Congressman Mike Pence rallies the Family Faithful
By Ward Smythe | Saturday, October 9th, 2010 | Politics
Indiana Congressman Mike Pence was the keynote speaker at the 25th Anniversary Family Foundation Gala held Saturday night at the Richmond Convention Center. While attendance numbers were not available at the time of this post, the ballroom was packed with well over 100 ten person tables.
Guests included a Who’s Who of Virginia political lumnaries, including Congressman Rob Wittman, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, former and perhaps future Senator George Allen and future Congressman Scott Rigell.
But the man the crowd was there to hear was Pence, who in September took the top spot in the Family Research Council’s Values Voter poll for 2012 favorites.
Pence did not disappoint.
Pence repeated the refrain heard often these days as the GOP hopes to retake the House this November. The GOP lost their way. Pence said that when he opposed such measures as “No Child Left Behind” and other government growth programs that he told his colleagues that if they continued to spend like liberals that eventually the American public would bring in the professionals.
The crowd responded with thunderous applause when Pence said that Republicans will not rest until Obamacare is repealed “lock, stock and barrel.” He recognized Ken Cuccinelli for his valiant fight against the provisions of Obamacare, making Cuccinelli the only other politician to receive a standing ovation at the gathering.
Pence gave three key points that he believes government, specifically a Republican-led government, need to address. He said that defense and national security must remain strong at home and abroad, that common sense measures such as tax relief and balancing the federal budget are needed to get the economy moving again, and that America must regain her moral footing built on honesty and integrity.
Pence brought his remarks to a close with that familiar verse from the seventh chapter of 2 Chronicles, “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”
Pence sees the November elections as a critical point in the nation’s history. He rallied the faithful to work hard in the next few weeks to elect conservatives, and in Virginia’s case, Republicans. But while he said that likewise the Obama administration needs to be turned out in 2012, he gave little indication of whether he thinks he’s the man to do it.
The Family Foundation was founded in 1985 by the late Walt Barbee and has grown to be one of the largest and most influential Virginia policy based organizations.
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Ward Smythe is a pseudonymous aspiring freelance writer from Central Virginia. Until late 2007 Ward blogged at the now defunct "Ward View" and was active in Virginia and national politics. Ward's signature style of snarkery gained him a unique following that he hopes to regain here at Bearing Drift. Ward uses humor, satire and sometimes photoshop to make his point. Ward is proud to be an equal opportunity offender.
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6 Responses to "Congressman Mike Pence rallies the Family Faithful"
Repeal the health care bill “lock, stock and barrel”? OK, what alternative do the Republicans offer? OK, they have a few offerings that might reduce costs minimally, but the rest will just raise the costs of health insurance through the roof.
Republicans have no real alternative to what the Democrats passed if you look at the issue realistically. I am not saying there is not a better alternative, I’m just saying the Republican alternative does not pass the common sense test. Republicans are too interested in playing politics instead of seeking a real solution to the problem.
Oh yeah LittleD, ’cause there were no politics played by the Democrats in passing Obamacare. Stop it please, you’re embarassing yourself.
I don’t presume to speak for Pence, but just maybe he recognizes that Obamacare is such a horrible piece of legislation that there’s not way to tinker with it to fix it, it just needs to be tossed out altogether.
I don’t know why I’m doing this, but this meme of the GOP not proposing alternatives is a load of crap and it’s oft repeated as if it’s truth.
There were many alternatives presented – http://www.gop.gov/solutions/healthcare
J.R., to be fair, whatever the GOP proposed was simply changes to the exact same system that put our health and financial security squarely at odds with the profit of the insurance industry. That’s why they cancelled policies at will, found pre-existing conditions when someone got ill, took children off policies before they could find other coverage, and engaged in the most outrageous pricing increase because, well, they could. I stand in awe of the republicans ability to create fear and anxiety about health care reform, while I firmly believe their attempts to repeal the new benefits will be their waterloo. I sure hope so.
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Good for Mike Pence! The American people have stated vehemently and overwhelmingly that they do not want govt interference in their private health care issues, yet those pushing Obamacare stubbornly shoved this fiasco through. It needs to be repealed and we need to move on to constitutionally delegated issues of defense and protecting the American people from foreign invaders as prescribed within our constitution.
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