Posted on 01/15/2015 8:50:26 AM PST by Oldpuppymax
Last week both the Republican and Democrat wings of the Uniparty celebrated another “defeat” of the TEA party movement with the re-election of John Boehner as the Speaker of House. After all, try as it might the TEA party movement was not able to muster the necessary votes to at least push the contest into an embarrassing second round. Closer examination suggests a very different reality.
The rules of the House say that in an election for Speaker the person who gets the most votes of those actually present when the roll is called wins. Clearly this gives an advantage to an incumbent Speaker as he/she is in a position to work behind the scenes to lower the number of voting members.
In a collaborative effort that brought both the Republican and Democrat wing of the Uniparty together, the Democrat leader, Nancy Pelosi allowed (more like instructed) 12 of her members to stay away using Mario Cuomo’s funeral as their excuse; even though it was the day before the vote. That would have given them plenty of time to get to Washington and vote, but of course they didn’t. That stunt, combined with a few legitimate weather problems, resulted in a voting poll that was reduced to 408 meaning Boehner really only needed 205 votes. Going into the vote the TEA party movement Republicans knew they could not derail Boehner yet 25 of them courageously voted against Boehner’s re-election.
This small step forward was absolutely a function of the TEA party movement’s, grass roots activism that elected more conservatives and swung state after state legislature...
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With all the Republican Governors and state houses its time for conservatives at the state level to take back power from the Rinos and Dem libs at the Federal level.
Tea party grass roots got many state level people elected and Boner and Gizzards can’t control them.
State GOP can teach the big shots a lesson in people power
State GOP parties are in the Chamber's hands as well. I've been working to bring about this type of change within State parties for many years. It's not going to happen. But again, go ahead...keep voting for the party that wants to crush you. Seems crazy to me, but then again, common sense ain't all that common anymore. Face it: THE GOP does not care about you, not the national party, and not the state parties.
I’ll keep saying it...
The Tea Party is a hostile takeover of the GOP.
Tea Party candidates run as Republicans.
If you find a Tea Party candidate on your ballot, (s)he will be listed as a Republican.
Not voting for that candidate, because (s)he is a Republican, is like starving yourself because you think the only food available is the wrong color.
Well...as has been shown in literature, green eggs and ham are pretty good, actually...
By holding your nose and voting for the (allegedly) less liberal R is only pushing the party further to the left. Have at it, but my advice is to buy more vaseline. You're getting screwed in the rear. Some people like that tho. That's not my business.
Justin Amash is just “less liberal” than Bob Goodrich. Got it.
Yeah, I can live with that :)
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