Peter King: No, I won’t sign the Democrats’ discharge petition to force a House vote on ending....

Hot Air ^ | Allahpundit | 4:41 pm on October 7, 2013

[11th_VA]

Via the Corner, the exciting conclusion to Friday afternoon’s drama about the Dems trying to force Boehner to bring a clean CR to the floor. Pelosi sent a letter to him on Saturday signed by 195 House Democrats calling for a vote; that means all she’d need for a successful discharge petition is 22 House Republicans to sign too — and coincidentally, there are 22 House Republicans who’ve said things to the effect that a clean CR would be awfully nice right now. Peter King, whose incessant Cruz-bashing has made him the new de facto RINO Pope, is of course one of them. Surely he’ll sign Pelosi’s petition, then, right?

Nope. “It’s not going to go anywhere,” he says, and he’s right. Like I said Friday, it’s one thing to bash the Cruz wing and call for an end to the shutdown, it’s another to promise your vote to Nancy Pelosi. If you’re going to jump off that bridge, you want to make sure the other 21 Republicans who’ve called for a clean CR are prepared to jump with you. Otherwise, you’re risking a ferocious conservative backlash over a discharge petition that’ll ultimately fall short of the 217 it needs, which means you’ve risked everything for nothing. And remember — King already has some experience with seeing Great RINO Revolts fall flat.

[tcrlaf]

CNN just now “...why won’t Republicans give in to Obama?”

Basic Meme:
Obama won’t negotiate ANYTHING, so it’s Republicans fault, namely THE TEA PARTY...

[Gene Eric]

House.

[1010RD]

Boehner’s done a great job on discipline. We need to remember this when things don’t seem to be going our way.

[dead]

Peter King is the U.S. Representative for New York's 2nd congressional district.

He is not a senator and never has been.

[JPG]

King doesn't want to find himself buried under a ton of conservative bricks; note too the absence of any McCain/Graham ‘gang’ in the senate.

[Uncle Chip]

He knows which side of the aisle butters his bread —

[jazusamo]

Angus King is in the Senate.

http://peteking.house.gov/

[IbJensen]

Peter can do whatever he wishes.

Just get his ass out of Congress!

[teeman8r]

i’ve got the repubs ending it at 12000 djia...

i think i am a bit low for their spines though.

t

[Army Air Corps]

The very same CNN that has no idea where Hong Kong is located.

[lacrew]

I went to a Mexican restaurant for lunch today. There was a van with government plates in the lot.

Guess some parts of government aren’t shut down.

I took an hour lunch...van was still there when I left.

Guess some federal employees take a long lunch, even in a shutdown.

[rockinqsranch]

Pelosi tried. She was denied.

[elcid1970]

Shouldn’t Chuck E Cheese be wielding nunchucks & flipping the bird?

;^)

[DaveyB]

I humbly submit my mea culpa - I had the wrong rino.
He is the the house's rino king - my bad -Please choose from the following excuses: public schooled you know, the sun was in my eyes and part of brain is a national treasure that has been closed off due to the government shutdown, Bud Selig was a meany to me, Carlos Danger was trying to IM me and I was confused, I recently contracted a contagious form of Joe Bidenites and now every thing tastes like sweat socks.

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[SoFloFreeper]

Peter King, the RINO, won’t get a dime from me. He can sign it for all I care.

[BigEdLB]

LOL!

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

This is when we all wish FR had a delete button. :)

[jazusamo]

LOL!

I only knew because of an article about that turkey Angus some time back.

[Red_Devil 232]

They must have good Margaritas.