Boehner has declared war on Tea Party

Posted by stargeezer 11 years, 7 months ago to Government
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Yesterday, House Speaker John Boehner declared all-out war on the Tea Party.
In an angry rant he railed against “outside groups” like Tea Party Patriots saying “they’re using our members and they’re using the American people for their own goals.”

The last time we checked, we are the American people. The Tea Party is made up of patriotic Americans – like you – from all across this country and the last hope for reining in this out-of-control government and protecting our Constitution. We are the last hope that our nation has as the country slips into a self absorbed fit of adolescent like, hormone fed tantrum leading to self destruction.

The one voice calling for any moderation and calling for a return to the values and to the laws that this nation was founded on.

Things like standing on the exact reading of the Bill of Rights, forcing judges to render judgments based on existing law, not legislating from the bench. They were never given the power to write law, only to enforce the laws as they are. The executive branch is empowered to insure the nation is properly managed, to be the Commander in Chief, and to manage and implement the passed legislation from congress - not to be a king.

Congress hold the pure strings is a old saying and a true one. The houses job includes making and passing a budget. The senate is suppose to act on the budget, not ignore them - Harry Reid! The senate is suppose to pass on the presidents appointments to judges benches "after careful examination" - not rubber stamp each after determining that they were "liberal" enough.

Most importantly Mr. Boehner, YOU were sent there to represent us. If that job is too hard for you or you just want to do your own thing, perhaps "we the people" need to visit with you.


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  • Posted by Hiraghm 11 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Yeah, it was the whole "lesser of two evils" corner conservatives have been backed into for decades.

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  • Posted by $ Genez 11 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Definitely agree. They were both part of the 'establishment' republican party. Part of the problem is the amount of money in campaigning now. Maybe if we didn't allow businesses to donate to politics at all? restrict it to only individuals..?
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  • Posted by Rocky_Road 11 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Every poll, accredited and discredited, says the opposite.

    The same spin from the Left was heard just before the 2010 'massacre'
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  • Posted by Rocky_Road 11 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    "They never point out the logical fallacies of the left. Never trumpet the things they have achieved and never expose stupidity of what the left proposes."

    Hard to do, if not impossible, with the Fourth Estate vowed to prevent this.

    I am surprised that we still have a party, once the 'Free' press took sides against that....

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  • Posted by Danno 11 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    No I don't expect that. I expect a $ crisis and USA breaking into 3 or more countries.
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 11 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Republican party does not equal 'the right'.

    That is the fallacy people have been laboring under for decades.

    Neither Bush I nor Bush II were conservative; they were Republican progressives.
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  • Posted by dwcarmi 11 years, 7 months ago
    If it wasn't for the Tea Party, Boehner wouldn't be the Speaker. Apparently he's to ingrained in the establishment to realize that. How soon they forget that they work at our pleasure not the other way around. It seems that the House isn't the only part of Congress that needs it's eyes opened. Senate minority leader McConnell thinks that the new Senators are meant to work for him instead of the people too. Ted Cruz was applauded by the people for his stand to try and defund ObamaCare, bur the minority leader slammed the junior Senators for wasting time and efforts. It's time to take our government back.
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  • Posted by Danno 11 years, 7 months ago
    Boehner should just work on his tan. He is good at that.
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  • Posted by ronallensmith 11 years, 7 months ago
    There's nothing as grating on the ear as the utterances of a highly paid winer.
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  • Posted by $ 11 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I had never seen that video before and it's dead on. All those "People states around the world" and this is the last free country and we are selling our soul in the name of political correctness.
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  • Posted by $ 11 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    In all of the television universe of news talking heads, Brit stands way out. I'm not talking about the "opinion" faces, they are what they are and if your desire is to not have a liberal position challenged, networks like CNN, ABC, NBC, MSNBC, etc have you thing. But when you want straight news, Brit is pretty much a straight arrow. Not saying he does not offer an occassional opinion. but if he says something is fact, it's a fair bet that it is. Chris Mathews wouldn't know a fact if it fell on his head.
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  • Posted by Dargo 11 years, 7 months ago
    Boehner is nothing but a crier baby. He does not get his way, so he blames others.
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  • Posted by airfredd22 11 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    However, at least I'm one person that believes that Brit Hume speaks the truth as he sees it as opposed to most of the liars in the liberal progressive media.

    Fred Speckmann
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  • Posted by airfredd22 11 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    the problem is that the various Tea Party's failed in finding enough men like Ted Cruz and Mike Lee. I believe that there are more Ronald Reagan's out there, we just need to find the, Men and women with real conviction and the ability to speak on the stump without a teleprompter. it's easy to speak extemporaniously if you are speaking the truth from the heart. Never vote for a candidate using anything more than a bullet point card to speak on the stump.

    Fred Speckmann
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  • Posted by $ Genez 11 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Much as I hate to say it, I agree. The republican party has been completely nonfunctional for about the last decade. They never point out the logical fallacies of the left. Never trumpet the things they have achieved and never expose stupidity of what the left proposes. This makes them complicit in most of what is going on today. Whether by stupidity, ineptness or going along to protect themselves, the republicans (establishment) have destroyed things as much as the democrats.
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  • Posted by airfredd22 11 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    You are correct in your analysis, especially when it comes to Sen. McConnell and his attitude towards junior senators. First of all, they are all equal once they are elected, the entire concept of seniority is absurd and brings to mind the "Peter Principle," by tom Peters. this of course would also explain our present President.

    Fred Speckmann
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