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Boehner Retaliation Haunts Republicans Who Defended, Voted for Him (lengthy piece)
breitbart.com ^ | 1/9/15 | Matthew Boyle

Posted on 01/09/2015 6:45:05 AM PST by cotton1706

“It wasn’t the Republican votes against House Speaker John Boehner that truly rattled the GOP leadership, it was the phone calls,” Ferrechio wrote. “There were hundreds of them, jamming the phone lines of the district and Capitol offices of dozens of House GOP lawmakers. The callers were not angry about legislation. Nor were they asking for help with a local matter. They were demanding their representative vote against Boehner Tuesday in his bid to win election to a third term as speaker.”

Statements from several members who voted for Boehner after the fact indicated just how rattled they were.

“Over the past week, many of you have contacted me asking me to vote against John Boehner for Speaker of the House,” Rep. Steven Palazzo (R-MS), who faced calls from some powerful state senators in his district to vote against Boehner—potential primary challengers against him next cycle—said in a statement after voting for Boehner. “Americans are frustrated with the leadership in Washington, and they should be. President Obama and his liberal friends are destroying this country and we have to fight back.”

Palazzo added that he met with Boehner the day before “one-on-one and man-to-man” for “more than an hour” and “asked him directly whether he was going to be a conservative leader who will stand up to the liberal agenda of President Obama.”

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“I believe him and am willing to give the Speaker and his team a last chance to put us back on a conservative path for America,” Palazzo said. “If Speaker Boehner refuses to put forward conservative solutions immediately to our nation’s problems, I will vehemently oppose his every move.”

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: benedictboehner; boehnerthegruber; elections; nevertrustboehner
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1 posted on 01/09/2015 6:45:05 AM PST by cotton1706
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“I believe him and am willing to give the Speaker and his team a last chance to put us back on a conservative path for America,” Palazzo said.

Sucker!

2 posted on 01/09/2015 6:46:36 AM PST by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: cotton1706

I can tell you that the Fraud, Marsha Blackburn is catching hell on her Facebook page.

No amount of Kabuki dances, show votes or grandstanding will erase
the stench.


3 posted on 01/09/2015 6:49:06 AM PST by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance.)
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To: Timber Rattler

Agree Boehner sold us out more than one time and will do it again.


4 posted on 01/09/2015 6:49:35 AM PST by ducks1944 (GOD Bless the USA .)
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To: cotton1706

Week 1.
Has the EXEMPT GOP gotten rid of THEIR RomneyCARE/ObamaCARE
from which EXEMPT Boehner (and the other EXEMPT)
have made millions?

NOT a chance.

Has the EXEMPT GOP done one thing to stop the Tyrant
before whom EXEMPT Boehner bows low?

NOT a chance.


5 posted on 01/09/2015 6:49:58 AM PST by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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6 posted on 01/09/2015 6:50:20 AM PST by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: Timber Rattler

We need to send boxes of Tootsie Roll suckers to Congress.One for being suckers and number two for rolling over for Boehner.


7 posted on 01/09/2015 6:50:39 AM PST by peteyd (A dog may bite you in the ass,but it will never stab you in the back.)
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To: cotton1706

So they are using their ignorance as an excuse for their Boehner vote? Perhaps by primary season in 2016, conservatives can find smarter candidates.


8 posted on 01/09/2015 6:52:01 AM PST by txrefugee
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9 posted on 01/09/2015 6:52:34 AM PST by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: cotton1706

Boehner and his supporters, especially his ostensible tea party supporters, should familiarize themselves with Dan Rostenkowski’s fall from grace. Things may get a little hot before ‘16 primary season rolls around if they don’t get right with the base.


10 posted on 01/09/2015 6:54:22 AM PST by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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To: cotton1706

Bonehead has put too many knives in our backs for us to trust him. The GOP congress has way too many sellouts and low information legislators.


11 posted on 01/09/2015 6:56:31 AM PST by dowcaet
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To: cotton1706

“”It wasn’t the Republican votes against House Speaker John Boehner that truly rattled the GOP leadership, it was the phone calls,” Ferrechio wrote. “There were hundreds of them, jamming the phone lines of the district and Capitol offices of dozens of House GOP lawmakers.””


Is Breitbart accurately reporting? Were there truly only hundreds of phone calls? If that is all the phone calls the conservatives could muster, then we are doomed.


12 posted on 01/09/2015 6:56:45 AM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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“Americans are frustrated with the leadership in Washington, and they should be. President Obama and his liberal friends are destroying this country and we have to fight back.”

...and John Boehner is one of Obama's "liberal friends" - no matter WHAT he told you in your "man to man" talk with him.

13 posted on 01/09/2015 6:57:06 AM PST by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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Hundreds of phone calls were to this one rep. That’s very good including some high profile state legislators who could run against him.

Hundreds of phones calls likely got through to many many reps. We can be sure even more phone calls could not get through.


14 posted on 01/09/2015 7:05:20 AM PST by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: cotton1706
Palazzo added that he met with Boehner the day before “one-on-one and man-to-man” for “more than an hour”...

And Boehner told Mr. Palazzo exactly what he wanted to hear, I'm sure.

Boehner is a glad-handing country clubber and not much else. He's obviously not a patriot.

15 posted on 01/09/2015 7:07:00 AM PST by upchuck (Entrenched incumbency is the disease. Fresh blood is the cure.)
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To: cotton1706

Squishy Boner needs to understand:

a- Unlike himself, the conservatives who voted against him are responding to the voters who elected them

b- Without the Tea Party/ conservatives, Squishy would NOT be Speaker of the House, nor would Republicans control the Senate


16 posted on 01/09/2015 7:09:40 AM PST by RatRipper
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To: cotton1706

Boehner is the wrong target. Better to go after his support base in the House rank and file. He’s only Speaker because they want him there.


17 posted on 01/09/2015 7:12:04 AM PST by lodi90
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To: Timber Rattler

I don’t know why he would believe in Boner after he repeatedly stabbed conservatives in the back. He’s like the wife of an abusive drunk who keeps coming back for another beaten.


18 posted on 01/09/2015 7:12:10 AM PST by peeps36 (Save The Tortoise And Kill The People)
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To: cotton1706

Palazzo is in for a major effing disappointment.


19 posted on 01/09/2015 7:15:14 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: cotton1706

Brooks said conservatives need to bring more members into their tent and work on electing more conservatives to the House, so that something like this effort could be more successful next time around.

Kind of hard to do when they change the districts to get rid of people like West.

First in 2010 it’s we only have the house, can’t do anything to stop Obamas agenda.
After taking both house and senate, it’s the above excuse.

How many of us would put up with these excuses from anyone else that we hired?


20 posted on 01/09/2015 7:16:08 AM PST by magglepuss (Don't tread on me)
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