Let us start calling it what it is -SOCIALISM!
And as well, identify it for what it is -EVIL!
John Boehner AKA "The No Nutz Putz"
“Let us start calling it what it is -SOCIALISM!”
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Even just pointing out that the Communist Party USA stopped running candidates because they were content to work through the Democratic Party would be a start.
> Let us start calling it what it is -SOCIALISM!
Yes. However, based on many interviews of voters conducted by talk radio hosts it appears that most think that “socialism” means being social.
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Fire Boehner: We Only Need 16 Votes to Depose Boehner
« on: December 05, 2012, 06:54:07 PM »Fire Boehner: We Only Need 16 Votes to Depose Boehner
By: Ned Ryun (Diary) | December 5th, 2012 at 03:00 PM | 23
If Conservatives want to keep the House and win the Senate, we need to fire John Boehner as speaker of the House. We only need 16 House votes to do it.
As most conservatives know, Boehner and the House GOP Steering Committee decided to purge four conservative House members from their committee. Congressmen Justin Amash and Tim Huelskamp were removed from the House Budget Committee, and Congressmen David Schweikert and Walter Jones were cut from the Financial Services Committee.
Amash, Huelskamp, and Schweikert were targeted because they were too fiscally conservative—all three have voted against Boehner’s debt ceiling hikes. Amash and Huelskamp were the only two GOP votes against House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan’s budget.
Amash explained that vote at yesterday’s Bloggers’ Briefing at the Heritage Foundation, “It’s unacceptable to have unbalanced budgets until 2040.”
For anyone outside of DC, this statement seems obvious. Only in Washington is balancing the budget radical.
Many conservatives voted for the Ryan budget because they didn’t want to “let the perfect be the enemy of the good.” I understand that, but we shouldn’t criticize those who actually understand the depth of our debt problem and plan to propose real answers.
If Speaker Boehner wants to purge independent, bold conservatives—I think it’s time he gets fired as Speaker. Not only for the purge. He has failed to effectively win negotiations with President Obama and appointed moderate committee chairs. To the public, Boehner may appear radical but in reality he proposes milquetoast policies, like the tax-hikes he proposed this week.
While the caucus has already voted in support of John Boehner as speaker of the 113th Congress, the final floor vote doesn’t happen until early January.
Everyone thinks it’s a fairytale, but the Conservative Movement is capable of firing Boehner with just 16 votes.
The House rules demand that a Speaker receive a majority—218 votes—to be elected speaker. If no nominee for speaker receives 218, the House remains speakerless—as it did during parts of the Civil War.
If 16 House Republicans were to abstain from voting for Speaker, Boehner would only receive 217 votes.
Once we depose Boehner and cause a firestorm, the Republican caucus will get the memo: Pick someone else! These 16 Republicans only need to hold out until the caucus chooses a new leader.
For Speaker, I suggest members who are anti-establishment, but still have broad support. Congressmen Jim Jordan of Ohio would be my pick. He just finished leading the Republican Study Committee and proposed the best budget we’ve seen come out of Congress.
Republicans and conservatives deserve a more articulate, more conservative leader. In fact, we need one if we want to keep the House majority and take the Senate. Boehner has been Obama’s punching bag and has lost every public battle with the President. Now, he’s waging an internal war on conservatives.
Remember, we lost seats in the House under his leadership. He has failed as spokesman for the movement. Boehner has been in Congress for 22 years, and he looks like and embodies the typical DC politician. Can’t we find someone fresher to lead the party forward?
http://www.redstate.com/nedryun/2012/12/05/fire-boehner-we-only-need-16-votes-to-depose-boehner/?
The tax increase are automatic and don't require a single vote. So House Rs have to and will pass a bill THIS YEAR extending the tax cuts for <$250K and send it to Reid.
Now O is threatening to veto even that middle class 98% tax cut bill so Republicans better get their butts in gear and understand Os plan to destroy the Republican party. Their stupidity is key to his pan, just like the election
The article also observes that there is little room in the current GOP for genuine conservatives. Agreed, as seen in the purges.
The time to start a conservative third party is NOW, so we can fill a few seats in the 2014 mid-terms and get past the Third Party Stigma.
We’re stuck with the GOP for now, but we should be planning for a future without them. Does anyone believe the GOP actually “represents” us any more?
Re: “TV Coverage On Cliff Talks”
Great idea, except for one thing...
I can’t think of any senior Republican leader who is qualified to apply or defend basic Conservative principles in a high pressure televised setting.
Our leaders know some sound bites, a few of our leaders actually have real Conservative instincts, but NONE of our leaders have done the serious hard intellectual work that is required to win a long and deadly serious debate.
And as well, identify it for what it is -EVIL!
They have already desensitized the word "socialism" among the base and let's face it - an old book tells us that good will be called evil and evil will be called good - there is no stopping it, just slowing it down as we inexorably head towards the abyss.
The author is of course correct in urging resistance to tax increases and showing a strong face in any fiscal negotiations.
But revolt within the gop? While I agree with the sentiment, what does this approach get us in the long term? Control of the feckless, useless, and corrupt political party? Why would we even want it at this point? It’s a ruined brand with inept leadership on a downward trajectory. Better a fresh start on a second party.