While Boehner should have been deposed from his job 6 years ago, the
change in the Speakership is meaningless... utterly meaningless.
The only way Boehner's resignation would have meant anything is if the
rats he surrounded himself with, including Cathy McMorris, left with
him.
McMorris, primarily responsible for foisting our worthless
congresswoman, Jaime Herrera off on us in her bid to become the next
Jennifer Dunn, claims that she'll remain in her position as House GOP
Conference chair instead of taking a run at Speaker.
Of course, given her record of acquiescence to Boehner, she has zero
chance of winning the Majority Leader gig, but that's beside the point:
unless all of the current leadership goes with Boehner, his departure
merely means we'll have a different face on the same RINO leadership who
has put us where we are today: no where.
Representative
Cathy McMorris Rodgers, a Republican from Washington, speaks during an
interview in New York, U.S., on Friday, March 28, 2014. (Scott
Eells/Bloomberg) She says she’ll remain chair of the House Republican Conference.By Seattle Times staffSeattle Times staff reporterU.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Spokane will not run for House majority leader.In
a statement Monday, McMorris Rodgers said she’ll seek to remain chair
of the House Republican Conference, the No. 4 position in the House GOP.As
the highest-ranking woman in the House Republican leadership, McMorris
Rodgers had been seen as a possible top contender for the
majority-leader role — the second-ranking House GOP position — in the
leadership shuffle following House Speaker John Boehner’s announcement
last week that he’ll resign at the end of October.The current majority leader, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is the leading candidate to take the speaker’s gavel.“At
this time, I believe the best way for me to work for Eastern Washington
is to remain Conference Chair,” McMorris Rodgers said in an emailed
statement. “My top priority is to make a difference for the people of
Eastern Washington. It’s my home, and every person I represent inspires
me. I believe DC can learn a lot from our values, our experience, and
our pioneer spirit — finding solutions and making things happen.”She
did not say whether she’ll back one of the other candidates for
majority leader. Politico, the national political website, reported
McMorris Rodgers’ decision leaves the majority-leader race to two
candidates: House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., and House Budget
Chair Tom Price, R-Ga.McMorris Rodgers has represented Eastern Washington’s 5th Congressional District since 2005.unner: 206-515-5628 or jbrunner@seattletimes.com. On Twitter @Jim_Brunnerim jbrunnerr@seattletimes.com
It's been a long-held truth that continuing to do the same thing over
and over again while expecting a different outcome is a true sign of
insanity.
How many times did you read that we had to get behind the RINO's so the GOP could take charge of Congress and fix everything?"
A complete lack of control over all of Congress was the years-long
excuse RINO's gave as to why Obama was engaging in reverse slavery over
the GOP like the 13th Amendment was never passed and HE was the "Massa."
So, the base, or enough of them, bought into that lie.
Mitch McConnell and his crew ran on the same successful messaging the
House had used: Get rid of Obamacare, and cut the budget. Strong
security for the country. Reduce the deficit. Bring order to the clown
car of American foreign policy.
Well, that was the promise. Has any of that happened?
Most recently, McConnell caved to Obama on the Iran rip off that will result in Iran gaining nukes... and using them.
Obamacare is worse than ever, the deficit is worse than ever, foreign
policy is worse than ever... even though we're finishing our 9th month
of complete GOP congressional control... because the RINO's are gutless
when it comes to shutting government down.
The RINO excuse?
Well, Congress is powerless because they don't have an "R" in the White
House... though they damned sure weren't saying that in the run up to
the last election.
Well, if we DID have an "R" in the White House, these same RINO's would
excuse the lack of action on some other grounds they make up to justify
their cowardice.
Here's the thing: I'm all about shutting down government over
principle. The lack of guts to do that is what the left counts on.
Like every other enemy of this country since the end of World War 2,
they know that if they can just hang on long enough, we'll get tired of
it all and leave.
Because the RINO's refuse to shut down government or use the nuclear option, THEY MAKE THEMSELVES POWERLESS.
Anyone who replaces Boehner who WON'T shut down government will be as worthless as McConnell.
And anyone in House leadership today who is still in House leadership
after the next Speaker is elected will be a sign that whoever replaces
Boehner will be no different than he was: a blight on the system of
government who has been part and parcel of why this country is as
screwed up as it is.
Look at who leads the GOP presidential polls. Look at who's buried in
the back of the pack... and who was expected to win going away.
None of the top 3 have ever held office.
In government when your party has control over a single of the
legislative branches, you can hold out on matters of principle. Because
when you DON'T.... when you refuse to shut down government on the
issues... then what you're effectively saying is there's no point.
When the outcomes are the same as if the democrats ran Congress, what
the hell difference does it make whether the leftist democrats run it
over the leftist RINOs?
When you put fear of losing your election ahead of fear of losing our country... what else can we expect as outcomes?
Unlike a RINO... such as Herrera or Boger, I simply do not care what the
label is on a given candidate. As a former state party executive
director, I have seen the damage blind allegiance to a label does to a
given situation.
Imagine where we'd be as a nation if the attitude of our leaders was
more one of "Oh, well: I'd rather be right... than be _______________;
so if doing the right thing costs me my job.... so be it."
Until now, control over a Congressional branch has been a meaningless
gesture for the GOP. Now, they can begin the process of healing by
actually keeping their promises to get elected... or they can just
continue to do what they've been doing: acting like Nancy Pelosi is the
defacto Speaker and the lies they used to get elected were as
meaningless as Ann "Gas Tax" Rivers' promise not to vote for a gas tax
or tab fee increase.
Expect Herrera to vote for a RINO. Expect the RINO's to rally around the leftists while they cower in fear.
