'Braveheart' GOP Lawmaker Says Republicans are Prepared to Lose House

[kpete]

GOP Lawmaker Says Republicans are Prepared to Lose House

Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA) told Roll Call that Republicans were "absolutely" prepared to lose the House to extract concessions from President Obama and he said the White House is "missing the determination of the Republican Party."

Said Gingrey: "I mean, they seem to think that we will miss this opportunity for a 'Braveheart' moment to do the right thing for the American people and that we'll back down for fear of losing the House and not gaining control of the Senate."

http://blogs.rollcall.com/218/republicans-obama-debt-default/
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2013/10/09/gop_lawmaker_says_republicans_are_prepared_to_lose_house.html

[ananda]

1. LOL

Sorry, but that "braveheart" reference really hit my funnybone.

[Renew Deal]

2. Good, flush them out

[MoonRiver]

3. Go for it, you crazy freaks!

[Segami]

4. Well, Phil of Georgia should know that....

Democrats are also 'determined & absolute' to push weasels like him back into the snake-infested swamps of Georgia where they belong so f*ckoff!

[Pretzel_Warrior]

5. We all rember Gingrey from Colbert's "better know a district"

He was a joke the , and he still is.

[MnAttorney]

6. Picture Boehner in blue face paint

Aye, fight and you may lose reelection. Run, and you'll retain your seat... at least a while. And dying in your beds, many years from now, would you be willin' to trade ALL the days, from this day to that, for one chance, just one chance, to come back here and tell the democrats that they may take our lives, but they'll never take... OUR FREEDOM!

[Champion Jack]

7. Yes please! Fall on your swords… Do us all a favor

[jberryhill]

8. These guys have totally lost the clue about "Democracy"

Representative democracy is a form of self rule in which the will of the people is expressed through people who are elected by voters.

He seems to acknowledge that the GOP is willing to simply do what the GOP wants to do, regardless of the views of their own electorate.

[Spider Jerusalem]

9. a "Braveheart moment"? Is he volunteering to be half-hanged, drawn and quartered?

[Xipe Totec]

14. When the Republicans hear that they're hung they think it's a compliment. nt

[Orsino]

10. Therefore they aren't.

Perhaps it's just a plea for more Koch money?

[CanonRay]

11. I'm starting to believe we may go over the cliff

I've always known the far right wingers are absolutely nuts, but I didn't comprehend that the average Republicans fear of them exceeded their fear of collapsing the entire economy. This is a very dangerous situation. We seem to be sitting at the culmination of Christian Dominionist end-times prophecies and Koch brothers desire to bring down the government. This is very scary.

[L0oniX]

12. Make the call...

https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/3880361216/h38E69618/

[Xipe Totec]

13. Perhaps Barack the Longshanks needs to have a quiet parlay with the Scottish lords

I mean, with the Republican leadership.

[lame54]

15. I won't miss the republican party

[C_U_L8R]

16. They can leave now

Please.

[Arkana]

17. He does realize that 100 years after Wallace the Scottish gave the English control

of their country anyway, right?