House GOP leader forsakes tea parties, takes earmark ban off the table

[babsbunny]

By Stephen C. Webster
Friday, November 5th, 2010 -- 5:05 pm

House GOP leader forsakes tea parties, takes earmark ban off the table

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/house-gop-leader-forsakes-tea-parties-takes-earmark-ban-table/

If you ask Republicans around the country, they'll probably tell you that Tuesday's election results were all about pushing back against excessive government spending. Problem is, they may have forgotten to elect anyone who's actually planning on real budget cuts.

Rep. John Boehner, presumptively the next Speaker of the House and a longtime rhetorical foe of earmark spending in its present form, told a Fox News host on Thursday that the proposed ban on congressional earmarks he'd been talking up was officially off the table.

[Arkana]

1. Let the cries of betrayal begin!

[Drale]

2. Let the right wing blood sports begin

MAHAHAHAHAHA MAHAHAHAHAHA MAHAHAHAHA!!! :evilgrin:

[Doctor_J]

6. Oh fer chrissakes

see reply 5

[rustydog]

3. You are surprised? Watch, see who they place as chair of

Ethics. Remember Doc (I see nothing ) Hastings. Not one single Republican ethics investigation...I guarantee!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Surprise, surprise...

What short memories they have!

:P

[Doctor_J]

5. The Repuke big shots know the teabaggers are ignorant morans

who know only what hate radio tells them. By Tuesday King Glenn will have some bullshit excuse thought up for this, and they'll all be spouting it.

[Naturyl]

7. Big business runs both parties

Neither the teabaggers or the left are given any credence. Welcome to our world, Repukes. Prepare to watch your teabagger paradise be completely disregarded.

[Rosco T.]

8. GET THE POPCORN!

Watch the real destruction of the GOP now begin.

2012, you will have separate TeaBagger candidates to siphon off the GOP support.

Maybe this wasn't a bad thing this week.

[activa8tr]

9. Shocked, I tell you, I'm SHOCKED!!!!

And all those Tea Party folks are not looking at news on Friday night, they are going to miss this.

By Monday, they will have forgotten, or simply think earmarks are fine, as long as they go to Republican districts.

[Curmudgeoness]

10. Wow, that was quicker than I expected. Not surprised, except

for how soon he told the baggers to go to hell.