The GOP and the urge to purge
Exhibit A: The defenestration of Tom Cole. …
But Cole is right for a larger reason: The Republicans’ negotiating position is morally indefensible. They are holding 98 percent of Americans hostage by refusing to spare them a tax hike unless the wealthiest 2 percent are included.
“Some people seem to think this is leverage. I think that’s wrong,” Cole said. “You don’t consider people’s lives as leverage. I live in a blue-collar neighborhood. I’ve got a retired master sergeant as my next-door neighbor, police officer across the street. These are working folks, they’re great people, and the idea that I would ever use them as leverage is just wrong.”
In defying the party purists, Cole is taking a novel approach: doing what his constituents want him to do. His staff reports that calls and e-mails to his Washington office are running 70 percent favorable, and calls to his south-central Oklahoma offices are 90 percent positive.
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Thank you for the Regime’s dishonest talking point. If I wanted to read those lies, I’ll click on Obama’s website. Now pick a window sissy boy.
forest on December 1, 2012 at 9:05 AM
They can purge me. I’m done with this entire political BS game. From now on I’ll worry about taking care of me and mine while waiting for the collapse. Using the model that was recently shown to be the one of the majority of the country now, I’ll just take want I can from society, and to hell with the rest of it.
MikeA on December 1, 2012 at 9:06 AM
When you walk like a dem, and TALK like a dem………..
tommy71 on December 1, 2012 at 9:09 AM
Huh? According to the socialists taxes are the number one economy incentive. If taxing the top 2% is great for the country then raising everyone’s taxes should send us into economic nirvana.
You can’t separate taxes … either they’re all good or all bad. The socialist position is that taxes are awesome, so let’s spread it around. Tax increases for everyone!
darwin on December 1, 2012 at 9:14 AM
What happened to the 1 percent vs the 99 percent? What did that 2nd percent do?
thebrokenrattle on December 1, 2012 at 9:16 AM
Obama won. All lies are truth now.
NeoKong on December 1, 2012 at 9:22 AM
When is the House going to pass an extension of all the Bush tax rate reductions? Send it to the Senate, and start blaming Reid and Obama for allowing the tax increase.
Phuck ‘em. Start talking about entitlement reform. Everyone’s watching. Why aren’t the GOP saying “Obama is asking for $80B a year in new taxes for 10 years, while he’s projecting (estimated) annual deficits of $1T a year for 10 years. Where’s the $920B shortfall supposed to come from?”
Repeat it over and over. End all interviews right on camera if the interviewer refuses to concede that the tax-the-rich chant is total BS and solves NOTHING.
BuckeyeSam on December 1, 2012 at 9:27 AM
This.
Kataklysmic on December 1, 2012 at 9:53 AM
Um, his constituents are about as bright as Obama voters.
This here is why squishes need to be purged.
astonerii on December 1, 2012 at 9:58 AM
I don’t see much point in cooperating with Obama, but of course I’m not a politician. It’s not that I think opposing tax hikes is a magic mantra; on the contrary, in our political bizarro world it has often facilitated spending increases . It’s just that after their latest proposal I simply don’t believe the Democrats will ever restrain entitlements. Partly it’s from their fear of alienating the vast addicted classes of voters , and partly they’ll listen to Keynesians who think spending cuts will collapse demand. I recognize that we have a two party system and that voters resent obstructionism, but in this case collaboration is a fool’s errand. If the Democrats are willing to wreck the economy for political gain, what (other than an understandable instinct for self-preservation) is the point in Republicans’ hitching a ride?
Seth Halpern on December 1, 2012 at 9:59 AM
Republican’s must force Obama to make decisions. Then they must force Obama to OWN the fallout.
The problem is not Obama, it is Boehner and McConnell who get outsmarted at every turn by a community organizer!
Sparky5253 on December 1, 2012 at 9:59 AM
What is Mr. Cole going to do in a year or two when it becomes evident that raising the taxes of 2% of the population will not pay for the freebies of the Obama voters? When they came for the 2%, I didn’t say anything because I’m not rich…
Night Owl on December 1, 2012 at 10:02 AM
He will listen to the vocal 3% of his constituents that are really Democrat voters and follow their instructions. It is perfect for Democrats, they get everything they want and the cover of bipartisanship.
astonerii on December 1, 2012 at 10:18 AM
That is why yesterday I changed from being registered Republican to Independent. The 2012 election proved there is no future for the Republican Party. Just as America is going to have to be destroyed (due to the consequences of the decisions the voters have made) and rebuilt, so must our party.
wildcat72 on December 1, 2012 at 10:38 AM
Yeah, Repugs, how DARE you do the thing that Democrats did in 2002, 2004, and 2006!
HOW DARE YOU
mintycrys on December 1, 2012 at 11:22 AM
That’s just what I was thinking. Heck, they even got rid of Leiberman, who had been their VP candidate in 2000.
juliesa on December 1, 2012 at 11:32 AM
And liberals always shake their heads and wonder why those close-minded Republicans feel the need to push out people who would work to pass the other party’s agenda….like their party wasn’t doing it a couple of presidencies ago.
They say an elephant never forgets. On the other hand, donkeys never bother to remember anything of historical importance.
mintycrys on December 1, 2012 at 11:38 AM
Mr. Cole needs to learn basic math.
Rebar on December 1, 2012 at 11:42 AM
Those 2 percent are paying somewhere from 40 to 50 percent of the tax burden. It’s about time people off all incomes “pay” for their so-called government benefits.
A mass number of Americans going Galt might finally open a few eyes and minds to real reforms.
Jurisprudence on December 1, 2012 at 12:48 PM