Posted on 11/08/2009 10:30:24 PM PST by advance_copy
Rep. Joseph Cao (R-LA), the lone GOP vote for the House health reform bill that passed late last night, has responded to RNC Chairman Michael Steele's warnings about stepping outside of party lines. (WATCH Steele: "We'll come after you.")
Cao told CNN that Steele retains "the right to come after those members who do not conform to party lines, but I would hope that he would work with us in order to adjust to the needs of the district and to hold a seat that the Republican party would need." He represents the second congressional district of Louisiana, a solidly Democratic district that includes New Orleans. Cao said earlier today that he put the needs of his district over what was popular with his own party.
Cao's opponent was former Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA), who was under indictment on corruption charges at the time of the election, widely seen as the sole reason the Republican was able to triumph in this specific district. His unique victory was celebrated by Steele and other GOP leaders, a fact which the young lawmaker is not letting party leadership soon forget.
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To have a Republican represent William Jefferson’s (Democrat - Louisiana) district, and be willing to compromise to the point that the ‘big tent’ must include positions on issues like that, we compromise to the point that the GOP does not represent voters in places (like Virginia) where we really do need to win.
That is how rot-gut commies like Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Barak Obama take over our country.
Believe me. The RATS know it. If they get us to go wobbly on conservative values, we lose, they win. Do not let that happen.
The GOP wins elections when the GOP stands firm on solid conservative principles. Voting for Pelosi's communist health care was a betrayal of the worst order.
RNC leadership = oxymoron
Steele is a loser. He has no clue what he is talking about.
He swings with the pendulum.
Takes on conservatives in the 1H of this year. Turns into a conservative after the Summer revolution.
Supports Dede on day, and turns on her the next.
I won’t feel better until he is replaced with a better chairman.
Cao has more to fear from the people than Steele.
Odious little tapeworm, isn’t he?
He took a bribe of promise from Obama so aside from being stupid he sold out his country to a proven liar an cheat for something he will never get.
What a POS !
He's a chump who needs to find a gentler line of work.
You are absolutely correct.
Write him off, Mike. No brainer.
No one needs to come and get you, Cao. You’re through.
That district will go right back to rat no matter what this scumbag Cao does. The rats can have it.
Forget him. He’s just another rat no matter what party label he claims to wear.
Why waste time on Cao and a district that is mostly bums, deadbeats, and parasites to begin with? It’s obviously a rat district at heart. The GOP needs to concentrate on exposing and defeating fake “conservative” Democrats who won in right-leaning districts of hard-working, taxpaying, traditional American families by lying. Those districts should be Republican every time. Go after THOSE districts.
Maybe he will vote against it on the final bill, but ya he’s toast.
Well, well. A slimmed down DeeDee Scozzafava.
I’ve said the same thing: Steele is a RINO. Of course, the FR plants and trolls have labeled the posts as racists.
He sure does.
Let me defend Chairman Steele here. I know there’s been some frustration with him.
But he took over a party in shambles. We can go all day about how that came to be. Yet, posting here from Steele’s home county in Maryland, Steele has fantastic talents.
To put it in words of an analysis I heard from a Navy Captain almost twenty years ago, Steele is malleable. He is learning, and doing that right fast.
The problem here is not Steele, it is Cao. Let me illustrate with a story I heard years ago.
A German farmer kept his shepherd dogs, ferocious and loyal, as his finest allies in dealing with his flocks. They helped him in everything he needed to do everyday running the farm.
One day, the biggest and toughest of the shepherd dogs turned on him and bit him slightly on the hand. The farmer smacked the dog down with a stick, and the dog backed down with tail between legs.
But the farmer knew he was not done dealing with this betrayal. He grabbed the collar of the animal that had attacked him and dragged it in front of the other dogs.
He took out his revolver and shot the dog right in the back of the head. The animal fell limp and collapsed on the ground. The farmer left it there for a day.
Never again did any one of the German shepherd dogs bite the farmer.
This is how Steele must handle Cao’s betrayal.
Yep, and I bet they have a LOT more ammo now to get
more people on board with them!
http://teapartypatriots.org/Group/Greater_New_Orleans_Tea_Party
They're two-faced.
Well then..how about the other RINO dogs like Snowe and Collins?
Cao the VC will switch parties,,,
Watch for it...
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