Posted on 08/04/2014 3:17:10 AM PDT by cotton1706
On Thursday, House Republicans failed to pass a piece of legislation related to the border crisis. The commentariat in Washington roundly criticized the House Republican leadership. On Friday, instead of trying to ram through a piece of legislation, the House GOP found consensus among its members and passed the legislation.
The commentariat roundly criticized the GOP for passing something that could not make it out of the Senate. Never mind that the Senate had already fled Washington. The Wall Street Journal editorial page assailed conservatives, Ted Cruz, Jeff Sessions, and the House GOP for bringing to the public’s attention to the rift within the GOP. Ironically, for a bunch of hand wringing about exposing rifts, the Wall Street Journal does a very good job of exposes it.
The media-centered commentariat has been wholly dismissive of the House GOP, Ted Cruz and Jeff Sessions, and the conservatives. The media wants a deal. The commentariat wants a deal. The institutionalist factions of Washington, D.C. are desperate for a deal. They have created their own echo chamber and feedback loop in favor of a deal and because they did not get what they wanted, the House GOP must have broken down in some way.
They blame Rush Limbaugh for the break. They blame RedState. They blame Heritage Action, FreedomWorks, the Senate Conservatives Fund, Madison Project, For America, Tea Party Patriots, and a long list of others. They say the House GOP is too interested in the opinions of these groups and catering to the whims of these groups. Really what they mean is that the House GOP is not catering to the commentariat, the Gang of 500, the DC institutionalists, and other like mind groups.
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Something the DC class keeps forgetting is that every single member of the House won their elections, too. They’re not beholden to follow some inside-the-Beltway consensus, they’re each there first and foremost to represent the will of their district.
(Yes, even the total idiots like Sheila Jackson Lee — that is, for reasons beyond me, the will of that district.)
Sorry, not buying it. Obama doesn’t do a good enough job passing for straight to make it believable.
Ping for later.
Dictators and thugs are always more efficient... Thank God our Founders weren’t the idiot totalitarians modern democrats have become...
and we still hear arguments in FReeperland against term limits.
Great list Liz... thanks for sharing.
They decline to blame Harry Reid, who has had multiple bills passed in the house brought to his desk, but refused to take them to the Senate floor.
Paid for by cuts to foreign aid...Somebody finally listened! I’ve said that for YEARS!
40-50 years ago, but hey, who's counting?
bkmk
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