Peter King: No, I won’t sign the Democrats’ discharge petition to force a House vote on ending....

Hot Air ^ | Allahpundit | 4:41 pm on October 7, 2013

[11th_VA]

Via the Corner, the exciting conclusion to Friday afternoon’s drama about the Dems trying to force Boehner to bring a clean CR to the floor. Pelosi sent a letter to him on Saturday signed by 195 House Democrats calling for a vote; that means all she’d need for a successful discharge petition is 22 House Republicans to sign too — and coincidentally, there are 22 House Republicans who’ve said things to the effect that a clean CR would be awfully nice right now. Peter King, whose incessant Cruz-bashing has made him the new de facto RINO Pope, is of course one of them. Surely he’ll sign Pelosi’s petition, then, right?

Nope. “It’s not going to go anywhere,” he says, and he’s right. Like I said Friday, it’s one thing to bash the Cruz wing and call for an end to the shutdown, it’s another to promise your vote to Nancy Pelosi. If you’re going to jump off that bridge, you want to make sure the other 21 Republicans who’ve called for a clean CR are prepared to jump with you. Otherwise, you’re risking a ferocious conservative backlash over a discharge petition that’ll ultimately fall short of the 217 it needs, which means you’ve risked everything for nothing. And remember — King already has some experience with seeing Great RINO Revolts fall flat.

[11th_VA]

I think this is pretty significant news ... Kinda shuts Chucky Schumer up ...

[livius]

Very significant. Even Pete King realizes what’s at stake here: the existence of the House.

[gov_bean_ counter]

So much for today’s Dem talking point.

[exit82]

Peter King already has shown his true colors.

Yellow.

Pffft!

[TexasCajun]

Ya see, King would sign the petition, only " you want to make sure the other 21 Republicans who’ve called for a clean CR are prepared to jump with you. "

...still a rat bastard.

[don-o]

I think this is pretty significant news ...

I thought allowing illegals on the Mall tomorrow was significant.

[ConservativeDude]

Doesn’t it also show that the House is still sort of following the Cruz lead here???

Cruz’s leadership is a tour de force!!!

[ConservativeDude]

At least King is well past his days of supporting the Irish Republican Army....he was truly insufferable back then.

[dhs12345]

He could have been playing good cop.

Maybe moderate Republicans realize that they might have stumbled into something that could go really well for them.

[BigEdLB]

Chucky Schumer?

I Smell a rat...

[jazusamo]

Agreed...He may be taking a lot of heat about his bashing of Sen. Cruz and figures signing this goes way too far.

This decision could be self preservation.

[IncPen]

Not buying that he’s doing this for any good reason, except to blow with the wind.

Try this: Block you caller ID. Call King’s office. Not the DC, one, the district one. Tell them you’re a constituent.

Tell them what you think of King, and his recent shenanigans. . They’ll mock you and laugh at you, and then hang up on you.

This guy thinks he’s untouchable.

[Paladin2]

"a clean filthy, larded, wormed porklus CR would be awfully nice right now"

EEEEwww.

[tennmountainman]

Well, well, well. The King runs his mouth, but when given the chance to
vote his conviction, turns out he has neither conviction or sense.
King Rino is a fraud.

[wny]

I saw this twit on Fox on Sunday...from what he was saying he was indistinguishable from a democrat. Called himself a Reagan Conservative and made me spit out my coffee.

[Farnsworth]

I’m surprised that his RINO feels that way. interesting.

So any office pools out there on when the Reps fold? I’m already out, I figured they give up over the weekend.

[Still Thinking]

I think this is pretty significant news ... Kinda shuts Chucky Schumer up ...

Didn't even know that was possible! Normally he's "unavoidable for comment".

[DaveyB]

Peter King is in the senate. He is not in affiliated with the house. He won’t try to force then senate to vote on budgets for the past five years or the original CR from the house. What business does he have commenting on forcing the house to do anything. Clean your own chamber you RINO troll!

[Gene Eric]

That’s exactly what’s happening. He wants to keep his job.

[dead]

Peter King is such a loose cannon. He's not even a reliable RINO.

You can hate him for a while, and then he does something oddly conservative so you give him the benefit of a doubt for a little while and then he screws you again. Rinse and repeat.

To his credit, he does take the threat of militant islam seriously and votes accordingly.

[tcrlaf]

CNN just now “...why won’t Republicans give in to Obama?”

Basic Meme:
Obama won’t negotiate ANYTHING, so it’s Republicans fault, namely THE TEA PARTY...

[Gene Eric]

House.

[1010RD]

Boehner’s done a great job on discipline. We need to remember this when things don’t seem to be going our way.

[dead]

Peter King is the U.S. Representative for New York's 2nd congressional district.

He is not a senator and never has been.

[JPG]

King doesn't want to find himself buried under a ton of conservative bricks; note too the absence of any McCain/Graham ‘gang’ in the senate.

[Uncle Chip]

He knows which side of the aisle butters his bread —

[jazusamo]

Angus King is in the Senate.

http://peteking.house.gov/

[IbJensen]

Peter can do whatever he wishes.

Just get his ass out of Congress!

[teeman8r]

i’ve got the repubs ending it at 12000 djia...

i think i am a bit low for their spines though.

t

[Army Air Corps]

The very same CNN that has no idea where Hong Kong is located.

[lacrew]

I went to a Mexican restaurant for lunch today. There was a van with government plates in the lot.

Guess some parts of government aren’t shut down.

I took an hour lunch...van was still there when I left.

Guess some federal employees take a long lunch, even in a shutdown.

[rockinqsranch]

Pelosi tried. She was denied.

[elcid1970]

Shouldn’t Chuck E Cheese be wielding nunchucks & flipping the bird?

;^)

[DaveyB]

I humbly submit my mea culpa - I had the wrong rino.
He is the the house's rino king - my bad -Please choose from the following excuses: public schooled you know, the sun was in my eyes and part of brain is a national treasure that has been closed off due to the government shutdown, Bud Selig was a meany to me, Carlos Danger was trying to IM me and I was confused, I recently contracted a contagious form of Joe Bidenites and now every thing tastes like sweat socks.

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[SoFloFreeper]

Peter King, the RINO, won’t get a dime from me. He can sign it for all I care.

[BigEdLB]

LOL!

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

This is when we all wish FR had a delete button. :)

[jazusamo]

LOL!

I only knew because of an article about that turkey Angus some time back.

[Red_Devil 232]

They must have good Margaritas.

[JSDude1]

Oh oh, It looks like the Democrats just lost their (rhetorical) leverage..!

[SoFloFreeper]

Peter King, the RINO, won’t get a dime from me. He can sign it for all I care.

[ObamahatesPACoal]

Are all Democrats going to sign the petition?

It is not a good political move for Mike McIntyre. McIntyre is to the right of Peter King on more important issues. They are not going to sign it after a week.

I think the what will happen is Obama will illegaly raise the debt limit and even the RINOs can use this as a talking point. Saying that even in their own RINO world they would not be as bad as Obama.

[lacrew]

“They must have good Margaritas”

And they must take gubmint credit cards, even during the shutdown.

[PoloSec]

The sad thing is the dems could have gotten the 22 signatures had they waited until they actually got them to sign before bragging about it.

They’ll know better next time, which will be sooner rather than later (raising the debt limit).

[Arrowhead1952]

It does have a delete button. Just hit the “Report abuse” and let the mods know what needs to be deleted. I’ve hit that button on myself after posting incorrect info.

[JSDude1]

That’s what I believe.

[b4its2late]

Peter King is in the House from Long Island.

[devolve]

- OJ as not killed anyone lately either

[kcvl]

House Republican leaders have learned that giving King free rein may actually be the only way to deal with him.

He is, after all, the man who said the GOP’s romance with Christian evangelicals was turning the party into “barefoot hillbillies who go to revival meetings.”

He unfailingly supports labor unions.