Republican Congressman Faces Tea Party Wrath for Flying Air Force One

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Eugene (15,060 posts)

Republican Congressman Faces Tea Party Wrath for Flying Air Force One


 
Source: National Journal

Republican Congressman Faces Tea Party Wrath for Flying Air Force One

By Beth Reinhard
February 27, 2013 | 6:00 a.m.

In just over two years in Congress, Republican Scott Rigell of Virginia has piqued conservatives by voting to raise the debt ceiling, disavowing an anti-tax pledge, and partnering with Democrats on gun control legislation. He was one of only two Republicans last year to oppose holding Attorney General Eric Holder in criminal contempt.

But the proverbial straw broke the tea party’s back on Wednesday, when Rigell joined President Obama at a major shipbuilder near his southeastern Virginia district that would be hurt by sweeping military cuts if Congress doesn’t reach a budget deal. President Obama, who called for reducing the deficit in part by raising taxes, thanked Rigell and Democratic Rep. Bobby Scott, whose district includes Newport News Shipbuilding, as “two outstanding congressmen who care about this facility, care about Virginia and care about this country.”

Rigell did not appear on stage with the president, but to some conservative activists, his attendance amounted to a betrayal.

“There’s going to be a lot of discussion about Congressman Rigell and I think it’s much more likely he will face a primary challenge next year,” said Karen Miner Hurd, founder of the Hampton Roads Tea Party. “He, like many Republicans, are turning their backs on what got them elected in the first place.”

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251290482

This guy sounds like a real winner. 

alcibiades_mystery (27,518 posts)
1. Tea Party still too stupid to understand that what gets people elected

is the capacity to bring jobs to their district. They really don't get that the United States is a mixed economy, with government spending accounting for a large percentage of jobs, either directly or indirectly. They'd rather see the Newport News shipbuilding operations shut down than deal with that basic reality. These are the most dangerous sorts of people, because they are fanatics: they hold to their beliefs regardless of obvious empirical evidence to the contrary.

We know what gets people elected, promising free stuff and taxing the rich, but we have principles so we won't jump on the RINO bandwagon.

Andy823 (4,632 posts)
4. Good question.

I think the tea party doesn't understand much at all. They are simply a bunch of nuts who used to be part of the so called "christian right" who have become the "tea party" creation of the likes of the Koch brothers. They have no idea what would actually help this country, they simply are angry people who are gullible enough believe the crap spread by fox news, Rush, and Beck. They "think" they have more power than they really do, and do not seem to realize that the public no longer wants them around. All they have are themselves and dwindling number of followers who simply can't face reality.

Last year in my area there was on republican commissioner who wrote a letter to the governor in support of an appointee to a state board. The appointee was not a republican so the tea party nuts went crazy. They demanded the commissioner to resign his position. All but one of the other commissioners went along with the nuts. The one who did not go along said that there was no reason to have this man step down, he simply did what he though was right, even though the rest of the commissioners did not agree. Both of them were attacked by the crazies, and they did lose in the election, but not by very much. The area is very very red, but many republicans were upset and actually backed the democrat candidate, which really surprised me. One of the most prominent republicans in the county was running things for the democrat in her district instead of backing the crazy tea party candidate.

I think the more the tea party rants and raves the more people, republicans included, are going to see just how crazy these people really are, and how bad they are for this country.

Yeah we don't understand stuff like you brilliant DUmmies do.
We are so stupid that we saw right through all the lies about 0bamacare and we are watching as everyone else who is so much smarter than we are realize that premiums are actually going up unlike what was promised. 

TeamPooka (2,735 posts)
6. I think teabaggers would shoot themselves in the head just to keep me from having the bullet

That is just stupid.

[AprilRazz]

He got my vote in the last election. It won't happen again.

[hillneck]

You can tell he started as a car dealer, talking out both sides of his mouth.

[delilahmused]

TeamPooka (2,735 posts)
6. I think teabaggers would shoot themselves in the head just to keep me from having the bullet

No Pookie, we'd shoot you in the head if it wasn't a waste of a perfectly good bullet. Then again, you guys are brain dead. That makes you a zombie. The best way to kill a zombie is to shoot them in the head...

Cindie

[Maxiest]

I really don't understand how these idiots can hold so much hate for the Tea Party, but rationalize the OWS movement.

A bunch of hard working middle class respectful Americans who believe in freedom versus and bunch of hippy bum drug addict squatters who piss on cop cars, shoot dope in their tents, molest children, and want nothing but freedom, although they get to do what they do because of the freedom provided to them.  Brilliant.

[Dori]

I really don't understand how these idiots can hold so much hate for the Tea Party, but rationalize the OWS movement.

The DUmmies watched a group of concerned citizens quickly organize themselves from the grass roots, march on Washington in the hundreds of thousands and run their own candidates for the  Republican take over of the House and it scared the hell out of them.  OWS was their answer to the Tea Party, but they turned into the zombies from hell.