Why Eric Cantor really resigned...

[Punkingal]

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/08/eric-cantor-resigned-109659.html


"In his decision to quit Congress altogether, Eric Cantor gave only one reason: so his successor could get a head start and “have a voice in what will be a very consequential lame-duck session.”

But several GOP lawmakers and aides suggested to POLITICO that there was more to this move. The last thing he wanted, they said, was to endure the humbling shift from 11 years in the leadership to being a back bencher, even if only for four months. And, they said he was already focused on the next chapter of his life in the private sector.

Although members can explore new job opportunities while still in office, his departure from Congress means that Cantor won’t have to disclose any companies or firms with whom he may be negotiating for a job.

Cantor never moved to the small Capitol office space he was scheduled to take over as a consolation prize for losing his sprawling majority leader suite. Several Republicans said that as soon as Canter lost to economics professor Dave Brat in the Republican primary June 10, there were signs that he wasn’t going to finish out his term."

[Major Hogwash]

1. "If we don't get our way . . we don't play."

Great political manifesto for such a political hack as Cantor.

[Punkingal]

2. Yep....

Just shows how people like Cantor and Palin are in politics for their own ego gratification, nothing more.

[Major Hogwash]

4. Both of whom are power hungry egomaniacs!

It seems to me that Cantor was way more moderate when he first went to Congress.
But, as he saw the pendulum swing so far to the right, he was one of those pushing it even farther to the right, in order to climb up in the Republican ranks.

Pendulums in clocks tend to swing back, though.

So, sad to say, it was the clapper that got Cantor.

[Egnever]

3. He quit to collect

No mystery here.

[CtDemoFarmer]

35. K-Street here we come! Payback time.

[calimary]

39. And because his huge ego couldn't BEAR being a back-bencher, after being the Star of the Young Guns.

It's hard to have to move out and then stick around to see YOUR lavish office complex taken over by some "lesser light." denny hastert wasn't man enough to stick around, either. He took his ball and went home, too. These GOPers. They're all hot air and big ego. And when they get deflated, they aren't man enough to stick around til their job is fully completed.

Cowards.

Let's see, where's that YELLOW flag?

[spanone]

5. i''m sure s cushy job awaits mr cantor...perhaps a lobbyist or running a major corporation

although he's not qualified, he's connected, which in america is more important.

[mdbl]

6. look for him oh Fux News

Isn't that where all those weirdos end up?

[Divernan]

7. GOP super hero: Soreloserman

There! Down in the sewer! It's a leech! It's a rat! It's Soreloserman!

[MarianJack]

8. As my Graddma would've said...

...good riddance to bad rubbish!

PEACE!

[QuestForSense]

9. Amen!

[freshwest]

27. +1

[Major Hogwash]

40. And Satan laughed.

He knows where he is going!

[tritsofme]

10. I can't begrudge him for this decision.

Going from House Majority Leader to lame duck backbencher must be an incredibly frustrating prospect.

The sooner he starts his new life outside of Congress, the better off we all will be.

[Octafish]

11. Too Bad. So Sad.

Hope he ends up working a minimum wage part-time job so he gets a feel for what he's helped perpetuate.

[jmowreader]

15. Your hope will go unheeded

Cantor has a very fat rolodex. He's headed for a C-level position somewhere...not because anyone owes him, but because he knows everyone who can get corporations what they want - tax breaks, deregulation and government contracts.

[Ikonoklast]

37. He also knows who he could rat out. They will purchase his silence with a position.

Because they know that they are dealing with an ethics-free individual with a mean streak a mile wide.

[FSogol]

12. If only he had quit 11 years ago.

No one will miss him.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

13. So his ego couldn't stand the diminution in perks and prestige?

Every one of these goddamned politicians on both sides of the aisle seems to have an ego bigger than the great outdoors and almost consider themselves royalty. I think his early departure might also be due to the fact the POS doesn't want to squander four months of high salary he could be making as a lobbyist and negotiating a fat contract now rather than at the end of the term when others might be out of work too is to his advantage. It often, maybe not always, might be all about the money.

[Punkingal]

32. They are hypocritical, too...

He thinks it's okay to spend money on a special election, caused by his unwillingness to fulfill his obligation to the people who elected him. Don't get me wrong...I'm no fan and I'm glad he's gone, but to me this resigning from office in a snit is pretty shallow. It proves without a doubt he has no real ideals. Just wants money and power.

[supercats]

14. The Quitter Can't Take It!!!

Good! Get the 99% hater out of our sight. But we know he will now take a job out of view that will hurt the 99% even more than he already has. These republicans really do hate America and all it stands for.

[WestCoasterDude]

16. Poor losers

Cator merely represents the current state of the Republican party - poor losers. That is exactly what prompted the actions against Clinton and it is exactly what is motivating them now trying to impeach Obama. WATB's all of them. More interested in self promotion and lining their own pockets rather than in doing what they were elected to do. Palin and Cantor are merely examples of this personality defect, IMO.

[CanonRay]

17. He'll wind up in the Republican full employment propaganda circus

making a hefty salary. Don't cry for him.

[ffr]

42. That's okay by me. Let's give him some competition, oust the rest of the Rethugs!

They can't fill one position with 234 candidates. Even Murdock can't afford to bankroll 234 deadbeats. That's too much of a boat anchor when one will do! They've served their purpose as far as Murdock's corporation is concerned.

[LiberalFighter]

18. How can his successor get a head start if he hasn't been elected yet?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

20. He has. The Republicans voted in a new Leader. Kevin McCarthy

[LiberalFighter]

36. I do not believe that is not the successor Cantor mentioned.

It would be his vacant position as a Representative.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

38. His little podunk district just fell off the map....

Either they'll have a junior Dem or a major asshole.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

19. I wonder if he trashed his office on the way out.

[SummerSnow]

21. heres proof

[Spitfire of ATJ]

26. ......heh......

[Aerows]

22. And may he fade from history quietly

Along with all of his GOP pals.

[blkmusclmachine]

23. Future Lobbyist. Hell, he probably has the job already.

[gratuitous]

24. Well, he has to wait a year

Sort of like sitting in the penalty box in hockey. He has to wait a year before he can get to lobbying his former colleagues and refilling the old coffers (as the wealthy George W. Bush put it, who's never in his life wondered where his next meal was coming from). I mean, you try getting by on a measly $174,000 annual salary. You can see why Mr. Cantor has to get going on his next "career" as soon as possible.

[KoKo]

25. A Guy with Grand Ambitions like Cantor...isn't going to stand still for Protocol..

He's "Movin' On" ....for the Much BIGGER BUCKS...and this is what's happened to our House and Senate with the New Ones and Citizen's United Decision by the Supreme Court just facilitates this.

Revolving Doors and the rest.

We might as well institute "Term Limits" because if these guys and gals (mostly guys) don't Get What they Want in First or Second Term...they are Out the Door to make it on Wall Street/Corporte Sector or whomever pays them the most for their "Expertise."

[TiredOfNo]

28. Gotta love it.

One down and about 60 more of those Koch Party nut cases to go..............

[NBachers]

29. He never got to use his Et tu brute backstabbing shank

He'll have to tuck it back into his jockstrap for the time being.

[stranger81]

30. My favorite Eric Cantor website:

http://ericcantorsbitchface.tumblr.com/

Enjoy!

[libodem]

33. This should be its own op

You hold out. This totally made my day. I've been a little depressed but this lifted my mood completely. I bookmaked that site to my phone.

OMG! LOLOLOL


Thank you forever! You are my new best friend. Happy. Happy. Joy. Joy.

[stranger81]

34. Glad it brought you a laugh! [n/t]

[Botany]

31. What a complete asshat

Sticking the people of VA w/the costs of an extra election because he wants to
spend more time in the Hamptons, he couldn't stand the fact that he wasn't
going to keep his big office and by leaving early he gets to become a
lobbyist in August of 2015 vs January 2016.

[TNNurse]

41. Money