GOP governor: Congressional leadership 'inconsequential'

[kpete]

Source: Washington Times

GOP governor: Congressional leadership 'inconsequential'
S.A. Miller and Stephen Dinan, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Tuesday, February 24, 2009


NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW:

The Republican governor of Utah on Monday said his party is blighted by leaders in Congress whose lack of new ideas renders them so "inconsequential" that he doesn't even bother to talk to them.

"I don't even know the congressional leadership," Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. told editors and reporters at The Washington Times, shrugging off questions about top congressional Republicans, including House Minority Leader John A. Boehner of Ohio and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. "I have not met them. I don't listen or read whatever it is they say because it is inconsequential - completely."

In a separate interview at The Times, House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence, one of the party's chief message makers, said that Republican lawmakers have improved their standing with voters by attacking waste in the economic stimulus package even if rank-and-file Republicans can't agree to forgo earmarks - the pork-barrel spending projects despised by the electorate. Mr. Pence said such a move would benefit Americans and his party.

The back-and-forth underscored the leadership debate within their party. Mr. Huntsman called on national Republican leaders to show that they have alternatives and solutions, and Mr. Pence argued that congressional Republicans aren't as incompetent as they might appear.

Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/24/utah-governor-ignores-top-gop-legislators/

[Happyhippychick]

1. Mr. Pence argued that congressional Republicans aren't as incompetent as they might appear.

:rofl:

[galloglas]

9. No, they are MORE incompetent than they appear!! N/T

[RJ Connors]

12. But then again, it's a toss up. n/t

[Janice325]

2. As Henry Gibson used to say years ago on Rowan and Martin's Laugh In

"Verrrry interesting!"

[bmbmd]

5. Artie Shaw

nm

[cyberswede]

6. Arte Johnson, actually n/t

[theMark]

7. Almost...

Arte Johnson.

Artie Shaw was a jazz clarinetist.

[Janice325]

8. Thanks, cyberswede and theMark, for the correction.

I have no clue why I thought Henry Gibson. Funny, I don't even remember Arte Johnson's name, but recognized his picture when I looked one up.

Oy, getting old...memory going.:rofl: That, and too much stress from the never ending Bush/Cheney/Rove and Company years, which is nothing to laugh at. :cry:

[Alcibiades]

11. and also stoopid.

is how I remember the second half of that joke.

[No Elephants]

14. If I remember correctly, the ending varied with the circumstances on which he was commenting.

[madrchsod]

3. more money for the rest of the states

if those dumb fuck republicans do`t want their money...fuck`um

[jpak]

4. The GOP - The Incredible Shrinking Party

:rofl:

[mopinko]

10. oh man

pass the :popcorn:

this shit just keeps getting better and better.

[TygrBright]

13. Wow. Watching the GOP right now is like watching a very long train derail in slow motion.

:popcorn:

I got curry delivery scheduled, the samosas are heating in the oven, and the beer is on ice.

This is amazing. Keep it coming guys. Just when I think you've hit the absolute limit of rabid self-destructive behavior, you come to life and slash yerselves again.

Freddy and Jason combined couldn't do this thorough a job disemboweling anybody.

interestedly,
Bright

[No Elephants]

15. I cannot tell a lie. The same could be said of many in Congress. BOTH Parties.

[natrat]

16. yea alot of the republicans in congress really are just stupid sleazy crooks