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Boehner and his allies prepare fall battle with conservative GOP critics
The Washington Post ^ | September 16th, 2015 | By Paul Kane and Robert Costa

Posted on 09/16/2015 12:06:39 PM PDT by Mariner

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To: Mariner

I heard Nunez CA called the base Sal Alinsky types in their tactics.
Nunez needs to b challenged bigly.


21 posted on 09/16/2015 12:51:28 PM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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I heard Nunez CA called the base Sal Alinsky types in their tactics.
Nunez needs to b challenged bigly.


22 posted on 09/16/2015 12:51:33 PM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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Bet they won’t surrender to conservatives like they do to leftists.


23 posted on 09/16/2015 1:13:59 PM PDT by fwdude (The last time the GOP ran an "extremist," Reagan won 44 states.)
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“Boehner and his allies prepare fall battle with conservative GOP critics”

He wouldn’t be facing ouster if he had prepared and done battle with democrats. My Congressman, Trent Kelly (R) MS 01, was elected in a special election in June. He is a Boehner ally and sycophant. Kelly already has an announced Conservative primary opponent, I just hope we don’t end up with twelve in the primary again.


24 posted on 09/16/2015 1:33:51 PM PDT by duffee (No money to the Mississippi Republican Party as long as joe nosef is chairman)
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No folks really. We have to send guys like this to DE because the dem is worse.

Oh wait. the Dem isn’t...

Well no matter. He hates us, America and he has an R so we just have to or the world will end!

Idiots.


25 posted on 09/16/2015 2:10:33 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart ("The road is long...and I must poop." - Volarian Lionheart/Hero of the people)
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“threatening to topple him unless he is more ferocious with Democrats during the upcoming fiscal showdowns.”

Uh, I’m hesitant to criticize these brainy wordsmiths at the WashPo, but wouldn’t Boehner have to be “ferocious” at least one time before he could be “more ferocious”?


26 posted on 09/16/2015 2:12:41 PM PDT by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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“said Rep. Peter T. King (R-N.Y.), who is part of the speaker’s circle of unofficial advisers.”

The mention of this knucklehead shows that the WashPo boys have been drinking out of the toilet bowl again.


27 posted on 09/16/2015 2:14:49 PM PDT by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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The thought that the gop will do anything to change a winning leadership team is laughable.

More kabuki theatre for public consumption.


28 posted on 09/16/2015 2:32:45 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Voting is like choosing whether you'd prefer the crips or MS-13 to take over your neighborhood.)
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“The people considering this are being totally irresponsible, but Boehner’s guys, we’re getting ready for whatever may come — not out of fear, but with exasperation about what some Republicans are willing to do to their own party,” said Rep. Peter T. King (R-N.Y.), who is part of the speaker’s circle of unofficial advisers.

Peter King is a backstabbing creep.

29 posted on 09/16/2015 2:35:43 PM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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Already, Freedom Caucus members are mulling whom to back if they topple Boehner. One name that has come up repeatedly in conversations, according to people who have participated: Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy.

NO! McCarthy is Boehner's consigliere, and actually tried to force his home district's main radio station to drop Mark Levin from its evening lineup because he didn't like what Mark had to say about him.

30 posted on 09/16/2015 2:41:02 PM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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Well... well... well...

The Orange Cheetos Boehner has possibly come out 'fighting' (maybe) again.

Hmmmmm...when was the last time Cheetos Boehner showed a backbone ...just in primary season and going against Tea Party members and Conservatives. Then he stiffens up against Conservatives unlike his demeanor towards fellow Democrat allies.

Boehner, we're exasperated due to the constant abandonment of your campaign promises, the spineless kowtowing to Obama, Pelosi, Reid. Fellow travelers all.

Just free yourself from the constant chasing of lobbyists' monies and relinquish the Speakership as it is just cutting into your happy hour, tan time and your cozy 'honey'.



31 posted on 09/16/2015 2:48:29 PM PDT by Stand Watch Listen (When the going gets tough--the Low Information President Obie from Nairobi goes golfing/fundraising)
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He looks like a Chicago gangster.


32 posted on 09/16/2015 2:52:36 PM PDT by Sam Gamgee (May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't. - Patton)
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If you are a Conservative in DC - basically you are the enemy. The muslims and ISIS are not th enemy it is the limited number of conservatives that the GOPe and the democrats are fearful of. Hell if ISIS showed up they probably would welcome them with open arms, but you know they would lose their heads in a moment, but that does not matter because they speak out of their backsides!


33 posted on 09/16/2015 3:20:15 PM PDT by hondact200 (Donald Trump is No Ronald Reagan. Conservative, Christian, and Gun Owner since 1982)
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So I will "fight"! Now, in the end, President Obama will get everything he wants, but not before my "fight" hurts our military, air traffic controllers, DoD shipyard workers, and whoever else I can think of. We will pass emergency funding in the meantime to make sure that the lazy, the scammers, the illegal immigrants, and the welfare cheats continue to get their Trillions. Whose with me?!

34 posted on 09/17/2015 2:53:56 AM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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If Boner ever fought liberals as much as he fights conservatives, we’d win all the time.


35 posted on 09/17/2015 5:09:49 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Imagine the GOPe spending half as much energy attacking liberals as they do conservatives!)
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Boner is a drunken bum. A schoolyard bully. Afraid of real opponents.


36 posted on 09/17/2015 5:14:52 AM PDT by anton
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