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ProSense

(116,464 posts)
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 11:24 PM Jul 2012

Republican Congressman Blasts GOP: Party Caters To ‘Extremes,’ Is ‘Incapable Of Governing’

Republican Congressman Blasts GOP: Party Caters To ‘Extremes,’ Is ‘Incapable Of Governing’

By Judd Legum

Hanna singled out Michele Bachmann’s “suggestion that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin be investigated to see if she has ties to Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood” as an example of a party that has gone off the rails.

The Syaracuse Post-Standard has the story:

“I have to say that I’m frustrated by how much we — I mean the Republican Party — are willing to give deferential treatment to our extremes in this moment in history,” he told The Post-Standard editorial board.

…“We render ourselves incapable of governing when all we do is take severe sides…” he said. “If all people do is go down there and join a team, and the team is invested in winning and you have something that looks very similar to the shirts and the skins, there’s not a lot of value there.”

…“I would say that the friends I have in the Democratic Party I find … much more congenial — a little less anger,” he said.

BuzzFeed reports that Hanna is not alone and “moderate members of the House GOP conference feel that Boehner, who has struggled with an often raucous and openly defiant right wing, has forced them to go along with conservative demands but has provided them little in return.”

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http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/07/30/611651/republican-congressman-blasts-gop-party-caters-to-extremes-is-incapable-of-governing/


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Republican Congressman Blasts GOP: Party Caters To ‘Extremes,’ Is ‘Incapable Of Governing’ (Original Post) ProSense Jul 2012 OP
boehner is just a drunk that got promoted to a job Angry Dragon Jul 2012 #1
Wow, another Republican joins the sanity club Jessy169 Jul 2012 #2
doner would rather side w/ the loons than pansypoo53219 Jul 2012 #3
He is just stating the obvious. Quantess Jul 2012 #4

Jessy169

(602 posts)
2. Wow, another Republican joins the sanity club
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 11:48 PM
Jul 2012

Jeb Bush said about the same thing -- Republican Party of today is too extreme for him. Who was that other senator that not long ago got defeated by the Tea Party candidate, and his quote was something like "The Republican Party is heading toward irrelavance." There have been other recent Republican voices of sanity recently, I just can't remember them right now. It's good to hear Republicans recognizing the reality.

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