GOP Makeover = Same old Same O

House Speaker John Boehner spent at least $2.3 million to defend the federal law banning same-sex marriage -- a cause dear to the Republican base -- but you couldn't tell from his muted reaction when the U.S. Supreme Court struck it down.

“While I am obviously disappointed in the ruling, it is always critical that we protect our system of checks and balances,” Boehner said Wednesday in a statement. The day before, he didn’t respond at all to the court’s blow to the Voting Rights Act, even though the decision could protect the Republican majority in Congress for years to come.

Boehner’s cautious positioning reflects the squeeze both court rulings put on a Republican Party torn between its traditional values and a desire to modernize and expand before the 2014 and 2016 elections. Crusading against gay marriage, a timeworn Republican strategy to rally social conservatives, is out of step with polls that show increasing support for gay marriage, particularly among young voters. The court also put congressional Republicans on the spot by demanding a rewrite of the landmark law protecting minority voting rights, setting up potentially awkward battles with African-American and Hispanic leaders that would reprise the rallying cry in those communities last year over voter ID laws.

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calamity said:

Why is it that the GOP is all about keeping government out of our lives except, of course, when they want to keep government in our lives? Hypocrites or pandering to the idiots who vote for them...I really cannot decide which is which when it comes to the party which thinks laws that protect the voting rights of minorities are an overreach but those which reach into the bedroom and put limits on what you can do to your own body are just fine.

Court Rulings on Gay Marriage and Voting Rights Test GOP Makeover - NationalJournal.com

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beerftw said:

you do know that doma was signed by clinton and passed by an overwhelming bipartisan majority rught????but its only republicans you blame????????

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calamity said:

Democrats like big gvt. So Clinton signing the law makes sense. THe GOP defending it does not.

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beerftw said:

so essentially you just admitted you love everything you attack the gop for,unlkess the democrats supported it,nice hypocricy.

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calamity said:

Why is it that the GOP is all about keeping government out of our lives except, of course, when they want to keep government in our lives?

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Velvet Elvis said:

All government officials want only one thing....retention of power. The bigger the government, the easier it is to retain that power. It's no longer "Democrats vs. Republicans" as much as it's "Government vs. Citizens."

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calamity said:

Why is it that the GOP is all about keeping government out of our lives except, of course, when they want to keep government in our lives? Hypocrites or pandering to the idiots who vote for them...I really cannot decide which is which when it comes to the party which thinks laws that protect the voting rights of minorities are an overreach but those which reach into the bedroom and put limits on what you can do to your own body are just fine.

BTW, the government still says that multiple consenting adults cannot marry nor can I hire a prostitute. Someone needs to start working on that asap.

Court Rulings on Gay Marriage and Voting Rights Test GOP Makeover - NationalJournal.com

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BretJ said:

Democrat or Republican. Same clowns that vote for them. Just different circus's. The hypocrites abound. Unfortunately few people are willing to call out members of their own parties. It's a type of bias blind spot.

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"We're on this hundred-mile-an-hour freight train to legalizing a third addictive substance," says Kevin Sabet, a former drug policy adviser in the Obama administration, lumping marijuana with tobacco and alcohol.

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Velvet Elvis said:

All government officials want only one thing....retention of power. The bigger the government, the easier it is to retain that power. It's no longer "Democrats vs. Republicans" as much as it's "Government vs. Citizens."

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calamity said:

Speaking of MJ
Marijuana Legalization Gains Support, Confounding Policymakers

Ignorance still seems to be the mainstay.

Marijuana is not addictive. Ask any one of the millions who no longer partake. Short of a little psychological dependency, pot is a take it or leave it drug.

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fmw said:

And that is why citizens should stop supporting political parties and start working toward restoring lost freedoms and getting the federal government under control. To complain about which side of the aisle is screwing us isn't fixing anything.

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fmw said:

You're right it isn't addictive. I'm not sure being addictive is the government's business. I, for instance, am addicted to a prescription drug that balances my body chemistry. It is necessary for me to lead a normal life and I will have that addiction the rest of that normal life. It's not even a burden. I just take a pill a day. I don't even notice that I have the problem.

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“The people that Republicans ought to reach out to are white voters,” Schlafly said lat month during an appearance on conservative radio show Focus Today, in which she said “there is not any evidence at all that these Hispanics coming in from Mexico will vote Republican.”

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“I don’t they have Republican inclinations at all,” Schlafly said. “They’re running an illegitimacy rate that’s just about the same as blacks are.”

Phyllis Schlafly: Latinos Don't Get Bill Of Rights, Have Too Many Kids

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