Purgason & Guest Rally Uber-Conservative Base in Sedalia

Saturday in Sedalia, Sen. Chuck Purgason (R-Caulfield) and Rep. Jim Guest (R-King City) spoke to a regional meeting of the Campaign for Liberty -- folks who "stand for free markets, low taxes and a non interventionist foreign policy."  At the event, Purgason delivered his now-familiar critique of Washington Republicans' record of deficit spending. 

Senator Purgason...stated that the Republican Party has lost their way.  "In 2002 Congress under Republican control had a 30 billion dollar deficit.  I could live with that given the downturn in the economy and the 9/11 tragedy, but in the next 2 year the budget deficit grew to $792 billion dollars under Republican control of Congress... "People wanted change in 2008,  I believe the change they wanted was for elected Republicans to vote along the Republican Party Platform." "In 2008, a bad election year for Republicans nationwide, the Missouri Senate gained 3 Republican seats because we stood on conservative Republican principles." 

Purgason supporters do seem to be increasing their online activism a bit.  "Laura4Liberty" posted this YouTube video Friday with highlights from a similar event last month hosted by the St. Louis Campaign For Liberty.

At the Sedalia conference, Jim Guest focused his remarks on the Tenth Amendment and his "resolution to reassert Missouri's 10th amendment rights."

The Campaign for Liberty was founded by Congressman Ron Paul in 2008.