“A Complete Rout” – That Sound You Hear Is Ronald Reagan Rolling Over In His Grave

January 2, 2013
By Dell's Bottom Line

Charles Krauthammer, Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated columnist, political commentator, and physician said it best:

“Look, there are a lot of conservatives in the Republican caucus in the House who hate the bill, and for good reason. This is a complete surrender on everything.

The ratio of tax cuts, of tax hikes to spending cuts is 40-to-one, rather than one-to-one or one-to-two, or one-to-three. So, I mean, it’s a complete rout by the Democrats, so it’s understandable.”

Krauthammer was, of course, speaking about the fiscal cliff Kabuki theater played out on television and computers nationwide, instantly followed by the laughter and mockery of everything Republican among the mainstream media. If this had been a heavyweight championship boxing match, it would have ended with a knockout in the first round. President Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi absolutely cleaned the Republican’s clock – and the Republicans helped by sticking their jaw straight out!

Picking up the pieces after this debacle will take some time and talent.

First, Speaker of the House, John Boehner had promised long ago that only a deal that had the support of a “majority of the majority” would be brought to the floor for a vote. He broke that promise and allowed a vote on a measure he knew his party would lose. To make matters even worse, Boehner and Paul Ryan chose to line up with the Democrat caucus to pass the tax-only deal. I say tax-only because this “compromise” resulted in $1 in tax cuts for every $41 in tax increases – by any definition, a huge political victory for President Obama.

To be suckered into that deal and then having the audacity to vote for it will come back to haunt them both. Boehner sooner; Ryan later. Boehner shot himself in both feet and Ryan stunned Conservatives by instantly erasing everything he claimed he was opposed to in the recent presidential campaign.

When their votes were recorded, thousands of Republicans became former Republicans at a time when the GOP base needed a boost, not a knee-capping. Surely, campaign dollars and support for the political “ground game” will be mighty hard to come by in 2014.

85 Republicans – supposedly the political party of tax cuts – followed John Boehner’s lead and voted for a proposal to raise the deficit by $3.9 Trillion dollars. That sound you hear is Ronald Reagan spinning in his grave.

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http://www.independentsentinel.com/2013/...r-in-his-grave/

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When their votes were recorded, thousands of Republicans became former Republicans at a time when the GOP base needed a boost

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Dead on. My RINO House Rep Dent voted for this loser. I have voted for him in every election he ran in since the 90's. Never again. I may even vote Rat just to throw his Leftist tax and spend ass out of office. Why not vote for the real thing instead of a phoney GOP clown.