Posted on 12/10/2014 6:42:53 PM PST by Jim Robinson
Call it the mysterious case of the Incredible Shrinking GOP.
Barely one month ago, the party sailed to victory in one of the biggest rout election waves of the past century. They ran the board and took control of the U.S. Senate. They grew to historic levels in the U.S. House. The Democratic Party was left in tatters in state, local, and governor races across the country.
But today, just a few weeks later, before GOPers even take hold of their new reins of power, the party is crying poverty. They are stricken with paralysis. House Speaker John A. Boehner, known for his weeping, begs powerlessness.
"Frankly, we have limited options and limited abilities to deal with it directly," Mr. Boehner said last week when asked about President Obama's unconstitutional executive action to grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens presently living illegally in the U.S.
"Limited options?" "Limited abilities?" We have an unbridled madman in the White House right now taking a machete to the U.S. Constitution and the leader of the opposition party that was just thrust to power in a historic rejection of the president and his cleptocratic policies is now talking about "limited" options and abilities?
Funny, I don't recall a single Republican running in a single race this year on a campaign that Republicans in Congress have only "limited" options and abilities to stop Mr. Obama. No, in fact, every single one of them ran their entire campaigns on the singular promise that we have to vote for Republicans so they could stop Mr. Obama. And Americans voted.
Now the chads have not even settled yet and already we are being told the whole meaning of the election is something different now. Now that they have won.
Either Republicans did not really believe their campaign...
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” Now I’m sure a lot of people that have been scarce recently (imagine my surprise) ABSOLUTELY consider it theirs. Which is why they went scorched earth in attacking conservatives prior to last month are mysteriously scarce lately. “
They spread their propaganda, and fled. At least 50 of them, I would say. There are still many here promoting amnesty RINOS, claiming that these cretins are “conservative”
That's been apparent for a few years. Why many so called conservatives voted for him is beyond me.
Yep.
The old fixeroo.
There’s a well known expression on Capitol Hill: To get along, go along. The member quickly learn this and take it to heart. Washington is a seductive place and its easy to get sucked into the system and forget about the folks back home and higher principles. Once they get a taste of the perks, power, privileges and publicity they’re hooked. Its a very intoxicating environment that few can resist.
Boehner and McConnell doesn’t have to have obama tie a noose around their necks they will gladly do it themselves thank you!
True...still I do think this is more thsn just Boehner being Boehner.
I would want to be very careful about lambasting the so-called "GOPe" (which, of course, stands for the GOP establishment), as that course of action is not typically successful.
About a half-century ago, the John Birch Society also was dismissive and contemptuous of the "GOP establishment." And, although the Birchers held some truly bizarre ideas, they also were correct as concerning some matters; but it was their steadfast refusal to make any sort of peace with the "GOP establishment" that ultimately led to their demise...
Practice makes perfect. Seriously how do we lose if they keep their power base then we are done anyway, lose, lose.
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