Posted on 06/12/2014 7:52:38 AM PDT by Liz
Conservative bloggers are sounding alarms about a moderate Republican group's retreat set for next weekend (April) on Amelia Island.
The Republican Mainstreet Partnership PAC event is reportedly attracting about two dozen Republican lawmakers, including high-ranking Reps. Eric Cantor, R-Va. and Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. Speaker John Boehner was "in talks" to attend but will not, the Daily Caller reported.
The PAC is an offshoot of the Main Street Partnership and was started by former Rep. Steve LaTourette, R-OH, to promote GOP candidates over more hard-line tea party rivals.
"To make Washington work again, we need more – not fewer – elected officials who are willing to put partisan politics aside to work for the greater good," the group says on its website. "That’s where the Republican Main Street PAC comes in – we support Republican candidates who are committed to governing and to making Washington work again."
That's stirred significant backlash among tea party groups, who accuse LaTourette of being a RINO. The Florida getaway, to be held at the Ritz-Carlton, has lit up conservative blogs.
"Notice within their description of ‘what we do’ they very specifically state that they are working for the ‘greater good,' " read a post on Tea Party News Network. "Those words and that ideology, the ‘greater good,’ are not only code words for Progressivism; they are as well for Communism."
BTW, I’m pretty sure the Tea Party that ditched Cantor will have a LOT of say WRT his successor——as well as who fills the Whip opening.
“To make Washington work again, we need more – not fewer – elected officials who are willing to put partisan politics aside to work for the greater good,”
LOL- Dems never compromise.
So this means they’re looking for more folks who are willing to compromise.
Right now, absolute deadlock is the best thing that can happen in the Fed government.
Sadly, the Tea Party has to fight both the Dems AND the GOP.
Its a toss up as to which one is the biggest threat.
LOL- Dems never compromise.
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EXACTLY RIGHT! When the Dems say ‘compromise’ they really mean ‘let’s do it our way’.
They NEVER compromise because they don’t have to. Why would they want to give any ground to the Stupid Party when they will willingly give you what you want every time?
My letter and Eric Erickson’s article.
Please do NOT vote for McCarthy. Steve King or anyone who is not in bed with the chambers of commerce..... McCarthy is worse than Cantor. Don’t think the 2016 election is in the bag. If the rinos continue to attack conservatives and push policies that are hurting our country, we will not win in 2016. I know a lot of people who refused to vote for romney and will stay home if the Republican Party continues to move left.
McCarthy is squishy on a host of issues, bad on immigration, and not a friend of conservatives. House Republicans looked on the biggest electoral surprise of the year and are giving it the middle finger.
Kevin McCarthy was even one of the participants at the liberal “Mainstreet Partnership” retreat in Amelia Island. That group not only tries to obstruct the general Republican agenda, but also tries to actively defeat conservatives — including incumbent, elected Republicans. McCarthy collaborated with them.
Do you care more about Wall Street dollars than Main Street voters?
For perspective — Eric Cantor’s Heritage Action score is a full eleven points higher than Kevin McCarthy’s.
The American Conservative Union, which measures Republican-ness of members, gives Eric Cantor an 84% rating and Kevin McCarthy a 72% rating for 2013.
Kevin McCarthy voted for the bloated Hurricane Sandy relief package that even New Jersey Democrats said was riddled with corruption and more than needed. He opposed reforms to the flood insurance program that would save taxpayers’ money. He has also oppose both Republican Study Committee budget proposals and a widely hailed government reform measure that conservatives broadly supported.
Kevin McCarthy voted for the massive food stamp and farm bill opposed by conservatives. In fact, a majority of Republicans rejected it, but McCarthy aligned himself with Democrats to try to get it passed. He has refused to reform the federal sugar program using free market principles. He has refused to limit crop insurance subsidies. He has refused to cut $1.5 billion from the Department of Energy’s bloated budget.
McCarthy voted for the FARM Act, which made no meaningful reforms to farm policy. He has repeatedly voted to raise the debt ceiling. He voted for the Ryan-Murray tax increase plan. He voted to hand Barack Obama a blank check to raise the debt ceiling.
He is just another in a long line of big spenders who thinks the Democrats in charge of government are the problem, not government itself.
Eric Erickson
Replacing Cantor with McCarthy means no change at all in the liberal establishment “leadership.” McCarthy is a Cantor RINO clone, and this jackass even signed off on shrinking (via “independent” leftist gerrymandering) the CA GOP delegation to its near desultory proportions today (and could get even smaller in November) ! (Just as long as his own seat remained unscathed, how noble)
Pete Sessions-R-TX
Hensarling is trying to get the speaker position later this year.
Rush's advice,"If you want to be a winner, hang out with winners, listen to them for their advice. Don't listen to losers who tell you how to win, they don't know how or they wouldn't be losers."
FYI to the GOP: None of the GOP elected officials have any businesses attending a group headed by a loser!
Jim Jordan reportedly has a following and has been a willing right arm to Trey Gowdy. Jordan would be my happy choice, certainly over that climber, Pete Sessions (TX).
NO! A Cornyn wanna be, who is no friend to CRUZ, and hostile to House conservatives. Excuse the freak out, but “NO”.
You want the CA liberal McCarthy??
There are only a couple choices, as bad as he is, Pete Sessions is the pick of the litter!
That term says all we need to know about these elitist, back-stabbing snobs, bought and paid for by the Chamber of Commerce. They'll tell any lie they need to in order to win over the constitutional conservative vote. Then, they get to DC and they think they know what's best for us.
It's gotten to the point at which I despise the RINO elite more than I despise the liberal wackos who are honest about their schemes.
I’m leaning toward the train of thought that a clearly marked wolf, is better than one in sheep’s clothing, a pig in lipstick, pardon the analogy.
Shifting political deck chairs around on the leadership Titanic, with me anyway, has gotten old and tiresome.
Another ping to show the incestuous Uniparty!
Judge Smails- Honorary Guest Speaker.
AGREE!!! NO Pete Sessions (RatLite - TX) for Majority Leader!!
Sending to my Rep, now!
I hope you like McCarthy then.
That makes me feel better..
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