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‘Bloodied’ & ‘Beaten:’ GOP Rep. Describes ‘Tongue-Lashings’ from Fellow Republicans Pushing Boehner Bill

Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert told Fox News about the behind the scenes discipline Republicans are enforcing to get a debt ceiling bill passed, and it doesn’t sound pretty.

Rep. Gohmert has moved his vote from the “No” to the “Maybe” column due to some changes in the bill this morning, and the possible inclusion of a balanced budget amendment. But it wasn’t an easy road to this point.

Gohmert spoke about about the pressure fellow Republicans have brought to bear on him in order to gain his vote for the Boehner bill.

At one point, Fox interviewer Alisyn Camerota asked Rep. Gohmert about his earlier statement that he was ‘bloodied and beaten’ by fellow Republicans in this debate, and Gohmert replied “bruises take time to heal.”

Later in the interview, Congressman Gohmert talked about his interactions with Speaker Boehner, whom he describes as always gracious, and joked that this was true ‘even when I got called into the principal’s office.’

But Gohmert bemoaned the ‘tongue-lashing’ he received from other GOP members unhappy with his principled stand on the debt ceiling debate.

Watch the video here, via Fox:

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  • Jaycen
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:29pm

    Bohner proved he won’t cut signifcantly. They’re all trying to blow off the “Debt Ceiling” – which is a spending CAP.

    You think they can force future Congresses to balance budgets with amendments?

    Don’t fall for Republican lies. Conservatives must hold the line on this. Vote Progressives like Bohner out.

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    • chicago76
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:52pm

      Well said, People like ***** are the problem not the answer. We will give up everything and get nothing. The nation will lose everything and gain nothing. This whole Congress is still business as usual. Tax and spend as usual. Inflate the dollar to pay for spending. Too bad we don’t get pay increases everytime they decrease the value of the dollar like our government workers do and our representatives do. This socialist government is broke and can’t fix itself. It is bankrupt and stealing from the middle class and poor all over the world, including here. People in the government are printing money and expect everyone else in the world to give them goods for pieces of paper with no backing. That is wrong. It is evil. It will have no good end result.

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    • Dakota
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:57pm

      Like to find out who are the ones pressuring the principled people to bend and increase the debt? Please produce the list. Would like to pressure them a bit.

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    • CatB
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 5:07pm

      The HOUSE already sent over Cut, Cap and Balance … the SENATE HAS FAILED TO ACT ON IT. The R’s in the HOUSE need to stop negotiating against themselves!

      TEA!

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    • sissykatz
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 5:17pm

      CatB I completely agree. This is crazy. Why is it just the Republicans writing these proposals. I would think one proposal is enough, Obama is going to keep pushing and pushing until he will probably get his long range plan that will go past election.Personally I wish Boehner and others would tell him to cram it. I can’t wait until we control more than just a portion of the Congress.

      Just watch what we can do when we have the House, Senate and President. We can begin to set this country on the right path again.If I were them on the next go round if we do get control, I would treat them just as we were treated during Obamacare debate. Don’t even ask a Dem. his opinion on anything.
      t

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    • hauschild
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 5:22pm

      Cry Baby’s beginning to embarrass now.

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    • Goodgriefgeezlouise
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 6:07pm

      On one hand if they don’t raise the debt ceiling we will be downgraded and intrest rates will rise.. On the other hand if we do raise the debt ceiling will will for sure find ourselves at the 20 trillion mark and with that kind of debt they will probably lower our credit rating and intrest rates would rise.. So it appears to me that as much as the Dems sway the conversation their way, sooner or later this country is going to be into some serious trouble.. Right now we still have option, soon there will be few and Obama will have completed his desire to reconstruct America in his own image.. Ya think there might be a reason he doesn’t want anything passed? He believes he is changing America for the better by slowly stearing it toward that one world economy.. I just hope we can hang on ubtil next year and that the new group of conservatives unwind this mess.

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    • rjsorensen
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 6:25pm

      Please, please remember the idea of ‘cut’ is a smaller spending increase not a cut at all as we know it. Bohner’s plan still expands the debt, $1 trillion a year. No more than what was spent last year, no increases, and let the Congress and Prez. be paid last or not at all. If Prez. wants ‘shared sacrifice’ how about him and fellow gov. people take a pay cut, no pay increase, not even COL adjustment. Rebs should offer a bill that doesn’t pay congress untill this speding is fixed and see if Obama and Sen dems go against that and then rebs can show country what dems are all about.

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    • Cobra Blue
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 6:25pm

      Better stand strong. Its going to get hotter before before it gets cooler. Tell the old guard republicans to kiss where the sun don’t shine.

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    • Cheetosareus
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 7:06pm

      Did you forget the repubicans only have 1/3 of the governnment and democrats have 2/3. When this is over, the Boehner bill with amendments added by the democrats in the Senate will return to the house. The repubicans will not pass it, the government will not default but Obama will proceed to punish old people and veterans who he is holding hostage to get what he wants. The president has the power to say who and what gets paid and he will do it in such a way they will blame the republicans. Too damn bad the tea party didn’t sponsor better candidates for the senate. They are ultimately the ones to blame. They failed to give us candidates who could win.

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    • Rob in Katy
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 7:13pm

      Typical, Republicans compromising themselves to be just ad bad as Democrats on debt. With Republicans like these, who needs…

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    • Ruler4You
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 7:17pm

      GOP members pushing this bill are pushing their careers over the edge.

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    • football lady
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 10:00pm

      Oh, puleeze! Calling Boehner a progressive is silly. He’s shown more leadership than most.

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    • voteallprogressivesout
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 9:24am

      We need to find out who the Progressives are and get them voted out in the next elections. We also need to make sure the TEA party reps we voted in is holding the line.

      TEA

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    • gracentruth
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 9:18pm

      Amen on that. Vote Boehner out. But immediately oust him as Speaker and replace with Machmann or Paul.

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  • the big o
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:28pm

    It’s obvious that there MUST be compromise on both sides of the debt ceiling issue. People of this country deserve to be represented by politicians who are in touch with their constituants, not acting like a bunch of spoiled brats. At such a critical juncture, we need cooperation so as to avoid continued devaluation of the dollar. Furthermore, we need to remember next year, the administration’s policies that have contributed to the severe mess that our country finds itself in. It has become obvious to me that people voting along party lines should not be voting at all. We need independence that changs the divisive attitude in Washington.

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    • mrmacg00
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:31pm

      loved $1.05′s qoute,”There is no compromise between freedom and slavery.” So what is debit?
      Nothing but SLAVERY! Wake-up America! It is time for tough love and stop enabling the progressives and POTUS.

      If blood spilt renews our spirit for freedom let it be taken to those whose actions are tyrannical. By standing we will let the truth shine.

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    • MontyRay
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:38pm

      Feels good to say, doesn’t it? But wait….

      What if the “compromise” solves nothing? Who is defining the problem? Is settling for moving the debt closer to a $20T abyss while only offering up cuts in growth, not budget a compromise that solves a problem? What problem does that solve? Again, what is the problem?

      The problem is lost on us through the media hype and alarmism coming from the left. It is them who are scaring granny, and threatening a fake default. Our biggest repercussion for not coming up with the solution is a devalued dollar and bad market. But re-read what I just wrote: It is not being defined this way. Instead, it is being defined that “if we don’t raise the debt ceiling” this happens. As if these problems won’t occur anyway as we spend ourselves into oblivion by raising the debt with no cuts.
      What is frustrating here is that the left and the MSM have managed to define the problem out of reality. So what do we do? Compromise more? Outside of not raising taxes, what has the left compromised on? What plan do they have? Has anyone really seen “Reid’s Bill”??? no, it doesn’t exist.
      I think the problem here is that the Republicans have already compromised the solution into something other than a solution, and it still isn’t good enough. Wake up America.

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    • THX-1138
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:38pm

      The compromise is that we don’t demand a REDUCTION in the debt limit.

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    • commonsenseguy
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:44pm

      i hate to tell you, but obama and his commie cronies along with soros,will destroy the dollar,everything they have done regulations,red tape, hidden tax increases,stimulus,bail outs,and the housing bust is just cog’s in the wheel that will be used to derail our economy and our freedoms.

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    • HELLRAISER
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:57pm

      I’m tired of compromise, every time they compromise we pay through the nose in taxes. Add up every tax you pay starting with federal taxes, state taxes, local sales taxes, property taxes, taxes on your car tags, , electric bill, propane & fuel taxes, tax on your savings if you’re lucky to save any, etc…..Etc……Etc…..On and on and on! Hold the line! We‘re gonna vote everyone of these sob’s out!

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:58pm

      @the big o,

      “It’s obvious that there MUST be compromise on both sides of the debt ceiling issue.”

      Compromise is NOT the role of our representatives. Our representatives are to take a stand for their constituents, and when you have different views throughout the nation, Congress is actually SUPPOSED to stall due to impasses.

      Federalist Papers #10
      http://constitution.org/fed/federa10.htm

      “If a faction consists of less than a majority, relief is supplied by the republican principle, which enables the majority to defeat its sinister views by regular vote. It may clog the administration, it may convulse the society; but it will be unable to execute and mask its violence under the forms of the Constitution.”

      The truth is, since the Marxists are not going to stop trying to destroy our economy by devaluing our dollar (amongst other things), then the only other way to stop the runaway spending is to default. And frankly, we deserve to have a credit-rating downgrade.

      Further, raising the debt ceiling and allowing the Fed to print more money is AT LEAST AS MUCH like a “tax increase” as defaulting and dealing with higher interest rates on borrowing, except in the latter case, the value of the dollar stops decreasing, and the resulting stability and real market prices that begin to take hold will help people be more productive.

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    • Contrarian51
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 5:18pm

      When you control only one half of three branches of government, you either get the best deal you can get or you simply shut the process down. If you truly sent your elected representatives to Washington for the purpose of deliberately accomplishing nothing, I don’t know what to even say to you. We are supposed to have a representative government yet so many of you think you’d rather have no government at all than one that is less than 100% of what you think you want. The system was not designed to be that way.

      The right thing to do is pass the Boehner bill, declare victory and let the Senate Democrats and/or Obama be the ones to sit in the corner and pout. No, it‘s not perfect but the representatives can go back to their constituents and clearly state what they tried to get but couldn’t and who was responsible and why. For example: “I wanted an additional $50 million cut from the Energy Department but Smith from State A and Jones from State B got too much pressure from their lobbyists” etc.

      One other thought for proponents of default: Don’t let the rest of us hear you whine when the Yuan becomes the global reserve currency because we decided to welsh on our debts.

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:54pm

      @Contrarian51,

      “When you control only one half of three branches of government, you either get the best deal you can get or you simply shut the process down. If you truly sent your elected representatives to Washington for the purpose of deliberately accomplishing nothing, I don’t know what to even say to you. We are supposed to have a representative government yet so many of you think you’d rather have no government at all than one that is less than 100% of what you think you want. The system was not designed to be that way.”

      Having Representatives clog the administration is NOT having no government, and the system was designed to do EXACTLY that. See above where I quote our Founders in Federalist Papers #10.

      “One other thought for proponents of default: Don’t let the rest of us hear you whine when the Yuan becomes the global reserve currency because we decided to welsh on our debts.”

      What you don’t get is that the Progressives are following a Cloward and Piven strategy to increase government spending to collapse the economy into Socialism, and part of that strategy is to get us to keep spending and to print more money.

      Now, if we don’t raise the Debt Ceiling, we don’t HAVE to default. But since the Progressives won’t stop spending, then in order to save our economy from their plan, we have to default.

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 10:20pm

      @Contrarian51,

      And regarding the Yuan (or some other currency, or internationally managed basket of currencies) becoming the global reserve currency, you don’t need a reserve currency if you have commodity-money. Simply return to commodity-money, and you can escape a lot of central planning in America, as well as the would-be global central planners, such as the IMF and the UN.

      Please watch this video!

      Smashing Myths and Restoring Sound Money | Thomas E. Woods, Jr.
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAzExlEsIKk

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    • Contrarian51
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 12:01am

      @A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right

      I‘ve noticed you’re real good at telling others what they don’t understand. I understand very well, thank you. What you don’t understand is that the way to correct an off-course airplane is not to fly it into a mountain.

      I will admit to not understanding one thing and that is why people like you think you can undo decades of reckless government in 7 months without having control of the Senate or White House.

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 12:57am

      @Contrarian51,

      “I understand very well, thank you. What you don’t understand is that the way to correct an off-course airplane is not to fly it into a mountain.”

      We are still in a position that our GDP is currently greater than the interest on our debt, so we can still pay it if we stop borrowing and paying with increasingly devalued currency.

      Except that the Marxist traitor Progressives WANT to destroy our economy, and so they are trying to push our interest rate over our GDP so that we cannot repay our debt – then our creditors will OWN us.

      This is why if we cannot get them to agree to stop spending, borrowing, and redistributing, we have to default so that all the fake value of the easy credit will reveal itself which will then reveal real market prices, allowing the private sector to become more productive.

      (Continued on next post)

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 1:04am

      @Contrarian51,

      “I will admit to not understanding one thing and that is why people like you think you can undo decades of reckless government in 7 months without having control of the Senate or White House.”

      Our Constitution was designed to clog up the administration in order to stop factions – not to be bi-partisan.

      See here.

      Federalist Papers #10
      http://constitution.org/fed/federa10.htm

      “If a faction consists of less than a majority, relief is supplied by the republican principle, which enables the majority to defeat its sinister views by regular vote. It may clog the administration, it may convulse the society; but it will be unable to execute and mask its violence under the forms of the Constitution.”

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  • I.Gaspar
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:26pm

    Boehner is nothing but a Weiner/Schumer dressed as a rebublican.
    He is as much a part of the disaster in D.C. as Prince Barry.
    Stand strong, Rep. Gohmert.

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    • True American66
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:38pm

      You can’t really believe that, can you?….Speaker Boehner passed the Cut, Cap, & Balance bill. The Democratic Senate tabled it. Speaker Boehner is fighting the good fight while trying to save this country from a credit downgrade. Default aside (because it won’t happen), you can‘t believe that he isn’t trying his best to support the Tea Party caucus. Give him a break…..that is, unless you think you can do a better job from your armchair.

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  • PATTY HENRY
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:26pm

    LOOK BOYS and GIRLS: Some dope was just on FOX saying that “representing the people” was just “campaign talk” not to be confused with “WHAT REALLY GOES ON IN DC”…uh huh…dude! That’s the reason DC is such a mess.

    THEY keep talking about COMPROMISE…. look doo-doo is still doo-doo . COMPROMISE is NOT the GOAL…the GOAL duffus clowns is THE BEST FOR AMERICA. ONE side can be WRONG, you know. GET THAT you dumb jerk John MCain: COMPROMISE is NOT…repeat N O T the
    GOAL.
    What part of that can’t you understand you passive aggressive sorry hack ??

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    • Jaycen
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:35pm

      Constitutional Conservatives stick together. Don’t let Republican hack Congressmen and Hack commentators scare you into supporting legislation that robs more of our money and takes our freedom.

      Ignoring a spending cap so we can have a spending cap is moronic.

      Where’s the compromise in that? Oh yeah, it was your principles you compromised.

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    • commonsenseguy
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:38pm

      the communist way, work for the common good,money is unnecessary,individual liberties take a backseat to the needs of the collective,and there is no god,just the state { government }. compromise is a great toll.when you have the ability to comprise,but the house don’t have that ability,so why play the game, stand your ground and let the democrats take the ship down,they have been drilling holes in americas ship for 10 years,and she is going down fast,so if we are going to sink,let the democommunist be the ones who have to swim and let americans take the life rafts.

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    • They SMEAR what they FEAR
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:40pm

      Its like I said, we need to change the game, replacing players is not working.

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    • SimpleTruths
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 5:09pm

      Keep it up, I love this. You guys are going to reduced down to a pack of foaming at the mouth, wild eyed hooligans. There will be no reasonable voter out there that is going to want anything to do with your scorched earth politics. You had your chance, you blew it.

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    • TurboCat
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 5:47am

      We the People should get some petitions going in which we demand that Reid and Obama let the PEOPLE decide if we want a balanced budget amendment. Each state would then let the voters decide. Right now it is Harry Reid and Obama who are afraid to let the people decide. What are they afraid of? Some polls say that 75% of people some form of a balanced budget amendment. What do you think?

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  • TOPOFTHEGAME
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:22pm

    I‘m asking YOU as I’m willing to do send ( ”’for reelection”’) Rep. Gohmert one dollar for voting “”"”“NO””"”"” AND THAT’S JUST A DOWN PAYMENT

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  • 70S_KIDS_FIGHTING_SOCIALISM
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:21pm

    Spending are cuts.
    Debt is savings.
    Spending are cuts.
    Debt is savings.
    Spending are cuts.
    Debt is savings.
    Spending are cuts.
    Debt is savings.
    Big Brother Boehner is always right.

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  • TulsaYeeHaw
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:21pm

    Everyone of you must demand as a condition of voting in 2012 that leadership must be replaced with people who have been there no more than 1 term. Tell your candidates this is how it will be- END OF DISCUSSION.

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  • bbg1123
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:21pm

    Balanced budget is great, but revenues now for cuts later is what should be objected to … No future congress will honor fiscal cuts past the next fiscal year. It’s silly to think a ten year projection will be honored. So he wants a trillion now for a few billion in cuts … no freakin’ way … all to get re-elected. No freakin’ way.

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  • TJexcite
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:19pm

    Hold fast but when your backed it to a corner know when to retreat and reload. Not just stand as a speed bump because they will use them as such and when it dies or tabled in the senate losing one principles will be all for not and my come easier to bend in the future.

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  • 13th Imam
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:17pm

    JB’s Plan 3.0 can pass or not but if it does Sen. Harry Reid and the Majority DEMOCRATS will markup the Bill and send it back to the House. My question is will JB, The Tea Party Caucus, the McCain rino’s fold then. Every time a new story comes out , it seems the sky is falling. Stop letting the media create kneejerk reactions.
    Anybody but Barry 2012

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  • geonj
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:17pm

    there will be no blaanced budget amendment attached to debt ceiling increas legislation. there will be no tax increases either. so get in line and keep America’s credit rating AA. then work to keep the American people’s support firmly behind the GOP. then, when the GOP controls both houses of congress, they can get their balanced budget amendment. unless they choose to just take care of themselves.

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  • D Money
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:14pm

    This just highlights the fact that it is the fiscally responsible Tea Party representatives vs. the Washington Establishment. Party affiliations no longer mean anything. Big government spenders infect both parties, and we have to win the battle against the progressives in the Republican party before we can win the war against the ones who have completely taken over the Democrat party.

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    • encinom
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:42pm

      Its the insane Tbaggers v. reality. The Tbaggers in and out of Congress have no idea what is going on or how to lead a nation. Their home-school drop-out understanding of civics and American history would be laughable if they were intent on driving the nation off a cliff.

       
    • MidWestMom
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 5:36pm

      @ encinom

      The only people who describe themselves as Tbaggers or claim to be members of any Tbagger or Tea ****** group are those who participate in a certain sexual act. I‘ve never had a conversation with any of them so I can’t say if your comment that they are “insane homeschool drop-outs” is correct or not.

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 5:44pm

      odd…I have no idea where those *** came from. Should read “******”..

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 5:50pm

      ahhh, the Blaze censors… no matter, you know what the word is.

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  • nonofmybiznez
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:13pm

    They can easily be voted out because of nasty tactics to support a bad bill. Times are different. Look at the 2010 election. Just because you have the REP after your name doesn’t mean you are any better than the other side. The idea is to stop the Progressive march and restore this country and its Congress to a representation of its people. Once the Republicans take over and reverse this trend, they too will fall victim to the seduction of power. They will then be voted out and we will once again try to restore order. This is how it is supposed to work. We should never again have all three levels of the Excecutive branch in one party. Parties are the problem. That’s why the Tea Party (make up of Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, Independents, black, brown, yellow and white) is the answer.

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  • azjeff1963
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:12pm

    WE should find out who cracks and whom is pressuring them to do so. that way we can weed out the weak.

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  • Canada_Goose
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:10pm

    GOP Tea Partiers get asses in line for raging Boehner.
    (Sorry I couldn’t help it)

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  • EqualJustice
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:09pm

    Unfortunately, we can not change the EVIL ways of DC overnght. It‘s a SHAME we didn’t get the Senate, too. The discussion would be very different. One step at a time, one victory at a time. The Tea Party members have CHANGED the dialogue and for that we should be very PROUD. Take as much as we can get and them keep fighting for more. The term “unsustainable debt” is very scary and something has to give. We all know it. Now let’s see all this COMPROMISE from the left. One of their NEW words since they lost the House in 2010. The other being “bi-partisanship.” I only remember, “We won,s os we TRUMP you.”

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    • Lloyd Drako
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:38pm

      No compromise from the left?

      Obama has been heard uttering the words “entitlement reform,“ and we hear less and less about ”making the rich pay their fair share” or even eliminating loopholes. Many Dems think they have compromised already quite enough.

      It is Tea Party Reps who are refusing all compromise, under the impression that they represent “the people” because they won an election.They are in for a rude awakening if their actions mean people don’t get Social Ssecurity payments, veterans‘ benefits and other government largesse they’ve been accustomed to. Even ruder if the bondholders get stiffed.

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  • shimauma
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:09pm

    GOP members unhappy with a principled stand on the debt ceiling debate are nothing but RINOturd butt kissers of the demoncrap left and should be IGNORED!! Conservative republicans need to hold fast against *any* type of increase too the taxpayer balance. If the EPA doesn’t get their paychecks, if the pencil pushers up in DC don’t get paid, if the president and his cronies don’t get paid, I am OK with that!

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    • azjeff1963
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:15pm

      WE need the names of all of the Rino’s so we know who didnt stand with THE PEOPLE.

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    • texanpatriot
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:16pm

      Well Louie Gohmert ,it is just a good thing you don’t represent me. You would be history next year. Folks like you give term limits a good name – as in one term and out.

      You need to thank your conservative friends who are taking you out to the woodshed. Learn now Louie or find something else to do the rest of your life. Have you not noticed how angry the American people are? Get used to it. We are taking back our government and if you want to be part of that then get on with it.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:25pm

      There is a difference between a RINO and a realist. Get a grip, you can’t win this fight with just the House! Cut a damned deal and let Obama own this mess he has created. Take the White House and the Senate and then we can really do something meaningful.

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    • texanpatriot
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:30pm

      Amen, Gonzo. 2012 is coming and the crooks and RINOs are going…

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    • encinom
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:50pm

      Thee is nothing moral about the insanity of the Tbaggers. They are willing to damn the Nation to make a political point. Their are a small minority group, with an unreasonable, and uninformed view of government and the Consitution. They are small minded fools that care less about the Nation than they do ideals they hearded pundits on Fox News repeat.

       
  • bullcrapbuster
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:08pm

    We are taking names!

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  • vennoye
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:08pm

    Heard last night they were having “trouble” with the Texas delegation. Guess that was true.

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    • EqualJustice
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:12pm

      Rand Paul refuses to sign onto anything that RAISES the debt ceiling. I hopt that’s not in the “compromise.”

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:15pm

      S.C. too, DeMint’s boys.

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    • commonsenseguy
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:18pm

      well we Texans sent a message,and they are trying to do what they get paid for and if that is a bad thing then our country is really screwed, smaller government,less spending now gets you butt beat and you are the evil one, wtf , so i guess communism and totally control is a okay, man we aren’t screwed,we are f–ked.

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:07pm

    Politics is a contact sport Louie, hike up your britches and quit whining.

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  • They SMEAR what they FEAR
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:07pm

    There’s the problem…principle doesn’t amount to a hill of beans with politicians

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    • TurboCat
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 5:57am

      I just love your handle. Says it all as far as Progressives are concerned!

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  • UBSAYINWHAT
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:07pm

    Stick to your guns Louie

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  • last frontier
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:07pm

    Dont worry we will teach these RINOS some manners in 2012.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:22pm

      How, by assuring Obama’s re election and losing the House? Because that‘s what’s going to happen if these guys don’t get this over with. Remember how Washington won the Revolutionary War? He tried to keep his troops from facing overwhelming force and being decimated. That means he retreated a lot and picked the battles he could win. We can win the White House and Senate if we let Obama own the abysmal economy and the debt. We‘re throwing the dumb bastard a life line if we don’t settle this and quick.

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    • IndyNWguy
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 5:11pm

      Gonzo you make an interesting point.

      Pardon my analogy, but I see this a little differently.

      What you’re not taking into consideration is time. From a purely political perspective I agree with you, but your assumption is that this damage is reversable and that there will always be time to fix it. I think that is naive – as evidenced by the many countries/civilizations who have collapsed in written history.

      We’re in the fourth quarter of the Championship Game here. Our star player (founding principles) is playing hurt and one wrong hit to the knee could end his career. There is 1 second left on the clock and we‘re down by 4 on the other guys’ 5 yard line. Do we hand him the ball? Do we tell the other team that “hey, you know we’re going to score and win if we give “founding principles” the ball, so what do ya say? Should we compromise and just call it a tie for now? We can play again next year, right?”

      I say no. I say you give the ball to your star, sourround him by the biggest, meanest, strongest guys on the team and you score and win. I know its scary and that there is a lot on the line, but when time is running out, and it is running out, you have to play to win.

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  • tmkphx1962
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:07pm

    So standing on principle is now a bad thing?

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  • AIDANMAN
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:06pm

    they know why they are there, but they just want to play politics so badly…

    we are watching and your actions will be accounted for at your next election….

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