Aide: Political Logic of Angering GOP Base Over Immigration So Close to Midterm Election "Baffling"

Reaganite Republican ^ | 25 January 2014 | Reaganite Republican

[Reaganite Republican]

"Do we really want to just give up the midterms like this?"

If you thought the poorly-skippered GOP ship was already way, way out there -cast adrift far from what most anybody I know is calling for-  yet still expected them to at least 'play' conservative (and say stuff that actual conservatives like to hear) in the run-up to this year's 2014 midterms, you'd have been right on the first point... but wrong on the second.

See, the RINO-corporatists that run the Republican Party today have dropped all pretense of giving a rat's ass what you think... they've actually come right out and told us they and their crony-capitalist allies will spend million$ just to shut us the hell up. 

Not only do they not want to deal with -nor hear a peep- from the right anymore, Boehner/McConnell/Rove et. a. are making it abundantly clear through their actions and words that they don't even want Tea Party default votes (cast with a clothes pin on our nose)... because if they succeed in ramming-through the new RINObama pseudo-amnesty plan they and the Chamber of Commerce are all jazzed about, conservatives are going to shun this party in droves- staying home on Election Day just like they did(n't) for Romney, and then some.

But there are a few principled constitutional conservatives around these days, and they -along with anybody else in the House interested in maintaining the US of A as a viable concept- are quietly putting an alternative plan/defense in place that would stop John Boehner's threatened scheme for immigration reform -one reportedly far to the left of anything Republicans have proposed previously- and offer a sensible alternative -with nothing like amnesty- instead:

Breitbart- ...conservative critics of Speaker John Boehner's planned immigration push are working to issue their own rival immigration principles to vie with the document Boehner is drafting. “There is definitely a growing mood of confusion and aggravation among conservatives in the House over the immigration issue right now,” 

The building backlash could create for a tumultuous 3-day retreat next week as Republicans gather in Maryland to plan the party's future. Upping the pressure, a key outside conservative today requested access to the retreat to brief lawmakers on the issue. 

Top GOP officials, meanwhile, are becoming bolder in their embrace of immigration reform. House Budget Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) emerged Thursday to discuss how House GOP leadership plans to bring immigration legislation to the floor, while on House Majority Whip Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)--the third highest House GOP leadership official--endorsed "legal status" for illegal aliens on Wednesday. 

At a recent Tea Party convention in S Carolina, conservative lawmakers expressed anger at Boehner's plan to push immigration reform after opponents seemed to stave off the effort last year.

 “I don't know why in the world House Republicans would move on immigration legislation in 2014,” said Representative Jeff Duncan of S Carolina. 

Representative Jim Bridenstine of Oklahoma said securing the border is a far more urgent priority than discussing the citizenship of illegal aliens in the U.S. because of the savage violence at the border.

“We have on the border of the United States 100,000 dead bodies just south of our border,” Bridenstine said. “We focus on Syria because that’s where the president wants to focus, while we have a crisis on our own southern border. And it’s because we have an insecure border.”

Let's hope this madness from the Gee Oh Pee establishment can be stopped-dead in it's tracks... because with any substantial legalization of 

millions of 3rd-world immigrants, Republicans can kiss the Oval Office goodbye until the Sun goes supernova...

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Michelle Malkin   Comically Incorrect   Breitbart   Townhall

[Reaganite Republican]

***ping***

[molson209]

The GOP are very scared that they will win big in 2014 ,so they will try to sabotage themselves as mush as they can ,because THEY HATE BEING IN CHARGE

[Reaganite Republican]

Never underestimate The Stupid Party... which is closely affiliated with Monty Python’s Silly Party, apparently

[FlingWingFlyer]

Exactly. The GOPers have become experts at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Not very bright.

[Diogenesis]

Boehner-Romney-McConnell-Rove-McCain are the GOP
and continue to keep the border open,
continue to coverup crime both foreign and domestic,
and have nothing in common with any conservative.

[Reaganite Republican]

That was to be ‘you can NEVER underestimate the Stupid Party’ (Gee Oh Pee)

[SeminoleCounty]

Best way to handle this is the way businesses handle management

Businesses fire employees every day when business goes south...whether or not it was the specific employees doing

Put such on House members. “Even if you vote against Amnesty...I will vote against you if it passes”

Require leadership from your representative. They will not fight if they are not expected to lead

[Cringing Negativism Network]

There is a part of the GOP for a strong America.

However there is an equally strong segment which would gladly crush American strength for the sake of their own profit.

The democrats have no “strong America” segment. So the democrats do not offer a solution, but the crush American strength Republicans are every bit as bad for America, and they are unfortunately in control right now.

America has no party currently in favor of a strong America.

Sure the Republicans are for a currently high defense budget, but are meanwhile sending American jobs to China.

We need a party to KEEP America the strongest SOB on the block.

Neither party is currently just for America.

America first.

[BitWielder1]

Too many GOPers are taking "advice" from pundits and consultants who'd have them believe that you have to be more like (D) in order to win elections.

[Arthurio]

They are conflicted about what to do because their corporate masters want amnesty and to increase the flow of illegals into the country.

[GeronL]

Imagine the Republicans spending tens of millions of dollars running against conservatism

and then we will lambasted as “letting Democrats win” if we refuse to vote for these nut jobs

[Common Sense 101]

Piss poor and gutlessly stupid people passing as “leadership”. Nothing “baffling” about it...

[Louis Foxwell]

au contraire, mon amie.
Republican leadership is aligned with statists and socialists in a combined effort to bring down constitutional government and the economy. They have no interest in opposing the Democrat party. Their sole interest is maintaining their status quo. They are as much the enemy of the republic as are progressives. There is no other logical explanation for their attempts to destroy the influence of patriots.

[wmfights]

The Pubs get huge money from the Chamber of Commerce members. The Chamber members want legalized cheap labor. They can deduct the cost of labor with legalization and they can find people willing to do the work with legalization.

The problem isn't the labor pool. The problem is there is no incentive for people to change their behavior and work for less than what they believe they are worth because the "nanny state" will take care of them. I don't see the welfare state changing and creating the need for people to find work by reducing or eliminating benefits.

I think the GOP-e is just trying to position itself as a partner with the Rats rather than a noble alternative.

[Burlem]

Can’t stand Boehner and company, Rove is always wrong about everything yet still is on Fox frequently.

Nothing from these people have worked, yet they keep saying the same thing, Boehner is Speaker because of the Tea Party yet he blasts them. EGAD, get rid of him.

[alloysteel]

I get solicitations from the Republican Senatorial Campaign, and from Speaker John Boehner on behalf of the Republican National Congressional Committee, with a prepaid envelope and a long questionnaire, and I respond the same way every time, stating that I do not believe they even CARE what I think, they are fighting against the T.E.A. party far more vigorously than ever they would fight a Democrat, and fire it right back to them (not with a contribution).

I do support individual Republican races, even some that seem hopeless (yes, I supported Sharron Angle against Harry Reid), if only because every dollar Harry Reid had to spend defending his seat, was one less dollar he has to share out with somebody else whom I do not like in the least.

Do not feed the beast, or at least, do not feed the wrong one.

[PowderMonkey]

Nothing “baffling” about it. They're not stupid. They are compromised, and just want to stay in the country club. Witness Speaker of House John Boehner’s comments on Jay Leno's program earlier this week. He's not about to give up what's really important to HIM (cigs and booze) just to run for President. He and his colleagues have lost all regard for the American people. They just want to stay in the club...and keep all those dirty emails, videos, and questionable finances from being made public.

[RIghtwardHo]

This presupposes the GOP is smart. They aren’t.

[wmfights]

and then we will lambasted as “letting Democrats win” if we refuse to vote for these nut jobs

I stuck with them for a lot of years, including McCain & Romney.

Now that the damage is done and I see that they exempted themselves from obamacare (giving themselves and their staffs special subsidies) I will only contribute to Tea Party supported candidates and I will not vote for anyone who is not a Tea Party supported candidate.