Oklahoma: RJ Harris endorsement from Sooner Republican Assembly

RJ Harris attended four events this past Saturday. He received the endorsement of the Sooner Republican Assembly with over 80% of the vote, and he was well received by the State GOP “Spolight on the Candidates” attendees.

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PRLog (Press Release) – Jun 28, 2010 – On Saturday, June 26, 2010, RJ Harris attended four events: the Sooner Republican Assembly Meeting, the State GOP’s “Spotlight on the Candidates”, the Glen Beck Block Party put on by the Sooner Tea Party, and the Cleveland County Republican Women’s Club “Ice Cream Social”.  Harris was received with great enthusiasm at all four events on Saturday. Harris said “I was enthused and humbled to see so many patriotic citizens show up to the events this past Saturday.  Our fight to take back our country has never looked so promising.”

The Sooner Republican Assembly made their endorsements for state wide Republican candidates.  RJ Harris received the endorsement with over 80% of the vote. You can view these results and the Sooner Republican Assembly’s summary of the meetings activities here http://soonergop.blogspot.com.  In addition to winning the groups endorsement, “two resolutions were proposed, both of which passed unanimously. The first condemned the recent decision to ban 4th District Congressional candidate R.J. Harris from future Cleveland County Republican Party events. The second was a motion of no confidence in the county’s GOP chair and vice chair.” – Sooner Republican Assembly (http://soonergop.blogspot.com/)

One of the highlights of the day’s activities occurred when, Wanda, a lovely lady and GOP activist attending the State GOP “Spotlight on the Candidates” event, asked RJ the most important question a candidate can answer: “why are you running against our incumbent republican?”

Harris responded stating: “this particular incumbent republican [Cole] has voted for bailouts, voted for the Nancy Pelosi Stimulus Package, and he voted to fund Planned Parenthood.  No republican that has ever voted for these things should be sent back to Washington to represent the conservative constituents of Oklahoma.  This is why you shouldn’t vote for my opponent, but the reason you should vote for me is because I will fight for our individual liberty and our state’s sovereignty.  I would never vote for the dozens of liberal and unconstitutional pieces of legislation that my opponent has.”

You may view the speech that Harris gave at the “Spotlight on the Candidates” event on his YouTube channel located here:

RJ Harris Alerted for the Afghanistan Surge

U.S. Congressional Candidate Alerted for the Afghanistan Surge

Oklahoma- April 12, 2010

RJ Harris, Candidate for Oklahoma’s 4th U.S. Congressional District, and 19 year veteran of the Army National Guard, has been alerted as part of the surge forces bound for Afghanistan sometime this summer. This will be CW2 Harris’ third combat tour having previously served in Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom. RJ announced his candidacy in January of 2009 initially responding to his opponent’s then recent vote for the Bailout. While the timing of this alert is unfortunate, Harris will remain in the race under the protections provided candidates activated for military service by 51 Okl. St. S 3.1 and 26 Okl. St. S 12-101.

“Knowing the high probability of deployments, patriotic civilian employers routinely hire, train and retain Guard Soldiers and I have complete faith that the voters in my district will show that same fidelity once convinced of my absolute commitment to the restoration of the Constitution, the Republic, their individual Liberty and Oklahoma’s sovereignty.”

Once on active duty, the RJ Harris 2010 Campaign will continue through the rigorous activities of the staff and through personal appearances around the district by allied Liberty Candidates and Tea Party activists willing to speak on RJ’s behalf. When asked about the unfortunate fact that his district would have no vote during the short months he is away RJ responded, “right now having no vote for a few months would be better than having more votes from Cole for bailouts, Pelosi’s 08 stimulus, the ACORN backed Housing Extension Act, Obama’s GIVE Act, funds for Planned Parenthood, or foreign aid to Africa when our own debt is pushing $12 Trillion.”

For additional information please contact Jonathan Gibbons, the Campaign Manager, at 405 881 0951 or rjharris2010@hotmail.com

About RJ Harris:

RJ Harris is a currently serving nineteen-year Oklahoma Army National Guard Officer, two-time Iraq War Veteran and U.S. Congressional Candidate for Oklahoma’s 4th Congressional District. He is a University of Oklahoma graduate in Philosophy and a second year law student at the University of Oklahoma College of Law. RJ is a Constitutional Conservative Republican and a prominent leader in the nation-wide grassroots Liberty Candidate movement. He has appeared on Fox News twice with Judge Andrew Napolitano, before numerous Tea Party candidate panels and been the featured guest on conservative/libertarian talk-radio programs across the country.

www.rjharris2010.com

“The Oklahoma National Guard in no way endorses this message nor has it offered any opinions concerning the legitimacy of [Mr. Harris'] statements other than the fact [he and his unit are] about to deploy.” LTC Max Moss; OKNG Public Affairs Officer

RJ Harris on Republic Media TV – January 14th

RJ Harris – Constitutional Liberty Candidate for Oklahoma’s 4th Congressional District

RJ Harris is a currently serving nineteen-year Oklahoma Army National Guard Officer, two-time Iraq War Veteran and U.S. Congressional Candidate for Oklahoma’s 4th Congressional District. He is a University of Oklahoma graduate in Philosophy and a second year law student at the University of Oklahoma College of Law. RJ is a Constitutional Conservative Republican and the first 912 Liberty Candidate in the nation. He has appeared on Fox News’ Freedom Watch twice with Judge Andrew Napolitano and been the featured guest on conservative/libertarian talk-radio programs across the country.

Watch the LIVE interview Thursday January 14 at 8 PM Eastern at RepublicMedia.tv

(with audio simulcast on Revolution Broadcasting)

“I am an ardent Constitutional Conservative and will not vote affirmatively for a bill unless it is constitutional, good for the Republic, good for Oklahoma, of a readable-digestible length and contains an explicit reference to the constitutional authority that underpins the bill. I am not a career politician and will not participate in either the Congressional health care plan or the Congressional pension plan. Additionally, I have vowed NOT to solicit donations from lobbyists and TO fund my campaign only with grass-roots donations from citizens and pacs.

My platform is to save the Republic, restore the Constitution and Oklahoma sovereignty. Success requires that we lead a nation-wide effort to retake the Congress from the bailout voters, the socialists, the corporatists and the progressives that have infiltrated all levels of our government and both major parties. I will not rest until these people, who’s aims are subversive and destructive to our individual liberty and state sovereignty, are removed from their positions of power and replaced by those who are prepared to return to us the Constitutional Republic established on earth by the Spirit of the Founders.”

-RJ Harris

Here is a direct link to the source story on RMTV.

What Would Gen George Washington do in Afghanistan; Lose the Battle, Win the War?

Reprinted -  by RJ Harris

(U.S. Congressional Candidate in Oklahoma 4th District)

For over 200 years we Americans have fought and died for our freedom. It then comes as a shock to us when others will not do the same for their own freedom. The lesson to re-learn here is that freedom is not free. Neither would we have it if we were not willing to sacrifice considerable blood and treasure to earn it, and to keep it, nor will other peoples appreciate it if they have not paid its heavy price.

When the Taliban controlled the Afghan Government, there was reason for the Afghanis not to fight. They would have had little chance standing alone against that regime. However, lately there are more than 100k NATO soldiers in Afghanistan and still the people refuse to help win their freedom or secure peace in their own land. The simple question is why, and the simple answer, which is usually the most correct, is that they do not want freedom or peace badly enough to sacrifice for it especially when there are others willing to do it for them. Can you imagine the French fighting for us in our own Revolution, and then occupying us afterwards to make sure we didn’t mess things up? Unfortunately, this is exactly what have been doing in Afghanistan.

Now If we conclude that helping the Afghanis win their freedom from totalitarian oppression when they have been barely willing to aid us in that effort is not reason enough for us to be there, but winning the war on terror is, then the question becomes, ‘do we need to occupy Afghanistan to capture and kill terrorists that traffic their trade from there’? Certainly not! The rugged mountainous terrain of Afghanistan, heavily populated with people sympathetic to him, is the enemy’s ground and he is happy to fight us there. Conversely, movement abroad, outside of his safe-havens, is our ground and we have the combat power projection capability to make all of that our battle space. Add to that our Congresses authority to grant letters of Marque and Reprisal to bounty hunters and privateers and there will be almost nowhere a terrorist can travel without exposing himself to death or capture.

My detractors will say that we must stay in Afghanistan or else we will lose the “war on terror.” Whenever you hear someone utter these words realize that what they really mean is that mistakes must never be acknowledged lest they be exposed as mistakes. In General Washington’s day, there were many who argued that if he left New York, or left Philadelphia then he lost the war. But Washington knew that losing his army to push a horrible position would be what really lost the war, so he withdrew on both occasions. The best commanders know that you only commit your soldiers to the battle when the outcome is unquestionably in your favor before the first shot is fired. They also know that you should never fight on ground of the enemies choosing. And they also know that you should never be where the enemy expects you to be. General Washington employed this last stratagem to great effect crossing the Delaware on Christmas night to take the Hessian mercenaries un-aware. Currently, we are breaking all of these axioms of war in Afghanistan and we are paying the price for that in blood.

Moreover, Constitutionally speaking there is no war in Afghanistan. Our Congress has yet to declare one nor expressed their desired “end state” to the President. This dereliction of Constitutional duties regarding war making powers has led to considerable and unnecessary losses for our soldiers in the field and their families. Our founders knew that, left to their own, executives–be they kings or presidents–would engage in military adventures for the sake of their own aggrandizement. To prevent this, Article I Section 8 of the Constitution gives the power to declare war only to the Congress. The President may defend us and our property and he may do so vigorously. However, offensive military actions, invasions or retaliations are considered by the community of nations to be acts of war. Since acts of war commit a nation to war…only Congress can authorize them since, as mentioned above, only Congress can declare war.

Our nation’s foreign policy actions over the last decade have set horrible legal and unconstitutional precedents for future administrations and legislatures to exploit. One can hardly imagine President Washington sending an army to fight in Europe without a legal declaration of war from the Congress. At that time such an action was not the kind of thing that should not be done…it was an action that could not be done. These unconstitutional doors, opened on our watch and left open for the less scrupulous, must be closed immediately.

Lastly, when war is legally and constitutionally declared, we must not yield to arguments that define winning as only achievable by forcing the continuance of an untenable position. We must commit to battle only when we know the outcome in advance. We must fight on ground that we choose. And we must never, ever, be where the enemy expects us to be. Today in Afghanistan we are exactly where the enemy expects us to be. They engage us and withdraw at their discretion. They control the operational tempo and they have way more of our resources pinned down than we do of theirs. General Washington lost more battles than he won. But he won the Revolution because he learned that winning one battle is not worth losing the war. Knowing this, I believe that he would choose to withdraw from the battle in Afghanistan if it meant that he could win the war on terror…assuming of course that the Congress ever gets around to actually declaring said war.

About RJ Harris :

RJ Harris is a currently serving nineteen-year Oklahoma Army National Guard Officer, two-time Iraq War Veteran and U.S. Congressional Candidate for Oklahoma’s 4th Congressional District. He is a University of Oklahoma graduate in Philosophy and a second year law student at the University of Oklahoma College of Law. RJ is a Constitutional Conservative Republican and the first 912 Liberty Candidate in the nation. He has appeared on Fox News’ Freedom Watch twice with Judge Andrew Napolitano and been the featured guest on conservative/libertarian talk-radio programs across the country.

Adam Kokesh talks RJ’s Money Bomb & RJ vs. Tom Cole

RJ’s Money Bomb Today!

Today’s the day, folks! It was June 19th 1778 when General Washington led the troops of the Continental Army out of Valley Forge to complete the monumental task of their revolution. The task before us today is no less significant, perhaps even more so given the scale of the current tyranny we face as Americans. One of the soldiers of today’s new r3VOLutionary army that will lead us in the fight before us is RJ Harris. Join me in marking this momentous occasion by donating to RJ Harris to support his effort to take our message of liberty, that essential American value, to the halls of Congress as the representative of Oklahoma’s 4th Congressional District.

Earlier this week I stopped by his future office in Washington, DC to share some of my thoughts about the “neoconservative socialist” Republican currently occupying RJ’s seat. Enjoy!

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