Profiles in Courage?

Opinion by George McClellan:What do the following twenty-four individuals have in common? : Rep. Justin Amash (MI) – @RepJustinAmash; Rep. Brian Babin (TX) – @Babin4Congress; Rep. Rod Blum (IA) – @BlumforCongress; Rep. Dave Brat (VA) – @DaveBratVA7th; Rep. Jim Bridenstine (OK) – @RepJBridenstine ; Rep. Curt Clawson (FL) – @RepCurtClawson; Rep. Scott DesJarlais (TN) – @DesJarlaisTN04; Rep. Jeff Duncan (SC) – @RepJeffDuncan; Rep. Scott Garrett (NJ) – @RepGarrett; Rep. Chris Gibson (NY) – @RepChrisGibson; Rep. Paul Gosar (AZ) – @RepGosar; Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX) – @RepLouieGohmert; Rep. Tim Huelskamp (KS) – @CongHuelskamp; Rep. Walter Jones (NC) – @RepWalterJones; Rep. Steve King (IA) – @SteveKingIA; Rep. Tom Massie (KY) -@RepThomasMassie; Rep. Mark Meadows (NC) – @RepMarkMeadows; Rep. Rich Nugent (FL) – @RepRichNugent; Rep. Gary Palmer (AL) – @Palmer4Alabama; Rep. Bill Posey (FL) – @CongBillPosey; Rep. Scott Rigell (VA) – @RepScottRigell; Rep. Marlin Stutzman (IN) – @RepStutzman; Rep. Randy Weber (TX) – @TXRandy14; Rep. Daniel Webster (FL) – @RepWebster; Rep. Ted Yo (FL) -@RepTedYoho.
(Source: WaPo)

They are all members of the US House of Representatives who showed political courage and statesmanship in the face of an outraged electorate who just put them in power to end Obama’s destruction of America.

Notice that not one of the above named individuals is from Georgia. Our contingent included: Doug Collins, 9th CD, Tom Graves, 14th CD, Lynn Westmorland, Tom Price, Rob Woodall, Austin Scott, Jody Hice, and Rick W. Allen. They all voted to continue with the status quo despite entreaties to do what was right and start returning America to its constitutional roots. I would love to be a fly on the wall in the halls of congress for the next two years.

So, the catastrophic November election loss suffered by the progressive democrat party, and brought about by a very aroused conservative Georgia base, was apparently for naught. If Speaker Boehner performs as he is expected to i.e.:, yield to compromise with the devil then the obvious conclusion to be drawn is that the GOP establishment does not, and will not, listen to its base. They will not heed the warnings being sent to them and appear determined to drive the Republican Party completely out of the government business.

Speaker Boehner is complaining that the tea party is bringing heat down upon the House members and they should just piss off and let the Congress do its job. Well apparently, not enough heat was brought down upon the Georgia delegation so, for the next two years we can expect to hear all manner of twisted reasoning, excuses and arguments by our alleged conservatives not doing the job we sent them up there to do. Boehner might not know it, or if he does, he doesn’t accept it, but the era of excessive big government is coming to an end.

The twenty-four Congressional heros named above, no doubt will have long and undistinguished careers in Congress, rarely interrupted by promotion. Speaker Boehner, instead of keeping his friends close and his enemies closer, has enfranchised twenty-four courageous free thinking conservatives, with a lot of free time on their hands, to set about organizing the coming coup d’ tet that will remove the RiNO leadership. Let’s hope it does not become a Sisyphean task. Remember freedom is the goal, the Constitution is the way. Now, go get ‘em!
(7 January 2015)