Posted on 03/29/2014 4:32:07 PM PDT by don-o
Republican Congressional leaders, less than three hundred miles from Fort Sumter where the Confederates fired on the federal government and launched a horrific four-year American Civil War, are meeting to declare a civil war against conservatives who are the base of the Republican Party.
Since the purpose of the weekend meeting at the Ritz Carlton on Amelia Island in Florida is to raise money and strategizing as to how to defeat limited-government constitutional conservatives in Republican primaries, this meeting is an act of war by Eric Cantor and the Republican Congressional leadership.
By fighting conservatives, Republican congressional leaders are publicly acknowledging they do not share the core values of conservatives and Tea Partyers, including limited-government, fidelity to the constitution, lower taxes, balanced budget, significantly reducing the size, scope and reach of the federal government.
The Republican primary voters will now be able to clearly see who are the principled conservatives verses those candidates receiving support from the Ruling Class, Crony Capitalists such as Karl Rove, John Boehner, Eric Cantor and Mitch McConnell.
Grassroots conservatives wish Republican leaders could get as angry at the lawlessness of the Obama Administration and Congressional Democrats as they do at conservatives.
This meeting is proof positive that the Republican Establishment thinks the Tea Party is alive, strong, and a major threat to their existence.
Conservatives did NOT refuse to vote for Romney as shown by the numbers. It just would have helped if he had been one tenth as aggressive against Obama as he had been against Gingrich in the Florida primary.
Please add me to your ping list. Thanks.
You forgot the part where the GOP cheated. And seated all of Florida's delegates (even though they should have lost half for holding the primary early), and Virginia, and all the other crap the GOP pulled.
Most voters that weren't in the northeast corridor didn't have much of a choice in the primary because of the cheating GOP.
Mitt wouldn't have won the primary in Texas if any conservative had been left to vote for.
Your boy lost. He was a liberal. That's what happens when you try to force a liberal down conservative throats.
Expect more of the same if you try the same crap.
/johnny
That’s why, unfortunately, we can support no one from the “establishment.”
That is, unfortunately, those who best represent us, are those being maligned by the GOPe and the DemonRats. Palin. Cruz. Lee. Paul.
If the GOPe is trying to destroy them, they are probably outside the establishment and represent us the best.
And, unfortunately, with pop culture and the power of the state-run media, the statists will continue to successfully destroy those who run for office who truly want to change the establishment to what our Founding Fathers designed and built.
First, the good news in this is that they seem to believe that the system is working. Otherwise, they’d just rig the vote and win. Somehow, they seem to fear that a constitutional conservative could win. That’s a positive thought.
Next, this will split the party and hand certain victory to the democrats. For some reason they don’t WANT the republicans to win in any case, because they know from when Romney turned left that enough of the base will desert them so as to hand the victory over to the democrats.
We have to wonder why they’d prefer a real democrat in the office rather than a liberal republican. I’m puzzled. That they don’t want the Senate says that they want Obama to continue appointing justices, senior civilians, and being able to block legislation from requiring his direct veto. That’s the only sense I can make out of it.
It would also probably allow the democrats to retain the Senate in case a republican were to win the next presidential election. I think more republican senate seats are vulnerable in the 2016 election.
This is what I posted on another thread & is what happened when I called Cantor & Boehner to complain about them attending something like this. I think it goes to show how very touchy they are about this.
I called Cantor’s and Boehner’s office to complain.
Cantor’s person that answered the phone was argumentative and wouldn’t let me get a word in edgewise!
He also said “just because he’s attending doesn’t mean he’s leading it.” I said “that is not the point! You don’t attend things you don’t believe in! Would you attend a Nazi party meeting whether or NOT you believed in it?” He told me that HIS beliefs and what he would attend are not any of my business so I explained it was AN EXAMPLE only and that by attending this event Cantor is admitting he believes in their goals.
He hung up on me after telling me that this is MY interpretation and has nothing to do with Eric Cantor’s beliefs or what he attends. WOW
First, the good news in this is that they seem to believe that the system is working. Otherwise, they’d just rig the vote and win. Somehow, they seem to fear that a constitutional conservative could win. That’s a positive thought.
Next, this will split the party and hand certain victory to the democrats. For some reason they don’t WANT the republicans to win in any case, because they know from when Romney turned left that enough of the base will desert them so as to hand the victory over to the democrats.
We have to wonder why they’d prefer a real democrat in the office rather than a liberal republican. I’m puzzled. That they don’t want the Senate says that they want Obama to continue appointing justices, senior civilians, and being able to block legislation from requiring his direct veto. That’s the only sense I can make out of it.
It would also probably allow the democrats to retain the Senate in case a republican were to win the next presidential election. I think more republican senate seats are vulnerable in the 2016 election.
Your conversation proves they are serious, and really, really hate you and don't want to hear your conservative crap.
Now... They also say you have to vote for them because the other guy is worse.
I know who I'd tell to pound sand.
/johnny
Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost. - John Quincy Adams.
And Before anyone says "Well enjoy being a Principled Minatory". Again a Majority is useless if they act like DEMOCRATS.
We must change the GOP, right now they are the second party of Government.
The Uniparty.
Am not interested in voting for any person in favor of evil, regardless of degree, although in a degenerating society the choices continue to fade. I expect the worst is in store for our country, more from within than foreign. Some things are best left unsaid on any internet medium given the current administration’s behavior toward our freedoms and privacy.
Conservatives are a threat to those who get rich off government and the influence their money can purchase. They know that Tea Party Conservatives can't be easily bought. They want to make sure that their money will continue to buy influence so that their investments will be protected.
Excellent point, PM. “Follow the money” is almost the Occam’s Razor of politics.
Meh... sounds kind of like a typical democrat, doesn't it!
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You are a conservative. The GOP hates you. They have said so on national media. They have said they want to destroy the conservative movement.
Your conversation proves they are serious, and really, really hate you and don’t want to hear your conservative crap.
Now... They also say you have to vote for them because the other guy is worse.
I know who I’d tell to pound sand.
/johnny
Agreed. My conversation with Cantor’s phone flunky just drove home the point how very worried they are about the Tea Party and anyone that thinks our government should be more conservative.
I have never called a Congressional office and been treated like that. Sometimes you can really tell they disagree with you by their voice or attitude, but usually they just say they are taking down your comments. This guy was on the defensive from the get go.
Yeah , I know about them ... I believe they start around april 15th , rite ?
And there are four of them this year , ..rite ?
God specifically says that if you don’t stand with Israel, you are in a heap of trouble (of course I am paraphrasing). “And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem” (Zechariah 12:9)
So how many politicians have read that in the Old Testament?
What I have is a country at the end of the line.
And it was brought to the end of the line on purpose by its federal government.
I do not believe that any of these people are on the side of good.
I believe that they are the worst of the worst, and I further believe that our country’s problems are not going to be solved at the ballot box.
Yes, sir!
/salute
Exactly. They are reaping tax and other benefits that the tea party has worked for, while they try to undermine the groups. I am seeing it everywhere. Organizations that used to call themselves conservative are now calling themselves “center right,” whatever that is. Lukewarm and disgusting, maybe.
“And Before anyone says “Well enjoy being a Principled Minatory”...”
I find it interesting that the people who will use that sort of excuse will look at a hooker with disgust when they have committed the exact same act. I have exactly ZERO problem remaining a principled minority when the ONLY other option is to become what I oppose. And despite all their rationalizations, excuses and justifications, people who continue to give in to lesser evil after watching the GOP for the last couple years, are every bit as much a whore as the RINOs.
They sure as hell aren’t conservative.
How many senators do the DEMs control now? Alexander, Corker, McCain, Graham, McConnell, and the list goes on. I'm supporting and voting for Carr. Unless Alexander gets voted out he'll likely stay there until he dies in office even then the DEMs will likely try to have him mummified. The most revealing about him is he is given nothing but positive coverage by the states most liberal newspapers including knoxnews. The only way KNS will cover Carr is if he takes a dog into a court house.
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