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Heritage Foundation Banned from GOP Planning Meetings
Newsmax ^ | August 29, 2013 | Lisa Barron

Posted on 08/30/2013 7:51:42 AM PDT by Timber Rattler

Conservative GOP lawmakers have taken steps to diminish the influence of the Heritage Foundation, barring the conservative think tank's employees from participating in planning meetings.

House Republican Study Committee Chairman Steve Scalise informed Heritage officials last month that they would no longer be welcome at the group's weekly gatherings, a decision that ended a decades-long working relationship, reports The National Journal.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: gope; heritage; loser; louisiana; republican
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The war is on!
1 posted on 08/30/2013 7:51:42 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
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To: Timber Rattler

GOP: The slightly less left-wing arm of the National Progressive Socialist Party.


2 posted on 08/30/2013 7:55:06 AM PDT by Thane_Banquo ( Walker 2016)
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It’s alright Rino’s are too big to hide.


3 posted on 08/30/2013 7:55:12 AM PDT by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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“Conservative GOP lawmakers have taken steps to diminish the influence of the Heritage Foundation”

No, they are not “conservative” and that is the problem.


4 posted on 08/30/2013 7:55:15 AM PDT by CrappieLuck
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I’m not sure what they’re trying to accomplish. They’ve been calling me asking for donations, and I’ve told them on several occasions that unless they plan on turning back to their conservative roots, I don’t wish to receive any further solicitation calls.

I don’t care if Ronald Reagan rises from the dead and stands with the RNC, I won’t vote for these God-forsaken mongrel Republicans anymore.


5 posted on 08/30/2013 7:56:14 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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The mask is off...........

6 posted on 08/30/2013 7:59:15 AM PDT by Red Badger (It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong. .....Voltaire)
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To: Thane_Banquo

GOP: The party of slightly smaller big government.


7 posted on 08/30/2013 8:01:12 AM PDT by Alex Murphy (Just a common, ordinary, simple savior of America's destiny.)
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To: Timber Rattler

It’s time to take the party back or form a new one. Either way, we don’t have another 10 years to wait for some sort of reorganization. Electing fence straddlers is no longer an option.


8 posted on 08/30/2013 8:02:54 AM PDT by chuckles
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House Republican Study Committee Chairman Steve Scalise informed Heritage officials last month that they would no longer be welcome at the group's weekly gatherings....

https://scalise.house.gov/contact-me/email-me

Scalise is from Louisiana....is there a Louisiana ping list?

9 posted on 08/30/2013 8:04:02 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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it's so on!
10 posted on 08/30/2013 8:04:13 AM PDT by Drawn7979
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Mark Levin is going to be one pissed off conservative on tonight’s show.
Can’t wait to listen!


11 posted on 08/30/2013 8:04:59 AM PDT by tennmountainman
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GOP: The party of slightly smaller big government.

Smaller? How about "GOP: the party of slightly less rapidly growing big government".

I wonder if Karl Rove (who is far closer to Karl Marx than to KarlInOhio) is invited to the meetings.

12 posted on 08/30/2013 8:05:37 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (This message has been recorded but not approved by Obama's StasiNet. Read it at your peril.)
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Oh yeah, that will be radio gold.


13 posted on 08/30/2013 8:08:16 AM PDT by mykroar (China and Russia are playing chess while Obamas's playing 52 card pick-up.)
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To: chuckles

The Tea Party provides the only foundation we can work with as a group. I’ve been trying to work within the Republican party for years; they don’t want to hear anything but workable solutions.

In other words, they are succumbing to the leftward drift of this nation.

The stronger we make the tea party, the better. There’s no other way to go, short of armed revolt.


14 posted on 08/30/2013 8:08:27 AM PDT by gortklattu (God knows who is best, everybody else is making guesses - Tony Snow)
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To: CrappieLuck

Correct.

That first sentence contradicts itself. There is nothing conservative about GOP lawmakers.


15 posted on 08/30/2013 8:09:48 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: Timber Rattler

Good. Let’s have it. The GOPe has made a horrible mistake here, and they are going to suffer for it.


16 posted on 08/30/2013 8:10:11 AM PDT by Excellence (All your database are belong to us.)
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To: tennmountainman

If true, Levin will scorch everyone involved with this by name.


17 posted on 08/30/2013 8:10:28 AM PDT by lormand (Inside every liberal is a dung slinging monkey)
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To: Timber Rattler
Conservative RINO GOPe lawmakers have taken steps to diminish the influence of the Heritage Foundation, barring the conservative think tank's employees from participating in planning meetings.
18 posted on 08/30/2013 8:10:42 AM PDT by MileHi ( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)
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To: Timber Rattler

Can’t let anything get in the way of amnesty, Obamacare or nominating Jeb Bush for 2016.


19 posted on 08/30/2013 8:11:31 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: rarestia
" don’t care if Ronald Reagan rises from the dead and stands with the RNC, I won’t vote for these God-forsaken mongrel Republicans anymore.

Better stand and fight for your conservative values....fax letters and make phone calls daily to your elected's offices....they'll get the picture...the (Farm Bill) is a great place to start reminding those running this next year what they voted for.

20 posted on 08/30/2013 8:12:25 AM PDT by yoe ("They Come To America" order it now: http://www.theycometoamerica.com/buy-dvd/)
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