Rep. LaTourette (R) on the House GOP

[kallend 2,146]

Rep. LaTourette just stepped down after 18 years as a GOP congressman.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/01/are-people-being-unfair-to-the-house-republicans/266858/?google_editors_picks=true

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[GeorgiaDon 379]

I like these two quotes:

"But beginning with that bill there have been 20 to 50 members who will make adjustments to the bill that guarantee you're not going to get one Democrat to vote for it, and then they still vote against the bill themselves and deny Boehner the 218 votes he needs to bargain with. "

" Q: How about you? You recently resigned from Congress after nine terms.

LaTourette: I'll go back and find something productive to do with my life. As opposed to the last 18 years. "

Don

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[kallend 2,146]

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I like these two quotes:

"But beginning with that bill there have been 20 to 50 members who will make adjustments to the bill that guarantee you're not going to get one Democrat to vote for it, and then they still vote against the bill themselves and deny Boehner the 218 votes he needs to bargain with. "

" Q: How about you? You recently resigned from Congress after nine terms.

LaTourette: I'll go back and find something productive to do with my life. As opposed to the last 18 years. "

Don

GOP made a pact with the devil when it embraced the Tea Party.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[wmw999 2,584]

Or maybe the Tea Party made a pact with the devil when they decided they were conservative and not just cut-spending

Wendy P.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[kallend 2,146]

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Or maybe the Tea Party made a pact with the devil when they decided they were conservative and not just cut-spending

Wendy P.

It's the GOP that is suffering. Did you read LaTourette's comments?

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[Gravitymaster 0]

I liked this part

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LaTourette: Yeah, that looks bad. He clarified that to us. He said if the president called him up and said, 'Let's talk,' of course he'll talk to him -- it's the president of the United States, you'd talk to him anytime, anywhere. But he feels, and I happen to agree with him, that he's already put everything on the line, and that the president is unwilling to challenge his own party on spending. Until the president changes his position, it's a waste of time.

I also laughed at the one sided leading questions. What a POS interviewer. At least he disclosed the interview was edited. I'm sure he left out Anything that didn't line up with his obvious agenda.