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Tea Party leader calls for John Boehner to step down ("He is in the process of surrendering")
The Hill ^ | 07/27/2011 | Cameron Joseph and Daniel Strauss

Posted on 07/27/2011 9:18:42 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Tea Party Nation leader Judson Phillips called on House Speaker John Boehner "to go" and be replaced by a "Tea Party Speaker of the House" in a blog post Wednesday morning, the same day that Jenny Beth Martin, co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots, said that her group was looking into the same idea.

"Now Boehner is in the process of surrendering again. He is surrendering not to [President] Obama, but to the status quo in Washington," Phillips wrote. "The House passed Cut, Cap and Balance, which would cut $111 billion from the budget. It would cap spending and set a good course for the future."

Martin sounded a similar theme at a breakfast sponsored by The Christian Science Monitor, saying that in a just-completed poll of their members, four-fifths are not satisfied with Boehner and nearly three-quarters would like to have a new Speaker of the House.

"Maybe we should see about a different Speaker right away," she said.

Philips was more strident in his criticism. "Boehner has no real interest in solving the problems this country faces. ... He worships at the altar of massive spending," he wrote. "We need a Speaker who is a leader. We need someone with courage and vision. Boehner has none of those qualities. He is not a leader."

Phillips urged readers to call their legislators and advocate for Boehner "to go" and be replaced by a "Tea Party Speaker of the House."

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: boehner; debtceiling; johnboehner; judsonphillips; teaparty
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1 posted on 07/27/2011 9:18:48 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
I concur...Boner must go!


2 posted on 07/27/2011 9:21:40 AM PDT by Bobalu (He who is compassionate to the cruel will ultimately become cruel to the compassionate)
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To: SeekAndFind

Well, I must say I have been saying this for several months, and they should add McConnell to that list as well.


3 posted on 07/27/2011 9:21:46 AM PDT by stockpirate (Republicans that vote for socialism, support socialists are socialists.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Spine Boehner, spine. Believe me. You are running from ghosts.

If you stick to your guns, you will be hailed as the hero that saved our country. Otherwise, you will be know as the Pontius Pilate that caused America’s crucifixion


4 posted on 07/27/2011 9:22:01 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: SeekAndFind

As a side note I think the democrats are not going to pass or sign anything, they are going to let everything crash and blame the republicans and finish the coup of America.


5 posted on 07/27/2011 9:23:21 AM PDT by stockpirate (Republicans that vote for socialism, support socialists are socialists.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Just let him and the others do their job and don't say they haven't.. when you are put up against all the criminals in Washington then you have to have time to get your stuff together..I hate it when people are so antsy and then their is a poor result..How long have they been there trying to clean up democrats mess,by my figures it has been only around six months..
6 posted on 07/27/2011 9:23:39 AM PDT by PLD
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To: SeekAndFind

Who are these fools?

Boehner is right.


7 posted on 07/27/2011 9:24:02 AM PDT by JRochelle (Note to the MSM: Unemployment has been higher under every month of Obama than any month under Bush.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Add Senator Mumbles to the list...


8 posted on 07/27/2011 9:24:11 AM PDT by Common Sense 101 (Hey libs... If your theories fly in the face of reality, it's not reality that's wrong.)
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To: SeekAndFind

” Martin sounded a similar theme at a breakfast sponsored by The Christian Science Monitor, saying that in a just-completed poll of their members, four-fifths are not satisfied with Boehner and nearly three-quarters would like to have a new Speaker of the House.

“Maybe we should see about a different Speaker right away,” she said.

Philips was more strident in his criticism. “Boehner has no real interest in solving the problems this country faces. ... He worships at the altar of massive spending,” he wrote. “We need a Speaker who is a leader. We need someone with courage and vision. Boehner has none of those qualities. He is not a leader.”

I get 4 or so e mails from Judson every day. I agree!!

And take that ol fossil McConnell with you, Boner!


9 posted on 07/27/2011 9:24:20 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Boner doesn't bother me as much as McConnell. Boner can be at least encouraged to take a stand with heavy Conservative pressure. McConnell is a total loser.


10 posted on 07/27/2011 9:24:54 AM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The bottom line is the gop needs to say STOP IT NOW! And then recess and go home to ticker tape parades.


11 posted on 07/27/2011 9:25:10 AM PDT by Terry Mross (I'll only vote for a SECOND party.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I love it when all these self-appointed, unelected “Tea Party leaders” emerge and make pronouncements that are splashed all over the place by the press.


12 posted on 07/27/2011 9:25:59 AM PDT by livius
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To: SeekAndFind

Second the motion. The bill passed by the House was actually very modest. Few of the things that really need to be done, like abolishing the Department of Education and the EPA. And it only goes a little way toward balancing the budget.

But at least it’s a start. Boner’s plan is very little different from Harry Reid’s. More spending, more entitlements, more power to the Communist/Muslim president, and basically nothing toward fixing the problems that have put our country on the road to destruction.

If it’s hard to balance the budget now, how hard will it be after another year of uncontrolled spending?


13 posted on 07/27/2011 9:26:06 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Why I Oppose the Boehner-Reid Debt Plan
SCF ^ | 7-26-11 | U.S. Senator Jim DeMint
 
 
An important message from Sen. Jim DeMint
http://charlestonteaparty.org/an-important-message-from-sen-jim-demint/ ^ | 7/26 | charlestontea party and demint
 
God bless Sen. Jim DeMint. HE should be drafted for our nominee.


14 posted on 07/27/2011 9:26:06 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (The views and opinions expressed in this post are true and correct. Deal with it)
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To: SeekAndFind
Mr. Speaker: The House has passed a plan. Send CC&B back to the senate - where it just might pass.

Otherwise, send Joe Walsh or Michele Bachmann to the leadership, immediately!

15 posted on 07/27/2011 9:26:29 AM PDT by Jane Long (2 Chron 7:14)
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To: SeekAndFind

Spiked your tea?? Be real please.


16 posted on 07/27/2011 9:26:56 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: SeekAndFind

Who the heck is this “JUDSON” guy who speaks for the “tea party?”


17 posted on 07/27/2011 9:27:07 AM PDT by goodnesswins
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To: SeekAndFind

Speaker Boner is useless waste.

Default is imminent, and it was brought to us by both of our garbage political parties.


18 posted on 07/27/2011 9:27:32 AM PDT by chris37 (representative)
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To: PLD

“How long have they been there trying to clean up democrats mess,by my figures it has been only around six months..”

How about six decades? The sad truth is, the Republicans know what they are up against. No matter what they do, the spin will be against them, that is just the way it is.


19 posted on 07/27/2011 9:27:41 AM PDT by Toespi
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To: SeekAndFind

Question: I thought that the “tea party movement” has no leaders?

Besides, who can do the Speaker of the House job as far as GOP is concerned? Cantor, Ryan?


20 posted on 07/27/2011 9:28:22 AM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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