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2014-06-13 Home Front: Politix

The absurdity of electing Kevin McCarthy to replace Eric Cantor as House majority leader

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Posted by Fred 2014-06-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 If they do this then the GOP has learned nothing. Time for ALL of them to go.

Posted by OldSpook 2014-06-13 02:49|| 2014-06-13 02:49|| Front Page Top

#2 There is more than one flavor of Blue State model politicians.

The Alinskyite flavor that defines nearly 100% of the Democrats is one. The cozy-with-big-business flavor that predominates in RINOs like Cantor and McCarthy is the other.

The Blue State model is moribund. It is dead but doesn't know enough to lie down. It was successful in a unique time in history, those two or three decades after WWII when the rest of the world's industrial base was shattered and the U.S. had no real competition for goods.

Now that other nations have rebuilt, this model is outdated and is causing grievous harm. It used to be that all (or most) Americans could be happy and comfortable, and that we could be solvent as a nation, with the Blue State model. That is no longer the case, but there is a very powerful minority of politicians, big companies, and publicly funded individuals and groups like the education industry and the ag combines who would be devastated if the Blue State model were to be replaced by something else. They will fight literally to the death of the nation to prevent the Blue State model from collapsing.

That is why we are seeing McCarthy offered as the next majority leader.

Posted by no mo uro 2014-06-13 06:54|| 2014-06-13 06:54|| Front Page Top

#3 In the best Bob Dole tradition: "It's my turn, dammit."
The natives are getting restless, more than one carefully choreographed career is going to ride the toboggan in the next couple of years.

Posted by ed in texas 2014-06-13 07:33|| 2014-06-13 07:33|| Front Page Top

#4 ...more than one carefully choreographed career is going to ride the toboggan in the next couple of years.

I'd much rather see them take the short drop, with a sharp stop. Just short of the ground.

Posted by Ominelet Jolulet9064 2014-06-13 08:57|| 2014-06-13 08:57|| Front Page Top

#5 "If they do this then the GOP has learned nothing. Time for ALL of them to go."

And they feel the same way about the Tea Party types. It's open war.

Posted by Iblis 2014-06-13 10:35|| 2014-06-13 10:35|| Front Page Top

#6 Fail. Pick another

Posted by newc 2014-06-13 11:24|| 2014-06-13 11:24|| Front Page Top

#7 It would be bizarre if instead of going in a new direction after this stunning defeat

Hold yer powder there Butch. Regardless of the figurehead the house calendar is pretty much set through November. After that there will be an election for the entire leadership.

Posted by DepotGuy 2014-06-13 12:30|| 2014-06-13 12:30|| Front Page Top

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