Posted on 10/01/2015 12:12:37 PM PDT by Kaslin
On Tuesday, members of the House Oversight Committee grilled Planned Parenthood head Cecile Richards over undercover videos linking high-ranking employees with illegal sale of fetal body parts. Under heavy questioning, Richards admitted to supporting sex-selective abortion, acknowledged that the vast majority of Planned Parenthood’s nongovernment revenue springs from abortion, and awkwardly attempted to explain away the organization’s alleged willingness to utilize special abortion techniques to preserve “samples” from the killed unborn.
That night, Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, announced that he would fully fund Planned Parenthood.
Naturally, conservatives feel that they have been betrayed. Again. Since the 2014 elections, Republicans have done nothing to slow or stop Obama’s historically egregious Iran deal, which almost guarantees Iranian regional dominance followed by their eventual development of nuclear weapons; Obama’s executive amnesty program, which promises to continue to shape the country in heretofore unforeseen ways; and Obama’s support for the nation’s leading abortion mill.
On Wednesday, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said he looked forward to Boehner’s last month in the House, and hoped that Boehner would “work with his Republican colleagues and with his Democratic colleagues to effect some progress on important things that we need to be doing.” Hoyer added that Boehner “wants to get some things done that are important for the country to get done so that he doesn’t leave that for the next leadership. … I hope he can.”
When conservatives hope the Republican leadership does nothing, and Democrats hope the Republican Speaker goes big, that’s an excellent indicator that the Republican Party no longer represents its base. No wonder conservatives rally behind anti-establishment figures ranging from Donald Trump to Carly Fiorina; Texas Senator Ted Cruz draws heavy grassroots support for slicing Planned Parenthood funding out of the latest continuing resolution, even if it means Obama vetoing the CR, thus shutting down the government. Conservatives didn’t elect Republicans to build a power base. They elected them to enact conservative policy preferences, no matter the cost.
But Republican Party insiders seem puzzled at the rage of the conservative base over their collective decision not to oppose the most controversial elements of President Obama’s agenda. Instead, Republicans insist to their voters that they’re doing their best, that without 66 votes in the Senate, they can’t override the executive branch, and that they will need just a few more dollars, pretty, pretty please.
This conflict lays bare the conflicting agendas of conservatives and Republican leaders. Republican leaders believe the goal of the Republican Party is to gain and maintain power; conservatives believe the goal of the Republican Party is to represent conservative interests, no matter what comes. The Republican Party has become an excellent vehicle for the former goal, and a smoking garbage heap when it comes to the latter.
Republicans may keep winning, because the only alternative for conservatives is to vote Democrat. For now. But the divergence between the base and the leadership will eventually lead to the GOP’s collapse, unless Republican leaders begin to re-orient themselves to a conservative true north.
Boener makes us wish his mother swallowed that night instead creating this loser.
Boner makes me think of Life at an alcohol rehab, without parole.
PRIMARY THESE BA$TARd$!! Don’t spend any money— just get on the ballots!! They moved the vote to December 11 to get past the Novenmber 15 cut off date to announce as a candidate. We all know that!! Don’t be dissuaded. RUN BABY RUN. It is RINO season in politics!!
Waiiiiiiit a minute. She wasn’t the only one in this.
Noobie, you make absolutely no sense whatsoever. Please speak English so I can understand you.
You are however unfair in accusing all the Republicans to cave in. The only ones that are guilty are the ones in the leadership, especially McConnell the majority leader in the Senate. He got mouth firmly planted on dingy Harry Reid's behind.
<>Republicans may keep winning, because the only alternative for conservatives is to vote Democrat.<>
Uh no, after a long lifetime of never missing a presidential or midterm election, my next choice will likely be to not vote in national elections at all.
Sorry, but if everyone thinks like you do than Hillary is guaranteed to be the next president
The American President 2015 has more in common power-wise with Hugo Chavez than George Washington.
This isn't republican government.
“Republicans may keep winning, because the only alternative for conservatives is to vote Democrat.”
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Well, it turns out that voting Republican isn’t much of an alternative, is it.
Conservatives need to stop tucking tail and falling in line when RINOs are on the ballot.
Participate in the primaries then either abstain, write in, or vote 3rd party where GOProgressives appear. I am RELIEVED that I took this route last cycle, seeing what the GOP’s done—especially in funding PP. My hands are clean of it.
How much more clear can it be that blindly supporting Republicans is supporting the Progressive agenda?
The Hildebeest thanks you for your thoughtful effort to enact Progress!
Kindly cut a six-figure check to the Clinton Global Initiative to ensure that your views enjoy the consideration they deserve as the Future unfolds.
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