Posted on 02/18/2011 5:29:05 PM PST by tnvol01
I don't even know what to say.
Read on and you will hear Rodgers, who needs to be gone as soon as possible, claiming that automatic across-the-board spending cuts are "lazy." By this, he means that this is the only fair way to make these cuts which will actually be politically palatable, and so he opposes this measure. He wants to weight each cut individually so that each constituency can come out one-by-one to demagogue the cuts and prevent them.
Okay, I give up. I wanted to give this two party system a try. Forget it. It's time for a third party, the Tea Party.
The GOP is dead to me. Hal Rodgers and posturing lying phony Eric Cantor need to be replaced.
(Excerpt) Read more at ace.mu.nu ...
Eric cantor, the POS TARP, king, there would be no tarp and no GM bailout of the unions without him and butt friend Paul Ryan.
Rep. Jack Kingston (R., Ga.), who called himself a “proud RSC member,” but voted against the measure, offered a familiar argument against cutting across-the-board, saying it would cede too much power to President Obama. “I’ve got to say to my conservative friends, when you cut across the board, who do you think is going to be in charge of where these cuts come from?” Kingston asked.It is a familiar argument because it is the exact same rationale invoked by Senators (of both parties) who opposed a ban on earmarks. In this case, some Republicans argued that it would be better to wait and include further cuts — specific, Republican-approved cuts — in the 2012 budget that Rep. Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) will release in the spring.
Others were far more blunt in their opposition. Rep. Dan Lungren (R., Calif.) said that across-the-board cuts were “a lazy member’s way to achieve something.” And Democrats were predictably apoplectic — Rep. Jim Moran (D., Va.) said the additional cuts would “commit this country to an economic death spiral.”
On the other side, Rep. Jeff Flake (R., Ariz.), a cosponsor of the amendment, urged his colleagues to make good on their commitment to reducing the deficit. “What we’re doing here is a rounding error compared to what we’re going to have to do with entitlement spending,” he said.
Jordan said it was time for government to start making the difficult choices that American families are making on a daily basis. “It’s not pleasant to reduce spending … I get that,” he said. “But if we don’t do this, [the] future for our kids and our grand-kids is diminished.”
After the vote, Republicans on both sides of the debate sought to downplay the split within the party. Rep. Alan Nunnelee (R., Miss.), a freshman member of the appropriations committee who voted against the amendment, told NRO: “As Thomas Jefferson said ‘Every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle’… We’re committed to cutting spending, but doing it across the board is not the proper way to legislate … We need specific cuts.”
Just remember where you heard it first.
I want to know who didnt vote for it.
Dunno if there is a link, but Levin specifically mentioned Eric Cantor, Kevin McCarthy and Hal Rogers as members of the leadership that voted with the Dems.
He also mentioned rising freshman 'star' Kristi Noem as turning her back on the Tea Party and voting 'No'.
Levin was mad as hell, I can tell you that.
I agree with him, karl “the pig” Rove is working his ass off to make it happen. And obamma will be reelected.
“And obamma will be reelected.”
Don’t even joke about that. We shouldn’t even have to wait until 2012; he should be impeached now, but he’s at best just polling even with a ‘generic Republican candidate’ for the next election.
I agree 100% and have said the same myself.
LLS
They'll come up with another "Skull and Bones" candidate. You can bet on it.
LLS
And what will your story be, irrespective of with whom you agree, when Jeb Bush is not nominated?
LOL
I haven't followed Kristi Noem closely, but I believe one of the first things she did after being elected was to promise to continue the ethanol subsidies which are rotting our gas, costing a bundle, wasting fuel, and starving people in the third world.
It looks as if she is not what she pretended to be.
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29 Republicans on the Appropriations Cmte......22 voted against the “cuts.”
The 3 parties are still alive & well....R’s, D’s, & Appropriators.
I am not trying to sound like a defeatest here but I knew when push came to shove this would happen.
Personally, and I hope to God in heaven I am proved wrong, but I think its too little too late. This wonderful country is on the very edge of the knife, I am so very scared for all of us.
bttt
I think the best approach is a primary challenge by a tea party candidate, then challenge the RINO again in the general election via the third party route if the TP candidate loses the primary.
Remember that great strides were made in 2010, but it was probably naive to think there would be a”transformation is complete” of the GOP establishment. It may require persistence over several election cycles.
where can we find the actual votes?
That is an outstanding question.
Several sites are reporting the amendment was defeated 147-281 (92 R’s voted to defeat the measure), but I can not find the breakdown.
We can have a FReeper hold our money.
How about $1k?
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