2009: Rep. Pete Sessions plans Republican "insurgency" against Obama

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In response to Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) presiding over the House Rules Cmte voting to sue Obama, Thom Hartmann referred to a 2009 interview by National Journal (now only available either via blogs or the Wayback Machine) with Sessions, see 2:40 of this video:

Excerpt from the 2009 NJ article:

Frustrated by a lack of bipartisan outreach from House Democratic leaders, Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, said House Republicans -- who voted unanimously last week against the economic plan pushed by President Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi -- will pitch a "positive, loyal opposition" to the proposal. The group, he added, should also "understand insurgency" in implementing efforts to offer alternatives.

"Insurgency, we understand perhaps a little bit more because of the Taliban," Sessions said during a meeting yesterday with Hotline editors. "And that is that they went about systematically understanding how to disrupt and change a person's entire processes. And these Taliban -- I'm not trying to say the Republican Party is the Taliban. No, that's not what we're saying. I'm saying an example of how you go about (sic) is to change a person from their messaging to their operations to their frontline message. And we need to understand that insurgency may be required when the other side, the House leadership, does not follow the same commands, which we entered the game with."

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1. No, Pete. The Republican Party is EXACTLY like the Taliban, except for fashion.

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2. Exactly

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3. I was going to say the same thing, little to no difference as far as I can tell..n/t