I’ve never liked Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander — and it’s not just because my wife and I observed Lamar wandering around the Green Hills Mall parking lot unable to find his vehicle. At the time, I commented to my lovely wife that “if he can’t even find his car in a mall parking lot, how is he going to lead the country…” I was only half joking.

Another reason I’ve always found Lamar hard to stomach is his constant condescension. During one of his failed runs for the Republicrat Presidential Nomination (96, I think), he spent so much time talking down to the voters that I don’t think he ever made one coherent point. Incidentally, this is also one of the many reasons I despise Al Gore – he’s the king of patronizing political drivel.

Now Lamar wants to fight the ban on the taxation of internet access so that the state can have a new avenue of confiscating money from Tennessee internet users.

This type of inconsistency is not new for Lamar – or many other liberal Republicrats for that matter. Much like President Junior, Lamar was for lower taxes when he was campaigning, but he apparently owes favors to the big cable companies, internet providers and telecommunications companies. Every politician has somebody’s hand in their pocket – the interests of the common taxpayer are usually last in line.

Lamar was also for getting rid of the federal department of education in the 80′s – that is, until President Bush (Senior) made him his education czar.

Lamar and other RINOs are embarrassments. Is it any wonder so many conservatives are jumping ship and going Libertarian?

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