Posted on 06/30/2014 9:27:35 AM PDT by cotton1706
The Washington Post reported Friday that party players who were supporting soon-to-be-former Congressman Eric Cantor have pulled a fast one on the man who defeated him.
Last week during a 7th District Committee meeting in Virginia, “Cantor loyalists who still sit on the 7th District Committee outmaneuvered Brat supporters to strip the committee of most of its budget — nearly $400,000.” According to the Washington Post, a parliamentary maneuver allowed the money to be moved so that Brat’s campaign couldn’t use it. Brat was to use the money for a get out the vote campaign.
The move may assist the candidacy of Democratic opponent Jack Trammell who will be running against Cantor over the next four months.
But those who were supporting Cantor are apparently still not over the fact that Brat has placed Cantor into retirement. Soon Cantor will have to vacate his suite of offices in the U.S. Capitol that are located between the Rotunda and Statuary Hall. And soon Cantor will lose his four person Secret Service-like U.S. Capitol Police security detail that has been driving him from Richmond to Washington DC and toy any other event of his choosing.
Cantor’s aloofness in his district is what turned many constituents off. He appeared to be too important for town halls, meetings with constituents and questionnaires asking about his views on the important issues of he day. Now, his operatives are making it difficult of man who sent Cantor packing.
The maneuver prompted an angry outcry from Brat’s camp.
“They just wanted to get the money out of the committee so we wouldn’t have it. It was retribution,” said Robert Stuber, the Post’s reports. The deep divide between Tea Party Republicans and the rest of the party continues.
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Prior to the voting one of Cantor’s closest friends and donors, I think his last name is Allen, was on local TV here threatening to ensure all money would be cut off from Brat.
The scum was one of the people who voted to move the money out of Brat’s control.
These GOPe people are craven fools. They want power and money and have absolutely no care for our Country or the Constitution. They are all about enriching themselves.
They all need to go...NOW!
Remember this when people on FR tell us to “vote for the most conservative guy on the ticket.” We’re being scammed.
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THIS IS AN E-MAIL I SENT TO THE RNC TODAY:
I just want you to know that the despicable deeds pulled off by Thad Cochran and Haley Barbour in the Mississippi Senate race, has done more damage to the Republican Party than you can ever imagine. You are losing your Conservative Base; and they’re taking their donations and votes with them. You may as well resign yourself to the fact that the GOP will NOT gain control of the Senate in November. Conservatives will not vote for the likes of Mitch McConnell, who has vowed to “crush” Conservatives, and Thad Cochran, who admitted doing “indecent” things with farm animals, and now, does “indecent” things at the ballot box. But, remember, all you Republican Establishment “fat-cats”, you brought it on yourself.
Old folks had a saying about “cutting one’s nose off to spite one’s face’. Get it?
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Old folks had another saying: “You can only kick an old dog so long before he rises up and bites you.” Get it???
RINOs love people like you, X-spurt. You keep them in office until they’re carried out feet first.
The Republican “Gang of Eight” who opposed us when we had two out of three branches under Bush are now fighting for Amnesty.
Your precious GOP-elite are doing everything they can to make brand new smiling Democratic Party voters.
We’ve heard the crap you’re peddling for over two decades. We’re not buying it.
Ah, the blame-a-thon is in full swing now. Popcorn?
Maybe it’s ex-Bert, back for a visit. Old timers know what I’m talking about.
I’ve heard of “Retreads.” Ya think X-Spurt is one of them?
No, but there was a guy here, Bert, who had 100 different variations of his name over the years, and x-spurt’s name reminded me of Bert. x-bert would sound the same. But I think Bert is long gone, don’t know if he went to liberal hell or what.
A+Bert I think
So where do the “buddies” get their money from?
Exactly. I’m sick of FReepers arguing “party party party” instead of ideas.
I’m supposed to feel outrage if conservatives and others sit on their hands and don’t help reelect McConnell or Cochran or Lamar.
F them all. So the answer to those FReepers that think like that: shove it. You are the problem IMO. RINO’s are NO BETTER! A vote here or there doesn’t count over PRINCIPLES!
You guys get a spine.
Yes, that was his original moniker, but after he got banned, he would come back to post and annoy us, and each new name had some form of “bert” in it. It was kind of funny, really. He knew it would only last a few posts before he got “zotted” again, so he made them count. He was very persistent, and then suddenly, he was gone forever.
I wonder whatever happened to Bert?
Does he hang out at an anti-freeper site like Libratty Post or True Blue Paint Sniffers?
RE Work Hard:
The only problem is overcoming their support network. But ultimately it comes down to election day...
Beat their arse at the ballot box.
You are right about RINOs. But the greater and most eminent danger is from “so called” conservative purists who do not vote against the liberals.
If there is a thread celebrating Dave Brat’s victory, I sure didn’t see it.
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