same as the old boss<\/a>. Defeat snatched from the jaws of victory. The Vikings are green with envy.<\/p>\nNothing signals a shift to a bold, decisive new direction like re-electing the same weasels who led us down the path we\u2019re on now.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut the GOP majority got bigger, the Speaker must be doing something right.\u201d No, dummy, you have more Conservative Republicans elected DESPITE the Speaker sabotaging conservatives at every opportunity. The grassroots voters are fed up with Obama AND with spineless Republicans who hand the Democrats a free pass on spending for all of 2015 and then dither and quibble about maybe suing the President over immigration, when Congressional Republicans ought to be using every tactic, trick and tool in the box to rein the President in and shut him down.<\/p>\n
We got a surge of Republicans elected in 1992 when Newt Gingrich campaigned on the Contract With America. What we don\u2019t have today is a formal set of ideas to enact and somebody willing to implement them. <\/p>\n
Joe Doakes\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The good news? It was the most hotly contested speaker racing over 100 years.<\/p>\n
The bad news? Voters don’t keep track of history.<\/p>\n
Perhaps worse still? I’m starting not to really care about what the reasons and excuses are anymore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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