"Conservative Groups Fire Back At John Boehner's Attack"

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Conservative Groups Fire Back At John Boehner's Attack

by Sahil Kapur at TPM

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/conservative-groups-fire-back-at-john-boehner-s-attack

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Outside right-leaning groups are firing back at Speaker John Boehner after he attacked their intentions and questioned their commitment to conservative principles on Wednesday.

"Speaker Boehner's real problem here isn't with conservative groups like FreedomWorks, it's with millions of individual Americans who vote Republican because they were told the GOP was the party of small government and fiscal responsibility," Matt Kibbe, the president of FreedomWorks, said in a statement.

Kibbe went on: "Once again Republicans, led by John Boehner, are working with Democrats to increase spending yet again on the taxpayers' tab while promising 'savings' down the road. We know how this movie ends. How can leadership credibly promise spending cuts later, after agreeing to a plan that rolls back the sequester savings promised two debt increases ago? There's a predictable pattern here."

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FreedomWorks -- along with the like-minded Club For Growth, Heritage Action and Americans For Prosperity -- began speaking out against the budget deal, based on reports about what was in it, before it was officially announced Tuesday. They all oppose the final agreement and are pushing lawmakers to vote against it. In response to Boehner's remarks, the groups made clear they would carry on with their fight.

"Americans are deeply concerned about the direction of the country," Dan Holler, a spokesman for Heritage Action, told TPM when asked to respond to Boehner's remarks. "Over the next few days, lawmakers will have to explain to their constituents, many of whom are our members, what they've achieved by increasing spending, increasing taxes and offering up another round of promises waiting to be broken. That will be a really tough sell back home. Meanwhile, we'll continue fighting to achieve our goal, which is create an America where freedom, opportunity, prosperity and civil society flourish."




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[muntrv]

1. Let the circular firing squad continue.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. TTP has no sense of numbers.

Alienating Boehner further does not help TTP's goal of passing legislation or repealing legislation. In other words, he ain't comin' back . . . . .

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4. What is the TTP?

[no_hypocrisy]

5. The Tea Party

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6. Okay. The "the" threw me.

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. TPP: "I hate you, daddy"

Boehner: "Scram, you ungrateful little bastards"

[russspeakeasy]

7. Professional wrestling.

Haystack Calhoon vs The Mad Russian.