Posted on 01/04/2013 8:33:42 AM PST by txrangerette
Being able to describe something accurately is the first step to understanding it, then fashioning a course of action.
What happened in the House Speaker vote is that, although some opposition to Boehner began to surface, no candidate ran for the position against him. For days Mark Levin has been urging an opponent to run, but nobody did. Therefore, the options were Boehner, Pelosi, or continued votes without a winner.
You can't beat somebody with nobody. Many thought Cantor was going to challenge Boehner when Cantor and the other leadership voted against the "cliff deal". They were mistaken. It's possible Cantor had thoughts of that, who knows? But could've concluded he would not pull the necessary votes to win. Conservatives unhappy with Boehner would have a hard time voting for Cantor instead. Not much of a change except in personalities...
On other threads certain House members are being attacked for voting Boehner. If that's your opinion, fine, but please be armed with the FACT that Boehner had no opponent but Pelosi.
Going forward, my advice is directed to those who sound like they are going to hole up in their houses with their guns nearby and tell the political world farewell (hunkering down in gall and bitterness and an "I told you so" to everyone who still fights for America as we knew it), or else, throw their hopes into a variety of third parties.
For your own sakes, it's not a good idea to cut yourself off from sources of support outside of your "bunker". Just a word to the wise, but of course you will do as you wish. For America's sake, Mark Levin exemplifies the better course going forward. Parsing out America's plight, he is working on a plan for state and local action to counter ALL that has gone wrong in Washington DC.
Meanwhile, until he gets that ready for rollout, he still supports those who are worthy of it. Such as Ted Cruz. There are others, too. But I want to give one example because if I give a few others, THOSE people will become issues from critics who have axs to grind, rather than the general point I'm making.
Some take the easy, familiar path, attacking those who do the heavy lifting, yet who "fall short" of their critics' ideals and timelines (sullenly ignoring realities); these critics hold court from their well worn, familiar chairs of despair. No one worth their salt wants to join up with pessimists. They gravitate instead toward smart, go-getting optimists.
Levin says no telling right now how long it will take to right this ship. Our enemies within have been at this a very LONG time.
Reminds me of the book title, “While England Slept”. Only this time it’s America and it’s the enemy within. It would be appropriate for a book now to be entitled, “While America Slept”.
When you’ve observed the slow but inexorable attack from within for many years, but expect the ship to turn on a dime and right itself on your instant command, and when it doesn’t you either go it alone, or divide with a few others in a space about the size of an old phone booth, all because nobody exactly, precisely fits your bill and because you’re angry and depressed, you harm both yourself and your country (what’s left of it).
EXACTLY!
What is more important?
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