Kevin McCarthy, Message Wizard, Replaces Former Wizard Boehner

Obama So Sue MeIt is axiomatic in politics that you can’t beat someone with no one. It’s a lesson one would think House Republican conservatives are well aware of, but I’m beginning to think that is not the case. As an outsider who has been active in politics for decades, I assumed that the effort to oust John Boehner as speaker included a consensus conservative nominee that would attempt to replace him.

But not only is that not the case, it appears that no conservative House member with name identification exceeding that of the current head of ISIS is even interested in the job.

Forcing Boehner’s resignation now doesn’t resemble a coup so much as it resembles a suicide bombing: Blow the place up and see who wanders in to survey the wreckage.

Right now Kevin “Benghazi” McCarthy is looking over the rubble for souvenirs he can sell on EBay.

It’s ironic that in a year when we have so many Republican presidential candidates that we could loan the RINOs to the Democrats without any drop off in quality among the remainder, House Republicans may have to hire beaters to flush an opponent out of the bushes to take on Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy.

Or was that the strategy all along? Defeat Boehner so his second–in–command could take over where he left off? A member of the crack Boehner message team that was outwitted by the pajama boys in the Obama administration every time they faced off, and who is already carrying on the Boehner tradition of lame brain public relations errors?

Are rebellious House members planning to go after all the dominoes and hope they can persuade a conservative to join the queue at some time in the future?

This could be an opportunity for outside intervention. I personally would like to know who conservative firebrand Sen. Ted Cruz thinks should be the next speaker. I have a pretty good idea who he doesn’t think is doing a good job as the leader of the Senate, so why not go positive and say something supportive about House conservatives that have been ignored for so long?

Sure a Cruz endorsement will be construed as meddling in the affairs of the House, but during his first term in the Senate Cruz has ruffled more feathers than Frank Perdue, so what’s a few more? At the very least he might inspire someone to get organized in the other house.

The important point is that regardless of the source of the impetus, conservative House Republicans need to get busy or risk becoming a noisy activist group, like Code Pink, that is always ready with a complaint, but in no condition to lead.

The clock is ticking.

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4 Comments

  1. NO ONE really ‘wants’ the job because it IS A JOB and will consume time from their ‘personnel’ agendas and perhaps, just perhaps, they can’t stand the heat…..I’ve never seen Boehner as a ‘leader’ but then the only one I could fire was my own representative…..Whine and complain and blame has been the House theme song…Yet, in November when the chance to unseat old John, all we heard was chest thumping from a couple ‘challenging’ him who couldn’t be bothered to apply….It seems, to me, that we have filled the House with Milktoast who have successfully scored a lifetime income on our dime. Compromise means to negoiate and NOT surrendering principals……exchanging back scratches is another just a trade off and the apparent method of doing business ‘as usual’…….It’s time that we define exactly what ‘vetting a candidate means and do it. Keeping in mind that ‘like’ is not synonymous with qualified

    Would not the term RINO apply to ANY one using flying the GOP flag such a Libertarian, Conservative, Tea Party or Constitutionaliist etc.?….just askin’

    I hear that Chavetz of Utah is interested.

    Pray for our Nation….and keep your powder dry

  2. Hmm.. Seems like a herd of cats can rise up and chase a big dog away, but then they scatter, so another dog takes over.

    Cats seem to be all about purring AND licking AND clawing AND scratching, but planning ahead to take charge? — not so much… And this is supposed to work, just how?

    1. It could be, like the Army of Northern Virginia after the battle of First Manassas, they were undone by victory. But it’s past time they recovered. Cowardice doesn’t help their standing with the public.

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