Found a Pro-Gun Democrat running in Texas

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Gary Conner

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Check out the fourth "promise" that David Van Os (D) who is a STRONG pro-2nd Amendment proponent, (and also Anti-Trans Texas Corridor) Democrat running in Texas for Attorney General. This guy is filing affidavits all across Texas (which I cut and pasted below) in courthouses at the clerk's offices, putting his promise in writing. But check out the languange of paragraph four.

Turns out, this guy is just as hacked off at New Orleans gun confiscations as most of us are. And he is a Democrat. He has my vote for sure.

His opponent Gregg Abbott is rated high with the NRA, but he sure didn't sign anything like this below, and file it for public record!



Source, web site: http://vanosfortexasag.com/news/affidavit.shtml


AFFIDAVIT FOR PUBLIC RECORD

I, David Van Os, a resident and citizen of Texas, and nominee for the office of Attorney General of the State of Texas, hereby declare to my fellow Texans and solemnly affirm the following promises:


Article 4, Section 22 of the Texas Constitution places on the Attorney General the duty on behalf of the people to prevent and restrain any private corporation from demanding or collecting any species of toll not authorized by law. Therefore, if elected to serve as Attorney General of Texas, I solemnly promise that I will use every legal means available to me by that office to bring to a halt and/or invalidate the unconstitutional and illegal project known as the "Trans-Texas Corridor."


I further solemnly promise that I will use every legal means available to me by that office to oppose and/or invalidate any agreement or compact entered into by any state official of Texas with any foreign nation or state in violation of Article I, Section 10 of the United States Constitution.


I further solemnly promise that I will use every legal means available to me by that office to uphold and enforce the fundamental principle that public authority should never be used for special private gain.


I further solemnly promise that I will uphold and enforce through every legal means available to me by that office every enumerated right and liberty of the Bills of Rights of the United States and Texas Constitutions, including by way of example but not limited to, the First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Ninth Amendments of the United States Constitution.


By further way of example, I solemnly promise that I will use every legal means available to me by that office to uphold and enforce the guarantee of Article 1, Section 26 of the Texas Constitution that monopolies are contrary to the genius of free government and shall never be allowed, and that I will protect democracy and free enterprise from being devoured by the greed of runaway corporate monopolies.


By further way of example, I solemnly promise that, in recognition of the fundamental principle that the people are the masters and government the servant, I will use every legal means available to me by that office to prevent and/or invalidate unconstitutional intrusions upon the integrity and sovereignty of the individual and private property.


I further solemnly promise that I shall treat the office of Attorney General of Texas as exclusively the property of the people of Texas, which I shall hold in trust exclusively for the benefit of the public and never as my personal domain or tool of personal advancement or profit, for so long as the people may choose to entrust it to me.

David Van Os

Before me, the undersigned authority, personally appeared David Van Os, who is known to me, and who made and executed the above and foregoing statements under oath in my presence for the purposes and consideration expressed therein.

Subscribed and SWORN TO before me on this ____ day of September, 2006.

________________________________
My commission expires _____________
 
A couple of famous promises:

Read my lips,, "NO new taxes"

" I did NOT have sex with that woman"

Promises are easily made and as easily forgotten or gotten around..
 
Ruegar:

This guy didn't make either of those two promises, and this one is in writing, filed as public record. I like the idea, because if a guy breaks his promise, you can pull the thing out in writing from public record, and confront him on it.

In fact, I think it's pretty cool. Wish we had more people willing to put their specific campaign promises in writing, and file them as public record.
 
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Thanks Gary for the post as a long time Republican I intend to make some changes in my voting and will look close at this guy.
 
Impressive. The guy is making specific, written promises, under oath, on issues that most will waffle over. Sounds like a winner to me, no matter which party he's with.
Rich
 
As an Attorney General----seems like a good decision. If it were for House or Congess it would be a different story.
 
Well he has my vote. In fact, I am going to try and volunteer to do some campaign work for the guy at the polling places. I am fifty three years old, and this will be the first Democrat I have ever voted for, much less volunteered to help on early voting. I will be one of those idiots holding up one of his signs, and asking folks to vote for him.
 
We've got one of those Democrats running for state house here too. In his radio ads he proudly proclaims he's a gun owning Democrat. He came around to my door last year - he's tried to knock on every door in the district. We had a nice chat, he's an ex-sheepherder.
 
You forgot to mention Nick Lampson who is running in the 22nd Congrssional Distict which is Delay's old disctrict he too has recieved an A rating from the NRA.

If you go to the NRA page you will see other Democrats also.
 
I didn't forget anyone, I was just talking about a State-Wide Texas candidate. Van Os is running for Attorney General, and that is a VERY important post for gun owners in Texas.

The neat thing is when they put it in writing, and file it in public record. It's one thing to make an oral promise, as they are easily wormed out of.

When you read this guys affidavit, and you realize it's filed as public record, it takes on a whole new meaning.

There is another guy named Jim Nuhauese, who is running for State Rep, who has signed and filed an affidavit to support the 2nd amendment also, but he is a District Rep near Austin, not State-Wide.
 
Baahh! This is a political tool, just like all the other political tools out there, designed to make you think that perhaps THIS one isn't as much of a "dirty politician" as the rest of them. He's got a good platform, but we'll see if he lives up to it. Remember, politicians are becoming well-known in this country for standing bold-faced under threat of perjury and lying to a Congressional investigatory committee.

...didn't have sex with "that woman," indeed! It depends on what your definition of "have" is!

Give this guy some time in office. THEN, we can re-examine his integrity.
 
Well, the current A.G. is allowing a CLEARLY unconstitutional monopoly to continue, and is allowing the granting of over 81,000 acres of private land to be taken by eminent domain by a PRIVATE company for robber baron type gains.

I think at least this guy is vowing in writing to do something. The other guy, is ASSISTING the monopoly to become built, by avoiding his duty as the Lawyer for the People, to protect them against violations of the State Constitution.

Maybe he is sincere. But I know what you mean, we have had so many lying jerks in office it can be almost impossible sometimes to believe ANYONE.

That's why I like the idea of having it filed as public record, so you can challenge them when they go back on their word. :)
 
Whats' the difference between having him say on T.V. (recorded by someone) or a newspaper article and him filling it in public records. It's his right to change his mind or just go back on his word. Never stopped any other politcian. Sounds like a good plan to get elected to me:rolleyes: I admit historically voting Repub most of my life this is a good sign. I guess I'm just skeptical of pretty much any politician, especially one who's a member of a party that openly wants our guns, approves of abortion and gay marriage. I think this country is coming to a point when US citizens need to draw a line in the sand on some of this BS.:mad:
 
Contyender, the difference is, you have to rely on the news media to obtain the television tapes.

If it's filed in public record, it costs .25 cents per page to get a copy from the county clerk, and anyone who can type in the words "Van Os" in the "Grantor" search field, can obtain it.

The difference is enormous.
 
Anyone can write anything they want on a piece of paper (newspaper, magazine article) It's still publicly available and just as worthless. Easy availability doesn't make the paper this feller signed worth anything more than what it is written on.
 
Contender, you are right. It's just a piece of paper.

The Constitution is a piece of paper signed by a bunch of politicians.

I guess it just depends on the honor of the men that write the words, and then sign it, as to their intent to keep it as their agreement/contract.

Once we lose faith in that one though, I guess we are all pretty cooked. It only exists, if we as a whole believe it exists.

When we as a People, stop believing in the meaning of it and insisting it is the Supreme law of the land, we wind up somehow having folks who think it is "just a piece of paper" in positions of power.
 
garyconner said:
I guess it just depends on the honor of the men that write the words, and then sign it, as to their intent to keep it as their agreement/contract.
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You hit it on the head right there!
You are flawed as to comparing the meezly piece of paper this politician signed:barf: to the Constitution of the United States.

You seem to want to put a lot of trust in the word of a person that you don't know considering the track record of most politicians "promises" to date.
 
contender-
Give it a break.
Nobody claimed the guy is now bound to honor these promises. But he's taken his oath a step further than any other politician I've heard of. The grants him some benefit of the doubt, IMHO. There ARE some honest politicians out there; there ARE some good men who seek office. And there ARE some politicians who keep their promises. Ron Paul is a great example. Helen Chenoweth-Hage was certainly another.

If we were to adopt your attitude, there would be no sense voting at all.

Good show, Gary.
Rich
 
Well Rich, I appreciate your saying that. I guess I am not ready to totally give up on everybody, or the idea of our Constitution still being meaningful as a whole.

However, I can understand where he is coming from, as I've often felt close to giving up myself, considering the parade of clowns we have running the current rodeo. :)
 
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