Joe Blow Congressmen see little upside in a fight for principles that would bring a deluge of critical media scrutiny on their heads.
Joe Blow Congressman will not fight for conservative principles until he gages more upside to fighting than downside to shutting up and going along.
Joe Blow Congressmen will not fight until we force them to.
Nothing can possibly change for the better until We The People put max heat on the GOP. Copy rants at FR and send to our Congressmen. They will respond if enough of us let them know their jobs are at stake. There is no reason in the internet age to not be a virtual penpal with those who can do so much to destroy our society and freedoms.
Seems like O, Pelosi and Reid did a great job teaching them that lesson this past election, Dems picked up seats in both Houses when just a year ago there was talk of the GOP taking control of the Senate.
RE :”Joe Blow Congressman will not fight for conservative principles until he gages more upside to fighting than downside to shutting up and going along.
Joe Blow Congressmen will not fight until we force them to”
This congress was great at taking ill thought out stands and fights, trapping themselves and then getting crushed by popular opinion (including their own district voters) and then making a humiliating surrender. A perfect example was the FICA fight exactly a year ago. House Republicans backed themselves into a corner on that one and were forced to crawl to O.
No, Republicans do not need more self imposed humiliation. Instead they need to learn how to beat Dems. And that does not come by getting (taking) the blame for shutting down the government, defaulting on debt, raising taxes on middle class. Victory comes from getting voters to blame O for those things. You get O on the run and even the RINOs will follow.
Bohner is not a fighter, he is crier. Now Pelosi is a real fighter. She is twice the man Bohner is.