'Countercultural Conservative'

" Senator John McCain says he's a conservative Republican. -- respects individual liberty limited government state sovereignty in the free market well. He voted to authorize the federal government to spy on us without warrants. He voted to force the states to adopt a national identification card he voted for the Patriot Act he suspended his own ad campaign for president remember that. To vote in favor of TARP and other government bailouts of failing industry is what kind of conservatism is back. Joining me now is another constitutional candidate for congress minuteman founder Chris seven Cox is challenging. Senator McCain an Arizona. Chris calls himself a counterculture. Conservative. And he joins me now Chris welcome to freedom."

" Much like that name. Counterculture. Can certainly came along at the into the baby boomer generation a group in the seventies and eighties and sixty's so good for good phrase. John McCain was the standard -- of the Republican Party he was the theoretically the incarnation. Of everything are Republican but there's not that much Republican about him is there no there's not judge and and I'm running as an independent Republican. Two lead by example. When we put the constitution first and we can we the people know through a natural law and that. Madison warned us if we give the government too much -- control. They're got to go crazy when it. That's that's human nature and they've done that and John McCain's been part of the problem. And I'm -- I'm going to challenge him on on the base of constitutionality. A with a TARP bail outs and and other things will look at Obama now it is ours and we go back to the the Roosevelt administration in 1933 when the Supreme Court found that and constitutional -- no one in the Senate bringing that issue up."

" Do you I think that something has infested. The Republican Party. I mean when when George Bush was in the White House the Republicans in the congress went along with what everyone -- weather was paying for war and deficit. When it was an illegal workers than ever declared war. Whether it was federalizing education. Whether it was taking over prescription drugs. For seniors things that are decidedly. Decidedly. On Republican I mean well they're really hero Barry go -- said he would stop funding Social Security or at least make it. Voluntary because making it compulsory. Was against the constitution -- so what has become. Of national Republican leaders since the Reagan years were -- well."

" I'm afraid it's the same thing that's happened -- and our country we become decadent we've -- become complacent that we become apathetic. And so many people -- out they just do not hold government accountable we have that duty that's our civic duty that is our our job as citizens is to watch carefully. And to hold them accountable is -- disconnect between the leadership of the Republican Party and and the rank and file. Clearly there is -- that is the key to what's happening in Arizona. Back in January when we had our state elections for the state party. A senator McCain's machine was pretty much handed their -- they were told that thanks but no thanks we're going conservative. We're we're gonna act like conservatives would want the constitution supported. And so with the state level -- we have we have a sweeping constitutional grass roots. Changeover in power might there actually be a chance. That the former Republican nominee for president actually would be denied renomination. By his own party in his home state it could very well turn out that way in fact that's the battle that's going -- now it's Senator McCain knows that. He's on the ropes he's campaigning eleven months out of a primary like he's campaigning for the for the US president --"

" Gotta tell you that when I interviewed him on the radio not too long ago. And I said in a few remember when you suspended your campaign and he went back to -- and extensively to address the economic crisis. If you could've done that differently would you have. And of course I was hoping and praying and expecting he would say yes and he said no when your president asks you for help and an emergency you give it --"

" Also thought the president asks for -- wrong help that was gonna make things worse right through it it doesn't matter what the president asked for if it's not within. The duties and in the authority of the constitution we need someone in the US senate to stand up against it and say this is wrong this is an abuse of power. And we need to get back to the constitution Kristen Cox thanks very much for joining us for much."