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    Why McConnell and Cornyn Should Not Be Reelected

    Why McConnell and Cornyn Should Not Be Reelected

    Posted by Pilgrim on Feb 18, 2014

    Kentucky and Texas share some similarities with respect to their senators. They each have a tea party conservative, Rand Paul and Ted Cruz. They also both have an establishment Republican, Mitch McConnell and John Cornyn. Texas is different than Kentucky with respect to being a safe Republican instead of toss-up contest. It does not have to be that way in Kentucky. Kentucky went for Romney instead of Obama in 2012 by more than 20 points. If McConnell was not of the establishment, then the Republican party would have persuaded him to retire. That’s what they did to Michelle Bachmann. Her congressional district in Minnesota was a toss-up contest until she announced her retirement, and now it is projected as a safe Republican seat.
    Texas should not reelect John Cornyn because he opposes Ted Cruz on the major issues, and he does it in a sneaky manner. The sneaky part is that he votes YES for cloture on the amnesty bill, striking defunding obamacare from the continuing resolution, and increasing the debt limit. Then he flips and votes NO on final passage of these bills. This way he can claim to be a “conservative” who fights Obama and the Democrats. All of the Senate Republican leadership are hypocrites in this fashion of voting one way on the cloture vote and then flipping on final passage. In 2014 only Cornyn and McConnell have seats that expire. Republican Conference Chairman John Thune’s term expires in 2016, and Republican Policy Chairman John Barasso’s term expires in 2018. For the record, John Barasso is the only one of these four who did not play this game on the amnesty bill. Earlier in this Congress they were able to get enough moderates to vote YES for cloture so they could keep clean. The moderates eventually got tired of leaders acting like they are more “pure” than them, and later on leaders had to make these votes more frequently.

    The driveby media denigrates tea party Republicans as extremist whacko birds who are insisting on an extreme purity and 100% agreement on everything. This is just another false narrative and meme intended to destroy the opposition to the big government establishment in Washington, DC. Tea party Republicans are not in lockstep on every political issue. They are in agreement that the federal government is too big, too intrusive, and kills jobs and economic growth.

    The graphic images below are from the Heritage Action Scorecard for comparing the cloture votes for Cornyn, McConnell, Tim Scott, and Jeff Sessions. Every senator has votes that one can agree or disagree with, but the pattern of voting YES for cloture and flipping to NO on final passage is simply disgusting hypocrisy that voters should not reward in 2014. All four are running for reelection, but Tim Scott and Jeff Sessions are the only two of this quartet who have earned the reward of winning their election.



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    FreedomWorks under fire for ‘Retire Mitch’ signs in Kentucky


    by Alexandra Jaffe, The Hill | published on February 19, 2014


    A group supporting Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) primary challenger is facing backlash from Kentuckians for blanketing parts of the state in anti-McConnell signage.

    FreedomWorks, which has endorsed businessman Matt Bevin in the primary race, has been asked by local government officials in Louisville to take down what one official says are “hundreds” of “Retire Mitch” signs posted all over Jefferson County.


    But a FreedomWorks representative said the group has no plans to take down the signs there or anywhere else in the state, 10,000 of which have already been distributed to local activists across Kentucky.
    Louisville Metro Government Code Enforcement Officer Chris Monahan said he called Jeff Scully, the group’s outreach manager, to let him know the signs violate local ordinances.
    Read the full article: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/198622-freedomworks-under-fire-for-retire-mitch-signs


    Rino's trying till the end



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    How Is Appeasement Working Out For You, Republicans?

    Posted on February 21, 2014 by Mark Horne filed under Congress, Constitution, Debt

    I think Newser.com answers the question:
    President Obama is done playing nice with the budget. The White House will be ditching a proposal to curtail Social Security cost-of-living increases, along with other policies that he included last year in an attempt to reach out to Republicans, the Wall Street Journal reports. "This year, the administration is returning to a more traditional budget presentation that is focused on achieving the president's vision," a White House official said in a memo, meaning that it will focus on Democratic priorities.

    "Republicans consistently showed a lack of willingness to negotiate … refusing to identify even one unfair tax loophole they would be willing to close," an official tells the Washington Post. Obama is willing to negotiate, he said, but not in the budget. He will, however, stick to the overall spending limits Congress has already agreed to. John Boehner called Obama's position a "non-starter," Politico reports. "The president has no interest in doing anything, even modest, to address the looming debt crisis," his spokesman said.
    Uh, Boehner, y’all just voted for a horrible budget, a bloated farm bill, and then raised the debt ceiling like a pack of trained and neutered old dogs without trying to get anything for it. You did this for a President who is presiding over one of the worst train wrecks in the history of Federal programs.
    Why should he care what you think is a non-starter?

    He has openly spit on the authority and prerogatives of the Congress, re-writing and then re-writing again the Affordable Care Act to try to control or slow down the damage it does in order to further his own Party’s political interests. Have you called him on it at all?
    He’s a complete loser acting like a winner. How can he be winning? Because the opposing team has left the field.
    No wonder he lords it over you and treats your concerns with contempt. He holds you in contempt. I hate to admit it, but I agree with him.



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