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THE NUCLEAR OPTION: IF REPUBLICANS DON'T FIGHT NOW, THEY NEVER WILL
Breitbart ^ | December 10, 2014 | by Charles Hurt

Posted on 12/10/2014 6:42:53 PM PST by Jim Robinson

Call it the mysterious case of the Incredible Shrinking GOP.

Barely one month ago, the party sailed to victory in one of the biggest rout election waves of the past century. They ran the board and took control of the U.S. Senate. They grew to historic levels in the U.S. House. The Democratic Party was left in tatters in state, local, and governor races across the country.

But today, just a few weeks later, before GOPers even take hold of their new reins of power, the party is crying poverty. They are stricken with paralysis. House Speaker John A. Boehner, known for his weeping, begs powerlessness.

"Frankly, we have limited options and limited abilities to deal with it directly," Mr. Boehner said last week when asked about President Obama's unconstitutional executive action to grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens presently living illegally in the U.S.

"Limited options?" "Limited abilities?" We have an unbridled madman in the White House right now taking a machete to the U.S. Constitution and the leader of the opposition party that was just thrust to power in a historic rejection of the president and his cleptocratic policies is now talking about "limited" options and abilities?

Funny, I don't recall a single Republican running in a single race this year on a campaign that Republicans in Congress have only "limited" options and abilities to stop Mr. Obama. No, in fact, every single one of them ran their entire campaigns on the singular promise that we have to vote for Republicans so they could stop Mr. Obama. And Americans voted.

Now the chads have not even settled yet and already we are being told the whole meaning of the election is something different now. Now that they have won.

Either Republicans did not really believe their campaign...

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: boehner; dumpboehner; gope; limitedoptions; limitedpower; nuclearoption; obama
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1 posted on 12/10/2014 6:42:53 PM PST by Jim Robinson
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To: Jim Robinson

They either impeach the bastard now or saddle future generations of Americas to dictatorial rule.


2 posted on 12/10/2014 6:45:14 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Jim Robinson

They won’t.

Now, let’s get on with firing up our new party.


3 posted on 12/10/2014 6:46:03 PM PST by Da Coyote
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To: Jim Robinson

Get some balls, Boehner.

Resign and let a Patriot fill the Speakers seat.


4 posted on 12/10/2014 6:46:34 PM PST by jazusamo (0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin)
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To: Jim Robinson

We have to go after the head

The way the liberals went after Newt

Only for the opposite reasons


5 posted on 12/10/2014 6:47:17 PM PST by Mr. K (Palin/Cruz 2016)
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To: jazusamo

amen.


6 posted on 12/10/2014 6:47:41 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: jazusamo

December, 2014 & January, 2015- Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.


7 posted on 12/10/2014 6:49:07 PM PST by Sasparilla
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I mean, seriously? What kind of traumatized headcase thinking is this? Republicans are afraid that if the president issues his first veto over a significant bill that funds the entire government except for his lawless amnesty, somehow it will be Republicans' fault that the federal government shuts down?

Unless of course the Republicans also want amnesty and can indirectly get it this way. -Tom

8 posted on 12/10/2014 6:50:44 PM PST by Capt. Tom (Don't confuse U.S. citizens and Americans. They are not necessarily the same. -tom)
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To: Jim Robinson

they sought power and said the right words to achieve through an election

but now that the election is over, like politicians everywhere, they tell the voters to go away or simply ignore them.


9 posted on 12/10/2014 6:55:25 PM PST by txnativegop (Tired of liberals, even a few in my own family.)
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To: central_va
They either impeach the bastard

Not enough votes to impeach; so let's just make it so NOTHING Obama wants over the next 2 years sees the light of legislation.

Obstruct, obstruct, obstruct, just like Harry Reid did.

Elections have consequences!

10 posted on 12/10/2014 6:55:59 PM PST by PROCON (Always give 100%...unless you're donating blood.)
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They haven’t even assumed their offices yet and they’re already giving up.

Why bother voting?


11 posted on 12/10/2014 6:57:22 PM PST by Tzimisce
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To: PROCON

No! Tis is not just about the here and now, it is about the future of the republic. This rises to the level of impeachment. Whether it is successful or not it must be done. The precedence here must be set. No dictators in the USA....


12 posted on 12/10/2014 6:59:12 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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13 posted on 12/10/2014 7:04:22 PM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: central_va
It's no use. Roberts, Boehner and McConnel are controlled.

The fix is in.

A link to the full-text Free Republic thread.

14 posted on 12/10/2014 7:05:37 PM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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15 posted on 12/10/2014 7:07:09 PM PST by caww
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16 posted on 12/10/2014 7:12:14 PM PST by gwgn02
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To: Jim Robinson

if the gop-e/rino leaders are calling the shots, there will be no fight.


17 posted on 12/10/2014 7:13:57 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: jazusamo

[ Get some balls, Boehner.

Resign and let a Patriot fill the Speakers seat. ]

His are probably in the same place Mitch McConnell’s are, in the mouth of some hot male “man of the evening”....

Isn’t this a bit of an open secret, well the part about Mr. Turtle anyways....


18 posted on 12/10/2014 7:14:51 PM PST by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: Jim Robinson
Figured Boehner and McConnell would sell us out eventually, but not this quick and this completely.

They don't even bother making a pretense of fighting anymore.

19 posted on 12/10/2014 7:15:33 PM PST by The Cajun (Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert....Nuff said.)
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To: Jim Robinson

Republicans are fighting the war they always wanted: against us. You might as well write the Rats need to fight Obama.


20 posted on 12/10/2014 7:17:44 PM PST by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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