The Republican leaders, Boehner, Cantor, or whoever steps up to the plate, need to figure out what they stand for. Then they need to consistently speak and vote in line with their principles. They can't complain about secrecy and rushed legislation and then vote to rush the second biggest spending bill of the year to a vote. They can't say they think they have better solutions and then say they hope Obama's solutions work.
SumProVita wrote:
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Still, he was ill prepared for this interview. With Rush on Fox and CSPAN last night, Cantor had to know there would be an attempt to discuss Rush and his remarks.
SoCalPol wrote:
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The Disney division of the Party Propaganda Ministry has had a good day today. And I feel like I've been played.
SuziQ wrote:
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There are really two problems here:
mono wrote:
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The other part is that the Party Propaganda Ministry is reporting dishonestly, specifically to drive a wedge through the base. The headline of this story isn't an honest statement of the interview. They took a couple of quotes out of context. I'll admit that Cantor was saying things he shouldn't have been. He was ill prepared. He should have recognized the traps and avoided them.
He gave them the material, but the Disney division of the Party Propaganda Ministry exaggerated it to start arguments like this thread. This article was another trap. And I fell for it.
MeanWestTexan wrote:
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But Cantor would have been better off if he were prepared better. He shouldn't have given them the material to start this squabble.
That’s a really stout post, and I am proud of you.
The media is our enemy. They are the master of propaganda.
The Republican leaders, Boehner, Cantor, or whoever steps up to the plate, need to figure out what they stand for. Then they need to consistently speak and vote in line with their principles. They can't complain about secrecy and rushed legislation and then vote to rush the second biggest spending bill of the year to a vote. They can't say they think they have better solutions and then say they hope Obama's solutions work.
So he's a RINO because of one bad final vote and one procedural vote? I'd have to guess....there's not a politician alive who "deserves" your vote, is there?
No. Cantor has a 100% pro-life record, he has a 100% pro-gun record, he has a 100% from the ACU, and despite the two votes you cite, he has a good record on fiscal conservatism, too.
Look, I realise that no amount of facts or figures thrown at you are going to change your mind. Cantor's a stinkin' RINO, and by gum, that's all there is to it. Who cares if he's practically the most conservative member of the Congress.
Seriously though, my advice (take it, or two nickels, whichever is worth more) is that maybe you start looking at the bigger picture here. You are not in a position of power. You don't have to balance the pressures being felt on every side by people in elected office. You probably don't even have any idea how heavy those pressures are. It's easy for you - Mr. Joe-Blow sitting in your Barkalounger behind the screen of your Dell laptop - to cast stones because you don't have any idea what it's like to be in office, to field constituent calls, to have to face hostile interviews from annoying yet tricky twerps like George Stefanieopolis. Plus, there's just the simple matter of decorum (my next post) - I'm sorry, but no elected official in their right mind is just going to come out on national television and say they want the President to fail. They just aren't, and not doing so doesn't make them a RINO, either. You know what I wish? I wish that conservatives such as yourself would decide that they want to help to persuade Republican elected officials to listen to us, instead of driving them off. If I were a Cantor staffer (and I'm not, just for the record), and I was seeing posts like your own appearing on a conservative site like Free Republic, my response would not be "well hey, maybe we'd better try to pander to those guys!" It would be, "Oh yeah? Well, why should we bother with you anywise if you're 'never votin' Republican AGAIN EVER!!!!!'?" If anything, posts like yours will probably have a net effect of moving Republican politicians to the left - since they'll feel the need to make up votes from the centre - instead of to the right, which is where they'd move if they felt that their natural constituency was firm and solid.
A fairly good analysis....thanks. I was not aware that he had voted for that ominous Omnibus bill. That is most troubling.