So, you know, fuck us.
National Review [my emphasis]:
The House GOP’s conference call last week turned “ugly,” in the words of one Republican on the call, after Speaker John Boehner announced his intention to pursue a short-term continuing resolution to fund the government, hinting it would not use the bill to pick a fight over the implementation of Obamacare.
Representative Lynn Westmoreland of Georgia, one of about a dozen voices who said they were feeling the heat back home, told Boehner to “go back to the drawing board.”
“We hear it in our town halls, we hear it our one-on-one meetings with constituents. We hear it when we’re at county fairs or events we’ve attended during the August recess, of which there are many. And the message all over the country, at least as relayed by members on that phone call, is that this is the overriding issue that is being discussed. Way more than immigration, way more than the debt,” says Representative Cynthia Lummis, who spoke up on the call herself.
Leadership sources say those who spoke up weren’t representative of the entire GOP conference. “We haven’t seen any indication of a broad groundswell,” says a top aide. So far, the division has occurred mainly on the right of the conference, splitting the most hardcore conservatives. In private, many other Republicans are pulling their hair out over the push by Senators Ted Cruz and Mike Lee to use the CR as a do-or-die Obamacare fight.
Really? Did those same Republicans who don’t see a groundswell and are unhappy at the TEA Party conservatives for doing what they were elected to do somehow miss the 2010 election, then miss the 2012 Presidential election, where the base failed to pretend they were energized over the Party’s insistence that we nominate the architect of what later became ObamaCare?
In a press release, the Center for Individual Freedom didn’t mince words:
National Review is reporting that “Boehner strongly hinted on a conference call with rank-and-file House Republicans that the upcoming continuing resolution will not be a do-or-die fight over Obamacare spending. ‘Our intent is to move quickly on a short-term continuing resolution [CR] that keeps the government running…'”
Don’t be fooled by the Washington weasel-speak. Boehner and others are throwing down the gauntlet, essentially saying to rank-and-file House Republicans: Don’t listen to the pesky demands of the American people… move to defund ObamaCare and you won’t just invite Barack Obama’s wrath… YOU’LL INVITE MY WRATH.
Make no mistake, Boehner is trying to herd cats and is issuing veiled threats precisely because the calls and faxes from patriotic Americans are starting to be heard loud-and-clear in Washington… And now that John Boehner has played his hand, we – the American people – must play ours.
Our elected officials must make a choice, and they need to make it now. Let them know that they can either do what House Leadership wants, or they can do what the American people want and DEFUND OBAMACARE.
There is no longer any question about this: failure to defund ObamaCare over fears that Reid and Obama will shut down the government and try to blame it on the GOP, who as House majority can continue to pass resolution after resolution funding all other parts of the government, and even allocating funds supposedly earmarked for ObamaCare implementation back to Medicare, from where much of it was stolen, means that the GOP establishment wants ObamaCare, and it is no more “ObamaCare” than it is “StatistCare.”
When a majority leadership can’t make hay out of flawed law that is being selectively and imperially enforced, and that one of its own sponsors has called a “train wreck” — well, let’s just say that they are either impotent, or that there’s some other reason for their reluctance to upset the status quo.
The ruling class vs. the rest of us.
Gee, remember how I was kicked out of polite company for having the willingness to say this — and to lash out at the “pragmatic” GOP rah rah boys who are now suddenly finding their outrage glands still pump, particularly once they can feel the wind blowing a certain way?
I do. Good times.
failure to defund ObamaCare over fears that Reid and Obama will shut down the government and try to blame it on the GOP,
Levin said that the GOP doesn’t defund O-care because too many of THEIR peeps stand to make big bank on the thing.
Which, that’s not surprising anymore. The line about “we’re afraid we’ll get blamed” is a bald-faced lie.
As have been, I reckon, all of the other excuses to not do what we want them to. They did their DURRRR act pretty well, though. It became axiomatic that the GOP is the stupid party instead of the corrupt party.
But that’s gotta change. Those SOBs can wedge their pious acts up their fingernail beds and leave them there.
Nothing else is attempting to blow those rah rah boys.
At some point these representatives will have to decide who they represent — the people of their district of the GOP establishment.
They’ve already decided.
This is no longer my country. I fold. Give me my winnings and I’ll leave the table now.
Donald Sensing put it in simple terms earlier this month:
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leigh, what are these “winnings” of which you speak?
I suspect it’s more a matter of leaving the table before you lose everything.
I was going with a last burst of optimism, Blake. I’ll wave good-bye to all those FICA taxes now.
Whatever Obama’s NSA has on Roberts, I’m thinking Boehner is involved.
Maybe they frequent the same turkish bath house?
O/T-but, is anyone else as excited as I am at the prospect of war, I mean, “kinetic action,” in Syria? Also, how about Obama ignoring Congress and the War Powers Act and taking decisive unilateral action, as long as the “allies” approve, of course.
That might be another reason why Boehner’s indifferent. The members most likely to get tossed out by their voters are the ones Boehner wouldn’t miss. The GOP Caucus will be so much easier to manage without the teabaggers.
Especially if the GOP is in the minority.
Oh, I can hardly wait for the Syrian conflict to begin, Blake, with unilateral action by the prez hisself.
We really need a protracted war in the Middle East. We have all this money lying around to spend on men and weapons, after all.
Syria is something to take the heat off of all the other fake scandals.
cranky, you know what makes the war in Syria really exciting? The prez created the mess, what with running guns and all and has now decided to see if he can create an even bigger mess and, possibly, launch WWIII.
For some reason, I’m starting to suspect President Pant Crease isn’t all that smart. Call me a rebel, hobit, visigoth, or whatever. I stand by my suspicions.
I call you observant, Blake.
WWIII FTW!
Whoohoo!
– Yeah, Syria. Over at HuffNPoop (We brave the insanity of the hive mind so you won’t have too) the prog swarm is in denial overdrive. Foodstamps is blowing their anti-war cover so completely they’re not even bothering to Boooosh things up or deal. The “excuses” for Bumblefuck are going from dissonance to incoherent, or visa versa depending on where you start from.
– But as an aside, could we just stop with the BS and just call it ObamasBoehnerCare™?
Well now, I’m glad he said that. Maybe he’s not as assimilated as I was beginning to believe.
So, anyone interested in a “Dr. Strangelove” marathon?
Or, is the idea of watching a current documentary on nuclear war too depressing?
(“Grumpa, what were you doing on the eve of WWIII?” “Well, grandson, Grumpa was making jokes about the possibility of nuclear war.” “Grumpa, not so funny, now, is it?”)
bbh, only progs could create “incoherent dissonance.”
just call it ObamasBoehnerCare™?
O!boehnercare™
proggtardia news
Kucinich: Striking Syria Will Make U.S. Military ‘Al-Qaeda’s Air Force’
I think I’ve reached the point where if there were a nuclear war my reaction would be to sigh and mutter, “Well, crap.”
Not even, “Well, shit,” or “You maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!”
Just, “Well, crap.” Like, “All that sweat and energy I spent on yard work yesterday, shot to hell.”
I just hope if it happens I’ll have more than a swallow or two of Scotch left.
reset button news
Russia warns of ‘catastrophic consequences’ if Syria hit
Suspect there’s an upsidedown burst of “Eniam eth Rebmemer!” coming over the horizon? It’s hard to recall a more virulent vacuum of aim. The imperious anti-imperial Emperor is
on the marchsitting in his golfcart, and by god, ready to give away whatever strokes he likes.bbh, during your dumpster dive, did you notice anyone comment on the irony of President Peace Prize going to war?
Pop quiz! Who has bombed more countries? Warmonger George W. Bush or Nobel Peace Prize winner Barack Obama?
Bonus Question! Bill Clinton; second place or third?
Well, I don’t recall evil Boosh ever assassinating anyone, while Obama has killed how many now via drone strike? And it’s been acknowledged that they do 1-2 punch strikes where the 2nd strike takes out any people who rush to the scene after the 1st one. Killing first responders: now that there is some peace prize winning kinetic activity!
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I do wonder if they have something on Boehner, McCain and/or Graham. It could just be that they’ve been in DC so long they’ve gone barn sour – don’t wanna do anything that isn’t approved by their herd of beltway buddies. At this point I doubt they give a rip about future Republican presidents or majorities, they just want to be sure that their own seats are safe & secure; everyone else can just f@$# off.
reset button news
Russian Deputy Premier Calls West ‘Monkey With Hand Grenade’
Booosh actually axed congress for permission to bomb the living shit out of Iraq first. President Executive Order doesn’t truck with that order of business crap of calling on congress for permission first. He lets others take the flak. Literally.
proggtardia news
Russia Cracks Down on Satirical Art
orange moby dick news
Boehner Vows ‘Whale of a Fight’ over Debt Ceiling
Putin isn’t screwing around.
Don’t worry…McCain has our backs… at least just enough so he can stab us in them.
http://www.rollcall.com/news/mccain_explains_hobbit_dig-208248-1.html
The kicker is he brought out the “hobbits” slam yet again.
I wish that old fart would buy the farm, already.
Protest in front of Boehner’s Troy, OH office: video. One protestor calls a cop a ‘fascist pig’, gets a warning, but no arrest.
puty do mecca and medina for the fun
Sure enough, the newest Twitter hashtag: #BoehnerCare. He’ll own this, certainly, but that’s been his plan all along, to give up just enough wordy ‘opposition’ to generate Party fundraising, but he certainly had no intention to get serious enough to really defund ACA. They caved before they even worked up a sweat.
OH 8 – the battle against the 1 party state
OH 8 – no demonrat running against orangeman. no repub in orangeman primary. 3rd party now!!11!!
On the “Russia bombing Saudi Arabia if the West attacks Syria” thing: I’m not seeing a downside there.
Everyone should just pick a middle-eastern country at random and bomb the shit out of it, for the larfs. (Israel excepted, of course.) We’ve been held hostage to the oil-ticks for far too long, and maybe it’s time to remind them that things don’t have to stay that way.
Really? Boehner’s running unopposed?
Guess the Dems must approve of the fine work he’s been doing, not that that’s news to any of us.
Lying bastard. They ‘fight’ just like professional wrestlers; they put on a staged show to fool the rubes (allowing them to vent while filling Party coffers), but then they party afterwards backstage, laughing at their ‘supporters’ for believing their practiced lines.
John “Rhino Frankenstein” Boehner vs. Nancy “Chieftess Harpy” Pelosi, wrassling for the ‘World Champion Heavyweight Mythomaniac’ belt. Just, nevermind; they both have earned and deserve that title a thousand times over.
“Really? Boehner’s running unopposed? ”
token at best
It is with great sadness and regret that I announce that I am withdrawing from the 8th District Congressional race for 2014.
On the “Russia bombing Saudi Arabia if the West attacks Syria” thing: I’m not seeing a downside there.
You’d think do, except we have an agreement to cover the Saudis asses in case of attack.
This isn’t going to end well.
On the upside, BillO got his ass royally handed to him by Colonels David Hunt and Ralph Peters who told him he was full of shit and there is no strategic reason to get involved in this at all. Bill looked right gobsmacked. It was beautiful.
OH -8 i want a women 45-65 who wants to do orangeguy’s constituents services. the rest not so much.
OH-8 already has a woman
Ouch! Good one, Ernst.
I vote we convene Congress in Saudi Arabia, or Syria, just in time for the bombing to start.
Either one works for me, I’m not picky.
OH-8 already has a woman
nah a proggtard
– Yeah, the Ruski’s would love to put OPAC on a gurney for awhile. They’ve been trying to get an edge in the oil market for decades but prices never sky enough for it to be profitable. A good excuse to put the Saudis on one leg would be welcome.
– If they do something we’ll have a perfect excuse to close Hormose and drop a few on Irans nuke stuff. I think they won’t. Too much to lose, note enough to gain.
– Wonder if Crissy would get a tingle if someone reminded him of this.
Their choice is obvious, and conservatives will respond by continuing to vote for the “lesser of two evils.”
The Orange Dude loves the perks of being Speaker. A secret service detail, jetting around to drum up money for Establishment Republicans, so Boehner’s position is why rock the boat?
I prefer to think of it as the evil of two lessers.
Lesser of two weebles?
“Boehner Vows ‘Whale of a Fight’ over Debt Ceiling”
Indeed.
Hit it, Kirk.
The lesser of two weebls would be bob.
See I don’t get the blackmail angle.
If I was Roberts and I was super gay, so gay that gay people were like “nah, I’m not that gay but thanks for asking” and my choice was that news coming out or setting fire to the constitution and making subjects of all Americans then I’d just come out, come clean, and admit that my ass has had so many bones buried in it that it is officially designated a cemetery.
I’d take the hit.
I wouldn’t use my position to forge a sparkly little crown for baby Stalin.
Nah, paleo, being gay would be a plus. He’d keep his job and be a hero. They have something over Roberts and others that would cause them to lose their jobs, position and place at the cocktail parties.
I don’t think Roberts is being blackmailed. He has a lifetime appointment and as much as I hate to say it, by declaring the ACA a tax, he moved the ball back in the congress’ court to fix it throw it out. It was actually a pretty cagey move.
Either he is wicked smaht or it was I’m over-thinking it.
“I’m” should be “me”
Roberts’ move was him outsmarting himself, nothing more. It’s going to be recognized as a pandemic among those inside the Beltway, everybody wanting to be seen as the smartest of the smartest, to the point where they’re constructing traps within feints within dodges within fake-outs within rope-a-dopes.
In the end it’ll take just one move that is exactly what it looks like, to take it all down.
Leigh, that’s lifetime appointment on good behavior. Judges do get impeached, resign, go crazy, etc., see, e.g. “Men in Black” by Levin.
Anyway, I don’t see him being smart or outsmarting himself. I see a 180 degree turn after the initial majority opinion was written. The legal contortions he went through to reach his tax/penalty decision would have him flunking if it was on a bar exam.
Regardless, his decision will be held in contempt by surviving constitutionalists of the future. Assuming there are any.
Certainly the law isn’t my forte, Red. I thank you for helping me understand a bit of what they/he were trying to do. So now what? I still think it, the ACA, falls apart before it ever gets implemented.
I guess we wait? I know I’m not signing up in October.