Posted on 09/21/2009 3:52:42 AM PDT by IbJensen
WASHINGTON, DC - House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) says the country is in the midst of a "political rebellion" because his Democratic colleagues are "bankrupting America."
The Ohio lawmaker told the Values Voter Summit in Washington Saturday that the Democratic agenda over the past several months has been "nothing short of breathtaking." He noted that Democrats promised "jobs, jobs, jobs" with their 1,100-page stimulus, but instead America got "spending, spending, spending."
Boehner said he is focused on taking the gavel away from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi -- and during the debate over the" stimulus" package, some House Democrats accused him of being disrespectful for dropping the massive bill on the floor. The minority countered, saying "What's disrespectful is wasting $800 billion and expecting our kids and grandkids to pay the bills."
The congressman also railed against the cap-and-trade bill that passed the House, noting it would, among other things, impose a $1,750 energy tax on Americans and require "Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to have 'green mortgages.'" On healthcare, he pointed out that H.R. 3200 would create 51 new agencies, boards, commissions, and mandates.
Boehner also attempted to dispel claims that there is no taxpayer funding of abortion in the legislation, stating that "If you look at the bill in the House, it allows for taxpayer-funded abortions."
The House minority leader concluded noting that, given their stimulus and energy tax bills and their promotion of a government-run healthcare bill, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) and other Democratic leaders should not be surprised that so many Americans are showing up at TEA (Taxed Enough Already) parties and town hall meetings.
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I have no interest in supporting anybody whose primary loyalty is based on race.
Oh, they can call us names, they can call us nazis, they can call us terrorists, they can call us nut jobs...but don't you dare drop our albatross monster bill on the floor (what is it, their Bible - ohhhhh...don't answer that..)
What a bunch of crybabies and juvenile delinquents.
Suddenly I am hearing about the Apollo group, I had never heard of them until I believe Sean Hannity the other night. Why isn’t more being made of this? Oh right, the media doesn’t want to talk about it!
NO MORE RINOS JOHN!!!!
NO MORE APPESING THE LEFT JOHN!!!
Get the message yet?
Harry Reid was on record praising the Apollo Group for writing the stimulus bill back in January or February 2009.
I’m sure he has been told to shut up since blabbing about that.
After all, Republicans and conservatives are supposed to pay the price with Hispanics for opposing Sotomayor, but the RATS got more support after opposing Miguel Estrada.
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The problem for Steele was twofold - he missed the chance to bring up the connection of Cuomo to ACORN to Obama. Secondly, he didn’t even make the point he was trying to make - something along the lines of liberal hypocrisy calling Conservatives racist while themselves opposing candidates of color whenever it is politically expedient without themselves falling prey to their own assanine criticism.
Calling out liberal hypocrisy was a worthy answer - he just didn’t make the point - didn’t make the connection.
If he were on top of his game, he could have made both points!
I have no interest in supporting anybody whose primary loyalty is based on race.
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I think he did it poorly, but I think he was headed down the path of saying the liberals are hypocrites on race - criticizing Rs and Conservatives for being politically expedient when the Ds and libs are always expedient regardless of race - so LAY OFF US when the same thing happens...
It’s such a primarily phony issue (race card) and is being used WAY too much by the boy who cried wolf libs.
We need an outside group of real conservatives to get very active in the primary process, to purge the RINOs out. Forget third parties, the only way to make it happen is to take over control of the Republican party the way the Left has taken control of the Dems.
Hey, I miss that five dollar a gallon gasoline...
Hiding and shaking in their boots.
LLS
Ditto. GREAT post!
“What we need to do is forget the (R) and forget the (D), and rally people to vote “Conservative”.”
Great point worth repeating, concernedaboutpolitics.
This is what Palin stated, in similar terms, during her final speech as Governor. Yet another reason I like her!
The RNC will have my attention when they start talking about cleaning up the GOP, getting quickly back to small government, and restoring state/federal balance more than they whine about getting back into power. And that’s exactly what I told the solicitor wanting $200 bucks from me.
When the RNC calls me I tell them I’m no longer a Republican. When they ask me if I joined the Democrats I tell them, “Hell no! I’m a Monarchist.”
The question is why aren’t Steele and the rest of the Republicans prepared? They never refuted the Sotomayor opposition will hurt Republicans with the Estrada and Janice Rogers Brown opposition didn’t hurt the RATS at all with hispanics and blacks. They aren’t linking Cuomo to ACORN. They can’t call out the RATS on their racial hypocrisy. What the bleep are they doing all day?
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Right. It’s not *all* Republicans, but most Republicans and about 95% of the leadership. They are fiddling while Rome is burning or about to burn...perhaps that’s an inept analogy..
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