Posted on 12/11/2014 5:30:20 AM PST by bestintxas
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.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
See my tag line.
I’m beginning to think they really don’t have the brain power or drive of the leftist Dems in office; either that or lak of incentive due to complacency brought on by too much of a silver spoon life.
I am constantly amazed that people are paid money to use words in a professional setting and are so challenged by spelling: Kleptocratic.
if the GOP won’t fight now, then we’ll see the rise of the Tea Party, and the demise of the Republicans.
While the national GOP is being diminished by lack of leadership and the GOPe, out here in Fly-over-Land the governors and legislators are for the most part doing a yeoman’s job of righting this ship called the United States.
Starting with Wisconsin.
How about pushing for a balanced budget?
Force 0bama to veto a balanced budget.
How about reducing national debt by converting
tbills to AMWAR futures?
How about converting welfare to workfare (WPA like)?
How about a national free market alternative to 0bama care?
If GEICO can save you on car insurance, imagine what they
can do for health care?
Terminate all government agencies at 2020. Require super majority to continue each agency specifically every 10 years.
If the GOPe had a tagline, it would be:
“SUCKERS!!”
When exactly do the newly elected Republicans take their seats?
When exactly do the newly elected Republicans take their seats?
They're time is limited and they don't even realize it.
Ask Eric Cantor.
Why the feigned shock and surprise?
This is little different than when Hastert, Lott, and Frist were Congressional majority leaders. Then, they had open-checkbook GW in the Oval Office. Now, open-checkbook BO is in the Oval Office.
Pork still gets funded. The pig trough still flows with goodies. Tax payers still get the final bill. All is well in the world of Washington.
How many of the same or similar issues are in the headlines now that were in the headlines at the turn of the century? They keep playing the same politics and arguing over the same issues, while hoodwinking the citizenry.
Already posted! By Jim Robinson himself. Did you do a title search?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3235974/posts
John Boehner is an Obama-level traitor.
An ENEMY OF THE UNITED STATES.
“When exactly do the newly elected Republicans take their seats?”
What indication is there that it matters to the ‘leadership’ of the Senate and House? Heck, the House already has a huge majority of Republicans, and its Speaker is a pathetic pansy.
Other than Conservatives, who have you seen or known the Republicans to fight?
Exactly. Good suggestions all.
The New Republican Senate members will be sworn in around the middle of January, 2015, once the oath is taken then they will take their seats, and be able to vote on bills.
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