Top Ten Signs You Are a Tennessee Republican:

10.  You question why repeat drunk drivers are still on the road and why Democrats opposed strengthening extreme drunk driver laws to put these guys behind bars. (HB 927 deferred to Summer Study Committee by Criminal Practice Subcommittee on 4/11/07)

09.  You believe, in order to ensure our children’s education is a top priority, we should fund education before other discretionary state programs. (Education First - HB 483 Killed by Democrats 8-10 in Education Committee 5/9/07; also Am #3 to HB 472 Killed by Democrats 47-46 on House Floor 5/31/07)

08.  You are startled to learn that Tennessee has the most liberal abortion laws in the nation and would support common-sense restrictions like parental consent for minors and a waiting period. (SJR 127 Killed by Democrats 3-4-1 in Public Health Subcommittee 4/12/06)

07.  You believe simply that to vote in our sacred elections, you should have to be a citizen of this country and are dismayed to learn that Democrats killed this common-sense law twice. (HB 196 Killed by Democrats in Elections Subcommittee 3/30/05; also Am #17 to SB 407 Killed by Democrats on House Floor 5/26/06; also Am #2 to SB 925 Killed by Democrats on House Floor 4/26/07)

06.  You support reasonable limitations to frivolous lawsuits, ultimately saving us all in escalating healthcare costs. (Am #1 to SB 2001 would have weakened the bill - Republicans successfully defeated the amendment, but then the bill was immediately sent back to committee and not passed - 5/9/07)

05.  You are appalled at the brazen spending spree of Tennessee’s Democrat Governor, who last year raised taxes $330 Million in a year when we received over $1.5 Billion in surplus revenues.

04.  You believe that the drivers’ license test should be given in English only since you will be expected to read road signs written in English. (HB 424 Killed by Democrats 6-6 in Public Safety Subcommittee 3/20/07; also Am #8 to SB 1152 Killed by Democrats 57-36 on House Floor 6/11/07)

03.  You find it hypocritical that the state will sit on over $140 million in excess lottery reserves that are supposed to go for education, but they won’t spend it on K-12 school construction so our children can learn in classrooms not portables. (Concurring in Amendments to HB 472 would have stripped out this proposal - Republicans lost the vote 52-44 on 5/31/07)

02.  You think Tennessee’s having the highest sales tax on food in the nation is wrong (www.taxadmin.org/FTA/rate/sales.html) and that we should help families by cutting the grocery tax. (Am #5 to SB 2326 Killed by Democrats on House Floor 6/4/07)

01.  You oppose a new statewide property tax and a state income tax!