“Why is the No. 4 ranking Republican serving as the leading crusader for the automaker bailout?”
Rob Bluey gives Thaddeus McCotter the proper spanking.
Time for me to pull out the upside-down elephant again. Here’s your GOP brand:
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Why is it these people cannot figure out which party it is, that they actually belong? Someone should reach across the isle and slap him!
As Bluey points out, McCotter is part of the Republican leadership. If McCotter is not comfortable with that role, or not sure what it means, perhaps he should step aside.
At the risk of overstating the obvious, an infusion of taxpayer cash is NOT the answer to “save” the Big 3…reorganizing under Chapter 11 is a much better option for all concerned (except the bigwigs and UAW hacks). Depressing.
Looks like the GOP’s rebranding is in full swing. Good luck with that.
Because he’s from Michigan.
Gimme, gimme, gimme…
Dude needs to remember that he represents the American people first, not his unionist constituents in Michigan.
It does make things intutively obvious.
Prolly ’cause he is like me and sitting on GM stock that needs to go up.
Serious question for you guys…
If over 50% of the Republicans become RINOs, does that mean they go back to being actual Republicans and the former actual Republicans become the RINOs?
On December 11th, 2008 at 12:20 pm, RedDog said:
As much as I’d like to agree with you, I can’t.
The role of the House of Representatives is to give voice to the people of their respective districts.
McCotter thinks this is in the best interest of his constituents and/or thinks it is in his best interest because he wouldn’t get re-elected in two years if he didn’t support this.
The role of the Senate is to look out for their respective states, so you could even expect Michigan Senators to support the bailout if they thought it was in their state’s best interest.
The role of the President is to look out for the whole country.
THAT’S 53% – 53%!!!!
Yes, and the rest of us become WINOs.
Semantic chicanery, I tell you!
I guess, technically, that would be correct. One more step towards the rise of a true Conservative party under another name!
Three words: R.I.N.O.
chap. Being a RINO is like being gay. They can change.
Rob Bluey’s article is awesome. He did a good job.
I have to admit, I owe Leon H Wolf over on RedState a huge apology when it comes to McCotter.
Two losses weren’t enough, huh?!
If they lose their own seats, maybe THEN they’ll learn!
Many conservatives view a RINO as someone that does not adhere to first principles of conservatism. Typically, these Republicans were elected talking about these principles but haven’t followed through. It’s not so much that they don’t always agree with the conservative base, but that they campaign on those principles which they then abandon when they enter office.
Under a Democrat President and Democrat controlled congress, I doubt that RINOs will be able to survive many more terms, IMO. Personally, I believe that the Republicans left will be the ones forming the loyal opposition.
Never in my life have I equated conservative with Republican.
sigh….. I can’t agree with me either but I felt the need to say it anyway.
Why?
C’mon, its called ‘where-can-I-get-the-most-for-my-vote’. Its about me not my country.
Honest people don’t last long in politics. They’ll run maybe two or three times then they have to quit to cleans themselves, stay honest and not fall into the greed, lie, cheat, back-stabbing trap.
HEH! It is getting harder these days for the Repub’s to understand what a conservative idea is. After McCain my guess is the RNC believes anything right of Clinton (take your pick).
My hope is the liberal congress will do something useful like ending the ‘war on drugs’ and outlawing the death penalty.
If over 50% of the population is Mexican, does that make this Mexico?
Sorry, we were here first.
#1 Rogue Cheddar:
And y’all should be slapped for voting for them. You keep voting for Republicans, and then keep whining about their votes, stances, etc. Do the right thing and start voting Libertarian.
Two responses:
1. Do you want to test that theory?
2. “First” is a pretty subjective term, isn’t it? Far as I know, this country is not called “Five Tribes of the Iroquois Nation”
Does that mean it’s a birth defect?
I watched him yesterday and was a bit shocked.
But then I saw/remembered, he’s from Michigan.
Is he doing it for re-election? Then he’s dead wrong.
We need a couple hundred Tancredo’s who will stand up for what’s right, no matter what.
1. Wait four years and it will be tested for us.
2. We’re better armed than the Iriquois.
Mexifornia already belongs to Mexico.
The native Indians actually have more special rights and entitlements here than do Mexicans or whitey and blackey. That name would be more fitting in that regard.
Really In Need of Overhaul.
Remember the direction these clueless morons were allowing themselves to be led come re-election time!
I know there are many capable conservatives, like me out there, who don’t give a whit about the “power” trip serving our nation seems to give these people.
I care about doing the right thing, for the right reason, but I am sick and tired of being over-taxed, over-regulated, demonized, and having the “guilt card” played.
I have given, and given, and given, and it is never enough for liberals. Well, I for one, am rapidly losing my “compassionate” heart for those who take, and give nothing back.
Why has there not been a Welfare to Work Program suggested by anyone, to help build up our infrastructure? It seems to me that would help correct a lot of problems…as long as we keep our Comrade Corruptocrats away from controlling the purse strings.
If some doofus GOP Congresscritter wants to go against the party, fine. Just make them resign their high ranking position first and put someone with an identifiable backbone in their place.
MI is proof that socialism NEVER works… MI has been a socialist – welfare state for 60 years…
It doesn’t matter which party initial the elected officer has—D or R- the lean is toward socialism…
The Iroquois were NOT part of the first group of immigrants to this continent. The first immigrants crossed the land bridge between current day Siberia and Alaska. They moved in and spread out.
The second group crossed the bridge thousands of years later. They “displaced” the first immigrants. By “displaced” I mean, enslave, torture, and murder. This second group is what liberals call “native americans” or now, “first americans.” Except they weren’t.
When the Europeans came, they just did what the second group of immigrants did to the first group. We are inundated with the stories about the whites being awful people toward the Indians. Pot, meet kettle. The tribes that lived around the Sioux were very happy to see the Europeans kick @ss on the Sioux because the Sioux were pretty nasty customers.
The fact is, the “second americans” were pretty barbaric. The “third americans” weren’t exactly swell, but at least we had written laws that we did our best to follow. In other words, we brought civilization.
Does our history show we were bad? Sure. So does that of the “second americans.” We’re not perfect, but we do our best.
Leader of what? You have be noticed first. Shoot, I knew more about Sarah Palin before her nomination than this guy. Never heard of him. Must be a lobbyist.
I know the Iroqouis were not the first, but this kinda proves my point about the idiocy of the whole “we were here first” attitude, doesn’t it?
The sad thing is too many people on both sides of the isle vote for the person based off of the letter after their name and not for what they actual stand for.