Posted on 07/28/2011 2:52:23 PM PDT by RummyChick
UPDATED: Speaker Boehner has come out forcefully and denied that he is a part of or approves of redistricting Jim Jordan out of office.
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Yesterday, House Republicans went to war against the conservative Republican Study Committee and its staffers who’ve been doing the Lord’s work against the Boehner plan.
Some of those attacks helped energize and militarize some of the conservative leaders who had not been fully engaged against Boehner’s plan. Consider this complete overreach by John Boehner and possibly the beginning of the end of his Speakership.
Allegedly, Boehner has explicitly blessed this plan. The plan is to redistrict RSC Chairman Jim Jordan, a fellow Ohioan, out of his congressional district as punishment for defying Boehner. If he hasn’t or doesn’t support it, Boehner needs to get out there damn quick today.
Redistricting may be a price Jordan will have to pay, but Boehner will have to pay a price as well. As one prominent outside conservative emailed, followed by several others in separate emails, “This is war.”
Mike Pence, Jeb Hensarling, and other former RSC Chairmen now have a time for their own choosing. Do they side with the Speaker, or with the conservatives they once led in the RSC who continue to fight for the limited government they have fought for in the past.
You might want to call Mike Pence in particular and see if he might reconsider and stand, instead, with the conservative band of brothers he himself led into battle against so many bad policies of the Bush Administration.
This would be a hell of a note to leave the House on.
His number is 202 225-3021.
...these RINO’S HAVE TO BE rung in and taught a lesson.
vote postponed until later tonight
burn up the phones and twitter to those that are voting against it and tell them to stand strong
We had a good blood letting in 2010. Time for a total purge of the system.
WTF?
BONER IS PLAYING HARDBALL WITH MEMBERS OF HIS OWN PARTY????????
INSTEAD OF THE DEMOCRAPS????
Perhaps because you felt that was redundant?
A bold move against conservatives, he needs to be taken to the wood shed.
If they do this they’re no different from Nazis democrats. Actually not much different anyway.... see my tagline.
Why doesn’t Boehner fight the demon-crats like this instead of turning on Republicans. Why do we on the right side always have to fight the traitors in our camp and the enemy too? We need to either purge the rinos from the party or start a new party. To he** with this garbage!!!!!
I must admit to tagline envy first,
but some FReeper suggested that Alan West did what he did
because he felt like he was twisting in the wind - no one stepped up to defend him... me?
I want to defend Jim Jordan
for standing in the breach.
Start being a man.
Fight like a gurlllllllll!
Don’t need no steenkin politshins!
Does the Speaker of the House have any say in a State’s redistricting?
If not, then I think in the role of Speaker of the House, he’s doing the right thing - saying “I have no problem with it” because it’s an Ohio - not Federal - issue.
I can see him saying as a Representative and citizen of the State of Ohio he’d have a problem, but as Speaker - there’s really nothing he can do, nor should he try to do. Drawing districts is the domain of the States, not the Federal Government.
Boner is involved in the OH redistricting. He is culpable. Read the article below. If they follow thru with this, they will pay.
http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2011/07/boehner-plays-h.php
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