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NYT: GOP ESTABLISHMENT GEARS UP FOR CIVIL WAR AGAINST TEA PARTY
Breitbart ^ | 11/8/2014 | Breitbart News

Posted on 11/08/2014 6:22:18 PM PST by Viennacon

WASHINGTON — As most Republicans were taking a victory lap the morning after the elections, a group of conservatives huddled anxiously in a conference room not far from Capitol Hill and agreed that now is the time for confrontation, not compromise and conciliation.

Despite Republicans’ ascension to Senate control and an expanded House majority, many conservatives from the party’s activist wing fear that congressional leaders are already being too timid with President Obama.

They do not want to hear that government shutdowns are off the table or that repealing the Affordable Care Act is impossible — two things Republican leaders have said in recent days.

“If the new Republican leadership in the Senate is only talking about what they can’t do, that’s going to be very demoralizing,” said Thomas J. Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, a conservative advocacy group that convenes a regular gathering called Groundswell. Any sense of triumph at its meeting last week was fleeting.

“I think the members of the leadership need to decide what they’re willing to shut down the government over,” Mr. Fitton said.

Establishment Republicans, who had vowed to thwart the Tea Party, succeeded in electing new lawmakers who are, for the most part, less rebellious. And when the new Congress convenes in January, the Republican leaders who will take the reins will be mainly in the mold of conservatives who have tried to keep the Tea Party in check.

But they have not crushed the movement’s spirit.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: 2014; 2014electionanalysis; congress; elections; establishment; gopcivilwar; gope; republicans; rinos; senate; teaparty
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This is exactly what Steve King and co. should be doing. Meeting and making calls to the incoming freshmen likely to caucus to the right of Boehner and McCarthy.

We may not be able to meaningfully challenge the speakership, but we can undermine the capitulation, at least in the house.

The conservative caucus increased in the House this cycle due to retirements and the like. For every moderate like Lee Zeldin of New York, there's a Gary Palmer of Alabama incoming as well, and then some.

I think only two Republicans who have moved on this cycle have been replaced by Republicans who are ideologically to the left of them.

-Bentivolio was replaced by Trott who is a more CoC friendly. - The guy from Washington looks like he's getting replaced by Newhouse in a disappointing victory over excellent Tea Party candidate Clint Didier (DemoCraps put him over the top)

There is no room for mistakes in the House. Conservatives have to vote with each other against the Obama agenda whoever is forwarding it.

1 posted on 11/08/2014 6:22:18 PM PST by Viennacon
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To: Viennacon

Bring it on!


2 posted on 11/08/2014 6:24:02 PM PST by WeatherGuy
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To: Viennacon
"the Republican leaders who will take the reins will be mainly in the mold"

Toxic stuff, that mold....

3 posted on 11/08/2014 6:24:03 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Viennacon

The NYT is having trouble digesting their LOSS!


4 posted on 11/08/2014 6:24:07 PM PST by G Larry (Amnesty imposes SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL immigrants & minorities)
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To: Viennacon

And the NYT is happy to fan the flames.


5 posted on 11/08/2014 6:25:31 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Viennacon

The only way the Democrats make a come back is to trick the GOP into eating it’s own


6 posted on 11/08/2014 6:28:34 PM PST by molson209 (Blank)
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To: WeatherGuy
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7 posted on 11/08/2014 6:29:52 PM PST by Patton@Bastogne
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To: Viennacon

The GOPe have no idea what the Tea Party is about.

Let’s hope they don’t figure it out any time soon.


8 posted on 11/08/2014 6:30:54 PM PST by x1stcav (I was an Infantry Officer back in the 60's. I have no fear.)
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To: Viennacon

Hell the Tea Party is not the enemy. They cleaned out much of the trash RINOs that were masquerading as Republicans and held their feet to the fire to be accountable. The more accurate headline would be “GOP RINOs (Demcrats in sheep’s clothing) are gearing up for war against the Tea Party.”


9 posted on 11/08/2014 6:31:30 PM PST by jsanders2001
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To: Viennacon

Dump Boner!!

Send old turkey-neck out to pasture.


10 posted on 11/08/2014 6:32:56 PM PST by ZULU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qLDFiQcjlY Impeach Obama in 2015 !!!)
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To: driftdiver

Yeah.

We know the GOPe will try to take down tea partiers but that’s no secret. The Slimes is just trying to stir the pot and should be brushed aside.


11 posted on 11/08/2014 6:38:04 PM PST by cripplecreek (You can't half ass conservatism.)
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To: Viennacon

The desperate NY Times is already setting up the script for the mainstream media to follow. Next week we will see Jon Stewart, George Stephenopoulis etc. going on and on about bitter infighting within the GOP. Problem is their ratings will continue going down and the NY Times stock price will continue it’s decline.


12 posted on 11/08/2014 6:38:25 PM PST by purplelobster
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To: WeatherGuy

NYT’s only recourse now is to try to create division within Republican party. I’m taking anything they report with a grain of salt. Their party lost big you know.


13 posted on 11/08/2014 6:44:31 PM PST by Kenny (,)
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To: jsanders2001

The real untold story is the positive impact the Tea Party has had on the Republican Party.

Overspending and the unsustainable growth of government are the central issues in nearly all Republican primary races. The GOPe knows that they will face a primary challenge if Conservatives view them as part of the problem.

The Tea Party is alive, well, and effective.


14 posted on 11/08/2014 6:46:09 PM PST by juggernaut
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To: G Larry

yep- my thought exactly....


15 posted on 11/08/2014 6:51:12 PM PST by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: molson209

McConnell, Cochran, Boehner and crew are more than happy to assist them.


16 posted on 11/08/2014 6:51:17 PM PST by Darksheare (People who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Viennacon

Only the President would be “shutting down government”


17 posted on 11/08/2014 6:53:25 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Patton@Bastogne

Will McConnell and Bonehead support the FCC/FEC plan to shut down unpaid political speech on the internet?


18 posted on 11/08/2014 6:54:29 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: purplelobster
The desperate NY Times is already setting up the script for the mainstream media to follow. Next week we will see Jon Stewart, George Stephenopoulis etc. going on and on about bitter infighting within the GOP. Problem is their ratings will continue going down and the NY Times stock price will continue it’s decline.

Talk is cheap. I want to see what the new GOP majorities do. And will hold my breath until I see what ever action they take during the Lame Duck and the opening weeks of the new Congress.

Yeah, you're absolutely right. The NYT plays the Alinsky game better than any other media outlet. They WANT to stir up a GOP/Conservative civil war. Remember Hearst's direction to Remington on the eve of the Spanish American War: you furnish the pictures, I'll furnish the war.
19 posted on 11/08/2014 6:54:48 PM PST by tanknetter
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To: molson209

“The only way the Democrats make a come back is to trick the GOP into eating it’s own”

Historically the GOP has proved that to be one or their enduring qualities.....

...and reading here almost daily for 16 years reminds me it still is.

I for one, am pleased by the election results.


20 posted on 11/08/2014 6:56:45 PM PST by truth_seeker
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