Ron Johnson: ‘Restoring faith in government’ is the ‘wrong solution’

[Galraedia]

Source: Raw Story

Tea party-backed Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) on Thursday told a conservative conference in Washington, D.C. that “restoring faith in government” was the “wrong solution” and that lawmakers should instead be encouraging “distrust.”

Speaking to the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority conference, Johnson said that too many Americans had forgotten the “foundational premise of this nation,” that the Founding Fathers understood government was “something to fear.”

“Americans are willingly trading their freedom and ours for the false sense, for the false promise of economic security,” he opined.

Johnson asserted that congressional approval ratings of 9 percent were “too high.”

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/13/ron-johnson-restoring-faith-in-government-is-the-wrong-solution/

[shraby]

1. The way I see it, is Congress is trading our freedoms for a false sense of security..the people

don't make the laws, Congress dreams them up, votes on them, passes them and calls it good. Nevermind what the people actually want.

[ReRe]

7. Or...

...whether the laws they pass are even legal. Look at the laws they pass.... John Q. Public doens't know about all those riders on the tail ends of those bills. By the time the bill goes for a vote, it doesn't even resemble the Title anymore! Hells bells, I bet you 75-85% of Congressmen don't know what is in those bills. I think my Junior High could write a better bill than comes out of that place nowadays!

[cheapdate]

2. And that is the very definition of incivility. nm

[Ed Suspicious]

3. Well by that measure he's doing a great fucking job!

Johnson asserted that congressional approval ratings of 9 percent were “too high.”

[LTR]

4. He and I finally agree on something

Ron Johnson is a useless piece of shit.

[indianjoe3295]

29. LTR

That is an insult to shit. Shit has a "place",...a function in the world scheme of things. Ron Johnson does not.

[DissidentVoice]

49. At least shit has enough character to stink n/t

[tarheelsunc]

5. Let me get this straight...

am I reading this wrong, or did this guy pretty just admit his job is to ruin the reputation of his job?

[Lasher]

8. Yep, just like Saint Ronnie and his followers.

[liberal N proud]

32. That has been the goal of the right wing for decades

Nixon tried but failed miserably.
Raygun put in place many policies that have brought us to where we are today.
Clinton tried turn it around.
Dubby just laid the process back on track for the right wing and the Teabaggers are their soldiers.

The GOP Congress is working hard to make sure Obama does not right this ship before they can install another teabagger to finish the job of government destruction.

[mckara]

6. He's Part of the Problem, Not the Solution!

[thelordofhell]

9. Ron Johnson "Don't trust me.....I suck."

There, fixed the headline

[pscot]

10. Not to worry

[DallasNE]

11. And Wisconsin Voters Turned Out Russ Feingold For This Clown? n/t

[Half-Century Man]

14. Sorry. It was a plot

Voting took place during happy hour.

[RVN VET]

47. Wisconsin voted for Scot Walker twice!

I grieve, I really grieve for the intelligent people of Wisconsin. But it's pretty apparent that the marching morons have outbred them and been suckered in by what Louisiana's governor has called "the Party of Stupid."

[marble falls]

12. Geez, there's just no hiding of or cure for stupid.

[DissidentVoice]

13. The Reaganite self-fulfilling prophecy

1. Government is the problem.
2. Elect people who believe government is the problem (but have no problem with their government benefits).
3. Have them throw a spanner in the workings of government.
4. Go to your electorate and say "see, I was right...government doesn't work."
5. Repeat.

[Harry Monroe]

46. This pretty much nails it.

"The Democrats are the party of government activism, the party that says government can make you richer, smarter, taller, and get the chickweed out of your lawn. Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work, and then get elected and prove it."
P.J. O'Rourke

[Half-Century Man]

15. After watching him in action.

I would be less embarrassed if one of my Senators was filmed having sex with, but not satisfying, a goat.

[Half-Century Man]

16. I will say this

In our race with wyoming, to be the state on the bottom, We are confidant in our republican leadership to the fuse; I mean the way.

[The Second Stone]

17. So he doesn't want honest or good government

which is what it would take to restore trust in government.

[Beacool]

18. Thanks to a-holes like him, Congress' approval rating is at 10%.

Crazy Baggers.........

[Psephos]

19. Once per century I might agree with Johnson. This is it. n/t

[booley]

20. For the Irony impaired...

"government was “something to fear.” ....

.... Says guy who's part of the government.

Maybe it's me but it seems we have a lot of these guys in government saying government is evil and when they say it, it seems less a warning and more of a promise.

[AllyCat]

21. I don't think I will ever recover from my state's ushering in of this clown.

I have "progressive friends" who voted for him because they thought we needed change. And he was the neighbor from down the street.

I hate the Tea Party. With a passion I hate them. They have made it so there is not one reasonable part of the GOP, and it was pretty bad to begin with.

[timdog44]

30. I had

with my family that I grew up with, and with my wife of over 30 years, vacationed in Wisconsin almost exclusively every year. I had been going to Door County for 45 years. Spent a lot of money there, supported all the businesses there. Then when the big political change happened in Wisconsin (I cried) I wrote to everyone we had supported there and told them I am never coming back until Wisconsin came to there senses. And the people I supported may well have voted (D), but if they all don't suffer, then things don't get done. And my wife and I really miss going there. We made a lot of friends and we miss them too.

I hate the right wing extremists and the tea party party especially. They have taken this country to the garbage dump.

[LTR]

36. Are you kidding me?

On what planet would a real progressive NOT vote for Feingold, perhaps one of the most honest, straight-up people to ever serve in the Senate (and a true progressive to boot) and instead vote for that empty suit corporate shill Johnson?

[DeSwiss]

22. K&R

Start here:

[CanSocDem]

33. That's a great video.

Back to the basics with another old hippie visionary. It's not complicated, folks.

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[Art_from_Ark]

23. Sure, the Founding Fathers understood

that government was “something to fear.” That's why they almost immediately added 10 amendments to the new Constitution to help give the citizenry greater peace of mind about NOT having to fear their government

[Scuba]

24. Speaking on behalf of all the progressives in Wisconsin, we're sorry.

[BootinUp]

28. Sorry is not going to cut it!

lol.

[timdog44]

31. Well, I have to admit that

I am in Illinois. Lots of our ex governors are making license plates for my vehicles. And I think we are almost the most bankrupt state in the country. And the Ds rule our goernment.

You don't really have to apologize. I do feel bad for you though.

[Scuba]

38. I'm guilty too - voted for Rod B. back when I lived in McHenry County.

[timdog44]

43. Guilty as charged.

Can't believe his wife did the reality TV crap. But that defines the Blagos.

[DissidentVoice]

48. Michigan's not in wonderful shape, either

And it's because for whatever reason by the end of her second term people here reviled Jennifer Granholm.

So what did they do? Elected Rick Snyder, who said he was not going to ally himself with the GOP far right...and promptly did so. I guess they forgot/didn't notice what two terms of John Engler did to this state.

We now are a "right-to-work" state. Walter Reuther is spinning in his grave.

[timdog44]

50. And

I always like Jennifer Granholm.

[DissidentVoice]

53. She got a bad rap she didn't deserve

But, of course, the American electorate has very short memories...

[4dsc]

25. Sounds UnAmerican to me

Something wrong in the world today and I know what it is. Its republicans.

[graham4anything]

26. 80-20 is coming and all these extremists will be rendered politically obsolete at the voting booth

[BootinUp]

27. Lets elect (more) terrorists!

[Myrina]

34. So, then he's gonna step down, right? Since Gubmint's the problem?

[Rebellious Republican]

35. How republican of you Ron!

I have adopted the saying of "how republican of you" in my best slow southern gentleman drawl when some one does something extremely rude or says something very arrogant. You'd be surprised at how many surprised looks like how did he know I was a republican. All while their mouth gapes open with a very surprised expression.

on edit: see my sig line, I can still recognize a "Freak".

[pansypoo53219]

37. senator stupid joins the feeding frenzy. WHERE'S THE BLOOD? WHERE?

[Turbineguy]

39. The Big Promise of communism

was that government would become obsolete. It never happened. He wants government to be mistrusted as long as there are "other people" in it.

And especially if "one of Those People" is President.

[Arkana]

40. How the fuck did Feingold lose to this stuffed shirt?

[ladym55]

41. Ahh, Ron ....

Hating on government while happily collecting a government paycheck and enjoying wonderful GOVERNMENT-FUNDED health care and being eligible for a GOVERNMENT-FUNDED pension ...

Everytime good "Amurikans" vote one of these clowns into office I want to cry.

[KamaAina]

42. This mook beat Feingold?

[The Wizard]

44. Another pile of

Republican talking smegma.

[magellan]

45. Wrong. We aren't meant to FEAR government, but to not TRUST it.

Big difference. When you fear something you tend to take irrational views of it and seek to nullify it any way possible. Which just happens to describe every teabagger and their estimation of government.

When you don't trust something you keep an eye on it, i.e. remain vigilant and informed.

But I wouldn't expect these irreducible morans to understand the difference.

[Jackpine Radical]

51. Nobody has done more than Sunspot Johnson in the last couple of years

to help instill distrust of our government.

[wordpix]

52. 'Founding Fathers understood government was “something to fear.” '

How ignorant and he's twisting the truth, since the FF understood the Brit. KING's gov. was something to fear so set up a new system of American gov. that is of, by and for the people, with separation of powers so that even idiots like Ron Johnson could be voted in.