Posted on 07/27/2011 5:13:31 PM PDT by Tulsa Ramjet
Washington (CNN) – House Speaker John Boehner leveled tough words at fellow Republicans Wednesday, telling conservatives who are unhappy his bill doesn't go far enough to "Get your ass in line."
Boehner's admonishment came during a closed-door meeting, during which House GOP leaders sought to rally support for their debt bill, according to two Republican sources who attended the meeting.
The Ohio Republican told members he was working hard and didn't want to turn around and not see an army behind him.
House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia also said it was time to pull together and pass the House GOP debt bill, instead of feeding a storyline that pits Republican against Republican.
But the meeting turned into exactly that-a venting session with Republicans turning on each the other-and exposing an ugly split among the rank and file.
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Boehner should have got a commitment for a balance budget amendment as part of the deal to be brought to the floor BEFORE the next election.
These guys are just trying to move this out of the news cycle....they want to go back to loading up their campaign coffers to ensure longevity of personal, ego-stroking, political parsonage...i.e...washington cocktail circuit that reminds them of how important they have become.
I think you`ve generally hit it on the head. What should have been a rubber stamp for Obama has instead been a major hit. Boehner getting anything from this is a win. Let`s say Boehner crafts something the Tea Party loves—it gets out of the House, and Reid and Obama reject it—the end. I`m not thrilled by what Boehner ISN`T getting, but people`s expectations of what is possible here are, frankly, ridiculous. We`re going to end up reinforcing the idea that the right wants to cut and the left, even in this horrible economy, wants to spend, spend, spend ina way that will cling to them for years. That`s a win.
Were there tears in his eyes when he said this? You can tell when he's really serious because he gets all weepy.
And in the process, you’ll probably give the Dems control of the House again. Brillian / sarcasm off
The GOP is just going in the hole more slowly. Both parties are parties of federal spending beyond tax revenue; which means both parties like federal control.
+1
There is reality and there is the tomfoolery that often exists here on the island of Conservutopia. At the end of the day, we need to retain the House as a check against Obama and libs....this factoid never ceases to amaze me that some folks here want it all and want it all now, and in the process the piss off independents to the point that the country lurches back to the left again.
Damn straight they do. The sentiment is mutual.
Get your ass back to Ohio, you weak weeper. You have to use every old retired GOP hack to do the work for you. To strong-arm the Freshmen.
But don't expect results. I quit calling on my reps. They loathe the public except election time.
I'm of a mind that the country is better off if Congress blows it, and tanks the federal government.
Boehner needs to go and be replaced with a conservative.
PRIMARY THIS MORON.
I really wanted to get behind this guy after his speech the other evening (after Bam's).
Man, he had support and he's completely blown it.
The "independendts" are morons and so is the GOP "leadership".
Kick bonehead out of Congress in the next electio!!!!
1. A Bill has already passed a Bill.
2. What solutions are in this bill that will solve our spending crisis?
Normally this would make me very upset, but if this is the way they are going to govern, who cares?
Not a chance. Baraq will lose in a landslide in 2012 and another sh!tload of Democrats along with him.
Carville said it best, baby:
$4 gas
10% unemployment
surging inflation
plunging home prices
recurring $1.5 trillion deficits
45 million on food stamps
The Republicans control one house of Congress. One. With such high stakes, limited true power, the press ready to pounce and the 2012 election cycle around the corner, I just wonder how much he can really accomplish.
But, I get it... we gotta have a REVOLT! I get it.
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