Posted on 07/10/2013 4:05:56 PM PDT by jimbo123
” I’m not trusting enough to believe we’ve won, I just think it’s leaning our way as long as we keep the pressure on. “
Keep the pressure on, because it’s all we can do!
We killed the hydra-headed beast before. Maybe we can do it again. If not? Bye bye AMERICA!
good. the leftist republicans couldn’t get cover from their own caucus. keep it up.
he’ll now go hat in hand to the dems. maybe that betrayal will finally get us to a third party.
The only major demographic exception to this pattern, is the well-rooted Black population (which does not include Obama), of course, which will clearly be the greatest loser of all, in an Hispanization of the population.
This reality cries out to the common sense of all of us. That so few in Washington seem to really understand the implications--it is not about hurt feelings, but about perspectives on life, government & the interaction between the two--is what is causing many on our side to despair. That is not going to help the Republican future.
William Flax
Why can’t they just get rid of him, please?
1. Boehner is from north of here.
2. His remarks can be taken in more than one way.
3. Most Southwestern Ohio Republicans are strongly against flooding America with incongruous immigration, and certainly do not favor amnesty for those who came here illegally. Personally, I have fought leftwing immigration policy initiatives since my college days in the 1950s, and have never found much opposition to that among my fellow Southern Ohioans.
Instead of name calling, may I respectfully urge that we all focus on the wealth of talking points that can wake up our fellow citizens. It is tempting to use this forum to vent frustration & anger. But that is like counting your money, "before the dealing is done."
Everything for the time being should be about waking up & converting all whom we can.
William Flax
Exactly, this is all made to order. It’s the same story every episode with Boehner. Pretend you’ll do what conservatives want and then pull a 180 and pretend you were forced into passing a bad bill. If Boehner is convinced that something has to be done; no Republican can stop that from happening. Democrats pull Boehner’s strings.
Also, just this weekend, they were reporting that Paul Ryan had gone silent on immigration. I knew this was false, and of course now we hear he is working behind the scenes to help pass amnesty.
Sadly, we have too many who are only focused on one or two issues. Hence the wheel spinning that has been going on for almost sixty years.
William Flax
Again, politely, but in a no nonsense manner.
William Flax
If only it were that simple. We have plenty of big money GOP donors pushing amnesty. Murdoch is just one of the more well-known examples, because he's bought up a bunch of newspapers and other media outlets. TX gov Rick Perry was beholden to a bunch of big donors in the construction and grocery sectors. Since money buys political ads, GOP candidates who support amnesty tend to have more money with which to campaign in party primaries than those who oppose it. Which is how Texans end up with amnesty proponents like Perry in the governor's mansion.
Paul Ryan is dead to me.
Naw, a fine is a one time thing. If you want to really get busineess to stop hiring illegals, require the company to set aside 30% of the person’s salary every time they are paid in escrow account until such time as that employee can pass the e-verify system. Once the employee passes e-verify, the funds are released from escrow.
The cost of the paperwork alone will make employers verify before hire.
How could the GOP house get any weaker?
Does anyone remember the 1994 Crime Bill? There were so many competiting interests among Democrats that they kept tripping over each other legislatively and were unable to coordinate. Their Congressional leadership were unable to keep the competiting factions together, failed to come up with a compromise that satisfied anyone, and the bill ultimately fizzled out and faded away.
Perhaps that will happen to this immigration bill. For the first time since election night, I hold out some hope.
“Build the GOD D***N FENCE!
Enforce the laws!
Deport the illegal aliens!”
Well said.
Who in the house would replace him? I say one of those several that had a 100% conservative voting record would be a good place to start looking.
Not possible, freepers yesterday assured us that was propaganda hit piece from politico, and you can never believe a word they print.
On the other hand I have said from the beginning that this would happen and one of the current favorites here, Trey Gowdey, would be an up from proponent.
I think Levin is currently proposing the only solution save the unthinkable ones. Con Con.
The Murdoch point is analogous to the one I make about Marco Rubio in Whither American Conservatism.
Frankly, I do not want to write off Murdoch or Rubio or Rick Perry, on other issues, where they may be on our side. But we need to use a surgical attack, wherever it may be effective.
William Flax
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