Now he tells us: Boehner wants less government

The Union Leader, NH ^ | Nov. 9, 2008 | The Union Leader

[Eric Blair 2084]

Don’t hold back. Tell us what you really think. :-)

[ncalburt]

Where the hell has this guy been for the last 2-4 years ?
He let Tom Cole cut the funds to Bachman and Musgrove !
The American Spectator called him a huge mistake years ago and predicted this end result !
That online paper was reporting the RNCC was a collapse last spring thanks to Boner and Cole !

[LowCountryJoe]

Less government? Pffft! Many here at the FR don't even believe in that shit. Over 50 percent of FReepers thought that extraordinary executive measures should have been taken by Florida Govenor Jeb Bush in order to protect the life of Terri Schaivo [it was poll #87 and has since been removed/relocated]. Extraordinary!

Also, how many FReepers advocate using government to spare domestic businesses from foreign competition through the use of trade barriers? How many like to focus on making everything a federal issue? Truth is, is that many of the most hard core conservatives found here, are not ones to extoll a limited government some of the time. Sad but true.

[traviskicks]

Bring in Paul Ryan.

Or even better, Ron Paul. :)

[RJL]

before I’d bad-mouth him, I’d check his “conservative” ratings with those various groups!

One can be a good conservative and also a poor leader.

He had his chance, now it's time to find a leader that knows how to win.

[samadams2000]

Grandpa use to say, never trust a man that values a good suntan. Boo..hiss..get off the stage Boehner and don’t let the Rino horn impale you on the way out!

[RKBA Democrat]

“It would take a generation to build a new party, meanwhile Democrats would hold every single elected office in the land.”

Most likely. So better to get started sooner rather than later. The GOP isn’t going to change, and will probably be out of power for the next generation anyway.

That’s if the GOP even exists in a generation.

[Arizona Carolyn]

I don’t think Lundgren is the solution.

[Sir_Ed]

Trent Lott was a homo pedophile??

Where do you get this stuff??

Ed

[slnk_rules]

Then WHY the HELL is Dick Army WORKING for the ACLU???????

He isn't. He works WITH the ACLU when they are on the right side of an issue, as any person who is concerned for liberty would do.

[slnk_rules]

Ron Paul has got to be laughing his ass off over this. He predicted all of this during the debates and primaries. He specifically mentioned that the GOP was losing support because they haven't cut gov't and spending and was laughed at by the other jokers.

If Ron Paul were as cheap and personally vicious as some conservatives, you would be right. As it is, he is saying more like "This is what WE said all along." He is not so much about "winning" as he is being on the side of truth. He is one of the most gracious men I have ever met.

Conservatives and the republican party should be ashamed of the lies they told about him, stupid stuff like being a "truther" or "pro abortion" or worse.

That stuff only goes to show what complete and utter kool aid drinkers some conservatives are.

[slnk_rules]

We desperately need Newt Gingrich as RNC chairman. Newt understands how to nationalize a congressional election around a winning theme.

Newt today is not the Newt of 1993.

[slnk_rules]

Wow, smaller, less intrusive government REPUBLICANS finally.

There, fixed it for you.

[Dead Corpse]

Truth is, is that many of the most hard core conservatives found here, are not ones to extoll a limited government some of the time.

And all the ones that do, are libertarians. It's always been the rub, liberals want protection FOR vice, conservatives want protection FROM vice. Libertarians figure vice is up to you and giving government that much power is a REALLY bad idea. Best to let people just screw up their own lives as we have our hands full dealing with our own problems.

[Ann Archy]

Are you SURE???

[slnk_rules]

Are you SURE???

A consultant, not an employee:

read below

(AP) He never got the flat tax that spurred him to run for office, but House Majority Leader Dick Armey departs Washington with his cowboy-boots image and one more bomb to throw as he exits the stage: he may go work for the ACLU.

A conservative Texas Republican with a libertarian bent, Armey says he is considering consulting with the ACLU on privacy issues.

It's not as big a leap as it may appear. In the past, Armey has worked with the ACLU to protest what he considered government invasions of privacy. He also opposed Attorney General John Ashcroft's Operation TIPS - Terrorism Information and Prevention System - that would have encouraged Americans to look out for suspicious activity and report anything unusual.

"He is as passionate about privacy as we are," said Laura W. Murphy, ACLU Washington office director.

Armey does not miss the irony in the possible alliance.

"The Dick Armey of circa 1984 would not have considered coming within an inch of his life" of the ACLU, said Armey, who entered Congress in 1985 a pesky gadfly and at 62, leaves as the second-highest ranking House member.

But challenging institutions is classic Armey.

Early in his congressional career, he was dismissed as a quixotic lawmaker who slept in the House gym and had quirky ideas, like eliminating Social Security and farm subsidies.

[Toddsterpatriot]

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