This woman has more intestinal fortitude then the Speaker ever thought of having.
Damn straight.
This is why the GOP is going to be done as a political force after November 2014.
We will vote for them one last time as there cannot be a Democrat led House--the Democrats hate this country and they are dangerous.
Gaining the Senate is a long shot for the GOP--I am not buying the happy horsesh#t that there will be a GOP tidal wave in November.
And I certainly have no illusions that the GOP will take on Obama starting in January 2015, not with the leadership, or intended replacements, they have now.
I would like to see us form a new party that has nothing to do with the UniParty, with someone like Sarah, Ted Cruz, or Allen West at the lead, and really bring the fight to the Dems for once.
This is similar in my mind to when the GOP was foiunded in 1854 because the Whigs had no appetite to fight slavery.
I have worked and waited for 22 years to see the GOP take on the Dems. Except for a brief glimmer of hope in 1995 and 1998, I have been sorely disappointed. And I will never forget them stabbing us in the back after we fought and gave them the House in 2010.
When I think of the Senate GOP and House leaders in the last 22 years, except for Newt, I want to vomit. The Dems must pinch themselves every day because they cannot believe their good luck to have such stupid opposition.
Our beloved America is in mortal danger. It is a time for choosing and for action--jawboning like Rush--well, we have had enough years of that.
We need leaders who will fight. And they are not found in the GOP-e.
She also has little to lose. As Milton Friedman used to say, it’s easier to stick to your principles outside the political arena where you don’t have to negotiate and compromise with the other side to accomplish things.
That’s a big reason for Reagan’s greatness - he was a master negotiator who understood the non-negotiable basic fundamental values and the lesser important negotiable things. He also understood that in order to get 100% of what he wanted, he would negotiate for 70% and, knowing that he’d get great results from the 70%, would later probably get the other 30%.
Outside of office, you don’t have to work so hard at this stuff. But Sarah’s role is important and I love her. It’s just hard to compare the dynamics of her role with that of Boehner. I don’ know that much about Boehner, but one strike against him for me is he is a figurehead for the GOPe which I despise.