Playing devil's advocate
By: Diane Sori
“He gave the president exactly what he wanted, which is exactly what the Republican Party said we did not want.” - Rep. Tim Huelskamp R-Kansas
Some traitors are obvious...the names Barack HUSSEIN Obama and Hillary Clinton just roll off the tongue...but sadly some traitors cause one to sigh in total disillusionment...and Speaker of the House John Boehner is one such man...or is he.
Leading the Republican push to raise the government’s borrowing limit until March 2015 without any conditions, on the surface it appears that John Boehner sold his country, his party, and 'We the People' out...yet again...as he bowed to the will of Barack HUSSEIN Obama...the man he knows damn well is on target in his quest to implode our country from within.
And 27 fellow Republicans* voted right along with him.
This 221 to 201 vote represented the first debt ceiling increase
since 2009 that was NOT attached to other legislation. And thanks to
Boehner the Republican party is for now even more divided. Appearing to
set off a battle between TEA Party Republicans...translation: fiscally
responsible Republicans...and the 'old guard' establishment types...the
last thing we need as we countdown to the mid-terms is any more division
between the party loyal and the party's next generation of leaders.
The last thing we need for sure but could this move of Boehner's
have actually been done to bring the two factions together...let me
explain.
Playing devil's advocate, let's look first at what this vote appears on the surface to be...Boehner's supposed sell-out appears as an out-and-out victory for, as well as a total capitulation to, Barack HUSSEIN Obama and Harry Reid who must be 'high-fiving' each other over the fact that they pulled off yet another screwing of 'We the People'...or did they. And I just bet those Senate Republicans... Republicans who stood in unison with the Democrats in saying that spending money for previously incurred obligations and debts is a must to assure the financial standing of the federal government ...must have salivated as they awaited their turn to vote to complete the 'supposed' sell-out of the American people...the American people who elected them to their bidding NOT the bidding of what looks like to some to be a traitor.
And in his outward pushing for this approval without attaching
'conditions' Boehner showed exactly where he stood in regards to our
veterans for he dropped the condition that would have tied the debt
ceiling increase to a repeal of cuts to military retirement
pensions...but what's NOT being said...at least by the media...is that
this will still be voted on as a stand-alone measure, meaning
these cuts can still be done away with.
And so it appears that the 'Boehner Rule' of 2011,where he stated that any debt ceiling increase must be offset by an equivalent spending cut was just empty words. And right now it sure seems that way. However, those Republicans who voted for this approval are presenting a far different scenario as they are saying they voted as they did to avoid yet another politically damaging legislative impasse over spending...and they just might be right as now some leading Republican strategists and pundits (including Townhall.com's Financial Reporter and FOX News Contributor Guy Benson) are coming to their defense saying that what appears to be a debt ceiling capitulation actually is a clever ploy by Boehner to keep the focus one hundred percent on ObamaCare come the mid-terms...as it should be because ObamaCare is Barack HUSSEIN Obama's Achilles heel.
Remember, many Democrats up for re-election in November are already distancing themselves from ObamaCare, so a smart Republican strategy would be to use ObamaCare against them...to slam them with it non-stop...but that can't be done if other issues are hanging around. So now let's think this through more clearly and realize that by this vote coming down as it did...with Boehner knowing beforehand that he did NOT have the votes to stop it...the Republicans have now actually cleared off their plate and taken away any of the obstacles the Democrats could use against them.
Everything else still hanging around can and will be voted on
separately and how the Democrats vote on those issues...especially
anything involving our military and our veterans...will be completely
owned by them along with any and all ramifications that come with their
votes. And this translates into the Democrats NOT being able to blame
the Republicans for causing another government shutdown because they
refused to raise the debt ceiling.
Poor Democrats...anything that happens from now on they will have built...and they will now own.
So if you look at it this way Boehner's move was actually quite clever for now Republicans across the entire ideological party spectrum...from hardcore Conservatives to TEA Party Republicans to the more moderate Republicans...all who are in agreement that another round of political brinkmanship most likely would harm the party come November...just like it did after October's government shutdown...has now had all obstacles and baggage removed by this one vote, thus clearing the way for ObamaCare to be used as the arrow to be shot right into Obama's Achilles heel.
And the prize will be the Republicans re-taking the Senate and increasing their majority in the House...and maybe just maybe this was John Boehner's plan all along. After all, even a RINO...like a broken clock...is right twice a day.
And from a devil's advocate
perspective it does make sense, but I'll leave it up to you to decide...
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* John Boehner, Ohio; Majority Leader
Eric Cantor, Va.; Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, Calif.;
Chief Deputy Whip Pete Roskam, R-Ill.; Ken Calvert, Calif.; Dave
Camp, Mich.; Michael Grimm, N.Y.; Richard Hanna, N.Y; Doc
Hastings, Wash.; Darrell Issa, Calif.; Devin Nunes, Calif; Hal Rogers,
Ky.;
Dave Reichert, Wash.; Chris Collins, N.Y.; Howard Coble, N.C.; Charlie
Dent, Pa.; Mike Fitzpatrick, Pa.; Pete King, N.Y.; Frank LoBiondo, N.J.;
Buck McKeon, Calif.; Patrick Meehan, Pa.; Gary Miller, Calif.;
Ed Royce, Calif.; John Runyan, N.J.; John Shimkus, Ill.; Chris Smith,
N.J.; David Valadao, Calif.; Frank Wolf, Va.
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4 comments:
I'd rather have the GOP be a minority party that stands for PRINCIPLES than be a majority party that stands for NOTHING ... 7 days a week and twice on Sunday.
Standing for NOTHING except winning the next election - like the RINOs do - is a surefire way to LOSE the next election(see 2012, 2008, 2006).
At the end of the day, strong principles are GOOD POLITICS, and weak principles are BAD POLITICS.
One more point -
I completely DISAGREE with the premise - created & perpetuated by the MSM with its phony push polls - that the so-called government "shutdown" last October "HURT" the GOP.
It reminds me of MSM polls claiming that a majority of Americans "SUPPORT" same-sex marriage, and yet, every time it is actually VOTED upon in state referendums, same-sex marriage is RESOUNDINGLY DEFEATED, even in liberal strongholds like California.
Phony MSM push polls using biased samples, biased questions and biased reporting of the results have been done on every issue under the sun - from government "shutdowns" to same-sex marriage to gun control to immigration to Bill Clinton's impeachment - in order to INFLUENCE public opinion, not REFLECT public opinion(that's why they're called "PUSH polls").
But unfortunately, despite overwhelming evidence of the MSM's EXTREME LEFTWING BIAS, there are still WAY TOO MANY conservatives who fall for its DECEITFUL, DISHONEST, DISINGENUOUS REPORTING & POLLS - hook, line, and sinker.
Truth be told, the ONLY thing that "hurt" the GOP during the so-called government "shutdown" was RINOs like John McCain, Lindsay Graham & Kelly Ayotte VOTING WITH THE DEMS TO FUND OBAMACARE, WHILE PUBLICLY BASHING TRUE CONSERVATIVES LIKE TED CRUZ & MIKE LEE for simply standing on principle and doing exactly what they said they would do when they ran for elected office - that is - DO EVERYTHING THEY COULD TO STOP OBAMACARE DEAD IN ITS TRACKS.
I don't think you want to be in the minority in the legislature and also have a Democrat president. We need to at least keep the House or Senate to avoid being completely overrun. No Republicans voted for the ACA, but many Republicans also thought it was just one part of the overall battle with Democrats, when it came time to keep the govt. running. It's arguable whether or not you go to all out war over one issue.
CC, the Democrats didn't even deploy all of their weapons on the shutdown. They had a lot more cards to play, including Social Security, no money for the war zones (our troops), etc. It would have been a bloodbath in Nov. if we had followed Cruz's strategy to its logical conclusion.
That's nonsense, Cimbri - only "NONESSENTIAL" employees & services could be shut down.
Social Security and combat troops were completely OFF-LIMITS.
Not to mention the FACT that the only thing shut down by Cruz & Company was OBAMACARE.
Everything else was shut down by Obama and the Dems.
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