Armey To Republicans: ‘We’ll Replace You’

[babylonsister]

One is nuttier than the next.

Armey To Republicans: ‘We’ll Replace You’
By Jackie Kucinich, CQ-Roll Call


Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas) on Sunday said lawmakers who have not signed onto Rep. Paul Ryan’s plan to balance the budget lacked “courage” and could be targeted by the conservative tea party movement as a result.

Armey’s comments on NBC’s “Meet the Press” came just moments after Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) sidestepped a question about Ryan’s plan, which looks to balance the budget by reinventing slimmer versions of Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and the tax code. Ryan (R-Wis.) is the ranking member of the House Budget Committee.

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“All Paul Ryan is saying is let Social Security be voluntary, let Medicare be voluntary,” Armey said. “The fact that he only has 13 co-sponsors is a big reason why our folks are agitated against the Republicans as well as the Democrats — the difference between being a co-sponsor of Ryan or not is a thing called courage.”

Armey, chairman of the limited-government group FreedomWorks, has been one of the most vocal advocates for the anti-tax tea party movement since it began in 2009.

“We are saying to the Republican Party, you know, get some courage to stand up for the things that are right for this country,” he said. “Don’t stand there and hide from the issue because you are afraid of the politics. The issue of public policy that governs the future of my children is more important than your politics, and if you can’t see that we’ll replace you.”


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[Kolesar]

1. You guys go fight while my guys run the country

...deal?

[babylonsister]

2. Too bad his guys are all batshit crazy. Goggle Paul

Ryan's proposals and you'll see severe derangement syndrome, yet the teabaggers think it's A-OK.

[DailyGrind51]

3. When will Progressives say that to the DLCcrats?

[sinkingfeeling]

4. And there friends, you have it. The entire reason that Armey and company created the Tea Party. I

wonder how many of the loyal tea-bag-hanging-from-their-hats crowd knows they're being used to end Social Security and Medicare.

[edhopper]

5. Considering they are

against regulating Wall street, Net Neutrality and for tax cuts to the Rich, they probably will convince themselves it's good. Beside they will only end it for the younger population, they will still get theirs.

[Skidmore]

7. And we on the left cannot afford to get bogged down in

our own internal bloodletting. We need to find where the common ground is now and hold it until we can effect further change. Right now there is no realistic chance of a lame duck congress being able to accomplish much. What we can end up doing though is to lose any chance to move forward by ensuring bozos like this can disrupt and get their people in power.

[WilliamPitt]

6. Oh please oh please oh please...

[spanone]

8. dick armey and his army of dicks