Boehner’s remarks are idiotic and a disgrace - he had the votes to pass his bill - why further inflame those whom he will certainly need for future battles by attacking real conservatives - and give ammunition to those whom he will be fighting in those battles - all for no reason - pathetic.....
The GOP’ don’t really care about regaining the senate. They will work their
deal with the RATs regardless. It’s the DC Hacks vs America.
This bunch, including Bonehead, Cantor, Ryan and McConnell have got to go.
Political defeat of the Democrats ought to be easier than ever given the numerous scandals, repeated lies, and rampant Executive lawlessness.
Yet somehow the Repubs are incapable of political victory. They repeatedly focus on ceding advantage now for some hypothetical future advantage that never materializes. Ryan’s current budget plan is an example. Perhaps it will work. I doubt it though, because by the time elections come next fall Obamacare will have had a year to be corrected and refined and the shocks of loosing your doctor and increased costs will have worn off, they will be grudgingly accepted and like a droning noise, ignored.
The time to fight them is now. Obama can make all the decrees he wants, they are not law. Government agencies are not following law but instead these decrees. How about criticizing Obama’s calls for criminal behavior? When Obama decreed a delay in implementing PPACA for employers with more than 50 employees, did Boehner declare that this is beyond Obama’s power? No. Boehner criticized Obama for excluding small businesses and promised to introduce a bill to delay implementation for small businesses. How about Congress withdraw funding for every one of these agencies that is following Obama exhortations rather than the law? The Democrats will howl and the Senate will never pass it - but it puts the spotlight on the criminality. Will Republicans ever focus on the criminality? Never.
Democrats must be defeated intellectually as well as politically. With the failures of PPACA this should be easier than ever. Socialism is on the ropes. No is the time to destroy the idea. There is no hope for intellectual victory, the repubs are not up to the job. They do not articulate any ideas. I doubt that they have any cohesive ideas.
The House - under the Republicans - has been made into a joke. They issue subpoenas which are ignored with impunity. They hold people in Contempt of Congress, but then do nothing about it. They have allowed Executive encroachment on the Legislature by accepting these decrees.
They’re worthless whiners who find fifty reasons why they can’t do anything and will fight and thwart any attempt to promote Constitutional conservatism or to stand up to the Democrats.
When they lose next fall, as incredibly difficult as that should be, you can thank John Boehner et al. Boehner is Obama’s right hand man.
“Senate Conservative Fund executive director Matt Hoskins. “This is the type of stuff that sends a message to voters that their leaders in Washington don’t like them, and they don’t represent them”
This is the “Mark my word, no new taxes” liar Group, that came in after Reagan, there not to serve, but to use the government as a weapon, to take advantage of as many as they can not in their Group.
The TEA party is going to be collecting some big DC scalps in 2014. Put them on display and let then fear the anger.
This reminds me of those episodes of youth where the stronger kid will have the weaker kid’s wrists in hand and say, repeatedly, “Stop hitting yourself,” all the while having the weaker kid hit himself. Except, the republicans play this game alone.
It can only come from the states and it must.
“Many Republicans believe counter-attacks by the establishment is exactly the formula for unifying the party. “
This is precisely why they continually lose.
“The Republican party rarely misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity.”
Begs the question. Opportunity for what? If it’s just to elect more of the same and accomplish nothing, it isn’t much of an opportunity.
Boehner is really demoralizing and attacking the american people ability to do with less government. Attacking the Tparty is like attacking the messenger and beating the air with a bat. He is heinous.
I just figured it out... THIS WRITER IS GAY AND HIS POLITICS EMANATE FROM HIS UNGIRDED LOANS!
Really? I thoiught most people thought the Republican Party WAS the conservative party. Apparently not.
Now, what are these "Republican interests"? What they are actually talking about are the interests of elected Republican politicians. That those specific individuals retain their jobs, increase their power and make alot of money.
Why these "interests" should interest voters at all is a question left unasked.
The RINOs hate their voters and somehow that's a recipe for "electing more Republicans" to do what is never exactly mentioned, but just get more people with "R's" behind their names is good for us, somehow.
The Republican Party is doomed.
Wrong--Boner's performance throughout this budget "deal" fiasco has gone a long wat to ensure that conservatives either stay at home or vote third party in 2014. At least the DIMS are smart enough to know that you don't openly declare war on a key constituency if you want to stay in power.
Exhibit A: The 2012 Presidential contest
Just a simple question in reply to all this bickering about Conservative opposition to the budget:
“Can you write a budget that commits future legislatures to budget cuts?”
If the answer is no, and Reagan would testify (or David Stockman would, if he had one ball in his sack), that the answer IS no.
Promised cuts aren’t cuts. Cuts are cuts. Saying they’re cuts doesn’t make them so. The Senate’s going to shut this down, it appears. (Both sides of the aisle).