Posted on 10/08/2013 10:33:56 AM PDT by Maelstorm
WASHINGTON — One is a former Texas talk-radio host who had never held public office until he won a seat in Congress in the 2010 tea party wave.
Another is an MIT-educated inventor who has all but shelved his scientific pursuits to reinvent government.
Others are back-bench, right-wing lawmakers who have served in Congress for years but suddenly find their once far-afield views have more currency within their party.
These are the House Republicans who have convinced Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) to use the federal shutdown and a possible debt default as leverage to reduce the reach of government.
They are not just tea party members but a combination of newcomers and veterans who, by sheer force of their personalities, and emboldened by safe conservative districts, have chosen to defy Washington's traditional norms of conversation and compromise.
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It is. They are coming apart. The best way to defeat a leftist is just refuse to go along with their bs. They are always talking about change now they get a dose of some real change. :-)
Well, in the "mind" of the left, that scenario has the left doing all the conversating (choosing the narrative and issuing demands) and the right doing all the "compromising". Their definition of "compromise" is false and evil; real compromise has both parties getting some things that they want but didn't have before, but usually not everything they want.
Leftards have for decades perverted the word to mean that pro-freedom people give up something they already have, while the left "settles" for getting less NEW tyranny than some totalitarian shopping list they came up with, but the change from status quo ante was always in their direction; that was presumed to be the direction all change must take.
It's easy to see how the people with the correct values are going to get screwed here; it's actually surprising that it took Republicans this long to stop playing along. Why should they do all the compromising and get nothing in return?
It truly pisses off the communists in the enemedia when republicans exercise their Constitutional powers and obligations. I wish for hell to deposit all rats into the accounts of satan.
“legislative experience” means the ability to screw the people with less remorse every time it’s done.
Emboldened Republicans, as opposed to normally docile Republicans.
Yeah...the GOP definitely rejected compromise when they passed a huge new health entitlement with no vote in favor on the other side.
Oh, wait...wrong party.
Point. But have the GOP ever fought w/ a position of principle? IE: DEMS would love a completely Socialist nation, the GOP comes along and says “No, but how about Socialist lite”. And thus the Leftward march continues.
Gun control laws are another perfect example. “Shall not be infringed”, except for background checks, 7+ round mags, non-import ‘laws’, etc. Where is the battle where the clarion call is loudly sounded saying “What part of SHALL not do you NOT understand?”
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