Hope was restored to our nation and we needed it at that time!
Unfortunately for President Obama and the rest of America, a group of bitter men had other ideas. A group of approximately 15 men got together that very night and started plotting the best way to take down America. Unfortunately, the guest list was full of familiar faces. You would think that I was talking about Kim Jong Il, Osama Bin Laden, Ali Atwa, Abdul Rahman Yasin, Isnilon Totoni Hapilon, Grover Norquist, Tim Phillips, and other assorted anti-American Vermin. Sadly no. The group that got together that night to plot the take down of our President, were all elected officials(and Frank Luntz).
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wall St.)A group of well known republican officials led by Wisconsin's own Paul Ryan, failed presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, and republican racist pollster and Scott Walkers good friend Frank Luntz wasted no time in meeting.
Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA)
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA),
Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX),
Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX),
Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI)
Rep. Dan Lungren (R-CA),
Sen. Jim DeMint (SC-R),
Sen. Jon Kyl (AZ-R),
Sen. Tom Coburn (OK-R),
Sen. John Ensign (NV-R) and
Sen. Bob Corker (TN-R)
In his new book, "Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the U.S. House of Representatives."by Robert Draper, Draper takes us inside that meeting.
The dinner lasted nearly four hours. They parted company almost giddily. The Republicans had agreed on a way forward:Daily Kos, is asking Darrell Issa to open an investigation:
Go after Geithner. (And indeed Kyl did, the next day: ‘Would you answer my question rather than dancing around it—please?’)
Show united and unyielding opposition to the president’s economic policies. (Eight days later, Minority Whip Cantor would hold the House Republicans to a unanimous No against Obama’s economic stimulus plan.)
Begin attacking vulnerable Democrats on the airwaves. (The first National Republican Congressional Committee attack ads would run in less than two months.)
Win the spear point of the House in 2010. Jab Obama relentlessly in 2011. Win the White House and the Senate in 2012.
Not only did these Senior members of Congress plot to destroy the American Economy more than it already was destroyed? They actually carried out their mission:The Daily Beast focused on different aspects beyond the anti-American 15. The book points out that John Boehner was not invited to this meeting to take down America, but instead he was somewhere whining about the end of earmarks....
- Every one of these Senior members of Congress have threatened Government Shutdown over things like:
not funding planned parenthood, not raising the Debt Ceiling which, in-and-of-itself, would cause US Economic turmoil. ... oh, and stay current, these same House GOP members of Congress are still, today, threatening a Government Shutdown.- Senators: Jim DeMint, Jon Kyl, Tom Coburn, John Ensign, and Bob Corker have
- Filibustered more Bills than any Congress combined in US History.
- Voted NO on every single piece of Legislation brought to the Floor including: NO on Al Franken's Anti-Rape Amendment, NO on Lilly Ledbetter, NO on Fair Pay Act.- Representatives: Paul Ryan, Eric Cantor, Kevin McCarthy, Rep. Pete Sessions, Jeb Hensarling, Pete Hoekstra and Dan Lungren
- Voted NO on every single piece of Legislation; including NO on increasing FEMA during natural disasters.
- Have been on tv constantly chanting the lie that they were guilty of ... the lie that "President Obama's policies undermine the US Economy."
Despite the anti-earmark rhetoric in Congress, John Boehner still misses them. During a conversation with Congressman Ralph Hall of Texas, Boehner regretted that earmarks disappeared, as it had made the task of keeping unruly members under control much easier. He sadly noted “It’s not like the old days, Ralph. Without earmarks to offer, it’s hard to herd the cats.”John Boehner is finding it hard to keep people in line without the threat of pulling their funding...take taht tea party!
But I digress...back to the Al-Kocha gang of 15!
Paul Ryan and his cohorts, who call themselves the Young Guns, spent that historic night in 2009, not working on ways to end the recession, or lower the deficit, or end the wars, or even lower the unemployment rate. They used their time and "talent" to brainstorm ways to make the President of the United States fail and if all went according to plan, fail miserably!!!
It is no wonder that what passes as humor these days on the right is talk of shooting democrats!
** Congressman Ryan did not respond to questions at the time of this writing. As a matter of fact Congressman Ryan has never responded to a single question posed by yours truly!
It would be kind of nice to see a federal budget get passed again someday.
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DeleteYou make it sound like being a Republican and acting like one is the equivalent of treason. Should they be jailed or hung? Denis Navratil.
ReplyDeleteHmmmmm interesting frame....so when your sole focus is to take down the President of the United states over everything else, that means your acting like a republican?
ReplyDeleteYou might want to rethink your priorities.
I need a bath after reading this bull$hit.
ReplyDeleteYou probably needed on before reading anything anyway.
DeletePaul Ryan does that to alot of people anon....
ReplyDeleteDon't feel bad that Rep. Ryan doesn't answer your questions. As far as I know, most members of congress don't respond often to people outside of their district.
ReplyDeleteConsidering that he is the head of the Congressional Budget Committee he should be more responsive to questions outside of his own district. He is ruining the lives of people outside his district, why shouldn't he answer their questions too?
He doesn't listen to people in his district, why would he start listening to outsiders?
DeleteWell if you buy him a couple $350 bottles of wine not only will he answer your questions, he will also let you buy him dinner.
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