GOP lawmakers vent frustrations at meeting, Theme: It's good to be king

[Rose Siding]

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Hastert’s remarks were wide-ranging, according to GOP sources afterward. He told the conference, “Leadership is easy when times are good. Frankly, you don’t need much. But it is hard when times are tough. You were elected to do what is right when times are tough, so I ask you to step up and help us lead.”

He also reminded members that it is better to be in the majority because they are able to set the agenda, a refrain echoed by other members. The Speaker pointed a critical finger at the Democratic minority, saying, “We can act, when the other side can only talk and complain.”
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“The best thing about being in the majority is we get to rule,” said Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) during one of the tapings. “The worst thing about the majority is that we have to rule.”

http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/110305/gop.html

What a train wreck! Hastert's plan is He Is So Wearing Clothes (laced with neener neener), and Issa's practicing some foreign form of government. The trouble is, the gopers actually DO aim to practice "ruling" rather than governing or leading.

At any rate, trouble in pariah-dise :)....

The so-called Advance meeting was set up as a chance for lawmakers to discuss their aims for next year....but it also became an outlet for frustration with the leadership.
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“You just beg for someone to stand up and say we’re going in this direction,” said one member who attended. “It was wasted time.”

[Daphne08]

1. I know this is off-topic, but every time I see Hastert's name

I remember this lastest comment:

"Oil and gas companies are enjoying record profits. That is fine. This is America," Mr Hastert said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4383296.stm


Very sensitive toward the average American whose pocketbook is really hurting! :mad:

[grannylib]

3. And since they are "enjoying" record profits, why not let them "enjoy"

massive corporate welfare checks, courtesy of the taxpayers?
Talk about a sense of entitlement...what filth.

[BOSSHOG]

2. Such meetings would not be necessary if

leadership existed in the republican party.