Posted on 08/04/2014 6:52:46 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Editors Note: The MSM continues to react to the turning point in the immigration debate that occurred last week in DC. We reprint here.
Don’t be confused about what happened in the House of Representatives on Friday: It was a huge win for the far right, a major victory for Ted Cruz, an embarrassment for John Boehner, and, potentially, a pivotal moment that will make future dealings between the White House and congressional Republicans, if you can possibly believe it, far worse than they’ve been already.
What happened, as you probably know, is that Boehner had a bill ready to go Thursday, one he thought he had the votes to pass. Then Cruz rounded up some of the far-right members of the House GOP caucus and plotted a revolt. Boehner saw that his bill wasn’t going to pass and pulled it. Then, on Friday, Boehner and his leadership team sat down with these right-wingers and made a series of concessions to them.
It’s important to wrap your head around this. See, if you live on the same planet I live on, you think that the House of Representatives has been plenty conservative, and that Republicans there can hardly be accused of being too accommodating of Barack Obama. But if you live on tea party planet, Boehner has been a sellout. I know, I know. But it’s true.
Or it was true. Not anymore. Just read this account from Time’s Alex Rogers. He quotes winger after winger crowing about having finally won one. A Texan named Kenny Marchant said: “From the time I’ve ever been here…I’ve never seen them as responsive to the, I would call them the ‘No votes.’”(continued)
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“Far right winger.” Huh?
” winger after winger “
It’s never a left-winger they criticize is it?
What is the function of the House?
Why are they elected every two years? All of them?
Who doubts that they are performing as designed?
And what do you call someone who questions their legitimacy?
A huge win for the right??
Obama got exactly what he wants
Give the lib/progs a break. They are working hard here to spin this as best as they can.
We should be mindful the 'Boehner Bill' most likely will never see the light of day in the Senate. And if it should and by some miracle pass, nobama will veto it.
It is RACIST to impose SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL Immigrants and minorities by flooding the labor market with ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
and for those tempted to toss the “but what about the children?” meme, into the discussion, just remind yourself that the reason they wouldn’t allow congressmen and the press into the holding centers, it is because there were 4 adults for every minor in the facility.
John Boehner is a huge drunk. He drinks and smokes all day. He is consumed by the power he holds. It’s not about what is best for the USA. It’s about what’s best for John.
I love Ted Cruz but NO ONE had more impact on house republicans than Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions. Without Sessions fighting for the citizens of this nation, the game would have been over by now.
Again, ideology and agenda trump the well-being & future of the nation ...
“Huh?”
He’s so far to the left, everything looks to the right for him.
“Huh?”
He’s so far to the left, everything looks to the right for him.
They knew the bill was going nowhere in the Senate and that even if it did that Obama had already said that he would veto the bill.
The entire bill was a political stunt that just need to be passed so that Boehner could say that the House (Republicans) had passed a bill to deal with the immigration crisis.
Marxists sure have a problem with the Tea Party.
Pray America wakes up
Bump!
“A huge win for the right??”
They got Boehner to compromise on a bill that would never get to the floor in the Senate.
Second THAT! Jeff Sessions rocks! He did some heavy lifting for not being known as a “winger”, but as a smart and deliberative man who has seen the beast and was willing to jump the shark for defending our borders.
He was loud and clear. I had dreamed Cruz and Sessions would get shoulder to shoulder one day and they worked in tandem perfectly on this issue, together at last.
I am not sure it is a “win” for the right “on border” where defacto amnesty is still happening. It might have been a “win for the right on the House floor” though.
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