Posted on 05/18/2012 4:24:16 AM PDT by HonestConservative
This week the Club for Growth released a study of votes cast in 2011 by the 87 Republicans elected to the House in November 2010. The Club found that In many cases, the rhetoric of the so-called Tea Party freshmen simply didnt match their records. Particularly disconcerting is the fact that so many GOP newcomers cast votes against spending cuts.
The study comes on the heels of three telling votes taken last week in the House that should have been slam-dunks for members who possess the slightest regard for limited government and free markets. Alas, only 26 of the 87 members of the Tea Party class voted to defund both the Economic Development Administration and the presidents new Advanced Manufacturing Technology Consortia program (see my previous discussion of these votes here) and against reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank (see my colleague Sallie Jamess excoriation of that vote here).
The following table shows how each of the 87 freshman voted.
(Excerpt) Read more at cato-at-liberty.org ...
The problem with most of us (Republicans) is, we think people are basically honest and will act like normal people when the country is in crisis. The freshmen will learn how cutthroat and deceitful the other side is, but it will take them having their asses handed to them a few times. That doesn't mean I'm going to scream, "RINO!!!!!!!" or "Kool-Aid Drinkers!!!!" at them every time someone writes a crap article.
You seem frustrated.
no - the problem with ‘us’ republicans is that too many (you) are unwilling to hold their feet to the fire - and believe that we should NOT research votes - and attack those that dare question a representative’s record
that is the problem with ‘you’ republicans
I gave you my answer. If you don't like, take your tiny, limp self and beat it.
FYI: my butt is tiny, pink and perfect. It has won many awards and a cast is currently on display at the Smithsonian.
Are you under the illusion that I care what a crab-infested loser like you thinks? You can’t even punctuate!!!!
Animated.
you are about as smart as an obama voter
but know this - you'll get over me in time
oops - a triple post - though they were well punctuated
And I don't "demand" anything of anybody. I speak for myself. I trust the freshmen. Sorry. Unlike you, Democrats don't pull up their skirts and go running around in circles when their guys make a hard vote they don't like. They don't scream, "DINO!!!!!!" and "Kool-Aid Drinkers!!!!!"
People who aren't even Republicans scream the loudest and lispiest. As for being "about as smart as an Obama voter", I wouldn't know. I don't know them like you obvously do.
Change your underwear and go sit with the simps in the Falcon Party!! They'll do ya proud.
its not his obligation to
you don’t get to dictate the scope of what he writes
you need to suppress your inner control freak and stop shooting your mouth off trying to hold others to standards the you can’t meet yourself
great picture
lol - you are a fool and the reason we have the rinos - you are the reason mclettuce got the nod
ah things were so simple then
Thanks!
It’s all about the subject.
Glowing sparkling hit the spot!
Sigh.
I was thinking maybe there was something in the water in those Capitol Hill fountains that turns well-meaning pols into apparatchiks of the Ruling Class, but maybe it is kool-aid after all.
Evil
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