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GOP sinking on a ship of timidity, squandering historic win
The Washington Times ^ | Tuesday, December 9, 2014 | Charles Hurt

Posted on 12/10/2014 8:17:55 AM PST by quesney

Barely one month ago, the party sailed to victory in one of the biggest rout election waves of the past century. They ran the board and took control of the U.S. Senate. They grew to historic levels in the U.S. House. The Democratic Party was left in tatters in state, local and governor races across the country.

But today, just a few weeks later, before GOPers even take hold of their new reins of power, the party is crying poverty. They are stricken with paralysis. House Speaker John A. Boehner, known for his weeping, begs powerlessness.

“Frankly, we have limited options and limited abilities to deal with it directly,” Mr. Boehner said last week when asked about President Obama’s unconstitutional executive action to grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens presently living illegally in the U.S.

“Limited options?” “Limited abilities?” We have an unbridled madman in the White House right now taking a machete to the U.S. Constitution and the leader of the opposition party that was just thrust to power in a historic rejection of the president and his cleptocratic policies is now talking about “limited” options and abilities?

Funny, I don’t recall a single Republican running in a single race this year on a campaign that Republicans in Congress have only “limited” options and abilities to stop Mr. Obama. No, in fact, every single one of them ran their entire campaigns on the singular promise that we have to vote for Republicans so they could stop Mr. Obama. And Americans voted.

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yakkity-yak-yak-yak. yappity-yap-yap-yap.

Y’all complain. Same ol’ expressions of disdain, disgust and outrage. Here. On conservative talk shows. Limbaugh yaps. Levin yaps. Palin yaps. Blah, blah, blah.

And at the end of the day... nothing changes. The country continues to go downhill. Obama gets away with whatever he wants and RINOs look out for their own pockets.

Aren’t we past hollow expressions of outrage at this point? They are pointless.

1 posted on 12/10/2014 8:17:55 AM PST by quesney
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To: quesney
What is your plan?

/johnny

2 posted on 12/10/2014 8:19:34 AM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: quesney
The GOP-E.


3 posted on 12/10/2014 8:20:33 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: quesney

Kick the ball just one more time Charley Brown!

WTF!!!!


4 posted on 12/10/2014 8:22:25 AM PST by dasboot
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To: JRandomFreeper
first.... we have Harry The Red .....and Bela Pelosi Committed


5 posted on 12/10/2014 8:24:37 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: quesney

Come 2016, if Traitorobamacare and Traitorobamamnesty are not overturned by Congress, there will be little reason to vote for the hellspawned candidates from either party.


6 posted on 12/10/2014 8:24:38 AM PST by Carl Vehse
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To: quesney
“RINOs look out for their own pockets.”

Human nature...take care of yourself first. Republican Party is just an insider clique designed to advance the personal and selfish interests of it's membership.

In that respect it is no different then the democrat party or the NAACP or the NEA or the SEIU...just name your favorite Non-Profit or BigGov Bureaucracy.

They all claim to be acting in the interests of a larger constituency. They all claim to be “focused like a laser” on dealing with the “issues” of their constituency.

But the only thing they are really focused on is perpetuating their own existence and protecting the perks of exclusive membership.

7 posted on 12/10/2014 8:27:57 AM PST by Awgie (truth is always stranger than fiction)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Your latest Devo meme is priceless. Bowl heads - all of ‘em.


8 posted on 12/10/2014 8:28:32 AM PST by Noumenon (Resistance. Restoration. Retribution.)
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To: Awgie

Bingo - you nailed it. You’re on your own in this life.


9 posted on 12/10/2014 8:29:58 AM PST by quesney (e)
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To: dfwgator

“Too big to fail...”


10 posted on 12/10/2014 8:30:01 AM PST by Old Sarge (Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)
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To: Noumenon

Time to tell the GOP-E that “We’re through being cool.”


11 posted on 12/10/2014 8:30:07 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: quesney

It needs to be pointed out, and loudly,

that the only conclusion we can come to is that

the GOPe APPROVES of what Obama and the Dems are doing,
and this is why we’re seeing “timidity” on their part.


12 posted on 12/10/2014 8:30:19 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: quesney
GOP sinking on a ship of timidity, squandering historic win

Is ANYONE surprised by this? I predicted that if they won they would do nothing, a prediction that was hardly difficult, since with one minor exception that's all they ever do.

13 posted on 12/10/2014 8:30:58 AM PST by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: JRandomFreeper

My plan? Well, it’s certainly not to vote for either Big Government or Bigger Government or repeatedly complain about something that doesn’t get fixed by complaints (or by voting, for that matter).


14 posted on 12/10/2014 8:31:58 AM PST by quesney (e)
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To: dasboot

Call the GOP Eunuch of your choice at:

202-224-3121

Perhaps they need to hear from We The People by the millions 24/7?


15 posted on 12/10/2014 8:34:25 AM PST by ExTexasRedhead
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To: dfwgator

Eliminate the ninnies and the twits!


16 posted on 12/10/2014 8:34:53 AM PST by mothball
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To: quesney

Like everyone else I want to know what your plan is?


17 posted on 12/10/2014 8:36:07 AM PST by Pietro
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To: ExTexasRedhead

I email my senate wimps all the time! I won’t stop fighting!


18 posted on 12/10/2014 8:36:41 AM PST by LYDIAONTARIO
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To: dfwgator
Time to tell the GOP-E that “We’re through being cool.”

do you really think they care about what you or I want? They couldn't have been any clearer than they've been since this last election where they won a landslide. And not a week later they were already telling us how they were going along with obama and not the GOPE voters. On ObamaCare, immigration, you name it. It's like they told us all to go jump in a lake if they care.

19 posted on 12/10/2014 8:36:58 AM PST by uncitizen (our government is treasonous)
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To: Awgie
"But the only thing they are really focused on is perpetuating their own existence and protecting the perks of exclusive membership. "

And that's why the only way out of this mess is...Trials and Hangings.

I'd say dispense with the trials except we are still, at base, a civilized people.

But if they want their day in court first they better not push us any further.

As for the GOP?

Hang them first.

20 posted on 12/10/2014 8:38:19 AM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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