Tea Party Members of Congress Say Speaker John Boehner is Doing an 'Awesome' Job
Four Tea Party Members Sit Down With ABC's Jonathan Karl
BY JONATHAN KARL
April 20, 2011
In fact, Boehner's support among freshman Republicans tied to the Tea Party movement is stronger than it has ever been, they say. Boehner himself has said there's "no daylight" between him and the Tea Party movement. That may just be right.
ABC News brought together four freshman Republicans for a roundtable discussion on the Speaker's leadership during the first 100 days of the new Republican majority in the House. They come from four different parts of the country, each elected on a wave of Tea Party support. None was thrilled with the compromise Boehner brokered to avert a government shutdown, but all give him high marks for fighting hard.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/tea-party-revolt-Boehner/story?id=13410993
Sounds to me like the "re-election hammer" has come out of the velvet casing. Sing the party song or no re-election cash for you next year.
And you wonder why George Washington believed that political parties would be the death of his infant Republic. :thatsright:
They were tea party candidates -- since when did that matter?
And what - specifically - defined them as TEA party candy-dates, as opposed to your regular, run-of-the-mill, pole cat republican politician? Because they claimed TEA party affiliation? Because they mouthed all the right platitudes when they were running for election?
Congress-shits are Congress-shits. Any more, it doesn't matter what party they're from, or what they tell the electorate they supposedly believe in. When you get right down to it, Congress-shits of every stripe believe in one thing and one thing only: getting re-elected. Period. End of story.
I see Boehners got the ABCNews endorsement. That should convince the rest of us who werent too sure about his creds after the recent fiascos ...
Yuppers. This guy sure 'fought hard' didnt he? Wooo ... $352M ... out of ... how much promised? Yup, color me impressed.
And ABC ... oooo that closes the deal for me right there.
Lets see .. and who was the last conservative ABC went to bat for? Umm ... Who ...?
Thats some goood hooch there brotha ... pass it ova hea would ya ...
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And what - specifically - defined them as TEA party candy-dates, as opposed to your regular, run-of-the-mill, pole cat republican politician? Because they claimed TEA party affiliation? Because they mouthed all the right platitudes when they were running for election?
Congress-shits are Congress-shits. Any more, it doesn't matter what party they're from, or what they tell the electorate they supposedly believe in. When you get right down to it, Congress-shits of every stripe believe in one thing and one thing only: getting re-elected. Period. End of story.