{"id":910,"date":"2011-07-19T15:57:14","date_gmt":"2011-07-19T22:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scotshonor.com\/?p=910"},"modified":"2011-07-19T15:57:14","modified_gmt":"2011-07-19T22:57:14","slug":"snatching-defeat-from-the-jaws-of-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scotshonor.com\/?p=910","title":{"rendered":"SNATCHING DEFEAT FROM THE JAWS OF VICTORY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans were finally unified enough to force a showdown with Obama.\u00a0 By standing up for their principles and opposing new taxes, Republicans were poised for a great victory.\u00a0 When all is said and done, if Republicans refuse to raise the debt ceiling, Obama will have to decide what to pay and what to cut.\u00a0 No matter what decision he makes, it will be a political disaster.\u00a0 However, RINO Senators are rushing in with another brilliant plan guaranteed to lose the day.\u00a0 Once again a handful of RINOs, who think they are the smartest people on earth are sabotaging the best efforts of our conservative leaders:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/stories\/0711\/59377.html\">http:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/stories\/0711\/59377.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first clue should be that Obama likes it.\u00a0 Earth to RINO\u2019s:\u00a0 If Obama likes it, he either doesn\u2019t understand it or it\u2019s a really bad idea.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Even if this is a great idea,\u00a0it is\u00a0still extremely damaging to Republicans.\u00a0 It allows the main stream media to portray conservative Republicans as stubborn fools who refuse to consider reasonable proposals.\u00a0 It is a \u201close-lose\u201d situation for Republicans and it just another in a long list of examples where conservatives have been royally screwed by RINOs.\u00a0 Obama who has shown no leadership skill and who has been unwilling to consider compromise will come out smelling like a rose.\u00a0 <strong>Republicans never gain from compromising with those who are determined to keep\u00a0us on the path to destruction.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is more proof as to why we need to remove RINO\u2019s from office.\u00a0 They are more dangerous than liberal Democrats, because at least with liberal Democrats we know which side they are on.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This proposal may be great.\u00a0 It may be horrible.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t really matter.\u00a0 Ultimately all of these deals \u00a0turn out\u00a0different than anyone predicts.\u00a0 What counts is removing people like Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Barack Obama from positions of power.\u00a0 As long as they remain in power\u00a0nothing will change. \u00a0Taxes will go up, the economy will go down and they\u00a0will continue to tax and spend until the inevitable\u00a0financial meltdown makes it\u00a0impossible to continue.<\/p>\n<p>I am not a particular fan on Ron Paul, but he sure gets it right in the following speech:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2011\/07\/19\/ron_paul_we_will_default_because_the_debt_is_unsustainable.html\">http:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2011\/07\/19\/ron_paul_we_will_default_because_the_debt_is_unsustainable.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I greatly fear that once again RINOs have swooped in with the best of intentions only to do nothing more than snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.<\/p>\n<p>TDM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans were finally unified enough to force a showdown with Obama.\u00a0 By standing up for their principles and opposing new taxes, Republicans were poised for a great victory.\u00a0 When all is said and done, if Republicans refuse to raise the &hellip; 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