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 Wonky 11 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Perhaps some sort of evidence supporting your claim might give it credibility. Good luck finding that evidence.
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 11 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    "President Obama" is an oxymoron.

    I had a picture I drew up back when Boehner was crying after the election...

    I'd taken a still from "Snow White" and Photoshopped Boehner into it, and captioned it, "Weepy the 8th Dwarf"... but now I can't find it :(
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 11 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Hume's only saving grace is that he was (by my estimate) the last newsreader on television. Bret Baer is doing a credible job filling his shoes in that role.

    I've suspected for awhile that Brit stepped down so that he could take a more editorial and rhetorical part.
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 11 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Don't bother to reply; he's a child flinging poo trying to get a reaction. Just down vote his post and move on.
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    Posted by Boborobdos 11 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Ahhhhh yes, the Romney sentiment. Do you mean folks like retirees like those in Detroit who are screwed, like those who worked for Kodak and are screwed? What about retired military? What about disabled? Guess you are attempting to lump government workers into it to. Like the folks who removed the snow... Like the guy on the ambulanceWOOOOOPS that went private a few years ago and rates are up almost six times...
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  • Posted by lostsierra 11 years, 7 months ago
    My wife and I are Tea Party Patriot members and have been since the gitgo. We do demonstrations. My wife was interviewed and on the evening news for one demo. Our eldest boy was also interviewed on TV at a demo. I have been the subject of a BBC story. Our youngest' turn is next. He's a fine little rebel, told me the other day the education system sucked big time. He's in 7th grade and getting As and A+s.
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  • Posted by $ 11 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    And Hume is a member of the press - NOT a guy who makes the laws the rest of us must live by. He has a mouth, but no power and was not elected.
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  • Posted by $ 11 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Frankly, they both are, except BO sits in the white house and unlike Boehner, HE has the "Magic Bypass Congress Pen" - which makes him VERY, VERY dangerous to all our freedoms.
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  • Posted by $ 11 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Dead on. The ONLY time the word "compromise" is uttered, is when repubs are being forced to cave in to the left. Compromise needs to become one of the seven words you can't say in polite company (boy, is THAT concept ever gone).
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  • Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 11 years, 7 months ago
    Time for a new speaker... Those still protecting the old guard, the establishment types, have got to go. Is he too pragmatic, when it comes to upholding principles? If so, then we need more representatives that stand on principle as well as a new speaker..
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    Posted by Boborobdos 11 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Seems like the Tea Party is out to crush most of us.

    What from the 1% doesn't it support?
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 11 years, 7 months ago
    The establishment Republicans (and the Democrats, but I repeat myself) keep saying how compromise is necessary to get things done, but two things are never addressed:

    1) The things they get done... I don't want done.

    2) it's always the conservatives who have to compromise. The Democrats get what they want, the establishment Republicans get what they want, but conservatives never get what they want... by "compromising".

    " In any compromise between food and poison, it is only death that can win. In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit. "

    " The evil of the world is made possible by nothing but the sanction you give it."
    - Ayn Rand
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  • Posted by Retired24-navy 11 years, 7 months ago
    Its time for the people, whether tea party or not, to stand up to the Congress, with less that 12% approval and King Obama woth less than 40% approval, to stand up and be counted against the tyranny of this country. Over 300 years we fought a revolution against this over taxation and no representation; its time for a new revolution at the ballot box. RE-Elect No-One. We need as citizens to run ALL the bums out of DC and retake our country. We did it once and now is time to do it again, before its too last and we implode on ourselves.
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 11 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I don't want to see a single conservative support or vote for the incumbent Republicans in any way, shape or form, no matter what the results.

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    Posted by Boborobdos 11 years, 7 months ago
    "The Tea Party is made up of patriotic Americans – like you.."

    Not me. The Tea Party only seems to be loyal to the top 1% of corporeality. Either that or they are really dumb and they are being exploited by the 1%.
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  • Posted by lostsierra 11 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Either this or that? BS, Have been in the Party since the beginning and neither of your alternatives are remotely close to the truth. Get real and over come your silly ignorance.
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