Is Cantor the “Face of Republican Obstruction”?
By JR Hoeft | Sunday, October 16th, 2011 | Policy, PoliticsMajority Leader Eric Cantor might as well exchange his signature navy blue suits and power ties for Lord Vader’s black helmet and cape, because even Fox News Sunday is buying into the meme that he’s the lead obstructionist to Obama’s policies.
Check out Cantor’s interview today with Chris Wallace:
Cantor said:
“I guess a lot of folks on the other side of the aisle want to boil this down to personality. It is really not about that. The differences that we have with this President are policy based. We know in this town there are a lot of differences right now. And I think the people of this country want to see us try and set aside those differences and actually come together on the things we can agree on. We agree that the economy is woefully weak. We agree that there is too much income disparity in this country. We believe that everyone ought to be lifted up and we ought to be working on the policies that help that happen, which is to focus on small businesses. And that’s what we are doing going forward.”
Cantor also discussed setting aside differences and focusing on common ground to help the economy, as well as reiterating that it will be private enterprise and encouraging small businesses that will create jobs.
PS Cantor is not a Republican anymore…does this mean he has to give up his leadership position? 
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7 Responses to "Is Cantor the “Face of Republican Obstruction”?"
Yes JR, you are honest to the core. The republican strategy of obstructionism is now the only real principle of the party. Having abandoned many past positions, the only real core principle is to defeat the President, even if that means working against the interests of the citizens of this great nation.
No matter that the republicans once supported an individual mandate for health care. No matter that republicans once voted en masse for extensions of the debt they had helped to create, no matter that the republicans once believed strongly in investment in education and infrastructure. None of this matters in the fact of Norquist’s no tax pledge and the mandate to oppose anything to create bas conditions so the President will be defeated.
It is not just Cantor, but his actions on behalf of the republican study committee cemented his irrational support of opposition to a balanced approach to deficit reduction which requires some increase in tax revenue. Frankly, his self interested supported of the special tax benefits for the 1% club may resonate with his old Richmond monied constituents, but it is quickly losing resonance with the pulse of the nation.
But that son of gun will will be returned to the throne of the 7th district in 2012.
As I rode through Mineral yesterday and saw the crumbling structures which FEMA will not cover, I thought, these people will vote for him again. As long as he carries the scepter with an R deeply inscribed in gold, he’s golden.
Yes Susan, that is a fascinating comment. Cantor, who would have done away with disaster relief unless it could be offset with budget cuts elsewhere, can abide by lack of help so long as it is not in his district. Isn’t this the definition of hypocrisy? After all, FEMA has rules on who is eligible for federal disaster relief, and who is not. So of course, Cantor wants the rules suspended because it is in his district.
This is indicative of the overall hostility to government by the republican majority in the House, unless it happens to effect them directly. Yes, Cantor is the face of help for hedge fund managers, wall street tycoons, and mortgage syndicates peddling worthless mortgages, but as punishment for their transgressions, he simply wants to relax the rules more so they can do it again.
Having seen what happens when republicans are allowed to run rough shod over government so that private enterprise can essentially steal from the citizens, he blames it on regulators and wants to empower wall street executives to do it all over again. If his constituents don’t rise up and throw the bum out, they simply don’t want to see the truth.
Frankly, any objective observer who sees this happening would swear we are all absolutely nuts. That’s just the way it has been in America.
In watching the video I thought Cris Wallace was a commentator on MS-NBC. Why would Cantor want money from FEMA? It would interfere with his spending cuts.
I agree that it is so awful that some in Congress want to Pay for disaster relief as opposed to Borrowing for disaster relief. An outrage. They do things so much better in Greece and Cuba.
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With comments like the above, it’s grown past dialogue. I do believe that sometimes it’s best to just move on and try to take the argument to those still willing to listen. What is represented above are those who have already drawn a line in the sand and have no desire to look at economics and political science.
JR I was agreeing with them. I didn’t think it was dialogue. I was just trying to see if agreement stopped the 15 repetitive posts by MB and associates.
Is there any leftist left (no pun intended)who is listening? We are in for a rough 13 months. They are the mob that history warned us against.
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