Does this look like a "leader"? Geez. Grow a pair already!
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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That is a lie. The House republicans have held the house for a while now, and they are the ones that could have stopped this.
No need for a Senate.
/johnny
No Senate republicans are required.
Why do you lie about that?
/johnny
The problem is that McConnell, Boehner and the house leadership are all closet democrats who will never listen to the voters. Just like Gruber, they think we are all stupid and will accept whatever they do.
REPUBLICAN BETRAYAL:
OBAMACARE FULLY FUNDED
AMNESTY TOO!
DRUDGE
"The President himself is no more than a representative of public opinion at the time of his election; and as public opinion is subject to great and frequent fluctuations, he must accommodate his policy to them; or the people will speedily give him a successor; or either House of Congress will effectually control his power. It is thus, and in no other sense that the Constitution of the United States is democratic - for the government of our country, instead of a Democracy the most simple, is the most complicated government on the face of the globe." - John Quincy Adams, "Jubilee" Discourse, 1839America's Founders apparently did not believe the Congress had only "limited options" to deal with excesses of power by the Executive Branch. Perhaps Mr. Boehner can explain.
We are long past that startling discovery.
Let’s see now...
Republicans gained seats in the H.O.R. in the 2014 election — supposedly without ANY support from the Tea Party. That victory clearly proves that Boehner is doing something right, doesn’t it?
Now, we hear that Republican leaders don’t want to engage in a big fight with Obama UNTIL their troops in the H.O.R. and Senate are at full strength.
But some folks want to charge ahead right NOW. It’s almost like those folks want to engage in a “fair fight”, where the Democrats have better odds to win.
So you have a choice. Who would you prefer as your general: Grant or Custer?
The problem is that we gave them the win. The GOP-e did not EARN it.
They don't need the Senate to do this, and they don't need the Senate to stop it.
You want to make excuses and attack conservatives, but you will get called on your lies.
/johnny
Wrong alternatives. Both had guts; one more flair than the other; but neither was a master of debate or argumentation. We need to rally around the most articulate genuine Conservative inside the Beltway, who can explain the whys of how important it is to stop & reverse the damage that Obama has been doing. We are running out of time to keep putting off the real fight until another day, while the sociological deck is being deliberately stacked more completely against us.
William Flax
Patton.
While you have a point to consider, please do not forget that the Republicans have the votes in the House to stonewall back!! The emphasis, as I suggested above, should be on having the more articulate on our side, explain why we are hanging tough. The sooner the meaningful debate starts, the better our eventual chances.
William Flax
Should change it to Bhoner Whiz. Plenty of morons drank it. It’s obvious they like the taste.
If they would do right by the people who just elected them by a landslide they wouldn’t have to worry about job security.
I am not a liar.
There are many House seats which will not occupied till next month, and there are many Senate seats which will not be occupied till next month.
Most of these new seats will be filled with people who were supported by the TEA party and conservatives. Once they are there, the situation will change drastically. Especially since any bills passed by the House get totally stopped in the Senate.
Well lets be real. Raise your hand if you really thought the GOP was going to show some spine and try to defund OCare or stop Barry’s little amnesty play. We all hoped they would but in our hearts we expected exactly what we are getting in this $1 trillion budget.
Its time to accept the fact the the GOPe want amnesty as bad as the Dems and now they don’t have to take the blame for it. They also have no intention of repealing OCare.
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