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Boehner caves: The Tea Party must act


 

 

If you have read my previous columns on the subject of Boehner and the spineless GOP, all I have to say here is ditto and we are done.

 

It is time for the Tea Party to act.  We have said this before and we need to make them listen.  All of the members of congress are up for election in eighteen months.   We need to remind the 84 republican freshmen how they got there and for the other members of congress, we need to remind them, they are not a shoe in for reelection.   We have a primary election process and we the people are not happy.

 

I am calling my Congressman today.  I have known her since before she was elected to Congress and well before the Tea Party movement got started.  I am going to have one simple message for her.   If you support this bill that only cuts $33 billion from the budget, I am going to support someone in a primary against you.  

 

As for Boehner, there is no compromise. 

 

The people of America elected Republicans to cut the budget.  The message was overwhelmingly clear.  Obama, Pelosi and Reid are driving America off of a fiscal cliff.  The American people wanted the Republicans to put the brakes on.  All John Boehner is doing is watching the scenery go by and lighting another cigarette.

 

Boehner must go.   The Tea Party must unite and make sure Boehner is replaced in the next election.  Boehner is living proof of something I have said for a long time.  It is not enough that we vote out bad leaders, we must replace them with good leaders. Getting Nancy Pelosi out of the Speaker’s seat was a good thing.  Unfortunately, her replacement has not been very good.  We need people in leadership who are committed to cutting spending and eliminating these programs. 

 

That is not John Boehner.  Apparently, he’s just another Washington good old boy, who, after 20 years in DC, has lost touch with America.

 

Our ultimate strategy here needs to be to make sure the debt ceiling is not raised.  If we can win on this one, Congress will be forced to make changes.   This is a message that, unfortunately, few leaders in the Tea Party have been carrying.  We have been talking about it here at Tea Party Nation for quite a while; probably to the point some people are tired of hearing about it.   Our friend, Joseph Farah over at World Net Daily has been really pushing this issue.  According to Farah, all we need are 218 Republicans in the House to say no and the debt ceiling does not get raised.  There have been a number of defections from Boehner on the budget process to date.  All we need is 218 members of congress to say no and we will have a balanced budget.  It will have to happen since Congress will not be able to borrow more money.

 

In the last few days, we have seen the messaging from the left.  The Tea Party is fading.  The Tea Party’s negative ratings are rising.  The Tea Party is “extreme.”  The Tea Party is an obstacle in the path of compromise.

 

Perhaps I should paraphrase Barry Goldwater. 

 

Extremism in defense of our country and stopping those who will bankrupt her is no vice and compromise with those who would spend us into poverty is no virtue.

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Permalink Reply by tom dodd on April 1, 2011 at 3:16pm

...the Tea Party, in general, is anything but "quiet". A lot was learned last year... primarily it was how-things-work, and we found out there are a lot of rules in place with one specific goal: to hinder the ability of We The People to regain control... so, we have to work through all of that.

 

"Rally Season" begins in April... don't let YOUR Tea Party have a rally in a location that the general public can't see... it's vitally important that everyone knows we're still here.

 

Tami, you're absolutely right! Their *** IS on the line. Those who are our "favorites" now could easily find themselves in the proverbial dog house a year from now...

Permalink Reply by David Hudson on April 1, 2011 at 2:56pm
The Speakers Office says that no deal of any kind has been reached. That they are not close and that no figures have been discussed or agreed to. They say nothing has happened to move the ball either way that the rumor mill is putting out rumor and not fact. I told him we don't want Cap and Trade and we want more spending cuts. That is what was voted for last year. We want to see the pledge kept by the Republicans. The Tea Party is going to have to take charge and put someone in the position of speaker with some guts. It is that simple. Boehner cannot handle the job and he never will be able to handle the job. It is a job for someone with thick skin and nerve. You cannot just go along with Harry Reid you have to push back and push hard. The Tea Party could do a better job of cutting the budget and not letting Cap and Trade go through if they had their person in charge of the House. If this goes through, it is the same thing as nothing.
Permalink Reply by Jan Preston on April 1, 2011 at 3:19pm

It's time for everyone in the Tea Party to call or write Boehner and copy their Congressmen and Senators.  Boehner needs to know that he is slipping and his support is about to go away.  We Trusted that he would get this handled and now like all the other RINOs he wants to cut a deal...  When Democrats control a majority they lock out the Republicans.  When the Republicans have the majority the Democrats say we should "Negotiate".  What is so hard to understand about that?  It's time to conduct politics like they do until they decide to be academically honest.

 

Permalink Reply by Louise Strauss on April 1, 2011 at 4:38pm
Time to bombard the media with demands for a balanced budget and to never raise the debt ceiling so they know we have not and are not going away!!!  I write to Carolyn McCarthy all the time but it's futile.  She's comatose and I think Chucky baby has someone push her vote button. I have just written to John Boehner expressing my disgust with his attitude about what he considers a cut. I told him where he can cut billions without even entitlements and 57% of the people want those cuts even if it means shutting down non-essential government. They have plenty of ammo to demonstrate that this is the Democrats disaster this time not the Republicans!

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