Fox News and other outlets have been torching the minority fighting the McCarthy speakership. Erick Erickson is disappointed in the media. He says no one is talking about the depth of thinking behind these votes. This is a fight to end crisis-government.
Normally, I don’t listen to anything Erickson has to say, but watch the clip. and see what you think.
Erickson says the media attributes the motives of the Conservatives to hubris, arrogance, egoism, childishness, and so on. That’s not it, and the media refuses to tell the truth.
Erickson said McCarthy is rudderless and principleless. With McCarthy, everything is transactional. McCarthy constantly sells out conservatives to Democrats. That’s why the minority is fighting so hard.
“The same outlets who view gender as a spectrum refuse to acknowledge the spectrum of views on the Republican side as opposed to identifying them as an ideological monolithic party,” Erickson said. “My friend Chip Roy and many of the other “rebels” are genuinely concerned about electing another principleless speaker leading a Republican majority and the country into further financial crisis.”
Erickson believes McCarthy is a sinking ship, and he doesn’t understand why Donald Trump is supporting him.
Republicans are hurling acrimonious invectives at conservatives just as they did during sequestration. Conservatives won that one.
As Erickson said, politicians get dramatic and hysterical to get their way. They go from crisis to crisis because the leadership decided they could wait until the crisis is upon us and then rush the bills to a vote and get them passed sight unseen.
McCarthy did the same thing here. He didn’t bother to speak to these people because he thought they would care.
END CRISIS GOVERNMENT
One of the things they are fighting against is going from crisis to crisis. Everything is leadership driven now, and they take a top-down approach. You either do what they say, or there will be a crisis – the government will shut down or something similar.
The rebels are tired of crisis-government. They want to pass bills and budgets and debate again, even if they lose at times.
McCarthy pioneered crisis government.
Aren’t you tired of a government that waits for the crisis to come upon us before anything happens?
This isn’t about a polarized America. This is about a multi-faceted problem of process, Erickson says. Every so often, the minority gets to have a voice, so live with it.
This is about McCarthy, who waited until the last moment, expecting them to cave when the crisis was upon them. It didn’t work. The minority doesn’t want to be bullied or cajoled. They will not accept Kevin McCarthy. Republicans can have a Speaker today if they dump McCarthy.
I agree with Erickson. The only ego is McCarthy’s, and we don’t care if it’s embarrassing. Dump McCarthy. The minority has their stuff together. They are using the process to end crisis-government. Wouldn’t that be a relief?
Do you think Erickson is right?
Is this dysfunction finally a fight for better governance?
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The Conservatives are the maturity of the TEA Party. For 10 years the TEA Party (Conservatives) have put up with Drucken Sailor Spending and have now drawn a line in the sand. McCarthy has two choices, step down or cut a deal with the Democrats (The Communist). The Conservatives see McCarthy or a Uniparty Speaker as the same thing so this is a hill they will die on. The Conservatives understand the present Fiscal Policy is going to cause a financial collapse.
Without normal order the Drucken Sailor will just charge on the Nation’s Credit Card until they can’t get their limit raised or they go bankrupt. Plan one for the Conservatives is no more Credit; forcing the Drucken Sailors to sober up and live within their means.
McCarthy and the others are using bully tactics and he needs to step down. We’ve been waiting a long time for the draining of the swamp to begin. I’m backing the 20 who have the courage and the fortitude that we want in our leaders. There may even be a rising star among them for the 2024 presidential election.
Erickson’s opinion is surprising since he has been a RINO. My hunch is he needs to make money now so he is trying to attract viewers with reasonable ideas. Conservative ideas sell on radio. Erickson’s hatred of Trump did not.
A good source for the inner workings is Bannon’s show, since he has on guests doing the voting. Mc has been laughing at proposals for normal order, and threatening loss of committee assignments. His negotiations are insulting. Norman, Biggs, Rosendale, … report the same thing.
Mc wants control of the rules committee, including membership, He wants to control what bills are allowed and what amendments are allowed. This is not a fight between the left and right factions of the party, this is a fight of corruption versus decency.