Doakes Sunday: For Want Of A Leader
By Mitch Berg
Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:
Congressional Republicans gave John Boehner a standing ovation for caving in.
“We all agree Obamacare is an abomination. We all agree taxes are too high. We all agree spending is too high. We all agree Washington is getting in the way of job growth. We all agree we have a real debt crisis that will cripple future generations. We all agree on these fundamental conservative principles. . . . We must not confuse tactics with principles. The differences between us are dwarfed by the differences we have with the Democratic party, and we can do more for the American people united,” [Eric Cantor] told them.
And apparently, we all agree we aren’t going to do shit about it.
Hooray for us! Ribbons for everyone! We are all winners! Hooray!
Joe Doakes
If there was ever a time the GOP needed a strong leader – as opposed to a tactician – it was this past week.
Oh, well. There’ll be other epochal go/no-go moments…
October 20th, 2013 at 10:56 am
The GOP leadership managed this farce, even changing House rules so no one other than Cantor could bring a motion to a vote. Who would trust any Republican to vote rationally when the leadership of the party won’t even allow that to happen.
For all its supposed desire for fiscal responsibility, the Tea Party movement is showing itself to be an inherently irresponsible movement, both fiscally and otherwise.
October 20th, 2013 at 4:43 pm
The problem with your analysis Emery is that party traitors that caved were not put into office by the Tea Party. The establishment RINOs Boehner, McConnell, Graham, McCain and to some extent Cantor, are the ones that criticized the people that gave them the majority in the House.
October 20th, 2013 at 4:54 pm
I understand your sentiment.