Posted on 12/05/2012 2:22:54 PM PST by Bigtigermike
House Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday warned his House Republican conference against dissent from GOP leadership – and threatened retaliation similar to that against the already-purged conservatives if anyone else breaks from his pack.
The Hill reports that, according to Kansas Republican Rep. Tim Huelskamp, Boehner used his weekly GOP conference meeting to “note that we [leadership] have punished four members, he claimed that it had nothing to do with their conservative ideology, but had to do with their voting patterns."
Huelskamp also said Boehner threatened “there may be more folks that will be targeted” and that Boehner told the caucus that “‘we're watching all your votes.’”
It’s unclear what criteria Boehner and GOP leadership plan to use in the weeks and months ahead. Boehner spokesman Michael Steel wouldn’t provide specifics on what criteria or votes on which the Speaker is “watching” conservative Republicans.
Instead, when asked, Steel provided Breitbart News with the exact quote another Boehner spokesman gave two nights ago for a response to a completely different question. “The Steering Committee makes decisions based on a range of factors,” Steel said.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Target Boehner instead, call, fax, visit:
Washington, D.C. Office
1011 Longworth H.O.B.
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-6205
(202) 225-0704 fax
The only people that can do anything about is Boner’s constituency. They need to vote this guy out once and for all.
I say why is everyone turning against Ryan when he succeeded in passing the most conservative budget in years?
That's not a small feat.
And why is every suddenly hero-worhipping 4 House reps who no one every heard of before this week?
If it were Michelle Bachmann I might take notice.
But who are these 4 and why does everyone automatically believe every word they say?
It would appear to be way past time to get a new Speaker.
Boehner needs to be primaried starting NOW!
I see the GOP being wiped out in 2014
We've seen our 'last' honest elections. It's all a rigged regime show now.
If history is repeating - it will not be just the GOP 'wiped out'.
Political purges are almost always followed by criminalization and REAL purges of people who do not bow to the State.
I contend history is repeating.
Prepare to defend yourselves.
Because they won’t stand against the traitorous GOP.
Ryan’s budget is as meaningless as the GOP.
If I recall correctly, even Ryan was surprised about that.
The only reason the "Ryan Plan" passed was that it was on the table at the time that Boehner needed a plan (any plan) to use as a bludgeon to hit Harry Reid with in the Senate. Boehner wanted the House to pass SOMETHING just to say that they passed a budget bill.
Ryan's plan was the low-hanging fruit at the time. Right place, right time. That's all.
-PJ
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I was thinking just the other day about the difference between the Nazis and the Communists. The Communists were global socialists, and the Nazis were national socialists (hence the name nazionale socialista or however it was said in German. It seems to me that the Democrats are now our Communist party. They hate America, want to weaken it and force us to submit to the UN and other global oversight.
Republicans, on the other hand, stand for maintaining American supremacy in the world, but do not differ much from the Democrats in terms of the march towards socialism. Slower perhaps, but not much lately. They need a new name to describe their brand of socialism. The American brand of national socialism could perhaps be called "nashism" to distinguish it from Nazism, what with all the bad press and all.
Now, with that said, we need an American constitution and freedom party. Those words have been taken by minor parties that have their own issues. Maybe we can just make up a word, the way that car companies do, and go with that. "Freeper Party" is as good as any, it stands for a Free Republic. And we already have a web site. I hope Jim had the foresight to trademark "freeper" at some point in the last 15 years.
The only people The Boner is tough on are those in his own caucus. It’s bad enough he doesn’t have the ability, the resources or the courage to behave and act like a leader.
I say the GOP is going to prove they are worse than Vichy. They are Obama's Judenrat. And they WILL assist in the MarxoFascist regime's pogrom to annihilate Conservatives.
Hell, they have already begun.
You can e-mail as well.
Boehner is no better than Pelosi. It’s way beyond time to abandon the GOP-E and start a new national Conservative Party from scratch. Leave these hacks where they sit to rot...they’ll never win another election again with garbage like this going on.
Republicans shouldn’t act like the democrats. Period! If they do then they are different than them
This makes no sense whatsoever.
And the fact that the House passed this bill was a good thing. Not a bad thing. Even if it were to be changed later in conference (as every bill is) the rudiments were there.
I sent Speaker Boehner a letter saying that I would support his primary opponent and any democrat who runs against him.
I think you will find that he was just re-elected for the next session. Cool how they don't let the incoming reps have a voice.
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