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For conservatives, it’s all about 2016, and that starts in 2015
Washington Times ^ | December 15, 2014 | By Steve Deace

Posted on 12/15/2014 7:42:19 PM PST by Jim Robinson

Republicans won big in the 2014 midterm election, but it already looks as if conservatives still lost.

Just look at what’s transpired the past few weeks:

- The GOP establishment moved quickly to retain all their leadership positions before the new Congress is convened in January, thus shutting conservatives completely out of the mix.

- That same GOP leadership has already funded every Obama scam they promised the American people during the campaign they would stop, scheming alongside a president they keep describing as “lawless” to pass the so-called “Cromnibus.”

- Only 21 Republicans in the U.S. Senate went on the record that Mr. Obama’s executive amnesty is unconstitutional (none of them were in GOP Senate leadership), and nine of those 21 then turned right around and voted to fund something they just voted as unconstitutional.

All of this renders the expensive escapade known as the 2014 election utterly meaningless if you’re an American patriot. That is unless you prefer your Marxist Progressivism to come from an elephant instead of a donkey.

Oh, I know some of you won’t want to admit this to yourselves. I can’t say I blame you, because this admission is about as much fun as being a pro-life group applying for your 501(c)3 status with Mr. Obama’s IRS.

But we can’t just ignore reality.

A reality that says Republican leadership has backed down from every showdown they were supposed to have with Mr. Obama. A reality that says Republican leadership whined harder to the mainstream media about Ted Cruz making them vote on Mr. Obama’s lawlessness than they’ve ever actually fought it. A reality that says if they weren’t going to defund Mr. Obama’s amnesty now before that train leaves the station, they’ll never have the cojones to do it later...

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...once Social Security cards start getting issued. A reality that says they never intended to keep their promise to stop Mr. Obama’s amnesty, because GOP leadership is in favor of it.

Every member of GOP leadership on Capitol Hill is pro-amnesty, and Mr. Obama doing this by executive fiat gives them the best of both worlds. They get to deliver amnesty for their corporatist sugar daddies, while pretending to fight it in front of the base because it’s got Mr. Obama’s hand prints all over it.

That’s why they’re so disdainful of what Mr. Cruz and Mike Lee did over the weekend, because it exposed our GOP emperors have no clothes.

1 posted on 12/15/2014 7:42:19 PM PST by Jim Robinson
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To: Jim Robinson

Remember, reinforcements are on the way and will be sworn-in in January.


2 posted on 12/15/2014 7:45:04 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: Jim Robinson; Finny; Jane Long; Colonel_Flagg; RKBA Democrat; GraceG; Norm Lenhart; MeganC; ...
It's What the Uniparty Party Wants.

Will YOU go along Silently?


3 posted on 12/15/2014 7:47:14 PM PST by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.- Sarah Palin)
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To: Jim Robinson

See my thread relating to this one.

Trevor Loudon, Why I Love America - Greater Orlando Tea Party (VIDEO)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3237561/posts

Definitely worth the time to listen to him.


4 posted on 12/15/2014 7:49:58 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Jim Robinson

We will keep Capitol Hill’s phone boards ringing off the hook 24-7 if the “Pubs get out of line.


5 posted on 12/15/2014 7:51:14 PM PST by PROCON (Always give 100%...unless you're donating blood.)
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To: Jim Robinson

The only hope left for this country is an Article V Constitutional Convention called by the state legislatures.

1. Term Limits Amendment
2. Balanced Budget Amendment

Without those two, the Republic is lost.


6 posted on 12/15/2014 7:51:32 PM PST by Bryan24 (When in doubt, move to the right..........)
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To: KC_Lion

Short of a successful Cruz/Lee led revolt with the new blood of congress with turnover of leadership in both houses, I don’t hold out any confidence in stopping the little dicktator unless it’s an Article V effort by the states. The current UNIPARTY congresscritters are in thick with amnesty.


7 posted on 12/15/2014 7:55:38 PM PST by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: Jim Robinson

To call one’s self a Democrat or Republican these days is absurd. There is now only one ruling elite in control of government, not there to represent the will of the people, but to to dole out money and power to themselves and their cronies.


8 posted on 12/15/2014 7:58:39 PM PST by kik5150
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To: Jim Robinson

Let’s just all stay at home and not vote...
or vote for some obscure 3rd party candidate...
or write in “Micky Mouse” on the ballot...
Yeah, that’ll show ‘em!
/sarcasm


9 posted on 12/15/2014 8:00:47 PM PST by Repeal The 17th (We have met the enemy and he is us.)
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To: KC_Lion

If the GOP nominates anyone who’s for amnesty it’ll be time to come up with names for our new political party...


10 posted on 12/15/2014 8:26:10 PM PST by GOPJ (Lieawatha/Obama - Obama for the tint on his skin. Lieawatha for what's missing between her legs...)
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To: All; Repeal The 17th

CL_E

All right Vanna. Mr. Repeal is buying a vowel.
Let’s see what he’s bought with a ‘U’ ...


11 posted on 12/15/2014 8:31:38 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: Jim Robinson

Well Jim, here’s a Mike Lee bump.

Keep the faith, hold the line!


12 posted on 12/15/2014 8:31:59 PM PST by glock rocks (Whenever I find myself in a conundrum, I ask myself: What would Elvis do?)
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To: Bryan24

You forgot #3 to your list:

3. And the armament to enforce those changes the Oligarchy will ignore.


13 posted on 12/15/2014 8:44:39 PM PST by INVAR ("Fart for liberty, fart for freedom and fart proudly!" - Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Repeal The 17th

So Repeal, what’s your plan for defeating or changing the current status quo of Republicans pretending to be conservatives to get your vote or promising to be conservative and then turning immediately around and stabbing you in the back?

We’re waiting Mr. Sarcasm.


14 posted on 12/15/2014 8:47:02 PM PST by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: Repeal The 17th

Voting for Republicans last month sure showed ‘em eh????

We might as well voted straight Democrat for the results we now have.

Not a damn cent of difference between them.

They are as complicit in the destruction of the Republic as Obama himself and his party is.

In fact, the Republicans FUNDED it.


15 posted on 12/15/2014 8:48:00 PM PST by INVAR ("Fart for liberty, fart for freedom and fart proudly!" - Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Jim Robinson

2016 started two presidential cycles ago.


16 posted on 12/15/2014 8:58:11 PM PST by arthurus
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To: SoConPubbie

“...what’s your plan?...”
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I will vote for the most conservative candidate in the primaries,
and I will vote for the most conservative candidate in the generals.
I will not quit and I will not give up.
My vote is my voice, and I will not be silenced.
That, and I whole heatedly support an Article V convention.


17 posted on 12/15/2014 8:59:58 PM PST by Repeal The 17th (We have met the enemy and he is us.)
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To: INVAR

“...Not a damn cent of difference between them...”
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farkamadard


18 posted on 12/15/2014 9:00:53 PM PST by Repeal The 17th (We have met the enemy and he is us.)
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To: Jim Robinson

Cruz 2016.

Anyone else is a guaranteed waste.


19 posted on 12/15/2014 9:08:36 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Boner and McTurtle funded Amnesty and 0bamaCare)
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To: tumblindice

“...Repeal is buying a vowel...”
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Which one of these are you?
-don’t vote
-vote for a 3rd party
-write in “Micky Mouse
(the democrat party would like to express their thanks)


20 posted on 12/15/2014 9:15:08 PM PST by Repeal The 17th (We have met the enemy and he is us.)
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