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MCCARTHYISM? GOP SOURCE SAYS MAJORITY WHIP DRAFTED BOEHNER PURGE LIST
Breitbart ^ | 121212 | Matthew Boyle

Posted on 12/11/2012 10:53:59 PM PST by Fred

A House GOP source has confirmed to Breitbart News that House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy was the one who drafted the secret criteria list House Speaker John Boehner used in his purge of conservatives from House committees. The source, someone with inside knowledge of how Boehner conducted the purge, told Breitbart News that McCarthy crafted the list, which included a scorecard of where several conservative members stood on certain votes. According to the source, it’s unclear at this time whether McCarthy made the list of his own accord or if he did so at the request of somebody else in GOP leadership – like Boehner or House Majority Leader Eric Cantor.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: boehner; cantor; kevinmccarthy; losers; rino
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1 posted on 12/11/2012 10:54:03 PM PST by Fred
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To: Fred

Wll, you could say it again.


2 posted on 12/11/2012 10:55:16 PM PST by doc1019
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To: Fred

Well Said Fred.


3 posted on 12/11/2012 10:55:41 PM PST by rawcatslyentist ("Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one," Jeremiah 50:31)
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To: Fred

Who cares most intelligent republicans will be gone soon....


4 posted on 12/11/2012 10:58:44 PM PST by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: Fred
Happens to all newbies.

PS - Happy 15th 'birthday'!

5 posted on 12/11/2012 11:17:17 PM PST by Ken H
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To: Ken H

Fred isn’t a newbie. And repeat posts happen to all of us at one time or another.


6 posted on 12/11/2012 11:50:45 PM PST by fatnotlazy
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To: hosepipe

I rarely check when a person joins FR, but the post below yours congratulated the guy on his 15th year on FR (12/5/97), so I just happen to check the guy above that - you - and see that you joined on the very same day as me: 9/10/98. We’re Freep twins!


7 posted on 12/11/2012 11:53:32 PM PST by jobim (.)
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To: Fred
Please make this true. I want to see Boehner hammered into oblivion, although it won't happen. What a discrace to conservative principles.

Like I've been saying folks: Protect your assets and live your life since (not like) there is no tomorrow for our once glorious Republic. It's over.

8 posted on 12/12/2012 12:24:31 AM PST by A Navy Vet (An Oath is Forever. It's All I Have Left To Believe In!)
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To: A Navy Vet

it can always be restored, never say never.


9 posted on 12/12/2012 12:29:12 AM PST by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: jobim

Hi J


10 posted on 12/12/2012 12:32:31 AM PST by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: hosepipe
Hi J

Is that twin talk?

11 posted on 12/12/2012 12:37:12 AM PST by presently no screen name
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To: Fred

There will be blood. RINO purges will now be conducted as we rid ourselves of these progressives who now evolve toward Obama fascism.


12 posted on 12/12/2012 1:01:39 AM PST by Candor7 (Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: Fred

Before McCarthy gets strung up, I’d like to know a little more, because he is been a reliable conservative vote (even though he is from California).


13 posted on 12/12/2012 1:30:32 AM PST by Wayne07
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To: Fred

Charge them treason.


14 posted on 12/12/2012 1:41:32 AM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: Fred

I enjoyed him in Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Here he is checking Jonn Beaners's pod.

15 posted on 12/12/2012 3:06:17 AM PST by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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To: Fred

Why?

That is what I want to know. Why now? What is Boehner getting ready to do?


16 posted on 12/12/2012 3:59:27 AM PST by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: Fred

I guess I’m surprised that that Breitbart’s writers are surprised that McCarthy had a hand in this. I mean, party Whips *do* tend to be the guys who keep tabs on individual members, and dole out party discipline to an extent (though less so in our system than in the UK, etc.) It makes sense that he would be the one Boehner went to for drawing up the list.

Not saying I *like* it, mind you. Just sayin’ that it isn’t surprising McCarthy was the go to guy here.


17 posted on 12/12/2012 4:35:49 AM PST by DemforBush (You might very well think that. I could not *possibly* comment.)
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To: Fred

DO NOT be fooled by any “scorecard” crap.
The RINOs wanted to get rid of ALL the Conservatives and TEA party people in a policy of ‘rule or ruin’.

It appears they will get both.


18 posted on 12/12/2012 4:49:34 AM PST by Flintlock (PARANOIA--means having all the facts.)
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To: Fred

It’s interesting to know about McCarthy, but IMO the list could have been drawn up, instigated by Mickey Mouse, Goofy, or Donald Duck, and not have made a difference as it was Boehner that used it.

Boehner IMO has to be ousted from that position as Speaker, and the RINO’s rather than the Conservatives have to be neutralized politically, or sent where they belong to the other side of the aisle.


19 posted on 12/12/2012 4:50:49 AM PST by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will, they ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: Fred

I wish that FReepers would not even tease at the lie that McCarthyism was a bad thing.(understand that the whip has the same last name.)

Tail-gunner Joe McCarthy was a PATRIOT!


20 posted on 12/12/2012 4:56:07 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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