Maine Republican Senate candidate resists Ron Paul follower's Pro-Surrender agenda

Waving the White flag to Islamism not in the cards for Navy Reserve officer

by Eric Dondero

With Islamists attacking the West on all fronts, and even encroaching into our own shores here in the U.S., Ron Paul followers are still pushing a stridently pull-back, isolationist agenda.

But at the risk of losing their support, at least one Repubilcan nominee for US Senate is not about to toe their line.

From HispanicBusiness.com, "Tea Party Tepid on Charlie Summer":

While Summers has the vote of Eric Brakey, the former Maine state director for Paul's campaign said he'd be more excited about the Republican Senate candidate if he supported a full audit of the Federal Reserve and favored bringing all U.S. troops home from overseas.

"We're not judging Charlie Summers based on his personality," Brakey said. "We're judging him on the issues. If he does come and meet us on those issues, I would be happy to support him."

Summers said he's open to a full audit of the Federal Reserve, a move supported by Paul as a way to bring more transparency to the country's monetary policy. But he said job creation and government spending come first on his agenda.

"Once we tackle those issues, I think we move to No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, on down the line," he said. "There's obviously a myriad of issues and concerns to deal with."

But bringing all U.S. troops home from overseas assignments is a separate matter, said Summers, who serves in the U.S. Navy Reserve and has been deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq.

"It's easy to say, 'Let's bring all the troops home,'" he said. "It's a much different thing to actually effect that and do it in a way that doesn't jeopardize our national security interests."

Bottom line: there are many more pro-military voters in Maine; blue collar guys, who support a Reaganesque strong on the military foreign policy. Think your average shipyard worker in Bath, or your patriotic American flag-waving lumber industry worker in Bangor. Better to aim for their votes, rather than the appeasement crowd.

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