Response to Tom Cole's recently articulated position on the health care debate and on President Obama’s honesty.

Recently, Tom Cole articulated that the American People want another (different from the current) federal plan for health care. My interactions with the people of the 4th district tell me that what they want is NO federal health care plan and for the federal government to get out of the peoples private health care business. Indeed the intuitions of the people are insightful considering that Article I Sec. 8 of the Constitution gives the Congress the power to "provide for the general Welfare of the United States." This qualifying clause refers to the nation-state and not to individuals. In fact, individual Welfare, which is what health care is, does not appear anywhere in the Constitution. So when Tom Cole articulates that we need "a plan", and insinuates that that plan be a federal plan, one provided by big government Republicans as opposed to big government Democrats, he is advocating an un-constitutional position on the issue.

Additionally, Cole advocated the creation of a "national health insurance market." Where does the Constitutional authority for this come from? Markets are created by the people not the state. However, I will concede that, at least in this area, Cole is in the right neighborhood. This is because the limits of the federal Congresses ability to effect health care is to use it’s legitimate commerce clause power, also found in Article I Sec. 8, to ensure that the states are not allowed to erect trade barriers that undermine the free flow of goods and or services between themselves, in this case; health insurance.

Some have added (not Cole that I know of) that tort reform is needed to "fix" what ails healthcare. This is correct save that tort reform is a power reserved to the states under the 10th amendment. I do not trust, nor have the people consented, to allow the federal Congress to do anything not expressly enumerated in the Constitution. Thus, short of a Constitutional amendment, the states need to address the issue of tort reform and those states that do a good job on that issue will attract better health care providers.

Lastly, Cole’s inability to call a lie a lie is exactly the type of word playing that We the People have come to expect from politicians and are fed up with. So to Cole I say this: “if you don’t have the courage to speak the truth and stand by Congressman Joe Wilson then how can the people of the 4th district count on your courage to stand up to this president when he comes to take our liberty’?

RJ Harris
Constitutional Conservative Republican
US Congressional Candidate
Oklahoma 4th District
www.rjharris2010.com

RJ Harris at the Ada Tea Party Tomorrow

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

RJ Harris to take questions at the Ada Tea Party in Ada, Oklahoma 4th District

Oklahoma- September 10, 2009 RJ Harris will be a featured panel member at the Ada Tea Party this Friday, September 11, 2009. The event will take place at the Pontotoc Technology Center Auditorium in Ada, OK.

Other guests on the panel include Senator Randy Brogdon, Attorney General Drew Edmondson, and Oklahoma 5th District Candidate Dr. Johnny Roy M.D.

Each panelist will have several minutes to discuss their platform. They will then be put to a question and answer session from those in attendance.

Contact:

Jonathan Gibbons
contact@rjharris2010.com
RJ Harris 2010
http://www.rjharris2010.com/

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Poll Shows Close Race in Oklahoma's 4th District

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Private Poll shows the Oklahoma 4th District Congressional Race to be a close one

Oklahoma- September 10, 2009 - Internal polling from the RJ Harris 2010 campaign shows Rep. Tom Cole, the incumbent since 2003 at 54%, RJ Harris at 31%, and 15% undecided.

The number of undecided-votes clearly shows Harris within striking distance of an incumbent that should have had all undecided-votes nailed down years ago. This poll was conducted by Persistence Consulting LLC and included likely Republican primary voters from the 4th district.

This news comes after Harris’s campaign has announced its’ current election -contributions at $21,699.69. The highest amount raised by democratic opposition to Rep. Tom Cole in the past three election cycles was $29,344 by Hal Spake in 2006. Harris has surpassed the record of the other two democrat opponents from 2004 and 2008. Rep. Tom Cole has not faced a Republican Primary challenge since 2002. If these numbers indicate anything, it’s that Rep. Tom Cole’s primary race is shaping up to be tougher than his last three general election races against the Democrats.

RJ Harris is an Iraq War Veteran, and a pronounced Constitutional Conservative Republican, living in Norman Oklahoma. His website is www.rjharris2010.com

Contact:

Jonathan Gibbons
contact@rjharris2010.com
RJ Harris 2010
http://www.rjharris2010.com/

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Introducing the Brand New RJ Harris 2010 Website

RJ Harris 2010 is pleased to announce the launching of www.rjharris2010.com 3.0. This new version of the website offers greater content, more interactivity, and more informative ways to help. We cannot possibly thank the over 300 donors who have contributed to this campaign enough. Without your help this new website, video productions, event coordination, social networking, local advertising, and more... could not have been possible. This is a grassroots campaign and a grassroots built internet presence. The new website will also feature a more robust and frequently updated news and blog section. Please subscribe to our blogger account and our RSS feed. Thanks again to all those who helped make this possible... you know who you are.

For Liberty and the Restoration of our Republic!

Jonathan Gibbons
Campaign Manager
RJ Harris 2010

RJ Harris in : A New America Movie

RJ will be featured in a new documentary coming out later this month. You can learn more about the movie at www.anewamericamovie.com and you may watch one of RJ's clips at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8cVvq5YNeg&feature=player_embedded

www.rjharris2010.com 3.0 Coming Soon...

RJ Harris 2010 (.) Com is currently undergoing a complete redesign with updated features and new tools to help boost its rank among other top tier websites. Thanks to our passionate supporters and donors, we are now able to boost our internet marketing into full throttle. Coming Soon...

Constitutional Conservatives, Patriots, Veterans…

Rarely will the Spirit of our Founders call upon us to defend freedom at the hour of our choosing…but when called we must answer and pour once more into the breach FOR LIBERTY! If you are ready to answer that call, then file to run for Congress in your district and join the Liberty Candidate Movement to retake the Congress. The body politic is waking up like no time since the founding of the Republic. Now is the time for you to mount a social networking campaign site and begin posting your positions on the issues. You don’t even need a dedicated website right away; Facebook or MySpace [pay pal/Amazon for your donations] will do fine for now. However, you must read the Constitution thoroughly while writing and articulating your positions and be ready to use that knowledge to answer questions from constituents/the media on the fly. You will find that the more you have the Constitution memorized, the more bold and confident you will be standing up for freedom, liberty and state sovereignty. Whatever you do, don’t give into the temptation to accept favors from lobbyists or the establishment. Stay true to the cause and the message and then expect that the supporters will find you.

I will do all that I can to help you but you must position yourself for the coming surge. In a few months time, the awaking wave of tea party patriots and town hall marchers will look to find citizen statespersons to vote for against the bailout voters, socialists, corporatists and big government progressives who have usurped power from the people. Money, power and privilege, the very strengths of the political class, will be their undoing in the next two election cycles for sure. Voters will look for those of clear grass roots origin with backgrounds of selfless service to support. Nevertheless, if you are not in the firing line when the smoke clears and the gap opens all will be for naught.

If you already have a real Liberty Candidate running in your district, Please get behind him/her and help as much as you can. We will accomplish so much more working together than helping the establishment by splitting up the votes. Your service will be remembered by the constituents you organize on behalf of the Candidate you support and your time to do more will come as those elected ahead of you move on to other tasks. And we will move on because there is a need for Constitutional Conservatism at all levels.

Those that have served with me in the field, now is the hour of your country’s need for which you have trained. Take up the cause and answer the call. The Spirit of the Founders is with us and under that Divine Providence; we will save the Republic and restore the Constitution.

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If you are reading this YOU are the resistance.

RJ Harris
Constitutional Conservative Republican
US Congressional Candidate
Oklahoma 4th District