Posted on 03/29/2013 10:43:29 AM PDT by Starman417
Haley Barbour once said
You know, Napoleon said ‘Never interfere with an enemy while he’s in the process of destroying himself.’
Which apparently derives from the Napoleon quote:
"...when the enemy is making a false movement we must take good care not to interrupt him.”
To paraphrase Mark Twain, I have read the obituaries and reports of the death of the GOP are premature. The prospects for GOP control of not just the House, but all of Congress, are brightening daily because of two ongoing themes: gun control and Obamacare. The damage is self-inflicted.
Gun control is causing gastric reflux for many democrats. Obama is urging them not to get "squishy." Demcorat fears of GOP control are rising:
Republicans increasingly see the Senate majority as being in play in 2014.Democrats are defending 20 seats, including seven in states President Obama lost in the last election, and they have seen five of their incumbents retire, raising their bar for holding the upper chamber.
Republicans would have to win six seats to take over the Senate, a sizable number. But in a midterm election year — when a president’s party historically loses congressional seats — GOP confidence is growing.
“The playing field is shaping up to be a positive one for Republicans in 2014,” National Republican Senatorial Committee spokesman Brad Dayspring said. Retirements by Democrats such as Sen. Tim Johnson (S.D.), who formally announced Tuesday he would leave the Senate at the end of this term, are helping the GOP, he said.
Dayspring acknowledged winning the Senate won’t be easy: Republicans must get “consensus candidates” and make sure they are ready for battle. In 2012, the GOP entered the election cycle thinking it would win the upper chamber and failed, partly because of flawed candidates.
But he said things are shaping up well for the party this time.
“The playing field and weather conditions are great for us. Now we have to go out and execute,” he said.
An assault weapons ban would not even pass the democrat-controlled Senate. Harry Reid agreed to adding a AW ban only as an amendment to a larger bill.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) this week decided to remove the ban from firearms legislation scheduled for the floor. However, he has promised Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) a floor vote on her assault weapons amendment.Reid said Tuesday the proposal would not muster 40 votes, and interviews with rank-and-file lawmakers show that seems accurate.
A wave of Democratic defections on the assault weapons ban would not sit well with gun-control and liberal advocacy groups. They warn Democratic senators who vote to kill one of President Obama’s biggest priorities will suffer political repercussions.
Yet Obama keeps ramping up the pressure.
And the Mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg only adds to the fun when he seems to speak for democrat politicians:
“I do think there are certain times we should infringe on your freedom,”
The tsunami that is Obamacare is building and starting to take its toll. It will
Boost insurance costs.
Push millions off employer coverage.
Cause premiums to skyrocket.
Cost people their jobs.
Tax the middle class.
Add to the deficit.
Cost more than promised.
Be a bureaucratic nightmare.
Exacerbate doctor shortages.
Leave millions uninsured.
Obamacare will raise the cost of claims by 32%.
Obamacare costs are exploding.
(excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net...
And now his family is in SUN VALLEY IDAHO SKIING and that’s AFTER they went to the Bahamas!! Joe Biden’s MILLION DOLLAR 2- night stay in hotels!! The ELITES are really spending our money having fun!!
I have asked this question, and no one has responded due to the unlikely nature of the proposition, but if the Dems tries to “fix” or “eliminate’ o-care, should the GOP help?
Unfortunately, the Republican leadership looks far more like Petain instead of Napoleon.
Just wait till the stock market has it’s ‘Wiley Coyote over the cliff” realization. It’s coming.
Change ‘2014’ to ‘2012’ and it’s the same talk as last year. How’d that work out for us?
As a conservative, I feel like we have been inflicted with some sort of “curse of the Bambino”.
Why not? It’s our money. Not theirs.
“but if the Dems tries to “fix” or “eliminate’ o-care, should the GOP help?”
There are two answers to that. One. Yes. Obamacare is hurting the entire economy. If your enemy wants to do the right thing, it will only be a handful of them who are facing tough elections, but maybe enough to pull it off. It will not be a change of heart on the part of the Democratic party. Having said that the second answer is; it will never happen. Fixing Obamacare would require admitting that the entire Democratic party philosophy is wrong. (The cradle to grave government control of every aspect of your life from your love-making to what you eat to how you’re treated when you need medicine to how much energy you use to how much carbon footprint you leave when you die.) Once a single chink appears in their armor it would spread like a windshield crack and explode in their faces.
The Democratic party has always been about making people dependent. They’ve achieved the holy grail of dependency, they won’t abandon it now.
I think this is entirely off the mark. There is no evidence that 0bama is destroying himself. He’s destroying the country and what it has traditionally stood for. He’s impoverishing the people who are not part of his contributory elite. Don’t interfere? What’s the endpoint supposed to be?
That Napoleon comment assumes that there is someone opposing them. Without opposition they can make all the false moves they want, and pay no price.
we should start calling RINOs VICHY REPUBLICANS although almost everyone under 30 who attended higher level indoctrination centers would not understand.
Now now...tsk. We’re not allowed to complain about the fam spending millions on exotic vacay. I’ve seen at least two FReepers chastising everybody for noticing the ID ski trip while the White Hut remains closed to tourists.
The only GOP help should be all or nothing. Either repeal the whole thing lock, stock and barrel, or leave it in place as Justice Roberts permitted.
“I do not see the Republicans winning a majority in the Senate or even holding the House.”
I agree. 0bama is watching the GOP make mistake after mistake, and he just sits back and watches his attack dog state media propaganda organs rip them to shreds. The communist media and educational complex feels free of any pretense of objectivity, are totally partisan, and know no restraint.
The poor dumb bastards in the national GOP have no idea how screwed they are. They play politics like the Washington Generals play basketball.
I think that saying has its roots in The Art of War by Sun Tzu.
A GOP controlled Senate means exactly nothing. They are nothing but a bunch of scared rabbits. The only thing that separates the GOP from the commies is lack of hyphenated names..
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