsom has only a limited amount of time and space, so I’d like to address the ending couple of paragraphs which contained a comment by Congressman Gene Taylor:

From the SunHerald.com article:

“What’s interesting is I have voted against cap and trade and I have already committed against the Obama health care bill,” Taylor said. “So what’s the beef?” Taylor, who voted for Nancy Pelosi to become House Speaker but often opposes her policies, said those who attempt to link him to the left-wing members of Congress and his party are untruthful.

“I detest liars,” Taylor said. “I really do. I have zero patience for liars. No matter what they’re lying about. Whatever the motivation, if somebody is lying about me, I have no respect for them.”

By the way, anyone that knows me knows that I share Gene Taylor’s sentiments on liars. I have no use for them. And, I live my life in a way that doesn’t require lies and untruths to account for what I’ve said and done.

Anyway, I made a comment to Mr Newsom that would have directly addressed Gene Taylor’s assertion that those who point out his associations to the far-left liberal members of Congress are being “untruthful” – even calling us “liars”.

The only reason I feel compelled to address this is because Gene Taylor made similar statements in an

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and directed them at FireGeneTaylor.com.

You see, it’s not that we are associating Gene Taylor with the most far-left, big bloated government, socialist members of Congress – Gene Taylor obviously did this himself. It looks like he’s found himself in the familiar situation where he’s left with nothing left to do but call people names and accuse them of lying.

For 2 years at a time, Gene Taylor has total control over which members of Congress he decides to support and how he votes on big bloated government legislation. You and I have no control over his decisions until the end of each 2-year term. Let’s take a look at who Gene Taylor supports when he gets up to Washington DC and how he tends to vote. Maybe this represents you and maybe not:

Gene Taylor was the one voted for Nancy Pelosi for Speaker of the House – not me.

Gene Taylor was the one who voted for Barney Frank for Chairman of the House Financial Services committee – not me.

Gene Taylor was the one who voted against investigating Charlie Rangel for tax evasion as well as voted against removing him from the House Ways and Means committee – not me.

As to Gene Taylor opposing Nancy Pelosi’s policies, he voted with her 71% of the time – not me. I also didn’t vote with Barney Frank 82% of the time or Charlie Rangel and Henry Waxman 84% of the time. In the words of John McCain, it was “that one”.

I’m not calling anyone a “liar” or “lying sacks of scum” (my mom would wash my mouth out with soap for that one), but rather than putting himself in the position of having to call FGT and conservative watchdog groups ugly names and completely deny the truth in order to defend the liberal associations he’s created while in Washington DC over the past 20 years as well as his own big-government voting record, maybe Gene Taylor shouldn’t hold those positions in the first place.

I know – call me crazy! But, maybe Gene Taylor should start representing one of the most conservative districts in America when he gets back to Washington DC or step aside for a good Christian conservative who will.

It sure would serve the conservatives in Mississippi’s 4th District better if Gene Taylor would either admit the truth and stop calling others liars, or apologize to his constituents for taking the trust and support we loaned him and giving it to the far-left liberals like Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, Charlie Rangel, and others and promise to truly represent our conservative, limited government principles – consistently.