Posted on 12/14/2013 4:15:11 AM PST by Kaslin
Reagan and Palin, aside from those two.
Now we have Cruz, I’ll fight for him.
The Republican Party is in its self-inflicted death throes. It does not even make a pretense of governing. It deserves to be avoided at all costs. There is a new political force, The TEA Party, if only we have the courage to let the GOP die.
BTW, I would 11. “We only control one-sixth the government so we can’t do much.” - John Boehner, upon his selection as House Speaker.
Republicans will face intense pressure over unemployment benefits
BY GREG SARGENT
December 11 at 12:24 pm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/12/11/republicans-will-face-intense-pressure-over-unemployment-benefits/
[snip] The imminent expiration of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation program for 1.3 million Americans is mostly being treated as a fait accompli in Washington... (Dems have created an interactive map showing how many people in each state stand to lose benefits.)... This strategy includes placing Op ed pieces by Democrats in papers that serve the districts of top Republicans, such as this one by Rep. Sander Levin in the Cleveland Plain-Dealer, the largest paper in John Boehner’s home state. The game plan is granular: One Democrat points out to me that stats are available on how many would lose benefits on the county level, and that Dems are trying to push these numbers into the coverage, because it is tangible for people in local communities. [/snip]
12. Trent Lott, the former Senate leader and top-dog lobbyist referring to newly elected Congressmen and Senators: “We don’t need a lot of Jim DeMint disciples. As soon as they get here, we need to co-opt them”
Republicans believe in winning elections; all hinges on winning.
We can't fight for principles when we're in the minority until we win the majority; we can't fight for principles until we win both houses; we can't fight for principles until we hold all the levers of power, including the White House; we can't fight for principles when we control the entire government (ala Bush43) lest we lose power.
Republicans don't really mind conservatism that much. They're quite flexible and are happy to go either way; whatever gets them to win elections and keep hold on power is the right way to go.
I always yell “I’m not masturbating!” when someone knocks on my office door so they know that I’m not masturbating. – Rob Delaney
For some reason, I always think of this guy's quote every time the GOP bigwigs have another high level, closed door strategy session.
When he first came to D.C. as a rep. in 1973, Lott was a real conservative. Within a decade, he had turly “grown” in office, but even liberals wouldn’t admit that he had “grown”.
The same for Scott Brown, only faster. Now he wants to run in New Hampshire!
there should be set terms of only 2 for Congress - this crap of staying in office for a lifetime has got to end...they should go there to MAINTAIN - not change - try to improve - bring in new ideas - try to run health care, auto industry, and real estate...and OUR LIVES...
pathetic politician - Trix’s are for Kids!
The Republican Party is a 160 year-old bitch that's gone deaf and blind. The solution is not a rolled-up newspaper, the solution is euthanasia.
SOME SMART SOMEBODY ONCE SAID.
LEAD
FOLLOW ......... R
GIT OUT OF THE WAYYY !
By god that was ME.........~
I fear it is too late to permit only the GOP to die.
We may need to allow the republic to die to be later reformed in a new image which, hopefully, will adopt the founding vision of freedom for "We the People."
Probably not but I can dream.
~PRESCIENT~
ZK
~PRRESCIENT~
Not with all the career bureaucrats and judges we have - they will become the real, not just the shadow, government.
Yeah, you’re right, we need an activist Congress.
“Term limits!”
These are absolutely required to avoid tyranny, in any government. Presidents should have one 5 or 6 year term, with no chance at reelection. Same with governors, same with Senators. House members should have a maximum of 2 - four year terms. One should only be allowed to hold office in two different branches of government - in a lifetime. You could be Governor and President, or Governor and Senator/Congressman, but nothing else. You would earn a year of pension for each year in office. No more than that.
And Gowdy. Don’t forget him.
I don’t trust members of the Establishment who are in control, for the time being, of the Republican Party.
The problem with term limits is that it increases the power of the entrenched liberals in the bureaucracy. If we limit the terms of the elected branches of government, we must also limit the terms of top bureaucrats, and we must find a way to limit the terms of federal judges who run amok.
Missouri has a “knock-out vote” so that every judge must face a vote by the people to be retained in office. This allows voters to eject a bad judge. We very much need this for the federal Supreme Court justices. The election cycle on this vote should be in the off-year (mid-term) elections so any public debate about a given justice doesn’t get drowned out by the presidential considerations.
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