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Hoekstra: Tea Party Should Back Off on Boehner.
NEWSMAX ^ | 4/8/2011 | David A. Patten

Posted on 04/08/2011 7:04:57 AM PDT by wmileo

Conservatives are urging their grass-roots colleagues to mute their criticisms of House Speaker John Boehner and the GOP leadership, and to get behind their efforts to address out-of-control spending in Washington.

In an exclusive interview with Newsmax on Thursday, former GOP Rep. Pete Hoekstra said the tea-party faithful need to give Boehner “a little bit of breathing room.”

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


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KEYWORDS: 112th; boehner; budget; deficit
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To: tsowellfan

Precisely so. And I’ve been to several events, and that is a perfect summation of the average attendee.


21 posted on 04/08/2011 7:17:22 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: wmileo

Agree that Tea Parteries should keep the pressure on ...
but all must recognize that only ONE branch of govt is trying to do the right thing..
the other two still have their heads up their a**es and the power to prevail...
the nightmare of 2008 is still with us, unfortunately...


22 posted on 04/08/2011 7:17:27 AM PDT by matginzac
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To: wmileo
I think that Boehner does need some slack (a small amount).

Look, we know that Washtington is out of touch with the rest of the nation. Conversely, the rest of the country does not fully grasp the particulars of the alternative surreality that operates in Washington. And Boehner has to operate in that weird milieu.

Fundamentally, Boehner is on the right course for the time being.

If the Demagogue Party succeeds in imposing their narrative, it won't matter if Boehner was 110% faithful to Tea Party ideals. There are enough Sheeple to be swayed by State Run Media propaganda if Boehner seems to be too inflexible.

I got frustrated with Trump yesterday when he said on Hannity's radio show that Paul Ryan is "too far in front." The Donald wasn't criticizing the substance-- only the perception. We all know that Ryan's plan is only the first step in really getting our house in order. But if you can't even sell this plan, what makes anyone think that you can sell the voting public on a truly radical plan?

23 posted on 04/08/2011 7:18:29 AM PDT by Lysandru
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To: wmileo
I think that Boehner does need some slack (a small amount).

Look, we know that Washtington is out of touch with the rest of the nation. Conversely, the rest of the country does not fully grasp the particulars of the alternative surreality that operates in Washington. And Boehner has to operate in that weird milieu.

Fundamentally, Boehner is on the right course for the time being.

If the Demagogue Party succeeds in imposing their narrative, it won't matter if Boehner was 110% faithful to Tea Party ideals. There are enough Sheeple to be swayed by State Run Media propaganda if Boehner seems to be too inflexible.

I got frustrated with Trump yesterday when he said on Hannity's radio show that Paul Ryan is "too far in front." The Donald wasn't criticizing the substance-- only the perception. We all know that Ryan's plan is only the first step in really getting our house in order. But if you can't even sell this plan, what makes anyone think that you can sell the voting public on a truly radical plan?

24 posted on 04/08/2011 7:18:36 AM PDT by Lysandru
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To: wmileo

"Leave John alone!"


25 posted on 04/08/2011 7:19:06 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
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To: wmileo

“Hoekstra: Tea Party Should Back Off on Boehner.”

Hell, no. Time to apply more pressure. They’re getting wobbly.


26 posted on 04/08/2011 7:19:45 AM PDT by maggief
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To: wmileo

The only reason the G.O.P. is in controll of the House of REpresentatives is BECAUSE OF the TEA Party. I don’t think they should back off. Not one little bit.


27 posted on 04/08/2011 7:20:05 AM PDT by Grunthor (The man or woman who doesn't forgive has forgotten the price that Christ paid for them on the Cross.)
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To: dfwgator
No Sale.

Precisely! We gave these politicians "breathing room" and they drove the country into an abyss so deep it is going to take generations to dig ourselves out, assuming that digging out is even possible at this point. It's clear to me that politicians, Boehner included, have demonstrated repeatedly that they simply will not do the right thing for the country unless there is an angry mob nipping at their heels constantly. Given the minuscule "cuts" that have been proposed it seems to me the heat needs to be turned up, not down!

28 posted on 04/08/2011 7:20:30 AM PDT by Thermalseeker (The theft being perpetrated by Congress and the Fed makes Bernie Maddoff look like a pickpocket.)
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To: wmileo
No.

Insider jackasses protecting their own need to feel some heat too.

29 posted on 04/08/2011 7:22:49 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (explosive bolts, ten thousand volts at a million miles an hour)
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To: wmileo

This is why Trump more and more appealing. I don’t know where Trump stands on all this, but the perception is, assume that he is on our side in this matter, he would fight tooth and nail, and get down and dirty to get his way, not like the milquetoast GOP politicians we’re stuck with now.


30 posted on 04/08/2011 7:23:06 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: wmileo
I just get tickled every time I hear somebody say the Tea Party should do this or that. There is NO Tea Party. It is nothing but a grassroot movement of American people.

They are still clueless.

31 posted on 04/08/2011 7:24:10 AM PDT by houeto (All during his formative years, Barry prayed to allah.)
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To: wmileo
Credit where credit is due to all Republican leaders. But the state of the Republic is so dire we need to keep the pressure on all our "leaders" to make sure that the correct, Constitutional conservative agenda is being fought for and ACHIEVED at all times. Nothing less can be accepted.

This puts a big burden on our leaders but they are going to have to rise to the occasion. The Republic and the American people deserve no less.

32 posted on 04/08/2011 7:24:18 AM PDT by paulycy (Islamo-Marxism is Evil.)
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To: wmileo
Hoekstra: Tea Party Should Back Off on Boehner

On the contrary: without Tea Party criticism, Boehner would be deeper into "business as usual" mode than he is. I WANT my government to fear us.

33 posted on 04/08/2011 7:26:00 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Any politician who holds that the state accords rights is an oathbreaker and an "enemy... domestic.")
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To: wmileo

Oh shut up! I’m tired of people bashing Boehner for idiotic things like crying and suntans. He’s standing firm which is why they are complaining. Bravo, John B!

As to Hoekstra, sorry, as American citizens we still have the right to petition our congressmen as persistently as we want to. You don’t get to decide that.


34 posted on 04/08/2011 7:26:43 AM PDT by Blogger
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To: wmileo

IOW, citizens need to shut up.

Get rid of any Congresscritter who thinks this way.


35 posted on 04/08/2011 7:26:57 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (Obama has fired more cruise missiles than any other Nobel peace prize winner.)
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To: wmileo

Wasn’t the Tea Party just a bunch of Astroturf “extremists” that are supposed to fade away soon???


36 posted on 04/08/2011 7:29:54 AM PDT by DTogo (High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
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To: paulycy
This puts a big burden on our leaders but they are going to have to rise to the occasion.

Yeah, the politicians can cry me a river. I won't call them "leaders" because I see no evidence of leadership whatsoever. They wanted the job. They campaigned for it. They raised money to run. They got their names on the ballot. They sought out the votes and they won. They can deal with the situation at hand like the professionals they all claimed to be before the election or they can resign. Now.

37 posted on 04/08/2011 7:32:51 AM PDT by Thermalseeker (The theft being perpetrated by Congress and the Fed makes Bernie Maddoff look like a pickpocket.)
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To: wmileo

No true Conservative wants to see Boehner not succeed. But success comes from having confidence in yourself and the poise to follow through on your principles, especially when the odds seem overwhelming. I don’t get this sense with the leadership much of the time (and I don’t know what their principles are half the time).

Boehner should look to Wisconsin as an example- all the echo-chamber pundits and polls said there would be this massive backlash against them for passing the public sector union law... and instead (in the best indicator available so far) Prosser appears to have won in a resounding victory. But you don’t get from here to there by fighting minor skirmishes.


38 posted on 04/08/2011 7:34:55 AM PDT by Qbert ("I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air" - Margaret Thatcher)
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To: wmileo
"Conservatives are urging their grass-roots colleagues to mute their criticisms of House Speaker John Boehner and the GOP leadership, and to get behind their efforts to address out-of-control spending in Washington."

What efforts to address spending? Both plans being offered, even the Republicans', is like trying to bail water out of the Titanic with a thimble. It won't even make a dent. In both instances the ship is gonna sink if drastic measures are not employeed.

39 posted on 04/08/2011 7:36:11 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: Thermalseeker
They can deal with the situation at hand like the professionals they all claimed to be before the election or they can resign. Now.

I agree completely. I was just being understated.

40 posted on 04/08/2011 7:36:41 AM PDT by paulycy (Islamo-Marxism is Evil.)
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