House GOP seen straying from pledges in 'Contract'

[rodeodance]

fine by me...


http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/01/10/house_gop_seen_straying_from_pledges_in_contract/


House GOP seen straying from pledges in 'Contract'

By Rick Klein, Globe Staff | January 10, 2005

WASHINGTON -- They stormed into Congress a decade ago, a fresh-faced band of Republican candidates brandishing a Contract with America that promised balanced budgets, ''citizen legislators" who would serve and return to the private sector, and a restored trust in the nation's elected leaders as the GOP took control of the House for the first time in 40 years.

But after 10 years of Republican control of the House, members of the majority party appear to have strayed from some of the promises that got them there. The nation is running up record budget deficits, term-limit pledges are being jettisoned, and House Republicans voted last week to weaken the ethics-enforcement process in Congress.

Now, the Contract with America is relevant again -- as a reference point for growing disagreements among Republicans about how far they have strayed from their core principles.

The items from the contract that have fallen by the wayside have been cited repeatedly in recent days and months by Republicans frustrated by the gap between their leaders' rhetoric and reality. Voices are emerging from within the Republican Party to return the GOP to the simple planks of the contract that helped the party gain power in the House.......

[bluestateguy]

1. I signed a petition to have my name taken off the Contract with America

I did it at a rally in early 1995 when I was college. As my name was not on the contract, this does not concern me.

[Spinzonner]

2. Ha Ha, you believed that crap, America ?

That was a means to and end - power.

Never, ever, take Repuklicans at their word.

[Old and In the Way]

3. Exactly.

It was total bullshit. Why would you want to jettison capable Congresspeople just because some people thought there should be term limits? Why shouldn't I vote for whomever I wanted...and reward them by revoting if they were doing the job?

The Contract on America was the trojan Horse to get the scumbags in.....now that they are there, I suspect it would be neigh impossible to get rid of them.

[progressoid]

4. Yep, whenever I ask repugs about this they never have a

good answer.

[LizW]

5. Now there's a shocker n/t

[Democat]

6. What the hell is "appear to have" - does the media think we are stupid?

Republicans "appear to have", but any right wing accusation about a Democrats, no matter how crazy, is an instant fact that must be repeated every five minutes until every American has heard it.

What a bunch of right wing ass kissing cowards the media (and most elected Democrats) have become.

[Historic NY]

7. Perhaps this can be shoved down Newt's snoot.......they must now

realize that their unethical behavior and credit card spending is beginning to dissolved all they believed in. Silly Repugs....
idealistic no, must follow the lock & step party line.