This is why we must support Romney. We need his Churchillian Courage.\s
I will vote for Bachmann. "Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others." Winston Churchill..
Posted on 11/22/2011 5:09:20 AM PST by EternalVigilance
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) says that Congress is not going to cut off funding for Obamacare or Planned Parenthood because House Republican leadership is afraid of the threat of a showdown with Senate Democrats and the president – they’re afraid that Republicans would be blamed for a government shutdown.
King said the House GOP leadership, if asked, would say that they did pass a repeal of Obamacare – and would blame the Senate, which didn’t take up the measure.
But King also said House Republicans “didn’t use the leverage that we should have used.”
“We didn’t bring up the maximum leverage because the decision was made by leadership to avoid the prospect of a showdown with the president or Harry Reid that could result in a potential shutdown of government,” King told CNSNews.com in an interview.
“And that rationale – and it wasn’t my rationale – is what brings us to this point -- that we’re still funding Obamacare to the tune of $23.6 billion dollars in the first two years, we’re trying to find $1.2 trillion in cuts, there’s $1.379 trillion in cuts that are there automatically if we just cut off the existing programs within Obamacare and resolve the problem with the Super-committee,” he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...
This is why it's so hard to keep a republic, I suppose. At least Mussolini made the trains run on time. ;-)
Who elects the political leadership? In order to solve a problem, the root must be reasoned with.
In other words, you’d cut every program except the ones that provide benefits to you, is that about right??
As far as the GOP leadership, it's too late for them. I don't see any way they can redeem themselves. They fear the Rat leadership more than they fear their constituents. They need to be broomed.
Afraid the skeletons in their closet will be exposed.
This is why we must support Romney. We need his Churchillian Courage.\s
I will vote for Bachmann. "Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others." Winston Churchill..
It’s time to take the first logical step; DEMAND BOEHNER STEP DOWN! This worthless crying incompetent has led the GOP House down this feckless road of compromise. Don’t forget, Boehner gave Obama another $2 Trillion in petty cash for nothing in return. We are funding Obamacare and Planned Parenthood, RIGHT NOW! Why aren’t Rush and the other conservative talking heads, calling for Boehner’s head to roll?
Worthless, gutless cowards.
Just...absolutely...WORTHLESS
No, not at all. I got no problem with your choices. The point I was trying to make is that it’s easy to say I’d cut but difficult to say we’ll cut... that’s all. Sorry, didn’t mean to be mysterious.
(2) Cutting them all will postpone the Social Security/Medicare day of reckoning by a few years at best. What then??
(3) No one was "promised" an "annuity". Unless you believe Democrats, that is.
Something tells me Paul would have lots of military cuts too. After all, you don’t need to prime the muskets until they come over the wall.
Something to ponder... imagine you got your way and there were massive cuts. Unemployment would go through the roof as all these unemployed gov workers hit the street. The economy would sink, sink, sink until it reorganized and improved. But I don’t think the economy would be given enough time to heal on its own. Instead, we’d see another massive shift as the Democrats would be blaming the crappy economy on us “cutters” and they’d be right back in office “helping people” back into their government jobs. The American public isn’t going to suddenly get smarter and endure the pain. They are going to be pissed and vote for the next pretty face who is passing out candy. Cutting has to be gradual or it will be self-defeating.
SHUT IT DOWN, AND LETS SEE IF ANYONE NOTICES~!
(-Ronald Reagan)
(my old tagline)
Courage is not just one of the virtues, it is the form of all the virtues at the testing point.
CS Lewis
Stupid Party = Cowardly Party
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