Thank you, Eric Cantor! 'Spending cuts and rollback of government are our only hope'

Thank you, Eric Cantor. Thank you for walking out on useless talks, presided over by Vice President Biden, addressing raising the limit on our nation's debt.

According to press accounts, Republican House Majority Leader Cantor called it quits on talks between Democratic and Republican leaders because Democrats refuse to give in on raising taxes.

This, I am sure, is true. But we also must understand the deeper and broader issue.

We are in nothing less than hand-to-hand combat, fighting for what America is about and what it takes to get this country back on track toward growth and prosperity – determining whether we are, most fundamentally, a welfare state in which government runs the show, or whether this is a free country, in which free, private citizens run the show.

maica wrote:

Who would you recommend to take the lead, or be involved in attempting to get our national budget under control? I don’t see a very large or strong bullpen, but I’d love to have some names of people to watch.

Unfortunately, only some of the Freshmen are free of RINO and big spending histories. Allen West is a great example and has potential to be a leader. There are a few others. Michele Bachmann claims to be the "TEA Party Caucus leader, but I'm not 100% sure she isn't an attempt to co-opt the movement for the Repubican party.

Too many Republican partisans are not committed to actual conservative principles and TEA Party values. Rather, they want our votes to enable them to have more power for the Republican Party. Boehner and Cantor are excellent examples of this. Unfortunately, so are most candidates who received significant contributions in their primary battles from any "Leadership PACs" associated with major Republican leaders like Boehner, Cantor, Hensarling, and the rest. The "Republican leadership" is still mostly Party over principle, and will be willing to compromise if it gains them power.

He is the House Majority Leader - a very powerful and yet very important role in the GOP. I understand your apprehension, but from his POV if he wants to move up the ranks of the party he has to be a party man. His other choice is to turn down high ranking jobs in the House and the party in order to do what he wants... but that means, eventually and at some point, the party will turn on him for being too much of a maverick and not enough of a team player.

That, unfortunately, is party politics. Not saying I approve of it, it is just the way it is.

“I wrote then: “I thought we were on the road to moving socialism out of poor black communities and replacing it with wealth-producing American capitalism. But, incredibly, we are going in the opposite direction. Instead of poor America on socialism becoming more like rich America on capitalism, rich America on capitalism is becoming more like poor America on socialism.”

She is one of our national treasures. She has experienced more that most people will ever experience, and just look at there she’s landed.

You, too, are a national treasure, JH2.

Thank you so much for the ping!

Thank you, Eric Cantor. Thank you for walking out on useless talks, presided over by Vice President Biden,

Amen to that. Now is not the time for Republicans to waffle on such an important issue. They must stay the course.

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