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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: mystery-ak on September 27, 2015, 10:32:34 pm
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Teaser on Drudge
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/sep/27/mitch-mcconnell-pushed-resign-senate-majority-lead/print/
Top GOP official seeks McConnell ouster as Senate leader
‘GOP brand is being damaged,’ RNC vice chair says
By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times - Sunday, September 27, 2015
With John Boehner now departing as House speaker, an influential Republican Party official is now seeking the ouster of another GOP leader who has frustrated conservatives: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
"McConnell needs to resign!!" Louisiana GOP Chairman Roger Villere wrote in a Facebook posting.
Mr. Villere isn't just any Republican. He's the longest-serving state GOP chairman in the nation, with 12 years on the job, and is the vice chairman of the Republican National Committee, the GOP's national governing body. He also serves on the RNC's executive committee that makes decisions alongside Chairman Reince Priebus.
"Mitch is a good and honorable guy, but the base is leaving our party," Mr. Villere said in an interview with The Washington Times. "I'm out in the field all the time and we have all our elections this year for state offices, and it's hurting us tremendously with our elections."
Aides for Mr. McConnell, Kentucky Republican, did not return repeated calls and emails seeking comment. A spokeswoman for Mr. Priebus said he was unavailable Sunday.
Egged on by irate rank-and-file GOP voters, a conservative rump group in the House GOP caucus forced Mr. Boehner’s sudden announcement on Friday that he will resign his post and his House seat as well next month.
An ideological irony is that his probable replacement, California Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the current House majority leader, is closer politically to Mr. Boehner than to the more ideologically passionate members who were prepared to call for a no-confidence vote on Mr. Boehner as speaker.
The same may hold true for Mr. McConnell in the Senate. Though he is not considered likely to resign, there is no one in his chamber whom conservatives seem ready to unite behind as an alternative.
Even Mr. Villere was stumped when asked whom he preferred to take over as leader of the Senate Republican majority.
"Honestly, I haven really thought of a replacement," he said. "We are being so beat up by the base. I just was frustrated."
Mr. Villere did say what specifically about Mr. McConnell makes his state's rank-and-file GOP voters so dyspeptic that they want him out as leader — his failure to challenge executive overreach by President Obama or fight to repeal Obamacare and other unpopular measures.
"Mr. McConnell could have suspended consideration of confirmations for all presidential appointees, except for those who are essential to national security, until the president rescinded his unconstitutional executive action on amnesty," Mr. Villere said.
"This would have been a constitutionally appropriate response to the overreach of the executive branch," he said. "It would have transformed the political environment, greatly encouraged Republican donors and grass-roots activists, and positioned us to refuse to confirm replacements for any Supreme Court openings that might occur during the remainder of the Obama administration."
Mr. Villere ticked off other sources of discontent with Mr. McConnell.
"Not trying to repeal Obamacare, not defunding Planned Parenthood, not trying to stop illegal immigration," he said. "That is what Republicans ran on and once they were elected they did not follow up with their promises."
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, speaking at the annual Values Voters Summit in D.C. on Saturday, also called on Mr. McConnell to resign, in what political observers chalked up as an attempt by Mr. Jindal to gain national publicity for his sagging 2016 presidential campaign. Elections for his successor as governor will take place this November.
Mr. Villere's term as chairman will expire this coming March. He said he wasn't aware that Mr. Jindal had said at the Values Voters Summit that it was time for Mr. McConnell to go.
Mr. Villere, while hearing the complaints of GOP base voters, said he was moved to act after reading a story quoting Mr. McConnell as saying he wasn't going to support a potential government shutdown in order to block federal funding for Planned Parenthood, a private organization that provides abortion services.
"If we lose the battle, we will never win the presidency again in my lifetime," said Mr. Villere, who is 66. "I've worked for 12 years as chairman to build this party, and I just don't want to see it all go down the drain because they aren't willing to fight for what we believe in. Our base is demanding we do something or they're going to leave us."
"The GOP brand is being damaged. We're having to work from scratch to do all the groundwork we've already done with elections of Republicans to Congress and in the state because everybody is so furious at the leadership," Mr. Villere said.
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Hope that snowball turns BIG real quick :amen:
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Texas Senator John Cornyn would be unanimously elected to replace McConnell if some "rump group" of Senators forced him to resign.
I like that term "rump". That's what these people resemble.
There is not going to be a government shutdown. Those of you are laying bets in Vegas, or doing novenas to Mary, or wishing and hoping will be disappointed.
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Obma sockpuppets have been running the House and Senate for far too long.
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Texas Senator John Cornyn would be unanimously elected to replace McConnell if some "rump group" of Senators forced him to resign.
I like that term "rump". That's what these people resemble.
There is not going to be a government shutdown. Those of you are laying bets in Vegas, or doing novenas to Mary, or wishing and hoping will be disappointed.
We don't want Cornyn. He went in as a conservative, and over time has become entirely supportive of GOPe.
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"McConnell needs to resign!!" Louisiana GOP Chairman Roger Villere wrote in a Facebook posting.
"Honestly, I haven really thought of a replacement," he said. "We are being so beat up by the base. I just was frustrated."
Sums it up perfectly. No plan, no thought, just an incoherent desire to tear it all down.
There are two GOPs now. The GOPe (establishment) and the GOPa (anarchist).
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We don't want Cornyn. He went in as a conservative, and over time has become entirely supportive of GOPe.
Check his voting record. Cornyn is as conservative as anybody.
But, he's not a "hair-on-fire" tea partier, so Ted Cruz may not support his fellow Texan.
Cornyn would be the guy, so, if you get rid of Mitch, that's who you're going to get.
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Check his voting record. Cornyn is as conservative as anybody.
But, he's not a "hair-on-fire" tea partier, so Ted Cruz may not support his fellow Texan.
Cornyn would be the guy, so, if you get rid of Mitch, that's who you're going to get.
Not sure what you mean "as conservative as anybody". He gets a solid "F" on the liberty score: https://www.conservativereview.com/Members/J/300027?utm_campaign=breitbartapi&utm_medium=api&utm_source=breitbart
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Not sure what you mean "as conservative as anybody". He gets a solid "F" on the liberty score: https://www.conservativereview.com/Members/J/300027?utm_campaign=breitbartapi&utm_medium=api&utm_source=breitbart
Of course. I'm sure some obscure conservative site hates his guts.
He's my Senator and I follow his votes. He's a conservative, pal.
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Jeff Sessions should replace McConnell.
Remember how, only weeks ago, there were folks in this forum telling us how we'd better get used to the leadership of Cryin' John Boehner and his Senate pal the turtle, because they weren't going anywhere any time soon....?
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Of course. I'm sure some obscure conservative site hates his guts.
He's my Senator and I follow his votes. He's a conservative, pal.
He's my senator also, I'm not your pal, and I also follow his votes. He's solidly GOPe.
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Those of you are laying bets in Vegas, or doing novenas to Mary,
A totally gratuitous insult to the Catholic members of this Forum.
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But, he's not a "hair-on-fire" tea partier, so Ted Cruz may not support his fellow Texan.
That would just be pay back
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Not sure what you mean "as conservative as anybody". He gets a solid "F" on the liberty score: https://www.conservativereview.com/Members/J/300027?utm_campaign=breitbartapi&utm_medium=api&utm_source=breitbart
All depends on ones point of view of conservative? The RINOS on here and in general THINK they are conservative by their standards especially at election time. Then it is back to the "new boss is the same as the old boss", until election time again. The CONSERVATIVES keep falling for the same trick over and over and expect different results. That is the definition for something? Only this time around the conservatives, grass roots and other "crazies, hobats finally have gotten the message thanks to TRUMP running for the POTUS and telling PC America to get ******. Cornyn is a RINO and will be the same as the OLD BOSS and do not let anyone say anything different because they will be WRONG? :chairbang:
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That would just be pay back
So, if Cruz supported rino-Cornyn, it would be...what would it be?