Republicans Grow Spine After Being SHUT OUT Of $825 Billion Bailout

Start Thinking Right ^ | January 28, 2009 | Michael Eden

[mysterio]

They only posture when it doesn’t count. They haven’t grown a spine.

[tobyhill]

I think we all expect them to cave but I also hope to become pleasantly surprised if they hold firm.

[Humal]

Wrote my representative this morning asking him to vote NAE on the bill, then just wrote him again THANKING him for voting no. Maybe giving more “attaboys” will encourage them to stand up to the Dims and vote the way Republicans want them to. Can't hurt to try.

[thecodont]

My Representative and both Senators are all Democrats.

I did however take time this evening to call two Republican Representatives in my state and thank them for opposing the bailout.

[Humal]

That’s good. IMO they need to hear when they are doing well and voting the way we want them to. They certainly get enough letters telling them what they are doing wrong and how rotten they are for doing so.

[Michael Eden]

I’m in the same boat as theocodont. I called my Senators at their DC number and told them not to vote for tax cheat Geithner for Treasury Sec.

But calling Democrats and begging them not to vote for something liberal is probably like begging the devil not to do something evil.

It sucks having Democrats represent you. But at least we get a lot of sunshine in the People’s Republic of California.

So maybe the trick is to “adopt” some Republican lawmakers and congratulate them for acting like conservatives.

[Michael Eden]

They only posture when it doesn’t count. They haven’t grown a spine.

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I fear you’re right, but I HOPE that we have a “1994” part II. Remember the Republicans and how they rallied around the Contract with America?

Or maybe we can start a third party: the Backbone Party.

You can bet the Backboners wouldn’t lack spines.

[Humal]

“So maybe the trick is to “adopt” some Republican lawmakers and congratulate them for acting like conservatives.”

It certainly wouldn't hurt, and it just might help. I also wrote my Democrat Senator (Bill Nelson, Florida) to vote “No” on approving Eric Holder. I reminded him of the Elian Gonzalez debacle back in 2000. I called Sen. Martinez's office and told them the same thing. Not sure it did any good, but it made me feel like I was making my opinion known.

[Michael Eden]

I think we all expect them to cave but I also hope to become pleasantly surprised if they hold firm.

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This is the opening skirmish a the battle (and I’m just talking about the bailout package).

My view is: a total filibuster in the Senate might backfire on Republicans (i.e., the media will portray Repubs as the obstacles to solving our crisis). I would rather have GOP leadership negotiate with RINOS like Olympia Snow et al to vote AGAINST the package, but make little attempt to filibuster.

That way, the thing - bad as it is - passes with few mods so we can hang all the pork on the Democrats. And when it DOESN’T work (and I mean, start on them IMMEDIATELY) depict it as a failure. Hang it ALL on them. The Democrats passed a pork-laden socialist spending bill instead of a stimulus - and we’re going to pay billions in interest payments for pork. And Democrats are corrupt failures, and do we want them running the country?

That’s just my view.

[Michael Eden]

Humal,
I actually call my Congress people on important votes even though they are Dems. I figure it can’t hurt, and could even help. And I think if more conservatives spent the time to notify their leaders of what they think/want, we wouldn’t have nearly as much crap as we do.