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| WaPo News - Boehner Good, TEA Party Bad |
| 2013-10-18 |
| Despite presiding over a chamber that nearly drove the country to a debt default, John A. Boehner still has the enduring support of a group that would have been most harmed by that event: the business community. No, Congress and the White House got us into the position; the TEA Party offered a different way out of it. WaPo wuvs Boehner because he's so compliant... Rather than revisit their strategy of supporting Republicans after this week's Re-elect Rhinos! Boehner, who was once president of a small plastics company in Ohio, has spent much of his career burnishing the GOP's identity as the party of business, building deep relationships since the 1990s with groups like the U.S. Chamber by providing legislative favors and easy access through countless receptions and rounds of golf. At least he hasn't been accused of selling influence to top dollar. He's just the leader of the minority branch of the Fusion Party that wants to run everything in Washington. His biggest crime is that he's happy with taking table scraps after being kicked around... In return, business groups have helped Boehner and his counterparts in the Senate raise millions of dollars to put Republicans in office, including the 2010 election of tea party lawmakers who have now roiled the GOP. TEA Party - the only adults in the room. It's this decades-long relationship that helps explain why even as one wing of the Republican Party threatened to drive the economy off a cliff Just keep pushing the cliff back, boys. Someone else will have to face it! |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #9 The fact that the Tea Party is the Designated Boogeyman in pretty much every political column lately suggests they are scaring a lot of people (who could use a good scaring). You only take flak when you are over the target. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2013-10-18 22:12 |
| #8 JQC, your right, I was just venting. |
| Posted by: 49 pan 2013-10-18 21:52 |
| #7 If they don't, we should empower them all for life, voting will be just a popularity event. We will end up like the Muslim country that accidently reported the election results before the people voted. I don't think the Tea Party is dead. This entire budget fiasco and Obamascare will probably make them stronger if anything. As much flak as they draw, they must be hitting touchy places with both parties. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2013-10-18 16:24 |
| #6 The one thing republicans and democrats can agree upon: tea party must be stopped. |
| Posted by: airandee 2013-10-18 12:50 |
| #5 Oh, and the largest wealth redistribution is on going and draining the American treasures as we speak. The Fed has given every cent America has away and now they are giving every cent we will ever have away. By raising the debt we have new overlords above us, mostly China. But the real redistribution is what they are doing with the debt. They are giving the money to the banks at near zero interest. The hope was the banks would pass it on and open home loans up etc... But Obama knew better. The banks are investing the money and using it elsewhere. They are not reinvesting it into the United States. The Stock Market is all the further you need to go to see this. The debt went up and so did the stock market. This is flat backward. The Banks have looted America. The last two weeks of Tea Party fighting was America's last stand against this, like the Alamo they were crushed. I can only hope with the mandates now in place it will be remembered like the Alamo, and people will hold their elected official accountable and vote them out. If they don't, we should empower them all for life, voting will be just a popularity event. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2013-10-18 12:28 |
| #4 Our debt is out of control, The tea Party wants it fixed. Health care-Obama Care- will be the second largest wealth redistribution plan ever, the Tea Party wants to stop that. The President and the Dems are openly attacking out constitution, the Tea Party wants to protect it. Congressional leaders that have no spine and cry on TV are good, The Tea Party want congress to do their job and protect America's treasures. The status quo is being challenged, all the guns are focused on the Tea Party. No one wants their pork taken away so the budget will be balanced. Bad Tea Party. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2013-10-18 12:18 |
| #3 WaPo is doing us a favor. Just in case anyone was inclined to Boehner the benefit of the doubt, WaPo has endorsed him, which makes it obvious which side he is really on. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2013-10-18 09:46 |
| #2 Expect nothing less from an element of the Permanent Party Propaganda Machine. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-10-18 08:12 |
| #1 >Despite presiding over a chamber that nearly drove the country to a debt default, Wow start off with a complete falsehood. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-10-18 06:27 |